[ November 20, 2008; 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Title: Pargent Auction

Date:November 20th, 2008

Time:8-9pm

Venue: Blackburn Forum

Cameroon continues to top African football according to the recent FIFA rankings but have slipped down the global table. The Indomitable Lions have dropped four places to 14 overall, four behind England, who are back in the top ten.
Egypt and Nigeria are Africa’s next best-ranked teams, at 21 and 22 respectively, the BBC reported on [...]

A laboratory which would strictly be dedicated to research on vaccines for HIV/AIDS, malaria and typhoid fever is to be established be the Nigerian ministry of State for Defense and its counterpart the United States Department of Defense. These diseases are among the leading causes of death in Africa.
Fidelia Njeze Nigeria’s Minister of State for [...]

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This coming Thursday would be a political showdown between Zambia`s acting president Rupiah Banda and Michael Sata. The poll is to find a suitable replacement for the late former president Levy Mwanawasa. Sata 71, who lost against Mwanawasa in the 2006 elections, has been tipped the favourite.
According to Zambian newspapers, Sata who is running for [...]

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to make his maiden visit to Africa in March 2009. The spiritual father of the Catholic Church would visit Cameroon and Angola, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano disclosed over the weekend. Benedict, 81, made the surprise announcement in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Benedict was speaking during a ceremony closing three weeks [...]

Uganda is immune from the ongoing world financial crisis, President Yoweri Museveni has assured the nation. He assured investors that the financial systems of the country are strong and sound. The president emphasized that there is no need to panic following the current global financial plunge.
Speaking at the just ended 46th Independence anniversary celebrations at [...]

JOHANNESBURG - The man certainly looked dead, lying motionless in the dust of the squatter camp. His body seemed almost like a bottle that had been turned on its side, spilling blood. His pants were red with the moisture.Nearby was evidence of what he had endured. A large rock had been used to gouge his [...]

JOHANNESBURG - Tonderai Ndira was a shrewd choice for assassination: young, courageous and admired. Kill him and fear would pulse through a thousand spines. He was an up-and-comer in Zimbabwe’s opposition party, a charismatic figure with a strong following in the Harare slums where he lived.There were rumors his name was on a hit list. [...]