Monthly Archives: September 2017
Africa to get state-of-art HIV drugs for $75 a year
Makers of generic AIDS drugs will start churning out millions of pills for Africa containing a state-of-the-art medicine widely used in rich countries, after...
Bribery has global value – Lagarde
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated that the annual cost of bribery -- just one sub-set of corruption -- to be between $1.5...
Legend backs Africa to win world cup
A veritable name in German football is the legendary footballer Lothar Matthaus. Matthaus has joined the increasing trend of the Europe’s ex-footballers turned coaches/instructors...
Africa will be world’s food basket – Dangote
In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by...
British bride dies hours apart from hubby
A British wartime bride and her Canadian veteran husband have died five hours apart - a month after celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary.
George and...
Cheated to play for country
French based Cameroonian agent Olivier Noah has dismissed allegations that claimed he submitted two different copies of Stephen Odey's international passports to FC Zurich.
According...
From refugee camp to model runway
Halima Aden is a 19-year-old Somali who currently enjoys respect in fashion and modelling circles in the United States.
In between her native Somalia and...
Black dolls inspire children of their African heritage
While growing up, my mum bought me a black doll. I found that to be a bit strange and only played with the white...
Togo cancels Israeli-Africa summit
Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe, has requested the cancellation of an Israeli-Africa summit scheduled for next month in the West African country, the Associated Press...
S. Africa may miss growth target
Against the currency of news that South Africa, one of Africa’s industrialised giants, is out of recession, it is yet reported that she is...
