Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has been confirmed as the winner of the presidential election.Mr Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote on a turnout
Pope Benedict XVI called ,Wednesday, on those responsible for violence in Nigeria to “stop spilling the blood of innocent people”, and urged all parties involved...
Africa has the potential to lead and direct global investments and take it rightful position in the global economy. Africa has experienced a tremendous growth...
A fast rising Nigerian model Yinka Olonode is reported to have jumped to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel building.According to reports,...
For those of us working internationally to uphold the rights of sexual minorities, the reappearance of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on the agenda for the Ugandan...
More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under...
Khartoum — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) today downplayed the need for a new summit between president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his South Sudan...
Washington DC and Cape Town — A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern DRC finds that more...
Cairo — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned to the presidential palace after a violent protest of over 100,000 people the night before had forced...
Egypt's administrative court will consider on Wednesday appeals to annul a decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi.
Mursi issued a constitutional decree on November 22 shielding...
The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a demonstration by Egypt's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon to "defend legitimacy", its media spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan has said.
Tens...
Juba — Women and children are increasingly being caught up in violent attacks related to cattle rustling and inter-communal rivalries in South Sudan's Jonglei State,...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, has died in an Indian hospital. Elebuwa, who died on Tuesday night, had been battling the effects of a stroke...
Disgust at world leaders' inability to deal with climate change has upset the stomach of many an activist.
But their subsequent run for the humble toilet...
THE European Union has softened its stance on Marange diamonds and has, for the first time, lauded the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme for withdrawing monitors...
He advanced to the council-table:
and, "Please your honours," said he,
"I'm able, by means of a secret charm,
to draw all creatures living beneath the sun,
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Washington DC and Cape Town — A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern DRC finds that more...
Doha — Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa is positive that a favourable agreement will be reached at COP18 on Friday, despite concerns...
Former Nigerian President, General Olusegun Obasanjo has eulogized Ghana's democratic credential as a vanguard of democracy in the West African Sub-region, as it embarks on...
Cairo — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned to the presidential palace after a violent protest of over 100,000 people the night before had forced...
Egypt's administrative court will consider on Wednesday appeals to annul a decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi.
Mursi issued a constitutional decree on November 22 shielding...
The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a demonstration by Egypt's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon to "defend legitimacy", its media spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan has said.
Tens...
Egypt's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday that 40 policemen were injured in Tuesday scuffles by the presidential palace.
Opposition forces staged protests on Tuesday in...
Tens of protesters have set up tents by Egypt's presidential palace in a sit-in against a constitutional decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi and a...
Juba — Women and children are increasingly being caught up in violent attacks related to cattle rustling and inter-communal rivalries in South Sudan's Jonglei State,...
Yesterday, The Chronicle warned in its editorial that in spite of the roof-top advertisement of preparing to conduct transparent, free and fair elections in a...
Nouakchott — The UN Secretary-General's report on intervention in Mali received harsh criticism from African states.
Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, has died in an Indian hospital. Elebuwa, who died on Tuesday night, had been battling the effects of a stroke...
Doha — The first week of the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol has been described as successful, with the countries managing to...
Disgust at world leaders' inability to deal with climate change has upset the stomach of many an activist.
But their subsequent run for the humble toilet...
Two more men have been sentenced to hang in Swaziland this past week.
This comes after Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, told...
Abidjan — The adoption by Côte d'Ivoire's parliament of a law on equality between legally married couples has sparked anger, especially among religious people. For...
Mangaung steadily approaches, the weaknesses of the internal electoral processes of the African National Congress (ANC) become more evident.
The first problem is that there is...
Accra — This is the last week before Ghana's population exercises its civic right (popularly known as 'krokromoti power') to vote in presidential and legislative...
Nairobi — After Kenya went to the polls five years ago, Victor Situma and his family were among some 600,000 people who fled their homes...
Egypt's riot police retreated after firing teargas at protesters gathered by the presidential palace on Tuesday against a decree issued by President Mohamed Mursi and...
For those of us working internationally to uphold the rights of sexual minorities, the reappearance of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on the agenda for the Ugandan...
Maputo — African countries endowed with enormous reserves of natural resources should undertake detailed mapping of them, in order to be in a better condition...
"Some of the most promising solutions to the spread of HIV reside in stripping away the layers of oppression from the lives of women and...
Doha — Qatar may be one of the richest countries in the world, but it has something in common with its African counterparts - food...
Lisbon — A high-speed network that allows faster data transmission both among researchers in southern and eastern Africa and with scientists in Europe and other...
