300 African SMEs to get together in Dakar on 11 and 12 November 2014

300 SMEs, from the five regions of Africa, will be invited to this forum according to strict criteria: they must be officially registered in...
Ebola outbreak in W. Africa

Zimbabwean health officials have over the past few weeks quarantined at least 98 people who had travelled to Ebola-hit West Africa, APA learns here...
Big Brother Africa I Housemate & Studio 53 Presenter Gaetano Kagwa's Wedding Story

FINALLY, producers of the highly anticipated Big Brother Africa Hotshots, Endemol and M-net, have announced that the show kicks off October 5, 2014 on Sunday.The confirmation...
Jacob Zuma with his wife Tobeka Madiba. Photograph- Mike Hutchings:AP

To upset one of the president's wives may be regarded as a misfortune. To upset two looks like carelessness. That was the predicament of...
wapic

Mr Elumelu will deliver the keynote address at this year’s West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) (http://www.wapicforum.com) in Lagos from18-19 November. The 11th edition of this...
Screengrab released by Boko Haram showing alleged members of the extremist group fighting in Nigeria. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of people are fleeing Nigeria's north-east state capital of Maiduguri as Islamic extremists close in, residents said on Friday. One resident said soldiers have been...
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked for the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to be adjourned indefinitely...
Boko Haram.

For many years now, Nigeria has been at war in peace time. But it is time for the country to face the reality: Nigeria...
Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (http://equatorialguineainfo.blogspot.com), asked African countries to invest heavily in their agricultural sector to decrease their dependence on the developed...