LAGOS, Nigeria – In oil-rich Nigeria, where tycoons race Italian sports cars down potholed roads and rents get paid years in advance, the minimum wage sits at only…
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Deadly clashes reported in disputed Western Sahara
Deadly clashes erupted this week between Moroccan forces and local rebels in Western Sahara -- a long-disputed region of northwestern Africa.
Nigerian unions call off 3-day strike over anemic minimum wages in oil-rich nation
Labor groups say such wages cripple those working in Africa's most populous nation while legislators and top officials receive salaries and perks often exceeding those in Western countries.…
Ghana now middle-income nation
Accra - Ghana has joined the world's middle-income nations after a re-evaluation put the size of the country's economy more than 60% larger just before it begins pumping…
French court orders probe into African presidents
PARIS – France's highest court authorized a probe into the assets of three African heads of state Tuesday, after two rights groups' alleged that the leaders laundered money…
Diallo wins run-off in Sierra Leone
Former Prime minister and UFDG Presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo has won in all the provisional results counted on Sunday run-off election in Sierra Leone. Diallo polled 7,888…
Gaddafi orders release of detained journalists in Libya
Cairo - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi ordered the release of at least 10 journalists arrested last week, the official JANA news agency reported Tuesday.
Last Witness Concludes His Testimony, Defense to Officially Close Their Case On Friday
Sam Flomo Kolleh, a Liberian national and former member of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, concluded his evidence today in The Hague as the last…
“Gedeon bácsi” és a nigériai nők
Nigéria, Lagos – Vágás, mosás, szárítás, dauer, ondolálás, melírozás, festés, vagy szőkítés, esetleg mindez együtt, a lényeg, hogy férfi legyen, aki csinálja. A nigériai nők azt szeretik, ha…
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The volunteer doctors of the African-Hungarian Union (AHU) departed to Madagascar.