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Study Homosexual Community at Increased Risk for HIV
One of the challenges of fighting HIV around the world is the difficulty of reaching those at risk. A new study from South Africa indicates that the homosexual community is at increased risk for HIV, and that widespread homophobia may keep these men from receiving the information and care that they need. Gay men in Africa face extreme homophobia and violence within their communities, and in ...
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New Head For US Central Bank
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama says Ben Bernanke has done an "outstanding" job leading the central bank and coping with the worst recession in decades. But some analysts say Obama is likely to appoint someone else to head the Federal Reserve in a few months. analysts have mixed opinions about Bernanke's efforts. President Obama praised Ben Bernanke during a recent ...
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NASA Humans Could Visit Asteroid in 2021
The U.S. space agency says its proposed asteroid capture mission takes several of NASA's ongoing initiatives and aligns them for one major mission. These chunks of ancient space rocks hold clues about the formation of the universe, pose threats to our planet, and present new territory for explorers. NASA's proposed asteroid mission is a logical next leap for the space agency, says ...
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Turkeys PM Hits Back at International Critics of Crackdown
LONDON -- The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly criticized Turkey's crackdown on anti-government protests, joining the European Union in condemning the police response. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hit back, defending the security forces and questioning the democratic legitimacy of his European critics. After weeks of anti-government demonstrations in cities ...
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Comment No helping hand for Africa in G8 trade talks
David Cameron arrived at the G8 saying the usual things about world leaders recognising the needs of low income countries. But developing countries should not hold their breath waiting for real action. From past experience, G8 summits offer little more than commitments made in the joint communique. Even this does not always mean a lot: the commitment made at Gleneagles in 2005 to double aid to ...
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Tanzania Japan seal $32m agreement on flyover project
Tanzania and Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement of more than $32 million to finance a flyover project in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of the East African country.The two countries sealed the grant agreement of 52.5 billion Tanzanian shillings ($32.8 million) on the project in Dodoma, where Japanese Ambassador to Tanzania Masaki Okada said the initiative is meant to de-congest Dar es ...
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China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining
China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...
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Protesters burn Brotherhood headquarters in Egypts Gharbiya
Egyptian protesters belonging to revolutionary forces and movements and political parties on Tuesday set Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Gharbiya governorate ablaze, State-run Ahram Website reported.All the files and components of the headquarters were totally burnt out, the report said, adding that civil protection forces and security forces have immediately moved to the scene to control the ...
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US company to build 1000 MW thermal plant in Ghana
General Electric (GE) Group of the United States will partner the government of Ghana in the development of a 1,000 MW thermal plant, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum disclosed here on Tuesday.The project, under a program named "Ghana 1000MW Project" for the West African country, aims to introduce the Power Park Concept to ensure low cost of power and fast ...
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Egypts FM says visiting Ethiopia aims to defend water rights
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Sudan and Ethiopia over an Ethiopian dam project on the upriver Nile, official MENA news agency reported.It is Amr's first visit to those countries after the release of a tripartite technical committee report on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, during which he discussed Egypt's share of the Nile and ...
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UN envoy emphasizes national political dialogue in Libya
Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult, but the North African country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way forward, a senior UN envoy said Tuesday."The political and security challenges that now face the country may well be the legacy of decades of authoritarian rule, dysfunctional state institutions and confusion around political norms," UN ...
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Ghana repatriates 51 Nigeriens on suspicion of illegal mining
Ghanaian authorities have repatriated 51 Nigerien nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining activities in the West African country, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) announced on Tuesday.This followed their arrest in various parts of the country by the inter-ministerial task force put in place to deal with illegal mining.A statement signed by the head of public affairs at the GIS, ...
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20 killed in another attack in Nigerian emergency city source
Hospital and local residents on Tuesday said 20 people may have been killed in another attack on students and fishermen by the Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria northeast Maiduguri city currently under a state of emergency."Thirteen fishermen and tea sellers have been killed at Alau River. Gunmen numbering about five stormed the river area and opened fire on fishermen at the river bank ...
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7 Tunisian political parties withdraw from anti-violence congress
Seven Tunisian political parties, including the ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, on Tuesday withdrew from a national congress against terrorism and violence, reflecting the growing divide between Islamists and secularists in the North African country.The congress, which is expected to end on Wednesday, was organized at the behest of the country's main labor union UGTT, the Tunisian Human ...
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Refugee outflows resulting from Nigeria crisis spreading UN
The UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) said Tuesday that the ongoing crisis in the northeast part of Nigeria is sending people to Cameroon while refugees are still arriving in Niger amid the insecurity and anti-insurgent operations."A team from UNHCR visited areas along the Nigeria-Cameroon border in the Far North region of Cameroon and reported the presence of more than 3,000 Nigerians. Crossings ...
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Nigerian troops rescues French sailor in southern state
Nigerian troops in southern Bayelsa State on Tuesday said they had freed a French sailor kidnapped on June 13 in Ekeremor area of the state.Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta Maj.- Gen. Bata Dembiro, handed over Benjamin Elan, 28, to Markson Fefegha, the Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, in Yenagoa, the state capital.Elan was among the missing 15 crewmen of a chemical ...
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Mali govt Tuareg rebels sign truce agreement
The Malian government and Tuareg rebels on Tuesday afternoon signed a truce agreement in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.The government and the separatist MNLA and HCA rebels inked the deal at 4:30 pm (1630 GMT) in the presence of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, who is also the mediator named by the West African bloc ECOWAS.The document of "preliminary accord for the ...
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At least 60 people killed in four northern Nigeria villages
At least 60 people have been killed in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara State on Tuesday when gunmen stormed four villages in Tsafe Local government area of the state, local residents and security sources told Xinhua.A source living in one of the affected area said the affected villages were Kizara, Shemori, Danjibga, and Keita. The source said the gunmen numbering about 100 first stormed Kizara ...
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Egyptian FM says tripartite meeting to be held on Ethiopias dam
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr on Tuesday announced that a ministerial meeting of water affairs among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia would be held soon on the latest developments of the Ethiopian dam planned to be built on the Blue Nile.Amr, who arrive in Khartoum earlier Tuesday from Ethiopia, held talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and a number of Sudanese officials to brief them ...
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Mozambique leader condemns deadly attack but little progress in
Mozambique's president Armando Guebuza on Tuesday condemned a surprise attack at an arms depot that left at least six soldiers dead and two injured.Speaking at a rally in northern province of Niassa, Guebuza vowed that there is "no space for blood-shedding" and that Mozambicans deserve peace and tranquility.The call came at a time when police and armed forces are still ...
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Egypts court releases Mubarak in illicit gains case
Egypt's misdemeanor court decided Tuesday to release former President Hosni Mubarak pending further investigations in the case of illicit gains, state-run MENA news agency reported.The court's decision came after his lawyer pleaded the detention period for investigations into the charge has expired.In May 2011, the Illicit Gains Authority ordered to detain Mubarak on the charge of ...
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Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC authorities have not only failed to prevent mining companies and traders abusing rights, they have themselves violated human rights to facilitate mining ...
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8 Russian Sailors Acquitted in Nigeria Arms Smuggling Case
arrested near the West African country’s coast in October 2012 on arms smuggling charges. The sailors were the crew of the MV Myre Seadiver vessel owned by Moscow-based security firm Moran Security Group. Nigerian authorities detained the Myre Seadiver ship with the Russian crew in the port of Lagos on October 19 last year after finding weapons, including 14 Kalashnikov AK-47 assault ...
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Chad Johnson Ive learned my lesson after jail
Chad Johnson wants another chance after seven days in jail and hopes to play football again. (Larry Marano/Getty Images) NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson said Tuesday morning in his first interview since being released from a Florida jail a day earlier that he knows some people may believe he doesn’t deserve a second chance, but he wants to ';finish my career off the right ...
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The US Military and the Unraveling of Africa
website. The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of US Africa Command's big success stories. The Gulfof Guinea. Never mind ...
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