Africa
Where do Africa’s multimillionaires live?
(CNN)Wealthy Nigerians used to travel abroad to get their fix of luxury goods. However these days, they can take a stroll around Victoria Island, an exclusive neighborhood in Lagos where
Morocco bus crash: Children among 33 dead in collision
BBC News – Schoolchildren returning from a sports competition were among at least 33 people killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a gas tanker in southern Morocco,
Cameroon: Nigerian Refugees Pin Hopes on Buhari
VOA News, Yaounde – Many of the 200,000 Nigerian refugees now living in Cameroon say they expect their new president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to end the Boko Haram insurgency that drove them
Kenya: President Urges Unity After University Massacre
VOA News – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta called for unity Saturday, two days after al-Shabab militants massacred 148 people on a university campus, targeting mostly Christians. In a televised address
Ghana: Mahama announces construction of 5 new hospitals
President John Mahama has announced that the government has begun processes to construct five new district hospitals across the country, to improve access to health care for all. President Mahama,
Nigeria: Pray for Peace, Unity of Nigeria, Orji Tells Christians
By Emeka Okafor, Daily Independent – Umuahia. — Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has called on Christians in the country to use the period of Easter to pray for
Angola: Over 4,000 People Attend Peace Thanks-Giving Mass
Angola Press Agency, Luena — More than four thousand people attended the thanks-giving mass on Saturday in Luena, eastern Moxico province, to mark the 13th anniversary of peace in the
Italians rescue 1,500 migrants in Mediterranean
BBC News – Some 1,500 migrants have been rescued from boats trying to cross to Italy in the space of 24 hours, the Italian coastguard has said. The navy and
Could the next Einstein come from Africa?
CNN African Voices, sponsored by Nigeria’s telecommunications company, Glo, will this month shift focus from comedy to science as Ghana’s most famous mathematical scientist took centre stage on the show.
Obama vows to stand ‘hand in hand’ with Kenya after massacre
Washington (AFP) – US President Barack Obama called Kenya’s leader and vowed to stand “hand-in-hand” with its government and people Friday, as they reel from an Islamist attack that killed
