Yearly Archives: 2013
Ghana FA refuses to rule out Boateng
The Ghana Football Association has refused to rule out injured Kevin-Prince Boateng for next Tuesday's 2014 World Cup playoff first leg against Egypt.
The Schalke...
Ethiopia names Mulatu fourth president
Ethiopia’s parliament elected Mulatu Teshome to be the country’s president for a six year term in a largely symbolic and ceremonial post on Monday...
Transsexual Titica takes on ambassadorial role
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed transsexual Angolan kuduro singer, Titca, as one of its goodwill ambassadors; the...
Kiss lands schoolchildren in detention
Three schoolchildren aged 14 and 15 have been arrested and placed in juvenile detention after one of them posted a photograph of the other...
Teachers’ pay march hijacked by rioters
Masked rioters turned over cars and broke into buildings on Monday (October 7) as thousands of protesters marched on Rio de Janeiro in support...
Court rules Greenpeace ‘pirates’ must stay behind bars
A court in Russia’s Arctic port city of Murmansk has ruled that three Russian nationals detained onboard a Greenpeace ship seized last month amid...
Tensions rise as border fighting leaves seven dead
India claims to have killed seven fighters and is still fighting a Pakistan-backed force of several dozen who crossed a mountainous and thickly forested...
Nigeria places ban on overseas cash – Central Bank acts to combat ‘dollarisation’
Following its revocation of the operating licences of 20 Bureaux de Change last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned the importation...
Minister for Africa visits Bamako and Timbuktu
Mark Simmonds concludes successful two-day visit to meet new Malian Government and key figures in the north.
The Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds visited Bamako...
Plane leaving Lagos crashes and explodes
Eight passengers have been confirmed dead after a plane crashed on take-off after running into difficulties at Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The...
