Faced with a protracted strike by its unionisable employees, the tribulations of the Rift Valley Railways Ltd (RVR) appear to be worsening by the day.

The Minister of Labour and Social Securities, Prof Robert Nkili, has described Orange Cameroun as a locomotive in the socio-economic development of the country.

After three months in detention, 51-year-old Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo, aka Lapiro de Mbanga, has been charged with inciting youths and causing destruction of property during the February strike action in Mbanga.

The Resident Representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, FES, Foundation for Central Africa, Cameroon and Mali, Dr. Reinhold Plate, has upheld efforts by the Cameroon Teachers' Trade Union, CATTU, to fight against illegal emigration.

President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has enjoined officers and men of the Nigerian Army to adhere strictly to their constitutional roles and professionalism in the country.

The UPDF is holding 285 head of cattle belonging to the Kenyan Pokot. The armed pastoralists attempted to cross the border and graze their animals on Ugandan soil at the weekend.

A total of 15,214 unexploded ordnances have been destroyed since 2006 by the humanitarian demining department in the office of the Prime Minister.

Five members of the Rwanda Defence Force serving under the hybrid AU/UN mission in Darfur (UNAMID) died Wednesday when a convoy they were escorting fell into an ambush in Shangiya Tobaya, 40km south of El-Fasher in the Sudanese troubled area

THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has stepped up training of medical officers in the uniformed forces to augment Government efforts in the fight against malaria.

Muhoozi makes military history by being the first paratrooper to be trained by the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces

The deputy minister of Welfare and Social Reintegration, Mateus Miguel Ângelo "Vietname", arrived Sunday afternoon in Menongue, south-eastern Kuando Kubango Province, to works relating to the drafting of the strategy to implement the government's executive programme for the strengthening of

Members of the National Assembly (NAMs) who participated in a two-day seminar on the Ecowas Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, have braced up to push for the ratification of the sub-regional document by The Gambia, by the end

The Liberia National Police (LNP) has revealed that a Winchester, along with several rounds of single barrel guns and one round of a 38 pistol were recently discovered at the residence of Mr. John Whitefield, Secretary General of the former

The General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (EMG/FAA) holds Tuesday a conference under the theme "FAA's role in the electoral process and the juridical norm".

General Owoye Azazi, the Chief of Defence Staff, said yesterday in Abuja that the rank and file in the military have never been denied their entitlements.

Over 40 graduates of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Course 14 including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Luka Yusuf and Commandant of the NDA, Major Gen. Harris Dzarma gathered in Kaduna at the weekend to celebrate the 35th

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Owoye Azazi, said yesterday in Abuja that Nigeria was not against the establishment of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).

The Monrovia City Court has granted a bail bond of US$1,500 for the release of the Secretary General of the former ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. John Whitfield.

AN appeal has gone to youths and militants in the Niger Delta region to sheathe their daggers and embrace legal options and due process in their demand for better conditions of living for the inhabitants of the area.

The Defence minister of Côte d'Ivoire, Nguessam Amani Michel, arrived Monday in Luanda for a four-day working visit aimed at collecting experiences on issue related to management of war crisis and re-structuring of the West African nation's armed forces, ANGOP