Africa

UN, AU sign agreement on Africa’s security

The UN and the AU on Wednesday in New York, signed a new agreement to…

Time for Nigeria to stand up for Africa

By Owei Lakemfa A calamity hit Africa late March. A conference, crucial to its immediate…

Africa is the source of all wisdom

By Rhulani Thembi Siweya As there are divergent views on branches of knowledge which preside…

Polio campaign targets over 116 million African children

Health workers are preparing to vaccinate more than 116 million children against polio across West…

Angola displaces Nigeria as Africa’s leading oil producer

With daily production of 1.651 million barrels recorded this month, Angola’s has overtaken Nigeria as…

Africa’s push back from the ICC

By Owei Lakemfa There are heated debates in Africa and in diplomatic circles across the…

Aflatoxins, major cause of liver cancer in Africa – Expert

Dr Heiner Lehr, the National Expert on Value Chain, UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), on…

Cancer: 800,000 Africans lack access to radiotherapy, other services

No fewer than 800,000 Africans lack access to radiotherapy and other related cancer services, the…

Thank you Fidel, Africa is free!

By Owei Lakemfa I could remember the moment and where I was when news broke…

Most child deaths concentrated in Nigeria, 9 other nations – study

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sixty percent of the world's 5.9 million children who died before…