Tags GENERAL Semenya officially awarded gold medal from 2011 World Championships Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will be officially awarded her gold medal from the 2011 world athletics championships at
Tags GENERAL EU and WHO join forces to promote the benefits of vaccines The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) are co-hosting the world’s first Global Vaccination Summit in Brussels. The
Tags GENERAL Elephants hunting resumes in Botswana Botswana has reintroduced elephant hunts with a cautious approach to pricing, a move that’s likely to further inflame the controversy
Tags GENERAL Southern African countries reach agreement with Britain South Africa and five other Southern African countries have concluded a new trade agreement with Britain, said the government official
Tags GENERAL Ethiopia celebrates start of its new year, 2012 Ethiopians today (September 12) usher in New Year with bright and colourful decorations in the capital, Addis Ababa and other
Tags GENERAL UPDATE: Mugabe to be buried in his village next week – family Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe will be buried early next week in his village and not at a national monument
Tags GENERAL Kenya says two northern white rhino embryos created to save the iconic species Kenya on Wednesday announced successful creation of two northern white rhino embryos through artificial reproduction as efforts to halt extinction
Tags GENERAL Liberian chiefs urge president to fight impunity More than 300 chiefs representing Liberia’s rural and traditional bloc have called on the president to set up a war
Tags GENERAL Mugabe’s body to lie in State from Thursday The body of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will soon be taken to lie in state at a stadium in
Tags GENERAL First batch of Nigerians fleeing South Africa arrive home The first group of Nigerians fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa has arrived back in Nigeria main city of Lagos.