June 25, 2015 Energy industry players, experts and government officials recently met for two days in Lagos for the West Africa Power Summit, where they discussed the challenges and possible solutions to improving the electricity supply in the region, as well as the right steps to take in securing more investments in the sector. It is recalled that ECOWAS member states launched ... Read More
June 25, 2015 In Tunisia, twenty-two women were the subject of a new photo exhibition which show the pain and suffering of women waiting to hear from their husbands, sons and brothers who have embarked on perilous journeys from Africa to Europe via the Mediterranean. Om el-Khir who attended the exhibition lives with three of her children and is ... Read More
June 25, 2015 Just when you think you’ve seen it all, science unveils something new and never before seen. The deep water explorations which took place early this month near the Galapagos Islands have revealed some newly discovered underwater species, according to a video posted to social media. Scientists studying biological, geological and archaeological sites along the Galapagos hydrothermal vents ... Read More
June 25, 2015 The race for Sepp Blatter’s replacement is on and just got more interesting with the announcement that great Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has decided to stand as a candidate for the FIFA presidency. Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales let the cat out of the bag with the permission of 54 year old Maradona. The journalist TOOK ... Read More
June 25, 2015 Jose Mourinho may be famous for his association with football but another sport he has a weakness for is tennis. The celebrated coach shared his excitement about Wimbledon which is around the corner as he watched the action at the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen’s Club in London, where Andy Murray took the title for the fourth time. Mourinho ... Read More
June 24, 2015 On the fifteenth of June, Zimbabwe’s government began retrieving old currency notes from the public, as part of the process of demonetizing the Zimbabwean dollar. Hyperinflation is the chief reason for the new measure, a terrible situation which the International Monetary Fund described in 2008 as the worst for any country not at war. It ... Read More
June 24, 2015 The African Union Summit ended recently in South Africa, and left residents of Alexandra township, near the summit venue, wondering what kind of impact the summit will have on their lives. This area was one of the worst hit with the recent xenophobia crisis in the nation, and of course the crisis was widely discussed by the leaders in addition to ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Security forces in Turkey have announced the arrest of five Islamic State militants who were apprehended as they tried to cross over from the Syrian town of Tel Abyad. The militants were taken to the counter-terrorism division at a police station in southeastern province of Sanliurfa. The capture of the town by the Kurdish YPG and smaller Syrian ... Read More
June 24, 2015 There have been a lot of mixed reactions regarding Rachel Dolezal, the American civil rights advocate who was busted for claiming to be of African heritage while being very Caucasian, at least according to her genes. Dolezal however has come out in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show, to say she identifies ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Many of us know that June 21st was father’s day, but did you know it was also International Yoga day? Well United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon definitely did; he was one of hundreds of people who took part in the activities marking the day at the UN visitor plaza. The Secretary General had some ... Read More
