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- Friday 6 May 2011
UN Body Says World Population to Hit 7 Billion by October
The projections are vital to create opportunities for young people who constitute a majority in many of the least developed countries where much of the population increases are expected. - Thursday 5 May 2011
Ghana: Daggers Drawn as Ghanaians go to Presidential Primaries
It’s a battle for supremacy between President Mills and former first lady Nana Rawlings. - Thursday 5 May 2011
Somalia: Maximum Sentence for Two Convicted Pirates
The National Court on Tuesday found the two men, identified as Cabdiweli Cabdullahi and Raagegeesey Adji, guilty of 36 counts of illegal detention and robbery - Wednesday 4 May 2011
Switzerland: Govt Freezes $1bn Worth of Gaddafi, Mubarak and Ben Ali Assets
The Swiss government has ordered banks and other financial institutions to freeze possible assets belonging to the three men and their key supporters to prevent the funds from being secretly withdrawn. - Wednesday 4 May 2011
Sudan: South Kordofan Goes to the Polls
Voters are choosing the governor and the members of the state legislature in polls which run until tomorrow. - Tuesday 3 May 2011
Osama Bin Laden: Curtain Falls on the Man who Lived by the Gun
US President says Osama was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. - Tuesday 3 May 2011
Africa Must Formulate Strong ICT Policies to Promote Development
ECA Executive Secretary roots for increased investment in ICT and reorientation of policies that will lift the continent out of poverty. - Tuesday 3 May 2011
Digital Censorship Threatens Press Freedom, New Report Shows
The tools utilized include state-supported email designed to take over journalists’ personal computers in China, the shutting down of anti-censorship technology in Iran, monopolistic control of the Net in Ethiopia, as well as synchronized cyber-attacks in Belarus. - Monday 2 May 2011
Africa: Cybercrime on the Rise as Bandwidth Increases
Most African countries lacking coordinated approaches to tackling cyber security in the wake of high Internet speeds. - Monday 2 May 2011
African States to Attend UN Meeting on Sustainable Development
The New York meeting will be last session before the “Rio+20” Conference in 2012. - Monday 2 May 2011
World Bank President to Tour North African Countries
Zoellick will meet civil society representatives in both countries to learn about the new importance of social accountability. - Saturday 30 April 2011
Dozen Killed in NATO Friendly Fire
A round up of the week’s news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Saturday 30 April 2011
Ivory Coast: Ibrahim "IB" Coulibaly’s Breathes His Last
The modern day Moses liberated his people from the shackles of slavery and dictatorship but did not live to reach the Promised Land. - Friday 29 April 2011
Kenya: Globally billed Royal Wedding to be Screened Live in Nairobi
The public screening to be staged at the Nairobi Junction Shopping Mall is organized by wedding solutions provider and publishers Raspberry Weddings Magazines with the support of Multi Choice Kenya who will air the royal wedding live. - Friday 29 April 2011
Sudan: Bashir Warns South over Disputed Oil-rich Abyei
Stage set for confrontation as neither the south nor north is willing to back down