FIRE raged through an orphanage in South Africa today killing 15 people, including at least eight children, police said. Nine additional people were injured in the blaze at Newcastle in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, a police spokesman reported.
ABUJA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament recognised Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting head of state on Tuesday in the absence of the African oil producer's ailing president. But the move takes Nigeria into uncharted political territory and
Anglo American chief executive, Cynthia Carroll, is positive about Africa's future role in the mining industry. Speaking at the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town last week, Carroll said there is no doubt that the continent will become increasingly
(CNA).- Management of a large South Africa AIDS consortium led by Catholic Relief Services will be shifted into the control of the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) and two other local organizations. A recent gathering marked the
World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick visits SoleRebels shoe factory on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. It's founder Bethlehem Tilahun is one of many entrepreneurs helping her country and other African nations overcome the
DUSHANBE (Reuters) -- Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced a suspected Al-Qaeda member to eight years in jail, it said today, in the latest sign of growing efforts in Central Asia to prevent the spread of Islamist militancy. Governments in the mainly
Print| Send to a friend Staff Reporter / 2010-02-09 13:12:47 Afghan Heroes charity based in the UK have been knocked back by many large companies when asking for donations of gifts to send to the 10,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan. Their mission has
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Tuesday as investors welcomed talk that debt-burdened Greece could get help from the European Union, while broker comments lifted shares of industrial companies, including Dow component
LONDONGreek stocks led European and U.S. markets higher on Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide the region's most heavily indebted economies with some form of support to keep the market crisis at bay. News that European Central Bank President
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