Forest People May Lose Home in Kenyan Plan
Officials are gearing up to evict tens of thousands from the Mau Forest, in a government conservation effort that has raised suspicion.
Nigeria: Ikpeba Clamours For Foreign Coach
Former international, Victor Ikpeba has added his voice to the call for a foreign technical adviser to be appointed for the Super Eagles to thinker the team to the Nations Cup and World Cup coming up next year in Angola and South Africa respectively.
Nigeria: World Bank – Employment Report, Growth Strategy for Country
The nucleus of a comprehensive growth strategy that is uniquely Nigerian, tailor-made and capable of helping Nigeria make rapid progress is contained in the World Bank’s recent Employment and Growth Report (EGR), its lead author and the bank’s chief economist in Nigeria, Dr. Volker Treichel, has said.
Liberia: Making Malnutrition a Health Issue
With 45 percent of Liberian children under age five chronically or acutely malnourished, experts say nutrition is a burning health problem, but NGOs feel the Ministry of Health is not as worried as it should be, and lacks the capacity to provide leadership in bringing about solutions.
Nigeria: Galadima, Toro Say Eagles Not a Weak Team
Former Chairman of the then Nigeria Football Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima and former Secretary General in the association, Alhaji Sani Toro yesterday said Nigeria’s Super Eagles are not a weak team as being peddled by some individuals.
Large Victory Likely for Namibia Governing Party
Democracy has firmly settled into place in Namibia, but it appears the South-West African People’s Organization will again dominate the election.
Côte d’Ivoire: UN Pitches in on Nationwide Polio Immunization Campaign
United Nations peacekeepers airlifted doctors and vaccines to remote and inaccessible regions of Côte d’Ivoire today as the Government opened its latest campaign to immunize over 6 million children against polio.
Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa
The U.S. is open for Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, despite evidence of corruption.
