Obama to take first major Africa trip in late June
President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. Obama disappointed many Africans by spending only a few hours in sub-Saharan Africa -- in Ghana -- during his first term, but is keen to more...
Presidential limbo in Algeria a year before election
Official silence about the health of Algeria's ailing leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France last month, has fed the rumour mill over presidential elections due in less than a year. Calls have grown in the Algerian media for the constitution's rarely mentioned Article 88 to be applied, according more...
Marikana parties told to show leadership in settling dispute
South African Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has appealed to the leadership of both unions in Lonmin to put the interests of the country and workers first, APA can report Sunday.Expressing concern at the troubling events that are unfolding in Lonmin's Marikana mine, which have led to the downing of tools more...
Israeli troops in Golan return fire from Syria
Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement said Tuesday. "Overnight, shots were fired at an IDF patrol on the border in the central Golan Heights, damaging a military vehicle," said a more...
Ugandan wins international medical award
The government of Japan has awarded the Second Hideyo Noguchi Prize for Africa to Dr. Alex Godwin Coutinho of Uganda for his outstanding contributions in the medical services. Dr. Coutinho, a renowned Ugandan physician won the Prize for Medical Services for his pioneering efforts to expand access to more...
