President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on the invitation of the government of China, is joining a select number of African Heads of State to participate in the opening session of the fourth Ministerial Conference of a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from November 8-9.
CHARL Senekal holds up a clod of Libyan soil and lets it trickle through his fingers. Behind him endless rows of neglected olive trees stretch into the distance. "This place is easy to fix," says the jovial barrel-chested farmer. "We could turn it into a paradise."
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has appealed to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to intervene in the plight of returnee Nigerians from Libya by putting in place machineries that will reintegrate them into the society.
OVER 1,000 Nigerians on death row in Libya prisons who were recently repatriated, following the intervention of a Nigeria-based civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Umaru Yar'Adua.
A Nigerian film maker Mr. Victor Okhai has been appointed president of the jury of the international digital competition for long feature films at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival.
A ceremony was held Saturday under the chairmanship of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on the 22nd anniversary of the November 7 Change.
President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali made an address, during a ceremony held on Saturday on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Change. Here follows the full text of the speech:
President Museveni has commended Algeria for its outstanding role in matters related to promoting the African continent globally. The remarks were made during a meeting with the outgoing Algeria's Ambassador, Mr Aziria Abdelkader at State House, Entebbe last week. The President said Algeria has trained prominent personalities in the history of Africa such as former presidents Nelson Mandela and ...
Part of the attraction in Cairo is the ancient architecture
President Yoweri Museveni has commended Algeria for its role in promoting the African continent, reports Raymond Baguma.
President Paul Kagame yesterday continued his four-day official visit to Egypt, paying a visit to one of the largest private land reclamation projects in Egypt, the Magrabi Farm.
A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon their return from visiting their families in the Saharawi refugee camps."
President Paul Kagame yesterday met and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak as part of his ongoing visit to the northern African country.
Tunisia was ranked respectively first in North Africa, third in the Arab world and fourth in Africa by the 2009 edition of the UK based Legatum Prosperity Index. Tunisia is ranked 68 th in the world, preceding China, Russia, and Turkey.
As part of the celebration of Tunisian theater centenary, the M'hamed Maarouf Sousse cultural center is hosting from November 4 to 7, 2009 the 7th edition of Hadramaut Comic arts workshop.
