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Indefatigable Dawn

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A Touch Bearer and a Model for African Women in Leadership.

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Africa’s decade of re-branded democracy

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The Spirit of the early Greek political philosophers must be basking away in their eternity so far, Continue reading →

Africa in the global marketplace

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“If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.” – Chinese Proverb Continue reading →

Conflict in Ivory Coast

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As a culture and management consultant, I work in an advisory capacity with global managers and global firms expanding into Africa. Continue reading →

Niger consulate to the UK

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“We have made significant strides in our effort to
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Ten Essential Market Trends for the Global Manager

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AFRICA IN 2011

1. Africa is, and will continue to be, one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the world, Continue reading →

Dr Igbokwe with other African Leaders at AU summit at Addis Ababa

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“I would hope to serve alongside others to ensure that Niger becomes a thriving and Continue reading →

Democracy in post-independence Nigeria

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“Any society that survives on the rule of men rather than the rule of law falls victim and becomes captive to Continue reading →

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IAAF testosterone ruling 'a painful reminder' of apartheid-era South Africa, says ANC
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Rules which could force some female runners with high testosterone levels to race against men or take medication are "blatantly racist", says the ANC.

Nestlé withdraws 'degrading' wife-hunt ad campaign in Morocco
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

The food giant "regrets" an ad campaign in Morocco that saw women compete to win a man by cooking.

Fatma Samoura: Fifa executive cleared by ethics team
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura is cleared by the governing body's ethics committee of any wrongdoing following an investigation.

Nigeria 'baby factory' raided in Lagos
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

More than 160 children are rescued from a "baby factory" and illegal orphanages, an official says.

Billionaire faces Africa corruption case
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

A judge puts billionaire Vincent Bolloré under formal investigation over corruption allegations.

Rodney Saunders: South Africa identifies body of missing horticulturalist
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Horticulturalist Rodney Saunders and his wife disappeared in February, in a suspected IS kidnapping.

Rwanda 'genocide-era' mass graves found
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

The graves are believed to date from the 1994 genocide, which left about 800,000 people dead.

African female bikers raising health awareness in Nigeria
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

Taking women's health awareness across Nigeria, on a motorbike.

Pimpin' rides, Uganda-style
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

The Ugandan entrepreneur finding success using African fabric to style car interiors.

Crossing Divides: Nigeria tin mine heals ancient wounds
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

Despite a history of tension and violence, some Fulani herdsmen and Berom farmers in Nigeria now work together.

Adama Barrow: Gambia politics 'fragile' but progressing
Posted on Monday April 23, 2018

The system was "polluted" with bad laws but things are improving, says the country's president.

PFA Player of the Year 2017-18: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah wins
Posted on Sunday April 22, 2018

Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah wins the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award for 2017-18.

How one woman was shunned for having cancer but found a 'new family'
Posted on Friday April 20, 2018

This Kenyan woman was rejected by friends and family after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.

Njie helps Marseille to first leg win
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Dimitri Payet set up both goals as Marseille beat Austria's Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at Stade Velodrome.

World Cup boost for Egypt and Mohamed Elneny
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that Mohamed Elneny should recover from an ankle injury to be available for Egypt's World Cup campaign.

Kenya's Omar considers Fifa case over sacking
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

Kenya defender Aboud Omar wants to complain to Fifa over his sacking by Bulgarian side Slavia Sofia as he denies the club's allegations.

Henri Michel: Former France, Cameroon & Ivory Coast coach dies aged 70
Posted on Tuesday April 24, 2018

Former France midfielder Henri Michel, who coached eight countries during a 30-year managerial career, has died aged 70.

77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position
Posted on Monday April 23, 2018

Former France coach Raymond Domenech and ex-Wales boss John Toshack are among 77 applicants for Cameroon's vacant managerial post.

Nomsa Maseko: Will a new name herald deeper change in Swaziland?
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Life in sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy.

Stephanie Hegarty: Nigeria's tin mine healing ancient rifts
Posted on Wednesday April 25, 2018

Old rifts between farmers and herders have led to conflict, but a new tin mine may heal the wounds.

Dickens Olewe: Licence to blog - will 'Swahili WikiLeaks' have to close?
Posted on Tuesday April 24, 2018

The country where a blogging permit costs $900. Some accuse Tanzania of muzzling critics.

Africa's week in pictures: 13-19 April 2018
Posted on Friday April 20, 2018

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Winnie Mandela memorial
Posted on Wednesday April 11, 2018

Thousands attend a memorial service in South Africa to pay tribute to anti-apartheid activist.

The churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia
Posted on Saturday March 31, 2018

Ahead of Easter, the BBC's Frank Gardner visits the churches of Ethiopia.

Water power: How one pump is helping an entire community
Posted on Thursday March 22, 2018

In Niger, the presence of clean water is helping to wash away some of a village's worries.

Life after Ebola
Posted on Monday February 19, 2018

The legacy of the virus which spread through three West African countries.

The street dancers who dream big
Posted on Tuesday February 06, 2018

The street dancers in Sierra Leone who are using their talent to try to make a living.

Memories and beauty captured in Africa
Posted on Wednesday January 17, 2018

Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital.

In pictures: Africa's first AfroPunk festival
Posted on Sunday January 07, 2018

The AfroPunk festival, celebrating alternative black culture, comes to Africa for the first time.

Africa's year in pictures 2017
Posted on Friday December 29, 2017

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year.


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News24.com | W Africa faces security threat from herders-farmers violence: UN
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Clashes between cattle herders and farmers pose a threat to countries across West Africa and the Sahel, the UN has warned after Nigeria's parliament summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over escalating violence.

News24.com | Egyptian president offers sympathy after heavy rains
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has expressed sympathy with people affected by the rare heavy rains over the past two days.

News24.com | Mattis says military addressing issues found in Niger attack
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says the military is already addressing problems brought to light after the Niger attack last year that killed four American service members

News24.com | Five migrants die off Morocco as Spain searches for more boats
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Five migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean, the Spanish coastguard has said after rescuing more than 180 others, while they searched for another two boats with dozens aboard.

News24.com | France says 3 jihadists killed in Mali clash
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

A clash between French soldiers and an armed jihadist group in northwest Mali left three "terrorists" dead, Paris has said, while local media reported injuries among French special forces.

News24.com | Catholic church should intervene in Cameroon crisis: think-tank
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

The Roman Catholic Church should mediate in the crisis in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where separatists and security forces are embroiled in a dangerous conflict, a think-tank has urged.

News24.com | 10 aid workers go missing in war-torn South Sudan, UN says
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

The UN says at least 10 aid workers are missing in civil war-torn South Sudan, just days after another group of humanitarians was abducted by gunmen.

News24.com | Rwandans shocked by discovery of genocide-era mass graves
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Mass graves that authorities say could contain more than 2 000 bodies have been discovered in Rwanda nearly a quarter-century after the country's genocide, and further graves are being sought nearby.

News24.com | UN rights chief sees 'hope' in Ethiopia visit under new PM
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

The UN human rights chief says he has witnessed "tremendous hope but also anxiety" in Ethiopia on his latest visit less than a month after the country installed a new prime minister who has promised reforms.

News24.com | Police nab Gambian migrant accused of Islamic State sympathy
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Police say they have arrested a Gambian asylum seeker who arrived on a migrant boat last year from Libya and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

News24.com | At least 11 killed in central Nigeria violence
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Eleven people have been killed in central Nigeria, the Benue state government says, a day after at least 18 people died in an attack on a church that caused widespread outrage.

News24.com | WATCH: Women bikers help fight cancer in Nigeria
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

They are called the "FBI" – Female Bikers Initiative – a group of female Nigerian motorbike enthusiasts who aim at raising cancer awareness and educating women across the west African country about their health.

News24.com | Mozambique says no criminal charges yet over debt
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Mozambique has yet to find evidence of any criminal activity over its $2 billion hidden debt crisis that has threatened the country's economy, the attorney general has said.

News24.com | WATCH: Armed soldiers, police 'clash with villagers in Zim's diamond fields' - HRW
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Thousands of villages in Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields were this week reportedly met by armed soldiers and police, who teargassed them as they protested the looting of diamond revenue.

News24.com | Nigerian parliament summons President Buhari over violence
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Nigeria's parliament has called for President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to explain what his government is doing to stop spiralling violence between herders and farmers in central states.

News24.com | French tycoon Bollore's African assets
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Billionaire French industrialist Vincent Bollore is being questioned in Paris over allegations that his conglomerate used corrupt connections in Africa to win port contracts.

News24.com | 2 social workers fake death of day old baby, sell her for $3 600
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Two social workers in Ghana are reportedly being investigated after they allegedly faked the death of a day-old baby and sold her for $3 600.

News24.com | Africa corruption probe: French tycoon brought before magistrates
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Billionaire French industrialist Vincent Bollore has been brought before investigating magistrates to face possible corruption charges after two days of questioning by police over allegations his company helped two African leaders win elections in return for lucrative contracts.

News24.com | Swazi villagers 'forced to drink water with human waste' - report
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

Residents of Mazamazama in the Shiselweni region in Swaziland are reportedly being forced to drink water with human waste, just a few metres away from the Royal Palace of Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III.

News24.com | Top Africa stories: Mugabe, SADC, gays in Kenya
Posted on Thursday April 26, 2018

A Zimbabwean soldier has denied stealing from the country's former president Robert Mugabe, and SADC Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa, has expressed satisfaction that peace and security are being consolidated in the region.

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