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Kevin Chuwang (Nigeria), Edward Moongo (Namibia), Mzamo Chibambo (Nigeria), Emma da Rocha (Angola) and Nkenna Iwuagwu (Nigeria) are the final five housemates after Itai's eviction last Sunday. So relieved were they that they all engaged in prayer - thanking God for making it to the finals. Emma is now Africa's second most loved housemate after Kevin going by the online voters.
African countries will forge a united front to press for a 40 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by developed economies during the forthcoming Copenhagen climate conference.
Bank of Tanzania (BoT) governor Prof Benno Ndulu has advised African countries to take corrective measures to bail out their economies which have been adversely affected by the recent world economic crisis.
The Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA), is a process facilitated by the Lutheran World Federation with the aim of bringing religious communities across the continent of Africa to cooperate and work together to promote peace in the continent.
With the finale of M-Net's Big Brother Revolution just days away, DStv audiences are gearing up to discover just who will be the ultimate winner of the massive US$200 000 cash prize.
Istithmar World's current tourism investment projects in the country are likely not to be affected by the financial woes of the parent company, Dubai World.
The leader of the visiting Zimbabwean delegation from the Ministry of Youth and Empowerment, has commended Rwanda's reconciliation drive, saying it is a manifestation that Africans can solve their own problems.
Over the past year the countries of Africa have intensified their efforts to build a coalition on climate change. Across the continent, governments and communities have been working to ensure that their concerns and expectations are heard at the Copenhagen climate negotiations later this month.
The African sides moved a step closer to learning their fate at the 2010 World Cup after the four pots were announced ahead of Friday's finals Draw in Cape Town.
Unavoidable climate change will in future cost Africa at least 26 billion US dollars a year leaving millions of people suffering from hunger, diseases, floods and water shortages, a new study has warned.
Africa's economic growth and poverty reduction are closely linked with the quality of its infrastructure – its power, transport systems, water supply and sanitation, and its ICT networks. In the current economic climate, finding the financial resources for Africa's huge infrastructure needs is an enormous challenge.
A joint statement by multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund in anticipation of the Copenhagen Conference:The heads of the world’s leading international financial institutions today called for a comprehensive agreement to combat climate change at this month’s Copenhagen Conference and agreed to further coordinate their own efforts to help achieve the ...
Oceangoing ships are responsible for moving at least 80 percent of all commerce worldwide, so maritime pirates are a threat to everyone, especially those who are starving in Somalia and East Africa and rely on ships to deliver emergency shipments of food aid.
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
One of the six African representatives for the 2010 World Cup will lift the trophy, predicts three-time African Footballer of the Year Abedi Pele."We definitely will have one African team that goes far and when I say goes far I mean as far as raising the trophy. When I make this prediction people laugh, but I believe it.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton highlighted the continued threat HIV/AIDS poses to the world in a special event at the White House, calling HIV/AIDS "the defining health challenge of our time."
An array of interventions aimed at slowing the rate of new HIV infections in Africa has been tried over the last two decades. Some were tested to see if they actually worked, but many were not.
A major conference to help enhance food security in Africa and share lessons on best practices entered its third day in Nairobi Wednesday.
The following is a special briefing with Global AIDS Coordinator Amb. Eric Goosby on the U.S. approach to fighting HIV/Aids and the new U.S. administration's administration PEPFAR strategy.
AS hunger grows in East Africa, the World Food Security Summit convened in Rome this month to talk a lot about government investment in agriculture, but hardly about trade by people. Cynics will say these proclamations from on high do little to help the world's poor and hungry. Yet, against the odds, African farmers are showing the way.
The countdown continues. It's three days to the Big Brother Revolution finale, and each of the five finalists is outdoing themselves to impress the viewers to vote them the winner of the sh400m jackpot, to be handed over this Sunday.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), last Thursday, concluded its 46th Ordinary Session held at the Sheraton Gambia Resort and Spa, in Brufut.
Organized by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease under the theme, "Poverty and lung health", the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health will be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 3-7 December.
A global rush for 2010 FIFA World Cup™ tickets is expected on 5 December 2009, the day after the tournament’s Final Draw, when the third ticketing sales phase kicks off.
The West African Gas Pipeline Project was conceptualised to serve the socio-economic needs of the participating countries. Leadership writes on the constraints and gains which the project holds for West Africa.
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