Monthly Archives: August 2017
10 Years of Inspiring Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers
The Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) will be celebrating its 10th year Anniversary with a gala event at The IET Savoy Place...
Rodents rob Buhari of his office
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will work from home after rodents damaged his official office during a more than 100-day overseas medical absence, a presidential...
Joaquim applauds Santos exit
Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has congratulated retiring Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos for deciding to bow out as president.
Chissano, who served the...
RBS to cut 880 jobs by 2020
Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland plans to cut around 900 technology jobs at its London office by 2020, in its latest plan to reduce...
BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AUGUST 21, 2017
My dear citizens,
I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil...
Protests against Eyadema dynasty
Tensions have erupted in Togo after protests against the ruling Gnassingbe family dynasty over the weekend turned deadly.
Two protesters were killed and 12 gendarmes...
Rwanda plans to bid for World cup
Rwanda's Football Association (Ferwafa) is preparing to finalise its bid to host the 2019 Under-17 World Cup.
The Ferwafa president Vincent Nzamwita insists the country...
Japan fields robots at nursing homes
Faced with the worst labor shortage in decades, Japanese service companies are finally turning to labor-saving technology, an investment that could lift the sector’s...
First Marcus Garvey Annual Pan-Africanism Presentation Marked In London
Visitors to Willesden Green Library in the north-west London borough of Brent, can pop into the Brent Museum and find a bust of Jamaican-born...
Johnson & Johnson $417m liable from talc case
Johnson & Johnson, makers of Johnson baby talcum powder, has been ordered to pay $417m (£323.4m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian...
