Yearly Archives: 2019
Sickle Cell Society celebrates 40th year this World Sickle Cell Day
The 19th June is World Sickle Cell Day and this year the Sickle Cell Society is celebrating 40 years of working in the sickle...
Harry backs Angola’s mine clearance
Britain's Prince Harry on Monday threw his weight behind mine clearance efforts in Angola, a cause championed by his mother more than two decades...
UN ASG concludes Somalia visit
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Bintou Keita, today concluded her...
WHO’s committee declares ‘severe emergency’
The World Health Organization's advisory committee, the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee has declared that the Ebola crisis that has raged for 10 months in...
Jury picked for Navy seal’s trial
Opening arguments are set to begin on Tuesday in the trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL court-martialled on charges of murdering a wounded Iraqi...
5-year rent-freeze in Berlin
Berlin’s city government decided on Tuesday to freeze rents for five years, heeding complaints from residents that their once famously affordable city was pricing...
Teenage neo-nazis bag jail term
Two teenage neo-Nazis, who encouraged an attack on Prince Harry for marrying a woman of mixed race, have been jailed for terrorism offences.
Michal Szewczuk,...
Angola carrots AFCON cup
Each Angolan player is to receive USD 100,000 prize, if they win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to take place from June...
Falcons better hopes with win
An own-goal by South Korea's KIM Doyeon and Asisat Oshoala's 75th-minute solo effort helped Nigeria's Super Falcons get their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup...
Gyatabi stakes WBO belt in Ghana
Nigeria’s Rilwan ‘Babyface’ Babatunde, who is the reigning West African Boxing Union welterweight champion, will defend his belt against Daniel Lartey of Ghana in...
