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Timbuktu shrine destruction a ‘war crime’: ICC By Serge Daniel | AFP Islamist rebels in northern Mali smashed four more tombs of ancient Muslim saints in Timbuktu as the International Criminal Court warned their campaign of destruction was a war crime. The hardline Islamists who seized control of Timbuktu along with the rest of northern […]

Heritage Oil strikes £540m ($850m) deal to buy into Niger Delta Tony Buckingham, who owns 33% of oil company, likely to reap benefits of ‘game-changer’ takeover of Nigerian oil assets Rupert Neate Guardian UK Tony Buckingham, the multimillionaire former mercenary turned oil tycoon, is likely to see his paper worth soar even higher after his Heritage […]

Outrage over President Jonathan’s trip to Brazil for UN Earth Summit By Niyi Odebode, Olusola Fabiyi, John Alechenu and Ihuoma Chiedozie The Punch   The news that President Goodluck Jonathan jetted out of the country amidst violence in Kaduna and Yobe states provoked public outrage on Tuesday. Jonathan on Monday traveled to Brazil to take […]

3,000 U.S. soldiers to serve in Africa next year As the war in Afghanistan draws down, the Army will be increasing the number of troops deployed to Africa.   By John Ryan – Staff writer Army Times   A brigade will deploy to Africa next year in a pilot program that assigns brigades on a rotational […]

Nigeria: The state of Rivers is set to begin construction of a new science and technology university campus By Chukwudi Akasike The Punch   PORT HARCOURT -The Rivers State Government has said the construction of the new State University of Science and Technology campus will commence in July 2012. The senior special adviser to the governor on […]

Ghana gets €7 million from European Union for 2012 elections   Cephas Larbi Peace FM Online The European Union (EU) has donated a €7million ($8.8 million US) grant to Ghana towards this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on December 7. The amount is to support independent government institutions involved in the electoral process […]

Zimbabwe  to hold first Zimbabwe China trade fair next month   HARARE (Bernama)- Zimbabwe will hold the first Zimbabwe China Trade Fair next month aimed at fostering trade relations between the two countries, New Ziana reported.   The Africa Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) said in a statement that the trade fair’s objective is to find […]

More than 140 on plane that crashes in Lagos, Nigeria By Jon Gambrell Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria — A passenger plane carrying between 140 and 150 people crashed in Nigeria’s largest city on Sunday, officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for survivors […]

Israel denies African migrants’ rights, says US Residents of south Tel Aviv hold placards as they protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood May 30, 2012. Last week a similar protest held by residents of the low-income neighbourhood where many of the border-jumpers from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan live led to violence, including […]

The driving forces behind Africa’s growth   BY Claude Harding   Over the past century sub-Saharan Africa has grown faster than the rest of the world, maintaining an average growth in excess of 6% per annum. Contrary to popular theory, this sustained and increasing growth cannot be attributed solely to Chinese investment and the commodities […]