Archive For: The Crunch
May 18 , 2015 In Cairo, Egypt a criminal court has ordered for the arrest of the police officer accused of killing, activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh earlier in the year. The court ordered the accused placed in preventive detention. Sabbagh was a member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, and was killed while protesting in Downtown Cairo on ... Read More
May 18 , 2015 At a UN-Japan delegation courtesy call on President Kenyatta at the State House, Nairobi Kenya, United Nations Director of Operational Support Services, Houston Fergusson announced that Kenya will host the United Nations Peace Keeping Rapid Deployment of Engineering, Africa Unit. He said the move would boost the capacity of African countries ... Read More
May 18 , 2015 One of Ghana’s most popular teaching hospitals, Korle Bu has opened a new department solely for the treatment of psychiatric and psychological disorders. The new facility has two wards with a capacity of 12 beds for both males and females, and can admit patients for a maximum period of 10 days. ... Read More
May 18 , 2015 Ghana has won a four-nation tournament that acts as a preparatory ground for the Fifa U-20 World Cup billed to take place in New Zealand this year. The mock, tournament recently ended in New Zealand. The Black satellites led by Coach Sellas Tetteh walked into their last game with Australia with ... Read More
May 15 , 2015 Poaching continues to be a major problem across much of Southern Africa, and many nations are putting policies and measures in place to fight the decimation of many endangered and poacher attractive species. Botswana, one of the countries affected is recording good success in its fight against poachers, and has recorded ... Read More
May 15 , 2015 The ECOWAS Parliament has deliberated on the recent attacks on African nationals by some South Africans in some parts of the country and has ruled that those involved in the attacks must have their day in the International Criminal Court. The organization also discussed the recent tragedy which befell about nine ... Read More
May 14 , 2015 Any African remotely interested in football is no stranger to Didier Drogba and his various humanitarian deeds. Very recently, we told you that the footballer hosted his annual charity ball with such esteemed guests as Petr Cech, Eden Hazard, Bransilav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, Nemanja Matic, Thierry Henry, Louis Saha, Edgar Davids, ... Read More
May 14 , 2015 Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate from Nigeria is ahead of other top poetry experts such as Simon Armitage, Ian Gregson and two others for the post of the professor of poetry at Oxford University. The job, described by a popular British journal as a prestigious position, was first established in the ... Read More
May 14 , 2015 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has agreed to invest $26 billion in Equatorial Guinea. The bank says a big part of the fund will be used for providing infrastructural and financial support for the Equatorial Guinea government and also for Chinese enterprises that are in the country. The pact ... Read More
May 13 , 2015 “The concept of ‘Ubuntu’ should be applied to the ethical treatment of Ebola – and other neglected tropical diseases – in order to change the way that African countries respond to the disease” These are some of the words from Professor Thaddeus Metz, a Humanities Research Professor from the University of ... Read More
