When news broke last Tuesday, July 22, that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) paid $6 million monthly to militants to protect oil pipelines in the Niger-Delta, it has all been disquiet not just in the militants' frontier but in

The Federal Government yesterday said the scheduled August 14 handover of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon remains on track, despite Thursday's court order to delay the move.

Commander of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta, Brig-Gen. Naven Rimtip, yesterday said his command averted an attempt by militants two days ago to launch another attack on Nigeria 's important offshore Bonga Oil-field, which suffered the

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending Sudan's long-running north-south civil war has faced some of its most "volatile and challenging" months since it was signed in 2005, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a report made public today.

Andemaka (Agenzia Fides) Andemaka is a town with nearly 3,000 inhabitants in the south of Madagascar with a small community of volunteers of St. Vincent De Paul and Daughters of Charity, among whom is Sr. Giuseppina Altana, an Italian Sister

More than 50,000 people in various West African countries have been affected by floods. 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and the country's trade links with Burkina Faso have been disrupted after the rains made several

A New York appeals court declared Tuesday that a Spanish yacht club is the challenger of record for the next America's Cup, not a California club. The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled 3-2 that Club Nautico Espanol de Vela

The Green Dragon Volvo Ocean Race sailing team arrived into the port of Galway, Ireland Sunday, after a short delivery from their current training base in Cork. The Galway Bay Sailing Club greeted the Volvo Ocean Race team with a

Cowes, Isle of Wight: It has been held for the past 182 years, is known the world over as the greatest and certainly one of the most inclusive regattas in the yachting calendar, and it officially starts on Saturday 2

Qingdao, China: The arrival of Olympic sailing teams reached its peak as sailors from 42 countries and regions had checked in at Qingdao Olympic sailing center as of Monday, just ten days before the opening of the Beijing Olympics. Forty-three

Chelsea, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Real Madrid may follow in the foot steps of Portsmouth and Manchester United who recently played a pre-season friendly match in Nigeria.

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Zimbabwe's Dynamos have been hit by a massive blow with vice-captain Desmond Maringwa - an influential member of their midfield - missing the trip to Egypt this week after aggravating the same injury that has kept him on the sidelines

We must agree with the Minister of Sport, Willem Konjore, who, at the occasion of the annual Namibia Football Association (NFA) Awards this week, took issue with the unacceptable behaviour of the Brave Warriors squad after they bowed out of

ONE of the beauties of sports is the element of surprise.

NOTHING but determination has seen the shy Geoffrey Kusuro command national fame and it will be this resilience that will see him take on the world's best in the 5000m.

TWO years of groundwork come to a stern test for the Zimbabwe rugby team when they run onto the field in Windhoek tomorrow for the opening match of the combined 2011 World Cup qualifiers/Africa Cup campaign against old foes Namibia.