Rwanda’s Parliament to Debate Kagame Third Term
29/05/2015Rwanda’s parliament is to debate changing the country’s constitution in order to allow strongman and President Paul Kagame to stand for a third consecutive term in elections in 2017, an.
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MEET The 6 Female Senators In 8th National Assembly (PHOTOS)
29/05/2015The 8th National Assembly to be inaugurated in June will have only 6 female senators out of the 109 membership Senate. Four of the female senators were elected on the.
Africa
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Madeleine Albright: Why Change in Nigeria Matters to the World
29/05/2015Madeleine Albright is a former Secretary of State, and Johnnie Carson is a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs. What happens in Nigeria will have a profound impact.
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Nigeria: Anticipating the Dawn of the New Administration
28/05/2015I do not lay claim to have been around for very long, however I must say that for over twenty years of my existence in this country Nigeria, I have.
Africa
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Pres. Jonathan Officially Hands Over Comprehensive Report of His Administration to Buhari
28/05/2015…And the countdown to a new government continues! President Goodluck Jonathan officially handed over the comprehensive report of his administration to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja.
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Nigerian Minister, Akinwumi Adesina, elected President of African Development Bank (AfDB)
28/05/2015Nigeria’s outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Mr. Adesina, 55, will succeed incumbent president,.
Sports
Liverpool and Nigerian forward Asisat Oshoala wins BBC women’s footballer of the year award
26/05/2015• Nigeria and Liverpool forward won in worldwide public vote • Oshoala: ‘It’s a very good thing for me and also motivation for the World Cup’ • England squad for.
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How Africa can beat terrorism
26/05/2015The past decade has seen a sharp rise in terrorism and extremism in Africa. With the recent abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram sparking outrage all.
Women in leadership
Africa’s Most Successful Women: Meet Khanyi Dhlomo
26/05/2015Source: Forbes Khanyi Dhlomo is anything but ordinary. In 1995, when she was just 20 and a journalism student at the University of Witwatersrand, she made history as the first.