Accra, Jul 9 2009 --- In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister in Ghana and former BBC journalist, looks forward to US President Barack Obama's visit to her country:
We in Ghana are...
July 7, 2015
By Bosede Afolabi
Maternal mortality rates in West Africa are among the highest in the world. One in every 30 Nigerian mothers die in childbirth compared with one in every 30,000 in Sweden.
This is still much better...
President Idriss Deby, who won a 6th term on Monday, has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, an army spokesman said.
Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline where he had gone to visit...
Mogadishu, 7 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - The authorities of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia have said that the breakaway republic of Somaliland can not be recognized as an independent state, just as Israel said recently it gave identification...
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, will participate in the fourth edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM, the foremost international event dedicated to the development of the...
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HARGEISA, 9 October 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The Somalia's region of Puntland condemned the Ethiopian government of invading its territorial wounding some people and arresting others.
The Puntland's chief of police, Mr. Ahmed Ali said the Ethiopian army entered Galkayo city...
Berbera, 19 Jul 2009 -- Somaliland authorities arrested an MP from Somalia's transitional federal parliament on orders from Somaliland police Commissioner, Mr Mohamed Saqadi Dubad on Saturday.
Mr Abdalla Ali Ahmed, who hails from Somaliland, was also the former mayor...
BORAMA (Somalilandpress) -- A new factory, Aloe East African Factory, has opened in the city of Borama of Awdal region. The factory will produce both personal hygiene and home maintenance products.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by various dignitaries...
Nouakchott, 18 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Shooting has broken out in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott between "armed men" and police, hours before a presidential election was to begin, security sources say.
Mauritanians will be voting on Saturday in a presidential...