Archive For: The Crunch
May 13 , 2015 From Ventures Africa, we’re told that work has commenced on the construction of the largest wind farm in sub-Saharan Africa. The farm will be located on the eastern part of Kenya’s Lake Turkana’ it is a private and public sector joint venture and will cost close to $1 billion. The development ... Read More
May 12 , 2015 Algeria recently received a visitor in the person of Raul Castro, Cuba’s president. President Raul arrived in the Algerian capital, Algiers, on Sunday third of May for a three-day visit to the North African country and was received at Houari-Boumediene International Airport by Algeria’s Senate President, Abdelkader Bensalah as well as some other high ranking officials ... Read More
May 12 , 2015 And more on international communication, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks in Nairobi, as part of John Kerry’s three-day official tour. The Secretary of State was in Kenya to offer help in countering Somali militants who have caused many senseless killings in some parts of the ... Read More
May 12 , 2015 The Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos is currently hosting about 300 athletes from Nigeria and other parts of Africa such as Niger, Mali, Ghana, and Congo. The athletes, consisting of 212 men and 88 women, are participating at the Lagos International Taekwondo Classics. They are vying for N3.5m prize money in ... Read More
May 12 , 2015 What do you get when you bring Nigeria film and theatre heavy weights such as Joke Silva, Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett, Bimbo Akintola, Omonor Shomolu, Kate Henshaw and mix them up with rising stars such as Lala Akindoju, Odenike, Deborah Ohiri and a host of others? The answer, dear people is Hear Word ... Read More
May 8 , 2015 In the second largest seizure in the nation’s history, Thai customs displayed more than three tonnes of confiscated African ivory valued at $6 million. The source of the illegal loot, consisting of Five hundred and eleven pieces of African elephant tusks was from Mombasa, Kenya. The smugglers had disguised the ivory in bags ... Read More
May 8 , 2015 Saudi Arabia recently had a leadership reorganization, as King Salman appointed his nephew Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef crown prince and heir, and his own son, Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, deputy crown prince. Following these changes, Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al Sisi has paid a congratulatory visit to the monarch in Saudi Arabia. The recent ... Read More
May 8 , 2015 The richest man in Africa Aliko Dangote, has said he is still interested in buying Arsenal football club, and is working towards it. His bid to acquire a stake in the club was turned down by the owners in 2010, but Dangote, an avid arsenal fan, won’t quit. Dangote expressed hope ... Read More
May 8 , 2015 Some time, not too long ago we brought you the news of the freeing of 280 children who were captured by rebels of the Cobra Faction militia and then forced into becoming child fighters in South Sudan. More good news as the children are adjusting to family and reintegrating with society. They ... Read More
May 7 , 2015 Indonesia played host recently to leaders from Africa and Asia who were in town to mark 60 years since the first the Asian-African Conference. The talk saw several leaders call for a new global order open to new economic powers President Joko Widodo of Indonesia who received the other heads said ... Read More
