Central Bank of Iraq greenlights private banks to import US dollars amid controversy 
Saudi Arabia applauds UN Security Council’s call for humanitarian truce in Gaza 
Saudi Arabia issues strong condemnation of Israeli assaults on Gaza hospitals 
Iraq ends 38-year wait, secures UNESCO Executive Board membership 
Raise your hands’: Israel raids hospital in centre of Gaza war 
16th journalist shot dead in Somalia
By godfrey Olukya 24-10-2012 Another journalist has been shot dead in Somalia. Ahmed Saakin Farah, 25, has been shot...
Africa: No Laureate This Year for the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
15 OCTOBER 2012 PRESS RELEASE Photo: Mo Ibrahim and Jay Naidoo, Mo Ibrahim Foundation The Prize Committee of the Mo...
Agreement Signed to Expand L-Root Servers Across Africa
NEWS FROM ICANN 18 October 2012… ICANN and the Africa Network Information Center (AFRINIC) have signed an agreement pledging to work collaboratively...
UN secretary general talks about fighting in Libya
By Godfrey Olukya 23-10-2012 The Secretary-General, Ban-Ki-moon has expressed his concern about the fighting in and around the Libyan...
Amnesty appeals for two Nigerian inmates on death row
By Godfrey Olukya 23-10-2012 Amnesty international has appealed to the government in Nigeria not to execute the two inmates...
Democratic republic of Congo soldiers mistreat Zambians
By Godfrey Olukya 23-10-2012 Zambian fishermen on river Luapula which is at the broader with Democratic republic of Congo...
Marburg virus kills 5 in Uganda,35 being monitored
By Godfrey Olukya 23-10-2012 Less than one month after Uganda was declared free of deadly Ebola disease which claimed over...
Late Gaddafi’s spokesman arrested
By Godfrey Olukya 22-10-2012 Libyan government has confirmed that the former Libyan leader, Mummar Gaddafi’s spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim has...
Red Cross president visits Mali and Niger
By Godfrey Olukya 22-10-2012 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has begun visit...
Many Zimbabweans use bush as toilets
By Godfrey Olukya 22-10-2012 A cabinet minister in Zimbabwe has revealed that almost 50 per cent of people living in...