Cameroon are back in the running for a place in South Africa after earning their first win in World Cup qualifying in Libreville against group leaders Gabon.
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Suicide brings minister to tears
The suicide note of a man who hanged himself after being refused an ID document brought Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to tears yesterday. "What makes me unhappy…
Gabon Election Result Sparks Turbulence
The pronouncement of Ali Bongo as winner of the presidential elections in Gabon has not gone down well with opposition supporters, throwing the country into turbulence.
Microsoft removes black man from photo
The technology giant apologizes after replacing a black man's head with that of a white man in an official photograph displayed on its Polish marketing site.
EU plans to admit more refugees
The European Commission has unveiled plans to allow more refugees from conflict zones and poor nations into European countries.
African scientists in final race to outdoor malaria vaccine
The final studies that would see the licensure and use of the RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine to control malaria in Africa has begun in Kintampo and across several…
Let’s protect African children
Of every 1,000 African babies, 89 die in their first year compared to 5 in industrialized countries and 22 in Latin America, according to the latest UNICEF figures.
UNICEF: Global recession will kill African kids
The global recession will increase infant and child deaths and cause more students to drop out of school in Africa, the U.N. children's agency predicted Monday, as the…
GYPSY & AFRO NIGHT ON “SPAS FEST”, MARIBOR, SLOVENIA 2009 SEPT 04-05
Let's say goodbye to the Summer and welcome the first touch of the golden Fall with lust and joy...
How does Africa fit in when it comes to global tobacco use?
A Senegalese cancer patient speaking at an international conference of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer