Monthly Archives: August 2013
Usher junior back playing again after pool fright
Usher’s child with ex-wife Tameka Foster has been released from hospital following an incident in his father’s swimming pool last week
Five-year-old Usher Raymond V...
Harry visits project forever linked with Diana
Prince Harry has been in Angola to visit mine clearance projects run by the same charity backed by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
Diana...
Kenya airport blaze: losses $4m and counting
Kenya Airways chief executive Titus Naikuni has said the airline has so far lost about $4 million in revenue as a result of last...
Marikana shop steward gunned down near home
A female employee has been shot and killed near the controversial Marikana mine, according to platinum producer Lonmin.
The shooting is the latest in a...
Rival sent packing in Cabinet shake-up
The president of the tiny cotton-producing West African state of Benin has named a new Cabinet, eliminating the post of Prime Minister, three days...
Mugabe wins, Tsvangirai cries foul, it’s groundhog day
Perhaps predictably, President Robert Mugabe has been declared the winner of Zimbabwe’s general election but equally predictably, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai...
L’Oréal expands into four African countries as demand grows
In just two years, French cosmetics and beauty giant L’Oréal has opened offices in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.
The company, which sells products such...
Somalia inks oil deal with British ex-Tory leader
The Horn of Africa nation is challenging territory for even the most adventurous of oil companies.
“It is expected that this will attract further investment...
Don’t be afraid of the dark- Home Office swoops suggest non-white immigrants are the...
Labour’s shadow immigration minister has accused the Home Office of racial profiling after immigration officers at several train and underground stations in London were...
£500 million to relieve pressures on A&E
A&E departments will benefit from an additional £500 million over the next two years to ensure they are fully prepared for winter, Prime Minister...
