22 April 2014 By Ishmael Kindama Standard Times Press As a promoter and financer of large-scale land investments in agriculture, the World Bank Group has been accused by campaigners on land rights issues as key driver of land grabbing in…
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The Daily Trust BY OKELLO OCULI 18 APRIL 2014 OPINION “A nation of 4 million cannot deny 70 million people access to the sea, It is a matter of time, but another war is inevitable” (Teshome Gabre Mariam – former…
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18 April 2014 All Africa The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on the Ethiopian government to review its use of anti-terrorism laws against journalists: The members of the International Press Institute,…
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14 April 2014 BBC Eyewitnesses described scenes of terror in the wake of the explosions Dozens of people have been killed in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, officials say. The…
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April 12, 2014 Pan African News Agency (Pan African News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African economists have wound up a two-day meeting in Addis Ababa on the steps required to stop the illicit flow…
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5 April 2014 By Piers Edwards – BBC Sport The governance of African football is set to undergo significant change, says the man who organised the 2010 World Cup. Now President of the South African FA (Safa), former World Cup…
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3 April 2014 BBC Elio Di Rupo is Europe’s second openly gay prime minister Belgium’s gay Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo has called on African leaders to respect the rights of minorities, including homosexuals. It was intolerable that people were…
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April 3, 2014 BBC ZunZuneo was reportedly introduced with information about everyday topics such as sport and weather The US created a text-message social network designed to foment unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news…
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April 2, 2014 BBC The condoms will be given out for free at universities and colleges South Africa’s government will distribute coloured and flavoured condoms among students to end “condom fatigue”, the health minister has said. Aaron Motsoaledi’s comments came…
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Apirl 1, 2014 Agence France-Presse The head of the EU’s huge aid programme to Africa warned on Tuesday that tying investment on the continent to democratic reforms risked backfiring if viewed as neo-colonialism. “I would always warn against linking the…
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