Militia chief suspected in I.Coast killings arrested: army

Militia chief suspected in I.Coast killings arrested: army

A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, was arrested Saturday in his western stronghold, a military source said. Amade ...

Adidas sport brand to kit up Burkina Faso basket team

Adidas sport brand to kit up Burkina Faso basket team

The sportswear provider Adidas is poised to provide Burkina Faso's basketball team, dubbed the Stallions, with uniform and apparels for the 2013 Afrobasket final phase (20-31 ...

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died

From 2009 until his death, he taught as the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, US. Professor Achebe, who was a novelist, poet and critic, is most ...

Two-try Van Zyl stars as Cheetahs triumph

Two-try Van Zyl stars as Cheetahs triumph

A brace of opportunist tries from scrum-half Piet van Zyl set up Central Cheetahs for a brave 27-13 Super 15 win over Queensland Reds Saturday. He struck twice during the first half ...

Six killed, several injured in northwestern CAR

Six killed, several injured in northwestern CAR

Six people are reported to have been killed and several wounded in Bouca, Ouham prefecture, 250km north of Bangui, the Central African Republic (CAR) capital after yet to be ...

Regional leaders sign peace deal for eastern DR Congo

Regional leaders sign peace deal for eastern DR Congo

Regional African leaders signed a deal to try to bring peace to the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with plans to reinforce a UN-led mission to combat rebels ...

Pakistan politician from Khan party gunned down

Pakistan politician from Khan party gunned down

Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than ...

Two-try Van Zyl stars as Cheetahs triumph

A brace of opportunist tries from scrum-half Piet van Zyl set up Central Cheetahs for a brave 27-13 Super 15 win over Queensland Reds Saturday. He struck twice during the first half to leave his team 18-6 ahead at the break and superb defending and some luck kept the rampant Reds at bay during the second  more...

May 18, 2013 at 8:23 pm

Militia chief suspected in I.Coast killings arrested: army

A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, was arrested Saturday in his western stronghold, a military source said. Amade Oueremi, the head of an armed group that for years has occupied the Mont Peko forest in western Ivory Coast, "surrendered" to an  more...

May 18, 2013 at 10:46 pm

Private Tanzanian firms accused of selling fake antiretroviral

The Tanzanian Health minister on Friday accused a private Tanzania Pharmaceutical Industries (TPI) Ltd of selling fake anti-retrovirals to national drug-providing company, saying that he cannot ascertain for sure whether the fake product was made in the company's plant or no.The Health ministry has in a  more...

May 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Pakistan politician from Khan party gunned down

Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings. Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women's wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province of Sindh,  more...

May 19, 2013 at 3:18 am

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...

May 16, 2013 at 3:12 pm

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