London (AFP) - South African Caster Semenya, dogged by gender accusations since shooting to fame in 2009, won a third world title in the women's 800m on Sunday. Semenya, the defending Olympic champion and also world champion in 2009 and 2011, timed 1min 55.16sec, the fastest time of the year so far. Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, the Olympic s ...
The fight against human trafficking is gaining a stronger momentum, as well meaning Nigerians take part in ending it. On Friday, 11th August, 2017; Devatop Centre for Africa Development, a leading youth-based anti-human trafficking organization, paid an advocacy visit to Prince Mohammed SanniDantoro, a businessman philanthropist, reformist, and ...
Elizabeth Foundation and Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media, Mr Femi Adesina have been honoured at the 2017 edition of the Aso Outstanding Awards. They were conferred with the award on Saturday night in Abuja at the event organised by Aso Multimedia, an organisation that promotes national peace and development. Elizabeth Foun ...
Mogadishu (AFP) - A one-time deputy leader and spokesman for Somalia's Shabaab insurgents defected to the country's government on Sunday, a local official said. Muktar Robow was the subject of a $5 million bounty from the United States for his role with the Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants. But his split with former Shabaab leader Ahmed Abd ...
Nairobi (AFP) - Churches preached peace on Sunday in Mathare, a Nairobi slum that has been hit by days of violent demonstrations since last week's disputed presidential vote, but it was opposition leader Raila Odinga the people were desperate to hear from. Odinga had been silent since the Friday night declaration that his opponent, incumbent Pre ...
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