Africa

African farmers’ livelihoods at risk

Representatives of hundreds of thousands of African tobacco farmers will gather at the International Tobacco Growers Association Africa Regional Meeting […]

Why Africa needs women power

Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda is really shaking things up. She announced that she will work to overturn Malawi’s law […]

ICC not for Africans – say new prosecutor

The prosecutor-elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dispelled what she termed as “perceptions” that the Hague-based court is […]

Malawi ready to host AU summit

Malawi will be a battlefield when the African Union convenes for its summit in July as regional blocks ensure that […]

UN tells Africa to stop begging and grow food

The declaration by the UN that Africa has suitable conditions to feed its people was spot on. At no other […]

Zambia ready to arrest Sudan’s Al Bashir

While Malawi is dithering on the matter of Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al Bashir, Zambia has broken ranks with most […]

IMF withdraws advisory team from Swaziland

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn its advisory team from Swaziland, saying it is unable to support the government’s […]

Be firm – President Sata urges the Justice Lovemore Chikopa’s tribunal

PRESIDENT Michael Sata has urged members of the tribunal established to probe alleged professional misconduct of three judges not to […]

Swazis reject monarch in public poll

A public poll in Swaziland showed that 43% of the population disapproved of Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati’s III, […]

Zanu PF raps Zuma over Malema

Some of President Robert Mugabe’s closest officials have attacked South African president and mediator to Zimbabwe’s political crisis Jacob Zuma, […]

Africa’s only female presidents join forces to support women

The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have […]

Malawi vs. Zambia – WHAT A COINCIDENCE…

Amazing…………………..….. 1.    Both Dr. Kenneth Kaunda and Dr. Kamuzu Banda were longest serving President’s of both countries and their roots are somehow not traced from […]

TB Joshua Banned In Cameroon

The Cameroonian government has blacklisted Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, saying that he is […]

Zambia and Zimbabwe are Siamese twins – Mugabe

President Michael Sata says Zambia and Zimbabwe’s relations, dating back to the pre-independence era, were founded on common traditions and […]

US condemns attacks on South Sudan

The White House called on Sudan yesterday to stop its bombing raids of newly independent South Sudan and said the […]

Zuma On Track For Second Term – ANC Leaders

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is the favorite to win a second term to lead the ruling ANC in a […]

EU Plans to Boost East Africa’s Capacity to Deal With Pirates

The European Union will begin a program to help East African nations improve maritime security as pirate attacks in the […]

Combating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

For many decades now, the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have been consigned to the bottom of the globes rich list. […]