Seini Oumarou, the former prime minister of Niger, has been detained by police, reportedly in connection with a corruption probe. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:10 PM

Wide-ranging legislation to reform the oil and gas industry in Nigeria will be passed by parliament in the next four weeks, according to Oil Minister Deziani Allison-Madueke. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 10:55 PM

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Liberia has wrapped up its campaign, but chairperson Jerome Verdier says the country has a long way to go before the wounds of the past are healed. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 10:40 PM

Actress Mia Farrow and models' agent Carole White will testify about a "blood diamond" Naomi Campbell is said to have been given by Liberia's Charles Taylor. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 10:25 PM

The 18th International AIDS Conference was held from18 to 23 July, in Vienna, Austria. For the International Labour Organisation, it provided an opportunity to launch the implementation phase of the new international labour standard. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:03 PM

NATIONAL Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said what the commission needed to compile a credible Voters Register was N84 billion and not N74 billion as he earlier said. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:00 PM

When we talk of a 'food crisis', what are we referring to? Beyond cold and disembodied statistics, a Malian journalist has visited a few parts of Niger and reports on means of life, indeed, to surviving.[1] allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:50 PM

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured that the Federal Government will continue to work with the Red Cross Society and other humanitarian organizations to make Nigeria and the world better places for the less privileged. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 8:47 PM

The fight against child labour in Ghana has always been concentrated in the cocoa farming and fishing areas. The international press has also capitalised on this, and is churning out stories about the use of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 7:37 PM

An ambitious development partnership aimed at strengthening agricultural collaboration between Africa and Brazil was launched at the 5th African Agriculture Science Week in Burkina Faso last week (21 July). allafrica.com | 7/29/10 4:05 PM

Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). allafrica.com | 7/29/10 4:05 PM

Muslim imams in Senegal have called on their followers to not to pay their electricity bills in protest against frequent power outage. Power cuts in Senegal have resulted in anger and frustration in the streets of the capital, Dakar, where blackouts can last up to ten hours. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 3:14 PM

The National Executive Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on July 23, 2010 called on the Ghana police to use constitutional mechanisms to address grievances and complaints they may have against journalists and the media. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 3:12 PM

Ghana's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Chris Kpodo has given the assurance that the Ghanaian Government would ensure that the human rights situation in the West Africa-sub region, particularly; the deteriorating situation in The Gambia is improved. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:36 PM

FISH ponds in Uvwie have been declared environmental disaster area by the Delta State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bello Orubebe. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:18 PM

Mining giant Rio Tinto completes a deal with Chinese firm Chalco to enter a joint venture in West Africa. www.bbc.co.uk | 7/29/10 1:02 PM

More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency". allafrica.com | 7/29/10 12:57 PM

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accused former colonial ruler Britain of funding opposition politicians ahead of 2011 elections in the West African country. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:26 AM

Cellou Dallein Diallo, the candidate who came top in the first round of the Guinea presidential election, has emerged as a strong favourite to win the decisive run-off. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:11 AM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Government and the People of Liberia have received over Sixty Messages of Congratulations from world leaders and sovereign governments, as the Liberia graciously celebrated its 163rd National Independence Anniversary. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 11:06 AM

An American couple has strongly reacted to claims of allegations made against the African Christian Fellowship International (ACFI) regarding child trafficking under the church’s adoption program. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 11:00 AM

Senator Prince Y. Johnson made waves last week when refused to be part of the Nimba 2010 Natal Day Celebrations of Liberia on grounds that he would be committing ‘political suicide’ to      do so. Not many saw the wisdom in the expected presidential aspirant’s political posturing; neither did he himself see what others consider the vainness of his decision. But no sooner the wave settled – the celebrations came and went – than the senator began taking the political whipping, from expected quarters. “Will he survive the whipping in view of his presidential ambition amidst all this?” is the reigning question, according to observers. The Analyst, reports.The refusal of Nimba County Senior Senator, Prince Y. Johnson, to attend ceremonies marking the observance of the 163rd Independence of Liberia in Nimba has put him at the risk of abandonment and neglect by his own people. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:50 AM

Perhaps a positive outcome that may be perceived in the one-week national trauma that accompanied the abduction of four journalists and their driver a fortnight ago by criminals in Abia State is that it provoked intense soul-searching among the law enforcement agencies, especially the police, and Nigeria's political elite. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:49 AM

A young community activist in Togo, Koffi Amegbo Nomedji, believes that his participation in President Obama's Forum with Young African Leaders in Washington August 3-5 will spur his work in developing his homeland. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:40 AM

A young Sierra Leonean working to improve his nation by strengthening civil society and job creation will share his ideas about Africa's future with President Obama as he attends the President's Forum with Young African Leaders August 3-5. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:40 AM

Leadership of the Enugu State House of Assembly, rose in defence of the Assembly members yesterday, denying the alleged involvement of its members in the reported interception of a container load of substance suspected to be cocaine worth N4 billion by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in Lagos. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:38 AM

Jatropha, a wild plant that grows well in dry areas on degraded lands and can be processed into biofuel, has potential as a low-cost energy source for poor farmers, according to a new United Nations report, which adds that further research is still needed on this crop. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:38 AM

Deputy United Nations Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has called on African leaders to make the issue of improved maternal health a top priority and meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline of drastically improving reproductive care across the continent. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:38 AM

For a nation often bemoaning the absence of relevant and valid statistics for effective planning and policy implementation, the recently released survey by the Bureau of Statistics on corruption and crime in the Nigerian society is indeed a refreshing development. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:38 AM

Political leaders from Benue State on Wednesday joined what is becoming a bandwagon in endorsing Goodluck Jonathan for President, coming two days after prominent South Southerners did so in Port Harcourt. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:27 AM

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Attahiru Jega, told Senators on Wednesday that N74 billion is the total amount required to register voters for the elections in 2011. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:27 AM

THE Police High Command, yesterday, canvassed staggered polls, such that those of state governors, senators, House of Representatives members and council chairmen would be rotated on zone by zone basis. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:11 AM

The Federal Government is collaborating with the Cuban Government to facilitate the transfer of a new aspect of biotechnology as a means of addressing food shortage in the country. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:03 AM

On Monday, July 26, 2010 , leaders of the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria converged on Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital to take a unanimous stand on zoning and the 2011 presidential election. But some people argued that rather than being an all-inclusive stakeholders meeting, it ended up as merely a PDP affair. LAWAL SABO and ANAYO ONUKWUGHA recount what happened there. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:03 AM

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday made a volte face in the figure he demanded to conduct the 2011 general elections, saying in real terms, what the commission needed was N74billion and not N72billionmachine for voter registration. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:03 AM

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, yesterday assured that he will not succumb to pressure to transfer recently redeployed Resident Electoral Commissioner to Ondo State, Mrs Ayoka Adebayo. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:03 AM

As the Cameroonian government enjoys the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to it, it has extended its claims of ownership to the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obanliku local government area of Cross River State. But the Cross River state government says such a claim is only an empty threat that is yet to be substantiated. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:01 AM

Following the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the transfer of the Pfizer suit to the Kano State High Court in a suit filed by Mustapha Maisikeli and others against the company,Pfizer Inc. New York, has declared its support for the decision. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:01 AM

Contrary to reports in most national dailies yesterday (excluding Leadership), northern governors did not vote on the raging controversial issue of zoning. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:01 AM

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday did a critical review of the national economy at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and concluded that there was no cause for alarm. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

Oil giant Shell has offered some of its oilfields in the Niger Delta valued at between $150 million to $2 billion for sale, THISDAY investigations have revealed. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega yesterday gave an insight into the number of Nigerians expected to be registered in the new voters' registration underway. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

Vice President Namadi Sambo has identified corruption as the greatest enemy of national development. Sambo said that unless it was contained, it could reverse any gains made in the direction of national progress. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

The House of Representatives yesterday witnessed another rowdy session following the disagreement amongst lawmakers over a proposal by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to expend the sum of N6.1 billion for the registration of mobile phone SIM cards in the country. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

So seismic was the impact of Nigeria's victory over USA in the Germany 2010 quarter-finals that it has been called the greatest achievement in the history of women's football, not just in that country but for the whole of Africa. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:56 AM

Northern Political Leaders' Forum led by Adamu Ciroma met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives for three hours in a closed-door meeting at the National Assembly yesterday seeking his nod for presidential power to be retained in the North for another four years. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:39 AM

EIGHTY-nine lives were lost in Anambra State through motor accidents between January and June this year, the sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Ayobami Omiyale, has said. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 9:39 AM

Over the past six months, the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in the Sahel belt of West Africa have increased at alarming rates, putting over 10 million people at risk across the region - particularly in Niger and Chad. allafrica.com | 7/21/10 7:39 PM

The United Nations rural development arm is helping to improve agricultural programmes in West Africa's Sahel region, especially in Niger, which is currently in the throes of a growing food crisis. allafrica.com | 7/16/10 5:51 AM

Despite the progress in shoring up peace and human rights in West Africa, paucity of good governance still undercuts progress in the region, a United Nations (UN) report has said. allafrica.com | 7/15/10 6:05 AM