The wave of protests against high prices, and unemployment especially among the youth – sparked by a 26-year-old graduate who set himself on fire after police prevented him from selling fruits and vegetables, have been blamed on…
Category: Africa
Ghana, a West African nation is ranked the fastest growing economy in the world and tops the chart of the top 12 fastest growing economies for 2011. Liberia, Angola, Ethiopia, and Mozambique are other African countries that…
If all goes as scheduled, the destiny of the largest country in Africa – Sudan, will be determined on January 9, 2011 when the people of Southern Sudan vote in a referendum to either split…
By Alan Boswell: Juba, Sudan – Long Sudan’s most powerful friend, China is shifting ties just weeks ahead of a key secession vote, cozying up to the nation’s separatist southern region in what appears to…
The Cameroon striker was able to take the award for a record fourth time beating Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba and Ghana’s Asamaoh Gyan.
TP Mazembe from the DR Congo is not only the first African football club to go through the Club World Cup final, but also the first club outside Europe and South America to go this…
Refugees, who claim they suffer unemployment and prejudice in Kenya, are being pushed into the arms of radicals. Hu Yinan reports from Africa.
Two Presidents, two prime ministers, two governments now exist in the same country, Ivory Coast. This is the outcome of the runoff of the November 28 presidential election organized with a prime motive to help…
Alassane Ouattara might be the ideal President for the West African nation – Ivory Coast, following his victory in the runoff poll against incumbent Laurent Gbagbo – as announced by the Independent Electoral Commission in…
Samuel Eto’o says that a simple truth lies behind his early-season persecution of defenders in Italy and other corners of Europe. “I had a bad summer,” Internazionale‘s Cameroon striker says, matter-of-factly. Eto’o regularly refers to…