Nigeria central bank will intervene to stabilise naira
LAGOS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank will intervene in the foreign-exchange market from Thursday to ensure the naira's stability after the local currency fell sharply against the U.S. dollar, Governor Chukwuma Soludo said. 'We are ready to
FIFA and AFP to train African sports journos for 2010
World football governing body FIFA and global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) have partnered in a 2010 legacy initiative that will see more than 300 African sports journalist receive specialised training in the run up to the 2010 World Cup.
Zimbabwean authorities target activists and trade unionists
A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified themselves as policemen. Jestina Mukoko is the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), a local human rights
Zimbabwe's cholera victims find salvation in S. Africa
Mugabe's police break up protest against health crisis by doctors and nurses Search Search Go Independent.co.uk Web Bookmark & Share When Pedzisai Rande suspected he had contracted cholera, he knew there was only one guaranteed outcome if he did not
Sharp Focus - Bulawula chides African rebel leaders
Bulawula, you might say, is a very patriotic man. In fact, there is no argument about that. But he is also usually very obsessed with local politics and not quite moved with global events. It was against this background that I accosted him yesterday for
HP Technology Helps DreamWorks Madagascar 2 Find Its Wild Side
The animation in DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was achieved through the combination of HP technology and DreamWorks Animation's creativity. The sequel to Madagascar used HP technology to help animators solve artistic challenges in
Duck's Designs Titles for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Director and animator Jamie Caliri of production studio DUCK designed and animated the 02:18 title sequence for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Alec Baldwin. 'I Like to Move It,' one of four songs
NATO foreign ministers condemn Mumbai attacks
Foreign ministers of the 26-member NATO block Wednesday condemned the terror attacks in Mumbai and expressed their determination to combat terrorism in all its forms, EuAsiaNews reported. 'We condemn in the strongest terms the attacks in Mumbai last week
Jamaat-e-Islami to launch protest march on Dec 18
Yousaf Ali PESHAWAR: In order to press the government to stop supplies to the Nato forces in Afghanistan via Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami Wednesday announced to launch a protest march on December 18. The party, in a grand tribal Islamic jirga held at
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