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Three issues define the race to succeed President Mwai Kibaki. Firstly, how the trials at the International Criminal Court will affect political stability and the fortunes of two of the leading presidential candidates, deputy prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former cabinet minister William...

The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk, he tells Peter Godwin that now is the time to tackle militants in Nigeria Professor Soyinka, you’re not an ivory-tower kind of writer. You are not a stranger to danger, and in...

The 16th of October is World Food Day with the main objective being to increase public awareness of global food problems that countries are currently experiencing, as well as to strengthen unity amongst nations in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. Smartphones and mobile...

A few weeks ago, a student walked up to me and said: “Mwalimu (teacher) I’m confused”. I did not understand what she meant so she continued: “A CPA or MBA programme? You see, I am good in math but I am not sure my analytical skills are sufficient to pursue financial analysis. I also do...

China could soon expand its involvement in peace and security issues in Africa, according to government officials, researchers and academics from both the Asian giant and resource-rich continent who met at the second China-Africa Think Tanks Forum in Ethiopia. “There is nothing that is not...

Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid a dispute over where he should face justice. The ICC wants Seif, the only son of the slain Libyan leader in custody, to be tried...

In our house in Nsukka, the small university town in eastern Nigeria where I grew up, my parents’ bedroom harboured a cupboard, reached only by standing on a stepladder. In that cupboard lay a battered brown leather satchel, filled with memorabilia from Biafra. I remember Biafran stamps...

A Nairobi court has stopped US President Barack Obama's half-brother from taking his three-year-old son to America and ordered him to produce the child in court. Mr George Obama, 30, was sued by his girlfriend who claims that he forcefully took away the boy on September 6 from her Huruma...

I do agree that the youth of today are a little different from we were when we were young but I’m afraid that I really don’t believe this particular piece of research. Which seems to be claiming that checking Twitter and Facebook is better, or perhaps more addictive, than sex, booze or even...

"Here is the mess," the warder said when he shoved Michael Adams* into an overcrowded cell in Allandale Prison, near South Africa's Cape Town, 10 years ago. That first night, Adams was raped by two men, and he was repeatedly assaulted during much of his time behind bars. "Two gangsters came...

As a woman, I can tell you that I'm in a relationship with my breasts. After all, they've always been there for me. And God willing, they will never leave me. On a good breast day, I look in the mirror and Read MORE »

In an event that is sure to embarrass Eritrea’s long-time ruler, two pilots of that country’s armed forces fled the country on Tuesday, flying in none other than the presidential jet. According to Jazan News, on Tuesday the air force captains flew the aircraft at low altitude across the Red Sea...

As Facebook announced that it hit the 1 billion users mark last week, becoming the world’s third largest “country,” penetration remains relatively low in East Africa and much of the rest of Africa. However, this could be the next frontier for the social networking site to grow its business...

Michelle Obama famously forgot her first wedding anniversary to her hubby, Barack. The week of the couple's first marriage milestone, as Michelle recalled on "The View," "He asked me, 'Well, what are we going to do on Saturday?' And I go, 'What's Saturday?' And it was our anniversary -- I...

Sperm has become one of the hottest commodities being sold in Ghana and many parts of the world. The target market for this new booming venture are couples suffering from male infertility, lesbian couples, and single women who pay huge amounts of money to access it. “Selling of sperm is...

A man in USA see a dog attackng a girl, He kicks the dog it dies "Newspapr report: "LOCAL HERO SAVES LADY FRM DOG" Man says i'm not Amercan! Report changed: "Foreign Hero Save girl from Dog" Man says: Actualy I'm Pakistani Breaking News: "Muslim Terrorist killed Innocent Dog which was playing...

Most of us are born procrastinators. That’s why we start saving late in life and hope to make up the difference by hitting the lotto or, if we must, by working longer. Neither is a great strategy. The odds of hitting a Mega Millions jackpot are, of course, insanely long—around one in 176...

Poverty is a choice Africa has taken and will remain so as long as the mindset of our leaders remain the same, i.e. putting self-preservation above the people’s interests. That these leaders have managed to get away with it, is testimony to the apathy of the African people... I recently read...

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday apologised for his affairs with two women whom he later dropped in favour of new wife Elizabeth Macheka, saying he did not mean to hurt them. “I know the road I travelled to make this choice has been rough and has been filled with all sorts...

The Chairperson of the African Green Revolution Alliance, Dr Koffi Annan and Mrs Melinda Gates, who is the Co-chairperson of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have both been impressed by Tanzania's 'Kilimo-Kwanza' initiative. The two dignitaries expressed their approval during the opening...