Ghana President John Mahama has been elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), taking over from Ivorian President Allasane Ouattara. President Mahama was elected in Yamoussoukro,.
Medical student Rolene Strauss was on Sunday crowned the new Miss South Africa. The 21-year-old who hails from Volksrust in Mpumalanga but currently lives in Bloemfontein was one of the.
EMBATTLED Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe has finally pulled out of Wednesday’s EU-AU summit in protest over his wife, Grace’s denial of a visa to Brussels. Foreign Affairs Secretary, Ambassador Joey.
After a five year suspension Madagascar will be reintegrated into the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), according to its Secretary General Abdou Diouf speaking Friday in Paris. Diouf said.
Elizabeth Maimo, a 52-year-old farmer in Santa in Cameroon’s Northwest Region, has struggled since custom dictated she surrender her piece of family land in 2012 to her younger brother, a.
The countdown to the Gambia’s 2016 general elections has begun with a rare move to bring together female politicians from across the divided political spectrum to ensure increased female representation..
Nigeria’s Senate yesterday approved the appointment of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele, who is currently the Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, was.
Nigeria is known to house one of the largest pools of wealthy individuals in Africa, amassing fortunes in excess of a million dollars. These fortunes are sourced from the usual suspects including.
When Peggielene Bartels went to bed on a summer night in 2008, she was an ordinary administrative assistant living in a modest one-bedroom condo just outside Washington D.C. But a.
As she took to the stage, both judges and spectators alike were unsure what the young Egyptian woman would do. Standing before the mic, dressed head to toe in a.
