MTV Network Africa (MTNA) and Bharti Airtel, have confirmed that they will be holding the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards, MAMA, in Lagos, South West Nigeria.
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Nigeria: 50 Years of OPEC
The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) is 50 years old today. Easily one of the most successful of the developing world's commodity cartels, OPEC was founded on…
Zim holds secret diamond auction
Harare - Zimbabwe held a secret auction of diamonds from its Marange fields, where the army has been accused of forced labour and torture, an official said on…
More body parts missing in Kenya
Nairobi - Kenyan police on Tuesday investigated a claim that a body in Nairobi's main mortuary was missing its ears and eyes, in the second gruesome scandal in…
Famine threat in Sahel eases
Dakar - Abundant rains in Chad have raised hopes for an end to severe food shortages but the effects will linger and lead to new difficulties across Africa's…
Angolan-Hungarian Business Meeting
Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime, Chairman of the National Investment Agency, Angola (ANIP) will visit Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 23 and 24, 2010. He will speak on Angolan business opportunities…
Early HIV Treatment May Be Cheaper Than Thought
Manzini — Research by South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand and Boston University in the US, has found that starting HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals (ARVs) earlier, and at…
Zimbabwe arrests four US Aids workers
Zimbabwean police have arrested four US health workers suspected of running an unregistered clinic and dispensing Aids drugs without a licence, the US embassy in Harare has said.…
Police patrol Guinea after street battles
Police in Conakry, Guinea deployed extra forces after street fighting between supporters of rivals for its presidential election left one dead and 50 injured. The violence prompted authorities…
An Island State Caught in a Cycle of Political Turbulence
Madagascar has lately captured news headlines because of a political feud between two postcolonial players, men with little colonial experience: vanilla salesman Marc Ravalomanana and disc jockey Andry…