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Sunday, November 30th, 2014
Title: Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in Sierra Leone ISBN: 978-4917—0609-1: 978-1-4917-0610-7: 978-14917-0611-4 Publisher: iUniverse LLC Date published: November 2013 Author: Dr. Cyrus Macfoy Reviewer: Roland Bankole Marke I’m hopeful, if not delighted about writing reviews of books written by Sierra Leonean authors that are increasingly making encouraging and steady progress. Though the culture of […]
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Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official match ball for 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be hosted by Equatorial Guinea. The official ball which was named Marhaba (hello) has a distinct gold and blue colouring and its features are similar to the 2014 World Cup and Champion League […]
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Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Célestin Monga, a Cameroonian national, an internationally recognized economist and currently Director of the Oxford University Press Handbook of Africa and Economics, has accepted the post of Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN body mandated to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies […]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Leader of the African Union Commission, Dlamini Zuma, has commended ECOWAS Chairman and Ghanian President, John Dramani-Mahama and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on their sterling roles in restoring peace and constitutional order in Burkina Faso. The commendation was made in a statement released Tuesday, from the Commission’s Information and Communication Directorate in Addis Ababa, the […]
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Monday, November 17th, 2014
Political and military leaders in Burkina Faso have chosen a former foreign minister, Michel Kafando, to be the country’s interim president. The move follows the signing of a charter on Sunday mapping out a year-long transition to elections. Mr Kafando was one of four possible candidates for the post, including two journalists and an academic. […]
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola Thousands of South Africans attended the burial ceremony of South Africa Captain, Senzo Meyiwa who was murdered in his girlfriend’s house earlier in the week. Senzo Meyiwa was shoot death by robbers as he tried to protect his girlfriend when three-robbery gang attacked her apartment. The burial ceremony held at the Durban Stadium, […]
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Friday, October 31st, 2014
Following stiff opposition to his attempt to extend his almost three decades of reign, Burkina Faso’s President, Blaise Compaore has resigned from office. In a press statement Friday, the former President declared that the number one office of the country was now vacant and directed general elections to hold in the next 90 days. Consequently, […]
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi The world football governing body, FIFA has announced its latest ranking, with Nigeria Super Eagles being placed 42nd in the globe and Algeria leading in the African continent. The senior National team in the ranking released Thursday, is presently placed ninth in Africa – trailing behind Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
South African Paralympic athlete medalist, Oscar Pistorius has been slammed with the five years imprisonment over the killing last year, of his former girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering the judgement Tuesday in a Pretoria court, Justice Thokozile Masipa, gave the convicted Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence on a firearms charge. Earlier, the prosecution had argued for […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
South African will not host the 2015 African Cup of Nations if Morocco withdraws, it has been revealed. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) approached South Africa last week, after Morocco asked to postpone the event because of the Ebola crisis. Sports minister Fikile Mbalula categorically told journalists that South Africa will not take up […]
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Sunday, October 19th, 2014
As the Liberia still battles with the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), its President, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has asserted the entire world is a stakeholder in the war against the virus. Mrs Sirleaf made this known Sunday in a “letter to the world” which was broadcast on the […]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2014
There are strong indications that the days of Africa’s best coach, Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles’ manager are numbered after Sudan compounded Nigeria’s woes with a 1-0 victory over the African Champions on Saturday. The game was a must-win for the visitors prior to their trip to Sudan and bookmakers had tipped Nigeria to […]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. has joined the relatives of the first person to die of Ebola in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan to denounce the treatment the deceased and his family had received from Texas Hospital officials. The family claimed that Duncan had been cremated without their knowledge or permission and […]
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Friday, October 10th, 2014
The super eagles will Saturday in faraway Khartoum, look to snatch the three maximum points at stake against Sudan in the first of a two legged 2nd round of qualifiers to Morocco 2015. The Super Eagles need a win in Khartoum or face the prospect of exiting the competition at the qualification stage, with just […]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan is presently on a one-day official visit to Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic, to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, for joint efforts against the insurgency. In a statement by his Special Assistant to the President on Media […]
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Monday, October 6th, 2014
Just three weeks after seizing $9.3 million from two Nigerians and an Israeli for arms purchase, South African authorities have seized another $5.7 million arms money from Nigeria, report says on Monday. The money was seized by the country’s Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority. The cash, according to the report was for […]
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Friday, October 3rd, 2014
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen Following the release Thursday of another video clip showing the alleged leader of Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, debunking his alleged killing last week Wednesday, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed it has received and still watching the counter claims footage. The confirmation was contained in a […]
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen Another shocker in the insurgency controversy, has been launched as a new video clip showing the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, confirming he was alive and not killed as against the claims by the military high hierarchy last week. In the video footage obtained by […]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Young Nigerian Entrepreneur, Igho Charles Sanomi has emerged top in the famous Choiseul Institute for International Politics and Geo-Economics latest ranking of the top 100 young African economic leaders. The annual independent ranking otherwise called ‘Choiseul Africa 100’ captures young African leaders with the maximum age of 40, with outstanding record of economic […]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
United States health officials have announced that a patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the country. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden, who confirmed the diagnose on Tuesday, said the unidentified man left Liberia on September 19 and arrived […]
