Monthly Archives: August 2014
African sugar producers heading into rough waters as EU quota ends
By Finnigan Wa Simbeye
Local sugar producers are heading into rough waters as the annual sugar quota which allowed them export to the European Union...
Maigari stands down from NFF presidency
The impeached Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president, Aminu Maigari, has officially resigned from his post, according to Premium Times.
According to an anonymous source, Mr....
Suspicion surrounds first new church in 50 years
Cuba is reportedly set to approve the construction of a Catholic church on the island for the first time since the 1959 Revolution banned...
Lynch mob attacks clinic over 12-year-old’s abortion death
According to Standard Media, quick action by police officers in Bungoma town in Kenya averted an ugly scene after angry residents attempted to burn down...
Significant oil find set to uproot communities
A company owned by Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler says it has discovered vast potential reserves of oil in the strife-torn east of the...
Grave error fortifies heart of Stone
Angie Stone has not been having the best press as of late since filming TVOne's reunion special of 'R&B Divas: Atlanta' due to her...
AFCON fixture reshuffle amid Ebola fears
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has asked Sierra Leone and Guinea to play African Cup of Nations home matches scheduled for next month in neutral...
Daughter of music legend suspected in brutal matricide
A 19-year-old daughter and her 21-year-old boyfriend are under arrest in Indonesia after the body of the girl’s mother was found stuffed inside a...
Nigeria Ebola alert should be global concern
Nigeria has put in an urgent request for the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp following the country’s third death from the virus that is tearing...
Ebola shots for Africans in 2015 as US aid workers get better now
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there should be an Ebola vaccine ready for West Africa some time in 2015. Clinical trials are...
