Monthly Archives: July 2013
Assifuah: It’s simply unbelievable
Ebenezer Assifuah is not a name football fans across the globe are likely to forget in a hurry. The 20-year-old grabbed six goals at...
More clubs join Osaze chase
West Ham, Sunderland and Fulham have joined other EPL clubs for unsettled West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie.
The 31-year-old forward has been looking for...
Nigeria gets N2.5billion from EU
The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to receive the N2.5 billion (approximately 12 million euros) from the European Union to boost the provision...
Chima Adichie wins American Literary Prize
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel AMERICANAH has been awarded the 2013 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for fiction.
The Heartland Prize is a literary prize created...
Charity project bringing Kenyan culture to UK
Ten teenage dancers from one of the roughest slums in Kenya will visit York next month, thanks to the charity efforts of a city...
Egypt’s caretaker PM starts to build cabinet
Hazem El-Beblawi, Egypt’s interim prime minister, has started the process of assembling a cabinet by making appointments to several key ministerial positions.
Nibil Fahmy, formerly...
Think tank accuses UK and US of Ethiopian human rights abuse ignorance
Western development assistance headed by the UK and US is supporting forced evictions and massive violations of human rights in Ethiopia, says the Oakland...
Kenya to introduce ‘breach of promise’ law
Kenya to introduce ‘breach of promise’ law
Men and women whose partners promise marriage but fail to deliver will be entitled to compensation if a...
Mozambique peace talks receive a guarded welcome
Observers greeted progress in the latest peace negotiations between Mozambique's government and former rebels with cautious optimism this week after months of renewed violence.
Simmering...
Jail for ‘refugee’ who lied about genocide role
A Rwandan woman, who arrived in the US as a refugee from the country’s genocide almost 20 years ago, has been jailed for lying...
