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UN Chief Ki-Moon wants to revive talks to end Western Sahara conflict

Mar 09, 2016 U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon recently said that he will strive to restart negotiations between Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement and Morocco in a bid to resolve their conflict and allow Sahrawi refugees to return. Speaking from Mauritania, the U.N. chief said: “I want to bring my contribution to negotiations launched in ... Read More
 

Death of top Sudanese Islamist leader to change political landscape

Mar 09, 2016 Mourners recently gathered in Khartoum for the funeral of Hassan al-Turabi, a prominent Sudanese politician considered by many as the spiritual leader of the country’s Islamists. Turabi, who passed on at the age of 84 after suffering a heart attack, was once a close ally of President Omar al-Bashir. He however severed ... Read More
 

Indonesian President discusses Palestinian issues with Sudan and Iran

Mar 09, 2016 On the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit, Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before his discussion with minister Zarif, president Widodo held a meeting with Bashir, who travelled to ... Read More
 

Russia offers access to its Syria bases to help deliver aid

Mar 09, 2016 Russia’s Defense Ministry recently asserted that it was ready to give access to its military bases in Syria for humanitarian aid deliveries. Speaking to this effect, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said: “We are talking about providing opportunities for the unloading and temporary storage of humanitarian aid to the Syrian population at ... Read More
 

Carneiro wants apology from Mourinho

Mar 09, 2016 Eva Carneiro, former Chelsea team doctor, recently called for a public apology from Jose Mourinho as part of her constructive dismissal and sex discrimination claim against the Premier League champions. Carneiro, who worked for Chelsea for six years, parted ways with the club. She left in September last year following a face-off ... Read More
 

Victoria Pendleton to race at Cheltenham festival

Mar 09, 2016 Double Olympic cycling gold medalist Victoria Pendleton recently confirmed that she will ride in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 18. Pendleton landed her first victory as an amateur jockey when she won the two-and-a-half-mile Switching Saddles Hunter Chase at Wincanton by 29 lengths. The 35-year-old, who came second ... Read More
 

An African City: A Life of Expectations

Showing March 14 | Episode 7 | A Life of Expectations In this episode, the five ladies take stock of the expectation of men that they date. With Zainab, she dates a man who does not “come” in women, afraid of his dates getting pregnant. With Nana Yaa, concerning her household, she has certain expectations ... Read More
 

DJ Donald Sebolai bags 20 years in jail

Mar 09, 2016 We start off in South Africa, where former Jozi FM DJ Donald Sebolai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Dolly Tshabalala in their Soweto flat in June 2014. DJ Sebolai who had been on trial for almost two years had claimed he stabbed and killed Dolly ... Read More
 

Gabriel Afolayan stars in “King Invincible”

Mar 09, 2016 In the movie world, Nollywood actor Gabriel Afolayan is a villain in Femi Adisa’s new movie titled “King Invincible”. The epic movie also stars Tope Tedela, Bimbo Manuel, Omowunmi Dada among others. It tells the story of a warlord who is transitioning into a wolf due to a curse placed on him. ... Read More
 

New video alert! Yung6ix ft Stonebwoy – “For Example”

Mar 09, 2016 Moving on to new videos, Nigeria meets Ghana as Yung6ix teams up with award-winning dancehall star Stonebwoy in the video of Yung6ix’s track titled “For Example”. The video, directed by Unlimited L.A. features stars such as Juliet Ibrahim, Ushbebe, Orezi, and LK Kuddy Charass. The track was produced by celebrated music producer ... Read More