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Zambian Citizens Forum Demands 51 Percent Majority President
The Citizens Forum (CF), a civil society pressure group in Zambia, has said it’s members will not accept the country going to the next presidential elections without a 50 plus one majority clause enshrined in the new constitution. CF Executive Secretary...
As Nigerian Muslim Pilgrims Return From Saudi, Christian Pilgrims Leave for Israel
As 17,200 out of the 95,000 Muslim pilgrims to this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia arrive home, the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would still lift 20,000 prospective pilgrims for the 2009 pilgrimage to Israel. Mr...
South African Development Community Ends Zimbabwe Economic Rescue Program
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handed over the activities of the Zimbabwe Humanitarian and Development Assistance Framework to the Zimbabwean government, formally ending a year-long economic bailout program under which the 15-nation...
Nigeria Introduces Electronic Monitoring of Petroleum Trucks
Nigeria’s Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) has put in place an e-loading device to monitor the movement of trucks from depots to filling stations to reduce smuggling of petroleum products. PEF Executive Secretary Adefunke Kasali said that the development...
Rwandan Government And Media to Hold Dialogue
Government and media in Rwanda are expected to hold a dialogue meeting on Friday to iron out their differences. The Executive Secretary, Rwanda media high council, Patrice Mulama told APA that the meeting bringing together senior government officials...
Extraordinary Scene Captured in 1936 of a Nazi Funeral in the Heart of London
An astonishing image and footage from a Nazi state funeral, held within view of Buckingham Palace, will be publicly revealed in the forthcoming Discovery Channel program: ‘Wartime London with Harry Harris’. The extraordinary scenes captured...
Venezuela’s OAS Representative Says Human Rights Claims a Smear Campaign
Venezuelan opposition groups are seeking to use human rights issues to discredit the government of President Hugo Chávez before the international community, according to Germán Saltrón, Venezuela’s human rights representative to the Organisation...
Ivorian Islamic Council Calls for Easier Delivery of Biometric Passports
The Ivorian Supreme Council of Imams (COSIM) has urged the government to make the process of obtaining a biometric passport easier for the country’s Muslims willing to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. The biometric passport is now required by Saudi...
