2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa: Salvadoran Football Association Suspended
Region: South Africa2010 FIFA World Cup : Suspended: Salvadoran Football Association 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 11 May 2010 FIFA Press Release The FIFA Emergency Committee decided yesterday, 11 May 2010, to sus... more
Views: 2302BASIC countries accede to Copenhagen Accord
Region: IndiaOfficials from Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC countries) met here on Sunday and indicated their support to the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. The officials from the four countries met in New Delhi to... more
Views: 2105Nat Bayjay Gets Married
Region: Liberia
By Nat Bayjay for Ceasefire Liberia “So, a man should leave his parents and unite with a woman and the two shall become one”. This was exactly what Nat Bayjay, a staff reporter for FrontPageAfrica and also bl... more
Views: 1738Music and poetry: New Double Focus album by musician and poet Ras Nas
Region: NorwayThe long awaited CD “Double Focus” by the Tanzanian poet and musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi is set for release in Oslo, Norway, in November this year. The CD contains music and spoken word. Recorded at U... more
Views: 2153In South Africa, Sesame Street's HIV-Positive Muppet Raises Awareness
Region: South Africa
As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, premiering its new season today, one cute and cuddly Muppet on its South African edition continues to help combat and raise awareness about H... more
Views: 3302Africa discusses Climate Change
Region: Kenya
Blog Action Day 2009 was an online event organized by Change.org. It was a virtual gathering of voices discussing climate change. Bloggers from a sampling of countries in Sub Saharan Africa were among those who posted thei... more
Views: 1309Actor Zakes Mokae Dead
Region: New YorkThe South African black actor Zakes Mokae died September 11th at the age of 75. I saw him in the 1985 Broadway production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys." (Matthew Broderick played Master Harold)... more
Views: 1422Dead Aid Book Could Invigorate Africa
Region: United StatesDambisa Moyo's book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working And How There Is A Better Way For Africa, contends that development aid from the West to Africa not only has not worked but is detrimental to the Africans. See www... more
Views: 1340AFRIPOL SUPPORTS GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER’S GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT
Region: NigeriaThe second global climate summit summoned by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California will take off September 30th - October 2nd. The ramification of climate change is real and the world community must be organiz... more
Views: 1559Joy of giving marks Eid celebrations
Region: IndiaTen-year-old Hussain kept on tugging at his father's hand. "I have offered my prayers. Now, I want my feast,'' he demanded. While elders kept themselves busy with the traditional Fitra and and Zakat donating cash and kind... more
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