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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
CAPE TOWN (AFP) – South Africa’s parliament collapsed into unprecedented chaos Thursday as a group of radical lawmakers hijacked presidential question time, standing and yelling repeatedly at President Jacob Zuma: “Pay back the money”. Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters, led by firebrand Julius Malema, were not satisfied with Zuma’s response to questions over the $24 million of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Abducted Chibok girls BRITAIN’s Royal Air Force plans to send three fighter jets to help in locating the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 this year. The RAF Tornado GR4s equipped with surveillance facilities, according to Daily Mail on Wednesday, will undertake “reconnaissance missions” over the Sambissa Forest where […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
The US State Department has ordered the departure of all family members of its embassy staff in Liberia, one of the four West African nations hit hard by the Ebola virus. “The State Department ordered the departure from Monrovia of all eligible family members not employed by post in the coming days,” department spokesperson Marie […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 18th, 2014
This man carried a young girl out of the West Point health facility on Saturday Following earlier denials, Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are “missing” after a health centre in the capital was looted. The government had sought to reassure people, saying all the patients had been moved to another health facility. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, August 18th, 2014
Chadian troops have rescued 85 Nigerians kidnapped last week by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, security and human rights sources in Nigeria said Saturday. Dozens of Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Doron Baga fishing and farming village on the shores of Lake Chad late Sunday through Monday and took away 97 young men and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 18th, 2014
Health inspectors at work | credits: www.globapost.com Thousands of Nigerians admitted into United Kingdom universities appear sure to face tough health screening as their campuses have been placed on the alert for the danger posed by the Ebola Virus Disease. According to The Independent on Sunday, the alert by Universities UK, the umbrella body […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 18th, 2014
There are conflicting reports over the fate of 17 suspected Ebola patients who vanished after a quarantine centre in the Liberian capital was looted. An angry mob attacked the centre in Monrovia’s densely populated West Point township on Saturday evening. A senior health official said all of the patients had been moved to another medical […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, August 15th, 2014
A cholera outbreak in Ghana’s capital has reached “staggering” levels, an official said Friday, blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities for the rapid spread of the disease. Cholera has killed more than 40 people in Accra since June and infected 3,100 others, according to the Ghana Health Service. While the sprawling city has been […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Us-Africa Summit advertisement A photograph showing President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders posing with their American counterpart, Barack Obama, is the subject of a raging debate online. Jonathan is seen standing at the far end of the third row in the group photograph, which has since gone viral […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Spanish emergency services picked up 470 immigrants travelling in dozens of rafts across the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday and 227 from the same stretch of water the day before, a spokesman for the Maritime Safety Agency said. More than 75,000 have tried to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa, landing in Italy, Greece, Spain […]
