Morocco Launches First Amazigh TV Channel
In a party organised yesterday in hotel Hassaan in Rabat, the Communication Minister and the government’s official spokesperson, Khalid Naciri, announced the launch of the Moroccan Amzigh TV. The launch of Amzigh TV is considered a very important event in the Moroccan audio-visual field. It is the eighth Moroccan TV channel that uses Tarifit, Tamazight, [...]
Africa Gets a New Monthly as Newstime Africa Magazine is Published
The long wait is over! As the African continent slowly emerges as a world energy powerhouse; and as the long overdue decision is about to be made for Africa to take its rightful position as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, there has never been more of an increasing demand for a viable [...]
Death Toll Rise in Kenya as Floods Continue to Wreck Havoc
Heavy rains across Kenya have claimed at least 34 lives as torrential rains continue for the third week, officials reported on Tuesday. The death toll rises from the previous 22 according to Francis Munyambu, the Rift Valley Police boss in the west of Nairobi. On Monday, the Kenyan Red Cross teams on the ground reported [...]
In Kenya: Security Officers Arrest Rhino Poachers
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials have arrested twelve people with two rhino horns valued at Sh2.1 millions in the black market. The suspects were also found in possession of Ksh 647,000 ($8,500) which is believed was part of the money meant to pay the poachers. KWS Director Julius Kipng’etich on Monday said that the suspects [...]
UN Calls on Sudan to Work Towards Stability
The United Nation has projected 2010 as a yard stick for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the two decades strife in Sudan. Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Sudan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi says that every Sudanese has an obligation to see the act a success. Qazi has also said that the UN and the international [...]
Somali Extremists Scorch Food Aid
Islamist fighters in Somalia loyal to the extremist group Al-shabaab with ties to Al-Qaeda said they raided a WFP-owned warehouse in the coastal city of Merka and burned more than 300 sacks of food. Al-shabaab’s regional governor of the Lower Shabelle region Sheik Mohamed Abdhuulahi, said in a press conference that they have set fire [...]
Cameroon Editor Jailed For Insulting President Biya
New York, December 29, 2009—A Cameroonian newspaper editor, jailed this month after publishing a book excerpt that alleged sexual activities by President Paul Biya, was convicted on Monday of “insulting the head of state.” Judge Ibrahim Ba sentenced Jean-Bosco Talla, managing editor of the weekly Germinal, to a one-year suspended term and a fine of [...]
A New Paradigm for Engaging Somalia
The stakes are much higher than ever before. And, despite the negative reports that dominate the news and thus perpetuate the sense of hopelessness, voices of reason are becoming more audible against the current senseless violence, chaos and extremism. More and more Somalis are coming to realize that the path ahead leads nowhere except the [...]
Somali Government Intervenes in Fighting Between Northern States
Somalia’s weak federal government which controls parts of the restive capital Mogadishu said it succeeded in stopping a fierce fighting which erupted yesterday between two northern Somali states causing heavy damages on both civilians and soldiers. The fighting which flared up in the city of Galkayo about 750 kilometers north of the capital was between [...]
Merry Christmas to all our Readers around the World
Newsatime Africa would like to wish all our readers and visitors a Merry Christmas and a happy and more prosperous 2010. As we look back at the events of this ending year we should be more prepared for the challenges ahead and may the Almighty God through his one and only begotten son Jesus Christ, [...]
