10 Places In Colorado You Never Knew Existed
Bearing little resemblance to the animated TV show, the real South Park in Colorado is home to the towns of Fairplay and Alma along with a variety of heritage areas and scenic sights. The area boasts...
View ArticleFunny And Inspiring Famous Last Words We Love
Joan Crawford was an American stage performer and Oscar-winning actress. But she didn't star in the film she is most famous for -- it was about her. "Mommie Dearest" is a 1981 biographical drama about...
View ArticleHas Ghana’s Government Dropped the Ball on Urban Planning?
From Ghana Web The Ghana Real Estates Development Association (GREDA) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the abysmal planning of urban areas across the country. The Executive Director of the...
View ArticleEgypt To Get Economic Pressure West, Predicts Experts
From CBC Canada and the U.S. are failing to make full use of the economic and diplomatic tools available to combat repression in Egypt, say two experts on the region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...
View ArticleU.N. To Launch Human Rights Inquiry Into Eritrea
From Business Insider The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed to set up a year-long inquiry into human rights in Eritrea, similar to previous high-level investigations into Syria, North Korea and Sri...
View ArticleEritrea: World´s Least-Connected Country Tech Wise
From Business Week Three years ago, a ship carrying African migrants sank off the coast of Libya. More than 200 drowned, including dozens of young people fleeing their repressive, impoverished home...
View ArticleEthical Fashion Ghana Project Launched To Boost Industry
From Ghana Web The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), in collaboration with the Swiss Government, has launched a fashion project to establish a sustainable export market, based on a sustainable...
View ArticleCorruption Derails Kenya’s Growth, Kenya Association of Manufacturers
From Standard Bribery and corruption costs the economy about $40 billion annually, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has said. Chief Executive Betty Maina said this remains a threat to any...
View ArticleUS Bans Swaziland, Welcomes Madagascar In AGOA
Due to worries over workers´rights the United States has removed Swaziland from a lucrative trade pact as it allowed Madagascar back in after the island restored democracy. “President Barack Obama...
View ArticleWorld Bank Gives Mali $63M For Youth Employment Program
From Star Africa Unemployed youth pose a major development and security challenge to Mali in the foreseeable future and hence a project that would boost employment opportunities, said Paul Noumba,...
View ArticleNigeria’ s SME Sector Faces Obstacles
From The Guardian News Stanbic IBTC is the first Nigerian bank to introduce psychometric testing as a tool for creating Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Loans which enables the bank to offer loans...
View ArticleSomali Expatriates Upset Over Bank Curbs On Remittances
From Business Insider Each month, 42-year-old Abdirizak Alibos shows up at a money transfer business in the heart of Minneapolis to send $500 to his three children in war-torn Somalia. “I send them...
View ArticleSports Betting Soars In Sierra Leone
From BBC Hundreds of millions of people have been glued to their TV sets watching the matches at the World Cup, but for some followers there is even more at stake. In Sierra Leone sports betting has...
View ArticleUS Takes Position On Human Rights In Egypt And Uganda
From CNCB Africa US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Egypt for a stopover of a few hours before he was to start on a frantic tour to Jordan, France and Belgium to co-ordinate a response to the...
View ArticleAfrica Finance Corporation Makes $100M Investment In Chad Oil Firm
From CNBC Africa Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has made an investment of $100 million into Chad’s SHT. Andrew Alli, chief executive officer of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) told CNBC Africa...
View ArticleTourists Stay Away As Seychelles´ Economy Shrinks
From Bloomberg Sun-kissed beaches and crystal-clear seas are no longer enough to guarantee growth for the Seychelles’s economy. Gross domestic product declined the most in four years, dropping 2.9...
View ArticleFastJet Wants To Bring Affordable Air Travel To Africa
From Business Day If FastJet CEO Ed Winter gets his way, air travel in Africa will be as cheap as taking a bus. Just ask the fishermen of the remote Tanzanian port of Mwanza on Lake Victoria. They hop...
View ArticleWest Africa´s Ebola Outbreak Most Deadly Ever
From USA Today West Africa’s first-ever Ebola outbreak in humans is now the most deadly and geographically widespread outbreak on record and is threatening to spread, health officials say. According to...
View ArticleNiger´s Ex-President Tandja Sees Immunity Revoked
From Star Africa A court in Niger has stripped ex President Mamadou Tandja of his immunity from prosecution.The decision to revoke his immunity would pave the way for him to appear before a judge over...
View ArticleJohn Legend Set To Perform In Zimbabwe In November
American music artist John Legend has conformed he will tou Zimbabwe this fall. He is one of a new wave os Ameircan musicians performing in African markets. Legend will perform in the Zimbabwean...
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