For some observers, the long-awaited and much-delayed publication of retired judge Ian Farlam’s report on the death of 44 people at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine at Marikana in August 2012 is all about Cyril Ramaphosa . Did the former union...
By David E Kiwuwa Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s decision to leave South Africa speedily to avoid arrest on an International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment while attending the 25th African Union summit was a dramatic diplomatic development. The warrant, issued in...
By: Bazi Bussuri Sheikh As Mandela stated “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb”, the current social anger at immigrants over unemployment is one of the main hills South Africa needs...
African Governments and business leaders join to launch Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund $5million committed by African Governments and ‘Africa Business Champions for Science’ during launch hosted by HE President Macky Sall of Senegal JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, June 18, 2015/African Press Organization...
Kenya’s president ordered on Thursday the central bank to issue regulations and then lift restrictions on key money transfer services vital for Somalia suspended over suspected links to the al-Qaeda-allied Shabaab.Kenya in April froze transfer companies as part of...
Rights group seeks arrest of Sudan president - accused by ICC of war crimes - during ongoing visit to attend AU summit. Bashir is leading Sudan's delegation to the AU summit which starts on Sunday in Johannesburg A South African...
  CPJ to release report on exiled journalists to commemorate World Refugee Day New York, June 11, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists will release its annual report on journalists forced into exile on June 17, 2015, to mark World Refugee Day...
Press Release June 09, 2015 ACCESS INFRA AFRICA REVEALS FINALISTS OF US$ 5 MILLION COMPETITION FOR EARLY STAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN AFRICA Expert panel of judges to select winner(s) at Africa Energy Forum 2015 in Dubai Dubai, UAE: Access Infra Africa (‘Access’),...
Despite being best known for making pop music, Akon‘s decided to give filling dancefloors a break in favour of bringing solar energy to people living in rural Africa. The singer has decided to seriously diversify and set up charity Akon...
The 40th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank Takes Place in Maputo MAPUTO, Mozambique, June 4, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank Group (http://www.isdb.org), has...