Youth movement says Mubarak interrogator not neutral

The April 6 Youth Movement on Sunday accused Mostafa Abul Yosr, who is interrogating Hosni Mubarak, of partiality.

UGANDA: self medication blamed for drug resistance

By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA, Jul 15, 2011 (IPS) – In pharmacies in the heart of Kampala men and women line up to buy drugs that you usually need a prescription for, like Coartem, a drug used to treat malaria.

DR Congo: flight crash near Kisangani

At least 40 survivors have been pulled from a crashed airplane that killed at least 53 people at Kisangani International Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday.

Libya: critical situation in western mountains-UN

Humanitarian needs in the Nafusa mountains in western Libya remain critical, United Nations agencies reported today at the end of their first mission to the area, where they made an assessment of safety and access to civilians who require emergency assistance.

NATO vows to press Libya campaign as Italy objects

NATO vowed Wednesday to press its bombing campaign in Libya despite a call from member state Italy for a halt to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid as the civilian death toll mounts.

A24media launches social networking platform

AFRICA: WHAT’S YOUR STORY? On the 18th September, 2008 the words ‘An African Voice Telling the African Story’ rang true when A24 Media was launched as the first Pan-African online media agency for video, pictures and text. The main objective was to tell our African story to the world and maintain our position as the […]

AfDB meeting 2011: final press conference

Here we embed the videos about the latest press conference of the AfDB annual meeting 2011 held in Lisbon, Portugal. AfDB annual meeting – final press conference di afrikanews

Madagascar: EU parliament publish resolution

What follows is the text of the “motion for a resolution on Madagascar” published by the European Union.

Kaberuka opens 2011 Afdb annual meeting

Donald Kaberuka, president of the Afdb, has just finished his speech introducing the 2011 annual meeting of the bank.

"Africa misses investments for water"-Camdessus

“What is missing in Africa is not water as a resource but investments for the management of water”, Camdessus, former IMF director said in Lisbon during his speech.