By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – Today, March 19, 2011 British, French and United States armed forces lunched war on Gaddafi’s Libya. The ostensible reason for the attack is to carry out the United Nations resolution authorizing member nations to implement a “No-fly over Libya” and also “to use every necessary measure to prevent Colonel Moammar Gaddafi from killing unarmed civilians”. For ever a month now the people of Libya have been demonstrating saying that they want a change in government. Gaddafi has been in power since 1969 when he overthrew the government of Libya and used military power to usurp... Continue Reading
Africa is bidding to host the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). When constructed, in 2025, it will have 50 times greater sensitivity than any other radio telescope on Earth. The SKA will probe the edges of our universe, even before the first stars and galaxies that formed after the Big Bang. This telescope will contribute to answering fundamental questions in astronomy, physics and cosmology, including the nature of dark energy and dark matter. South Africa is leading the African bid and has already legislated to create 12.5 million hectares of protected area – or radio... Continue Reading
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By Peterking Quaye ,from Accra,Ghana for Shout-Africa.com – The African Films Festival and Academy Awards- ZAFAA .ZAFAA entry forms for the awards this year are out , The nominations, which take immediate effect, closes on May 20, to allow O’je entertainment, the organizers, to hold the grant event in London, from October 20 to 22 this year. Mr. Sam Anwuzia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the O’je Entertainment told journalists, in a response to an earlier question, that the ZAFAA would never come to Africa. “We’re currently thinking about another entertainment award which could be held in Africa, but... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – IT is no longer news in Tanzania that there is a spiritual healer retired pastor Ambilikile Mwasapile (76), in the Samunge village, Sale Ward in Ngorongoro district. The former pastor with the Evangelic Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) has created a new twist in the name Loliondo. The place that has always been a centre of conflicts now is the haven of cure. From controversial wildlife hunting rights, land ownership conflicts and the Maasai rights over pasture land, Loliondo division has come up with a new twist of a miracle healer... Continue Reading
