Sep 2, 2015 The United Nations Security Council recently acknowledged that the peace deal signed by President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar was only the first step in dealing with the crisis in South Sudan. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations therefore called on the parties to fully honor the peace agreement. ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Preparations were underway in Havana in preparation for a visit from Pope Francis in September. Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, will be visiting the island from September 19 to 22. According to sources, the visit will also feature an outdoor mass at the Revolution Square for the country’s Catholic faithful. ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Usain Bolt recently secured a clean sweep of the sprint gold medals at the IAAF world championships for the third time when he helped the Jamaican relay team to a fourth successive 4×100 meters title in Beijing. Prior to the race, the 29-year-old world record holder had already won the 100 and ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 In the build up to next summer’s Olympics, Eduardo Paes, the Mayor of Rio recently presented the BMX cycling track at the Deodoro Sports Complex. The event which marked the official completion of the track also had in attendance the President of the Organizing Committee for Rio 2016, Carlos Nuzman. The official ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Greetings folks! Multiple Grammy award winning American rock star and lead singer of U2, Bono, collaborated with African music heavyweights such as D’banj, Femi Kuti, Banky W, Diamond Platnumz and Cobhams Asuquo in the remix of The One campaign theme song titled “Strong Girl”. Produced by Cobhams Asuquo, the track “Strong Girl”, ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Taking the celebration of Afrobeat to Europe, Dance Afrique Summerfest 2015 went at The SSE Arena in Wembley, London on Friday. Blowing the crowd away were celebrated African musicians including South African duo Mafikizolo, Johnny singer Yemi Alade, Starboy CEO Wizkid, and Senegalese American pop star Akon who closed the show. Spinning ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Still on new movies, ace Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola is on set acting the role of late Dr. Stella Adadevoh, who died a heroine in her effort to prevent an Ebola outbreak in Nigeria in 2014. The upcoming movie titled “93 Days” is being directed by acclaimed movie director and producer of ... Read More
Sep 2, 2015 Talking about new videos, celebrated Ghanaian neo soul singer Efya teams up with fellow Ghanaian fast-rising songstress MzVee for the video of MzVee’s single titled “Abofra”. The Lynx Ghana Limited signee and BET Best New International Artist Viewer’s Choice Award nominee MzVee, sing about attaining victory together ... Read More
Sep 1, 2015 President Robert Mugabe, who recently outlined reforms that will attract greater investment, has expressed his hope that China can help revive Zimbabwe’s struggling economy. The 91 year old veteran leader made this known during his first state of the nation address in eight years and firmly suggested that economic growth was just ... Read More
