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Africa RSS FeedsZambia: Ruling Party Chooses V-P Banda as Candidate - THE MMD has adopted acting President Rupiah Banda as its candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, following the elections by the party's national executive committee (NEC) in Lusaka yesterday....Feed Source: allafrica.com Nigeria: Yar'Adua Resumes Work on Monday - Forty-eight hours after he returned back home from Saudi Arabia where he had spent 17 days performing the lesser hajj and also attending to his health, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is expected to resume work at his desk tomorrow, THISDAY checks have revealed.... Kenya: Odinga Ready to Face Rebel MPs - Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday declared that he was prepared to face the rebel MPs in ODM who are agitating for the formation of a grand opposition.... South Africa: New Threats Against Migrants - Threats against foreigners who own businesses have spread from Khayelitsha to Du Noon, Kraaifontein and Grabouw.... Kenya: Scandal of Birth Pills for Teenagers - Girls as young as 14 are routinely taking the morning-after pill to avoid becoming pregnant, ignoring dangers posed by HIV/Aids through unprotected sex, according to a survey by the Sunday Nation and other research.... Rwanda: EU Observers Speak Out On Elections - The European Union election observer mission currently deployed in Rwanda for the September parliamentary elections will stick to their mandate of observing the elections.... Kenya: Obama - Bid to Poison White Voter's Mind - Barack Senior and I were no Damon and Pythias. I would never have put my life on the line for him.... Nigeria: As Yar'Adua Returns, Access to President Restricted - ACCESS to President Umaru Yar'Adua seems to have been restricted after the nation's number one citizen returned to the country in the early hours of yesterday from a trip to Saudi Arabia which sparked off reports of ill health and admission in hospital for renal transplant in the foreign country.... Nigeria/South Africa: Eagles Shut Bafana Bafana Out of Nations Cup - The EPRU Stadium in Port Elizabeth which the South Africans intended as a slaughter house for the Super Eagles yesterday turned into a party ground for Coach Shaibu Amodu and his boys as they virtually shut out Bafana Bafana from the 2010 African Nations Cup with a lone goal victory.... South Africa: Young Communists Attack Judges - Judges see themselves as "descendants of God" who came down from heaven to the bench thinking whatever they say is divine, says the Young Communist League's national secretary.... Libya: Rice Discusses Africom, Human Rights With Gaddafi - A transcript of remarks in English at a news conference with Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, and Abdulrahman Muhammad Shalgam, Secretary of the Libyan General People's Committee For Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation.... Swaziland: Law And Custom Under Pressure - When the women's movement in the southern African kingdom of Swaziland took to the streets in August to challenge what they called extravagance by the royal family, Swazi traditionalists were livid.... Kenya: Snow in the Tropics? - It was undoubtedly one of those days when nature surprised both scientists and the religiously inclined.... Kenya: Society Paying for Its Lax Attitude Towards Sex - At the turn of the last century, the African traditional society crumbled under the twin assault of Christianity and colonialism.... Kenya: We Need Parties With Structures - Ever since the re-introduction of multi-parties in Kenya, political parties have remained confused, disorderly patchwork of ethnic outfits hastily put together with the sole purpose of winning General Elections and catapulting some tribal chieftain to State House.... Nigeria: Yar'Adua Down With Renal Problem? - A ONE-day symposium entitled, Renal Transplantation in Nigeria: Current Status and Future Prospects, was organised by Saint Nicholas Hospital (SNH), Lagos, last Wednesday. It was time to share experiences and rub minds on the way forward for renal transplantation in Nigeria.... Nigeria: 17 Days of Waiting for Mr President - WHAT started as rumour became a serious matter ten days after President Umaru Yar'Adua left Nigeria for Saudi Arabia in what official explanation said was a trip to perform the lesser Hajj, an obligation performed by Muslims but less known than the annual Hajj which every Muslim who has the capacity is expected to perform at least once in a life time.... Malawi: Going Against the Grain On Subsidies - In each of the past three growing seasons, the family of Bernadette Banda, in Chidambo village in the central region of Malawi, has doubled the maize harvest from the family plot, thanks to a government input subsidy programme.... Nigeria: Resident Doctors Embark On Strike - Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, (EB-SUTH) at the weekend embarked on an indefinite strike over what it described as the state government's refusal to implement the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions' Salary Structure, the Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) in the state.... Nigeria: 'Don't Politicise Yar'Adua's Health' - As Nigerians become increasinlgly anxious over the state of health of President Musa Yar'Adua, a royal father in Enugu State, HRH Igwe Patrick Eze (Waziri) has called on Nigerians to offer prayers, instead of politicising the President's health situation.... Rwanda: 'Sugar Daddies' And School Girls - Mention the word "sugar daddies" and what comes to the mind of parents is that their young girls are not safe. For a long a time, the story of older men who use money as a bait to catch innocent girls has persisted. Sounds strange?... Kenya: Unmasking Obama Leadership Style - Barack Obama's foot is said to be size 10. And the way he carries that foot can betray his thought process.... Nigeria: Silence in Aso Rock - President Keeps Indoors - How He Sneaked Into Abuja - There was graveyard silence in Aso Rock Presidential Villa yesterday as movement was restricted on a day that President Umaru Musa Yar'adua returned from Saudi Arabia after about 16 days in the Holy Land.President Yar'adua, whose present state of health has been a subject of speculation in the last two weeks, did not receive visitors in the Villa, contrary to previous practices in which top government officials and politicians welcomed him whenever he returned from abroad.... Kenya: When Rivals Think He is Down, It's a Fresh Start for Kibaki - If Robert Greene's seventh commandment of power: Get others do the job for you, but always take credit (or bag the prize) was carved in stone, Mwai Kibaki would be the Moses to take it to the Israelites.... Nigeria: Aguilera, Seal Set for Africa Rising Concert - The stage is set for the fourth and final leg of the 2008 THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival tagged African Rising concert with the confirmation of American pop/R&B singer, Christina Aguilera and Nigerian born British soul singer, Seal (Henry Olumide Samuel) for the show.... Ghana: Crocked Essien Set for the Sidelines - Michael Essien will miss the start of Chelsea's Champions League campaign and Ghana's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho after his role in Ghana's World Cup qualifier against Libya was cut short by injury.... Kenya/Namibia: Sparkling Stars Tame Warriors - Kenya's Harambee Stars ground out a 1-0 win against Namibia in a World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.... South Africa/Nigeria: Bafana Fails to Qualify for Angola 2010 - Nigeria scored with one of their few chances in the game to defeat South Africa 1-0 in their 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.... Ghana/Libya: Libya Gives Stars' Coach Food for Thought - Milovan Rajevac panted up and down the technical area as Ghana struggled to get a grip on a game that was supposed to afford the country's players the chance to show what they have got.... Kenya/Namibia: Stars Humble Brave Warriors - Kenya's Harambee Stars ground out a 1-0 win against Namibia in a World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Friday.... Copyright © 2008, Marketershandbook.com. All Rights Reserved. |