Kinshasa – Key facts on the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, which on Wednesday celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from Belgium: GEOGRAPHY: Third largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria. At 2 345 000 square kilometres, it is almost as big as western Europe. The capital Kinshasa is located [...]
The president of Nigeria has suspended the national soccer team from international competition for two years after its poor showing at the World Cup. The announcement by President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesman Wednesday also follows corruption allegations which surrounded the team in the run-up to the tournament. Spokesman Ima Niboro said all funds directed toward the [...]
Nigeria’s Niger Delta is one of the most oil-polluted places on the planet with more than 6,800 recorded oil spills, accounting for anywhere from nine to 13 million barrels of oil spilled, according to activist groups. But occurring over the 50 years since oil production began in the Delta, this environmental disaster has never received [...]
Benigno Aquino III has been sworn in as the Philippines’ 15th president on a mandate to tackle entrenched corruption within the government. Mr Aquino, the son of two democracy heroes, used his first speech as president to reafirm he would improve the investment environment in the poor south-east Asian country and would sincerely seek a [...]
Approximately one million Kenyan children do not attend school despite the introduction of free primary education by government a local council for children has reported. The National Council for Children Services (NCCS) chairperson Hellen Waweru Tuesday said that poverty has heightened the situation making children to drop out of school, while blaming parents for lack [...]
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has sensationally slammed coach Carlos Queiroz in the immediate aftermath of his side’s 1-0 defeat to Spain in the World Cup 2010 first knockout round. David Villa’s second half strike was enough to send the European champions into the quarter-finals at the expense of the Portuguese, who saw their defensive strategy [...]
An increasing number of women in their 30s and 40s are freezing their eggs while they continue their search for their Mr. Right, say British doctors. “They come in their 30s or late 30s if they haven’t found the right partner,” dailymail.co.uk quoted Srilatha Gorthi, a senior research fellow at Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine, [...]
“ADOPTION is becoming the new export industry for our country. Experts I have spoken with are of the opinion that it might overtake coffee as major export industry…” Those were the words of Ellene Moria, who runs a women’s programme on a local radio station in Ethiopia. They were laden with acrimonious emotion which many [...]
Police in Ghana have arrested the owner of an illegal gold mine which collapsed on Sunday after heavy rains, burying large numbers of miners. There are fears that an estimated 100 people have been killed in the accident in Dunkwa-on-Offin, central Ghana. At least 15 people survived. Rescue workers are continuing search efforts, but have [...]
Founder of the Household of God Church and chairman of the Fresh Democratic Party, Chris Okotie, yesterday declared his plan to contest the 2010 presidential election, his third attempt to govern Nigeria. Mr Okotie, former pop artist turned evangelist, made this known at the secretariat of the Fresh Party (FDP) in Lagos. “I will run [...]
