Yearly Archives: 2015
Campaign for Affordable Medicine Gains Ground
Patient and leading health organisations in South Africa have now joined a Fix the Patent Laws campaign launched in 2011 by Treatment Action Campaign...
Bashir Delivers Optimistic Reconciliatory Inaugural Speech
President Omar Bashir who was sworn in before the parliament on Tuesday delivered a speech in which he promised achieving peace and halting blood...
Shipwreck Discovery Provides Insight on Transatlantic Slave Trade
Iziko Museums of South Africa (Iziko), in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and George Washington University will...
Free of the reigns of coalition, Tories plan stampede on illegal migrants
Prime Minister David Cameron will propose new laws to control immigration in a speech Thursday, including giving police the power to seize wages earned...
Departing Andre Ayew voted best African player in France
Ghana’s midfield maestro Andre Ayew celebrated his final days with Marseille by being named the best African player in Ligue 1 on Monday.
The 25-year-old...
Chuka Umunna withdraws labour leadership bid
Last week we reported that Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna was in the running to become Labour’s next leader and potentially the first non-white...
Fugitive turned rapper caught with fake modelling job
A UK gangster fugitive turned international model and rapper, has been caught by police following years on the lam from the law.
30 year-old Ben...
David Oyelowo to play NYPD cop and murdering PTSD veteran
British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo will be starring in new crime thriller movie Three Seconds, set to be released later this year.
Oyelowo will star alongside...
Motown musical to premiere in London theatre
A musical about the record label Motown, is set to be launched on the London stage following a successful stint on Broadway.
The show, titled...
Goldsmith’s diversity officer could be sacked over ‘racist’ tweets
The diversity officer at Goldsmith University is facing suspension following a recent twitter row in which she allegedly wrote that all white men should...
