Researchers in Morocco Develop Heat Tolerant Durum Wheat
Researchers from the Morocco-based International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) have developed durum wheat varieties that can be grown on the […]
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Nile Dam Saga: Ethiopia rejects World Bank mediation
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Sunday rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration over the hydroelectric dam construction on the Nile. Egypt […]
Tunisia: Senior wanted al-Qaeda member killed in ambush
Tunisian Security forces have killed Bilel Kobi, a senior figure of al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), in an ambush laid in a mountainous region […]
Morocco sends emergency humanitarian assistance to Madagascar
Morocco has dispatch an emergency humanitarian assistance to Madagascar to help it cope with the impact of the devastating tropical cyclone Ava. The assistance, sent […]
Sudan Imposes Media Blackout as Anti-austerity Protests Flare up
Sudanese authorities have imposed a media blackout and proceeded to the arrest of seven journalists including reporters from Reuters and AFP, in an attempt to […]
South Africa’s pro-apartheid leader Lucas Mangope passes away
Lucas Mangope, a leader of one of South Africa’s tribal homelands who resisted the end of apartheid passed away‚ state-run SABC reported on Friday. The […]
Zimbabwean opposition leader dies in helicopter crash in USA
Exiled Zimbabwean opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash, it was officially announced on Thursday. Police confirmed Bennett’s […]
UN is preserving terrorism in DRC – Museveni to investigators
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday accused the United Nations of preserving terrorism in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Museveni made the comments in a […]
Cape Town may run out of water by April
Without rain, South Africa’s Cape Town may run out of water by April, as city authorities race to build desalination plants and drill underground boreholes. […]
Zimbabwe Elections: Cancer-stricken Tsvangirai to lead opposition
Ailing Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai will be the presidential flag bearer of the MDC Alliance in the forthcoming presidential elections in the Southern […]