Monthly Archives: November 2013
Culture: The San people
As the original inhabitants of southern Africa, the San lived for millennia as independent hunters and gatherers. The rich heritage of rock art there...
Poet of the Week: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Jean- Joseph Rabearivelo, Africa's first Modernist poet, was born in 1901 at the cusp of Madagascar's colonization by France, and ended his own life...
Oliseh: The level is high in UAE
A true legend of the African game, Sunday Oliseh’s credentials are plain to see. The Nigerian took part in two FIFA World Cups (1994...
Ghana name squad to face Egypt
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has maintained the core of his players to face Egypt this month in the World Cup playoff return leg.
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BB Awards 2013, a true ‘Celebration of Diversity & Achievement’!
It is often said that, ‘seeing is believing’! This was certainly the case at the 10th BB Awards 2013 held on Saturday 26 October...
UK visa bond is not in place
The British High Commission in Nigeria has stated that the proposed visa application bond scheme is not in existence. Nigerians have thus been called...
Harper’s bizarre! – Minister fails to see problem with ‘victimisation vans’
Immigration minister, Mark Harper, has given the British public the strongest hint yet that he plans to revive the ‘go home or face arrest’...
Mandela assassination plotters handed up to 35 years
Twenty-one white supremacists, some of whom were involved in a plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela, have been given jail sentences of between five and...
Egypt to host Ghana in Cairo – FIFA rules
Against fears influenced by the unrest in Cairo by Ghana, Egypt has obtained permission from FIFA to host Ghana in the second leg of...
Jammeh is biggest supporter of wrestling
Reports from the Gambia has described His Excellency Sheikh Professor AlhajiDr.YahyaJammeh, President of the Republic, as the biggest supporter of Gambian wrestling by sport's...
