South Sudan Proclaims Independence
JUBA — South Sudan’s parliament speaker on Saturday proclaimed his state’s independence on Saturday, sparking joy at the birth of the world’s newest nation...
Obama Targeted Kenyan Drug Lord Over $80 Million Of Cocaine
Early June of this year U.S President Barack Obama imposed economic sanctions on seven suspected foreign drug lords, including two Kenyans-John Harun Mwau, a...
Wal-Mart Takes On Africa With Massmart
Nigeria, with a population size of over 150 million people, is too big a market to ignore. And the world’s largest retail chain has...
Zimbabwean President to miss ANC fete
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not attend South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebrations this weekend because the veteran ruler is in...
Militant Islam on the Rise in West Africa
This week's standoff between the Nigerian government in the northern, mainly Muslim state of Borno and a militant group called the Boko Haram, has...
