Africa

Yar' Adua still Nigerian Leader -Acting President Jonathan

Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:05 Ghana Reporter

Abuja, March 8, GNA- Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the weekend re-affirmed the position of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, saying: "He is still the President of this country."

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:44 )

New HIV/AIDS Plan Would Test, Treat Everyone in High-Risk Regions

Monday, 22 February 2010 16:54 Ghana Reporter

With an estimated 35 million people infected with HIV worldwide, public health officials have begun to look beyond developing a vaccine to the stop the epidemic.

Last Updated ( Monday, 22 February 2010 16:59 )

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:23 AP

MOGADISHU, Somalia – As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew member...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:40 )

China Distributes Aid in Africa, With a Catch

Monday, 21 September 2009 22:14 NY Times

WINDHOEK, Namibia — It is not every day that global leaders set foot in this southern African nation of gravel roads, towering sand dunes and a mere two million people. S...

Last Updated ( Monday, 21 September 2009 22:18 )

SA wants athletics chief 'fired'

Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:49 Erick Osei

South Africa's government has demanded that athletics chief Leonard Chuene be sacked after he admitted lying about runner Caster Semenya's gender tests.

Nigerian officials: 'District 9' not welcome here

Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:37 AP

ABUJA, Nigeria – One of the summer's biggest blockbusters — a sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid — is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nige...

In runner's village, no doubts on her gender

Thursday, 20 August 2009 21:26 AP

FAIRLIE, South Africa – She wore pants instead of a skirt to school, played soccer with the boys and was teased about her masculine looks.

Lockerbie bomber freed, returns to cheers in Libya

Thursday, 20 August 2009 21:19 AP

TRIPOLI, Libya – The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing returned home Thursday to a cheering crowd after his release from a Scottish prison — an outrage to many ...

New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon

Sunday, 02 August 2009 12:41 AP

WASHINGTON – A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of hum...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 August 2009 12:48 )

Nigeria: Rights worker says civilians being killed

Thursday, 30 July 2009 07:15 AP

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigeria's League for Human Rights says overzealous security forces are killing innocent civilians as the military tries to crush an Islamist militant...

Nigerian Islamist attacks spread

Monday, 27 July 2009 20:31 BBC

Dozens of people have been killed after Islamist militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days of violence to 150.

Last Updated ( Monday, 27 July 2009 20:43 )

Zuma calls for external regulation of global financial institutions

Thursday, 16 July 2009 07:22 Erick Osei

Sham El Sheikh, July 16, GNA - South African President Jacob Zuma has called on global financial institutions to reflect the changing global economic realities.

Nigeria Smells a Snub From U.S.

Monday, 13 July 2009 05:22 Washington post

LAGOS, Nigeria -- When the White House announced two months ago that President Obama would visit Ghana this week, Nigerians read a different, glaring message between the ...

Charles Taylor begins his war crimes defense

Monday, 13 July 2009 04:57 AP

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Charles Taylor has begun his defense against charges he led rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated villagers.

South African co gets $6bn contract in Ghana

Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:13 Erick Osei

Cape Town - South Africa's New Alpha Refinery Ghana Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana's government to construct a new $6 billion oil refinery in Acc...

Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:17 )

Sirleaf 'surprised' at ban call

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 09:13 Erick Osei

Liberia's truth commission has called for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to be barred from office - a decision her spokesman says is "surprising"
The commission recommend...

Somali pirates using London contacts: report

Monday, 11 May 2009 19:54 Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) – Somali pirates are planning attacks on ships using detailed information telephoned through by contacts in London, according to an intelligence report c...

8-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband

Thursday, 30 April 2009 22:12 AP

CAIRO – An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Th...

Last Updated ( Friday, 01 May 2009 05:45 )

Somali piracy suspects in Kenya court

Thursday, 23 April 2009 06:43 AP

MOMBASA, Kenya – Eighteen Somali men who were brought ashore in Kenya by European navies crowded into a Mombasa courthouse Thursday to face piracy charges.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 April 2009 06:58 )

ANC expects big win in South African elections

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:44 AP

JOHANNESBURG – Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa's first multiracial vote in 1994, and ...

US sea capt. freed from pirates in swift firefight

Sunday, 12 April 2009 14:19 Erick Osei

MOMBASA, Kenya – An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in...