The Association of Sachet water Producers in the Ashanti region is expected to withdraw a special taskforce instituted to regulate price undercutting by its members.

This follows a joint committee meeting of the Association and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, which had earlier asked the producer association to stop influencing other producers…

As Kenya's government grapple with the problem of feeding its citizens there is a sleeping giant in the Mwea irrigation scheme that has the capacity of feeding thousands of Kenyans but it has hardly been exploited. The scheme was introduced before independence but nothing has been improved to make it match with the changing times in the modern…

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the military to "take all necessary actions" to stop ethnic and religious unrest in Plateau state as more than 100 people have been killed in the past two weeks in the state in conflict between Muslims and Christians from rival ethnic groups.

But the president’s order to the chief…

A court in Angola has sentenced 17 people to prison sentences of up to three months for their involvement in an anti-government rally on September 3 that resulted in violent clashes in the capital Luanda. The rally called for the resignation of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos -- who has held power in oil-rich Angola for over 32 years -- and resulted…

More than 100 people died in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, after a fire incident took place on Monday morning and on the other hand many more are now reportedly struggling for their lives to recover at various hospitals across the city, according to local media reports.
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who arrived at the scene, described…

As political competition begins in Cameroon following the publication of the list of 21 finalists for the October 9 presidential elections, the different office seekers are expected to reinvigorate the march towards democratic transition and economic change in the country. The expectations of many Cameroonians are high as they look up to a leader who…

The Viridis Africa conference is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from October 17-18, 2011 will focus on e introduction of clean technologies and associated business and investment opportunities.

It will bring together investors and entrepreneurs from Africa and rest of the world, to jointly explore commercial initiatives in green technologies.…

'Nil Dariar Prem' Love beyond Poetry In Portuguese Life?

In memory of European Country in Language 'Bangla' New poetry collection author's takes deep inside European Oceans look at personal relationships with foreign advocates of Missionary in the Provinces?

In the poetry collection “NIL DARIAR PREM” –(Ocean…

Opportunities to offer qualitative micro credit to businesses and other individuals would be enhanced under the new licensing regime of non-bank financial institutions.

National Board Chairman of the Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC), Collins Amponsah-Mensah, believes the group’s partnership with the Bank of Ghana “will…

Minstens drie volle minuten had ik nodig om te begrijpen wat de receptionist van het Al Jazira hotel in Nouâdhibou me bij het uitchecken trachtte duidelijk te maken. Zijn mengelmoes van Maghrebijns Arabisch en steenkolenfrans maakte het me niet makkelijk, maar toen ik meerdere malen de woorden sheikh, mort, les Americains en Usama meende te verstaan,…

A British man was confirmed dead and his wife was kidnaped on Sunday night in Lamu Island near Kenya-Somalia border after Armed Gunmen from Somalia attacked them.

Kenya police commissioner Mathew iteere confirmed the death of David Tebbut and the abduction of his wife Judith Tebbut.
He added that the incident was bandit attack and they have not…

Slechts drie landen in Oost-, West- en Zuidelijk Afrika zullen in de komende jaren in staat zijn de moedersterfte tot een aanvaardbaar niveau terug te brengen. Die landen zijn Eritrea, Rwanda en Ethiopië.

Dat zei Eliya Zulu, directeur van het African Institute for Development Policy (Afidep), afgelopen week tijdens een bijeenkomst in Nairobi.
Tijdens…

Duizenden Ivorianen die in 2006 slachtoffer zijn geworden van de dumping van giftig afval in Abidjan, hebben nog steeds de beloofde schadevergoeding niet ontvangen.

'Er heerst een volledig gebrek aan transparantie als het gaat om de miljoenen euro's die de overheid had moeten uitbetalen aan slachtoffers', zegt Benedetta Lacey van Amnesty International.
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Gewapende groepen stelen voedsel en houden Somalische vluchtelingen vast in kampen om de aanvoer van voedsel door hulporganisaties te bestendigen. Het gestolen voedsel wordt op markten verkocht.

Mohamed Elmi (69) en zijn gezin kregen tot nu toe nauwelijks voldoende te eten in het vluchtelingenkamp in Mogadishu waar ze verblijven. Gewapende mannen besturen…

Nigeria zal nog meer moordende bomaanslagen te verduren krijgen als de inlichtingendiensten er niet beter gaan werken en de overheid niet meer onderneemt tegen de illegale handel in explosieven. Dat zeggen experts na de aanslag tegen het VN-gebouw in Abuja op 26 augustus.

Bij de aanslag in Abuja vielen 23 doden en 81 gewonden. De aanslag zat eraan…

Sinds maandag (5 september) kunnen filmliefhebbers zich in Brussel en Gent twee uur lang onderdompelen in de misdaadscène in Kinshasa. De Congolese gangsterthriller Viva Riva! is al een internationaal succes maar in Congo loopt de distributie moeizaam, zegt de Belgisch-Congolese regisseur Djo Tunda wa Munga.

Viva Riva!, de eerste Congolese langspeelfilm…

Oeganda en het nieuwe Zuid-Soedan overwegen de invoering van de doodstraf voor homoseksuelen. In vijf andere landen is homoseksualiteit momenteel nog steeds verboden en worden homo-, bi-, en transseksuelen geëxecuteerd, zegt mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights First in een recent rapport.

Landen waar de doodstraf staat op homoseksualiteit zijn Iran,…

A group of Gunmen suspected to be belonging to militant Islamist Al-shabab in Somalia shot a British man to death and kidnapped his wife in the Kenyan coastal town of Lamu County, near border between Kenya and Somalia, local media reported on Sunday. .
According to the reports the late person named as David Tebutt and his wife Judith were said…

The police in Kenya can no longer forcefully arrest suspects without justifying their actions in writing. This is contained in a new regulation in the National Police Service Act enacted last week. The guide cautions against the use of force when arresting suspects. It also lays down that the slightest use of unnecessary force must be explained.

This…

The body charged with the organisation of elections in Cameroon, Elections Cameroon, ELECAM, has made public the list of 21 candidates qualified to run for the presidential election set for October 9, 2011. The board chairman of ELECAM, Dr Fonkam Samuel Azu'u made known the qualified candidates for the October presidential election during a press…