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MDC: We've won!
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change took a decisive step here in Harare a few minutes ago, declaring that it had won both the parliamentary and the Presidential election outright.
UK retailers urged to 'Overlook Food Miles'
UK supermarkets are being urged to ignore the controversial issue of 'food miles' when it comes to supporting developing world farmers.
Can Africa keep time?
English playwright, William Shakespeare, once said better three hours too soon than a minute late.
Well, in Africa, attitude to time-keeping is often the opposite of that.
Talks underway in Zimbabwe 'for Mugabe to step down'
Opposition sources in Zimbabwe have claimed talks are underway with President Robert Mugabe for the 84-year-old leader to stand down.
Zimbabwe: MDC UK to Protest At Embassy Thursday
The MDC United Kingdom and Ireland province says it plans to protest against what it perceives as an attempt by Zanu PF and Robert Mugabe to rig results of the just ended elections.
Delays fuel fears of electoral fraud in Zimbabwe
The delay in official results of Zimbabwe's presidential vote today fuelled international fears that Robert Mugabe was resorting to electoral fraud to hang on to power.
Anxious wait for Zimbabwe results
People across Zimbabwe are anxiously awaiting the final election results, which have been slow to emerge since the close of polling on Sunday.
Zimbabwe: Justice Minister Loses Seat to MDC Candidate
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has been the first Zanu PF heavyweight to be defeated in the
Serious Fraud Office halts Vodafone-Safaricom Investigation
London: The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) last has ruled out any further investigation into allegations of corruption involving a Kenyan mobile phone company and Vodafone.
BRADFORD: Daughter gives
kidney to ailing dad
A brave and selfless daughter is going under the surgeon's knife in an attempt to save her father's life.
Nigeria's oil-fuelled investment allure eclipses Kenya
Nigeria has eclipsed Kenya to be seen as one of the most promising African economies, attracting investors keen on less-developed "frontier markets"
Mugabe warns rivals against Kenya-style violence
ZVIMBA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe warned the opposition on Friday against Kenyan-style violence if...
Why Did Obama Change His Name?
Why did Obama make the conscious decision to take
on his formal African name? His father was also Barack
HEALTH TOURISM: A new trend of tourism development in East Africa
UGANDA: In East Africa medical tourism is a new idea with a potential to blossom thanks to nature’s endowments.
Kenyans to sprint to victory in Scotland
IN TWO WEEKS’ TIME, THE 36TH World Cross Country Championships will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, the origin of the longest running competition in athletics.
Britain to Resume Deportations to Zimbabwe
The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) reports that over the past few days many Zimbabwean's recently refused asylum, have received letters from the Boarder and Immigration Agency (BIA), saying that BIA, "is expecting shortly to be able to enforce returns to Zimbabwe".
Lady Godiva presents Women Awards
Pru Porretta, Coventry's official Lady Godiva presided over this year's Coventry Women's Charity Gala and Award Ceremony. The colourful event was held at the Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant.
Pru Porretta was chosen as Coventry's official Lady Godiva in 1982 to promote the history and traditions of Coventry through community participation. She has since lived to this expectation and even beyond.
Click to view the official pictures of the event.
Racist taunts still an issue at Coventry schools
PUPILS are still having to endure racist taunts and attacks in Coventry schools, according to new figures.
VOLLEYBALL: Violence costs Kenya another event
The African Women’s Club Championships tournament has beed moved from Kenya due to political instability following the December General Election.
Ghana: The Great African Scandal
( By Njehu)..Selling cheap American rice to poor Ghanaians has been likened to selling ice to an Eskimo by academic and Theologian, Dr Robert Beckford.
From his scandal-bursting tour of formerly Gold Coast (now Ghana), keen to have a one-on-one talk on his Channel 4 documentary I managed to track him down to Birmingham where...
Kufuor charges Electoral Commission: Don’t fail the nation
President J.A. Kufuor says after enjoying tremendous support from Ghanaians and friends of the nation since taking over a peaceful nation from his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings in 2001, he desires to equally hand over a peaceful and united Ghana >>>more
Ghana: March in Memory of the 44 Citizens Killed in The Gambia
In memory of the 44 Ghanaians and 6 other African nationals killed in July, 2005, in The Gambia the Commonwealth >>>more
Somalia: U.S. Missile Attack Missed Key Target
A US missile strike against the Somali town of Dobley may have missed its target - Kenyan terror >>>more.
$1 now equals 25,000,000 Zimbabwe dollars
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- It's easy being a multmillionaire in Zimbabwe these days, at least if you're counting in local dollars. >>>more
The Netherlands calls on Zimbabwe to release election results quickly
The foreign ministers of seven EU member states, including the Netherlands, have called upon the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission to swiftly announce the results of the presidential election.
Zimbabwe opposition in contact with military
Zimbabwe's opposition is in contact with senior military and intelligence officials to persuade them to respect the results of the election as pressure grows on President Mugabe to recognise defeat.
Nobel winner Maathai tear-gassed in Kenya
Kenyan police have fired tear gas at dozens of protesters, including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, during
Miss Senegambia UK '08 Crowned
- EXCLUSIVE PICTURES
The 2008 Miss Senegambia UK beauty pageant took place at Stratford Town Hall on 23rd of March. The event, organised by Saul Sounds Joluv Arts attracted a multitude of Gambians in the UK, including VIPs in wide ranging fields.
Rwanda: Rusesabagina to Testify in UK Genocide Trials
The 'Hotel Rwanda' film personality is scheduled to testify this week in the ongoing trail of Rwandan Genocide fugitives in Britain who are awaiting extradition to Rwanda
Britain must find its voice in Zimbabwe
If Mugabe has clung on by rigging the vote, despite reports that the opposition had won by a long way, then it will be time for Britain to speak up much more noisily than it has done
Ethiopia: Lost Shoe Couldn't Stop Bekele in Scotland
KENENISA Bekele lost a shoe for the first time yesterday, but won the IAAF World Cross Country Championship for the sixth.
Kenya: ODM Tells the State to Halt Sale of Safaricom
ODM has for a second time opposed the sale of Safaricom shares to the public, saying
Naomi Campbell: Kenya safe for visit
Kenya is safe to visit, renowned British supermodel Naomi Campbell has told foreign tourists.
M-PESA: Clear Legal Hurdles
The UK is demanding that Safaricom meets international banking regulation requirements governing money transfers before it can launch its innovative mobile money transfer service, M-PESA
ETHIOPIA: Bekele under threat
If Kenenisa Bekele was to be stopped, only one person can rise to that very challenge.
US: Store incident a reminder racism exists
You are Black. A store manager follows you around and says to you, “If you are going to buy something, you have to buy it and leave,”
'Rent-A-Womb' - A reproductive Outsourcing?
'Rent-A-Womb' is still exploitation. In any society, the strong seek to dominate the weak. Governments exist in large measure to ensure that this domination is closely regulated to avoid injustice.
Kenya: Shuttle Buses, Bus Lanes to Serve City Centre
The Government has introduced a public bus shuttle service to operate within the city centre to cost just KShs 20, i.e. less than 20p UK money.
God, Gangs and the Church
Robert Beckford, theTheologian who was later to bring you 'The Great African Scandal', examinesthe response of the the Black majority churches to the problem of gun crime..
GRANT NO AMNESTY: UN team tells Kenya
UN experts have warned Kenya not to grant amnesty to those responsible for the recent killings in Kenya..
Kibaki: Kenya to be Branded
President Kibaki has created a new body to market the Brand, Kenya to the world..
Kenya: Raila Held Captive Over Posts
Behind the facade of warm handshakes with hitherto bitter rivals in President Kibaki's camp, Prime minister-designate Mr Raila Odinga is walking a tight rope.
Kenya: Maina Kiai Touted for Top UN Job
After a bruising battle with the Government over human rights violations, which earned him threats, Mr Maina Kiai is now being fronted for a coveted UN post.
Corrupt World Bank Funding a Corrupt Kenya?
If FOXBusiness is anything to go by, them it is true that "back-handers" are responsible for continued funding of a "corrupt Kenya" by the World Bank.
Obama dress cultural, not religious
NAIROBI, Kenya - A Kenyan elder who presented Barack Obama with a traditional outfit that fueled false rumors he was Muslim says the garb was cultural, not religious — and that had President Bush visited he could have "dressed him the same. >>>more
Kenya: Mungiki Storm City, Stage Demo
Hundreds of followers of the outlawed Mungiki sect staged a demonstration in Nairobi's Central >>>more
Two Birmingham kidnap attempts unrelated
Detectives are no longer linking the abduction of >>>more
Coventry: Kenyans dispatch relief container
The Kenyan community in Coventry, UK displayed the Kenyan spirit of >>>more
Your Midland
Taste of Birmingham 10-13 July 2008
By popular demand Taste of Birmingham returns to the Midlands on 10-13 July 2008. Taste of Birmingham will be hosting a number of the Midland's finest restaurants in the glorious surrounds of Edgbaston's Cannon Hill Park. >>>more...
COVENTRY: Teachers struggle with immigrant pupil influx
A teacher at Coundon Court School, Coventry, told the National Union of Teachers' conference that schools in Coventry are struggling to cope with immigrant pupil influx >>>more...
Culture
The entire Black race is heading to The Gambia for The International Roots Festival 2008 which is being held this yean in >>>more...
BIRMINGHAM: Paid Film Industry Work Placements in 2008 for Ethnic Minorities
A Skillset and UK Film Council-funded initiative to help graduates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to fast-track their film careers is inviting applications for paid placements with leading film businesses starting in June 2008.
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Snow comes to Coventry for Easter
WEATHER experts have warned of sub-zero temperatures and snow in Coventry and Warwickshire over Easter weekend.
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How the Home Office carries out enforcement raids
THE Home Office’s internal procedures bible is a document formerly called the Operation Enforcement Manual (OEM). With effect from the 17th March 2008, this document has been revised and
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Migrants 'made to feel unwelcome'
A perception among migrants that they are unwelcome in Britain is undermining efforts to help them integrate into wider society, a report out today has revealed.
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Cllr Alan Craig exposes Olympics Mega-mosque Con-trick on YouTube
19.03.08 - A 'Public Consultation' this weekend by the promoters of what will be Europe's biggest Mosque is nothing more than a 'con-trick' according to leading opponent, Cllr Alan Craig.
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Faith makes believers stay happy
Coventry: A fascinating study in Britain has suggested that those inclined towards religion tend to be happier than atheists or agnostics.
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Why they still fear ‘rivers of blood’
At lunchtime on Saturday 20 April 1968, Conservative
MP Enoch Powell walked into the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, to address the
annual meeting of the West Midlands Conservative Political Centre.
He had already indicated that the speech he was about to give would ‘fizz like a rocket’
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Support Offer for New Bosses
START-UP enterprises are often destined to fail
because they are left on their own when initial support ends, according to a
regional business consultant.
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Forced marriage: does this poster offend?
There are reports this morning that there has been an outbreak
of, as one MP puts it, “lily-liveredness” in schools concerning this
anti-forced marriage government poster.
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Bomb brings Coventry city to a standstill - 12.03.08
By African Witness - An uneploded WW2 bomb today brought the entire City to a state of paralysis >>> more
Thousands will be signing up to stop smoking in Coventry
THOUSANDS of people will be signing up for The Great No Smoking Day Challenge . >>> more
Coventry: Migrants 'held back from using talents'
Coventry: MANY migrant workers are trapped in low-skilled, low-pay jobs with poor conditions, unable to use their talents and experience, a report says. >>> more
1Xtra Live is coming to Coventry
1Xtra is staging the biggest live black music event of the year in Coventry on the 22 March 2008 featuring some of the world's biggest artists. >>> more
Birmingham: Ghanaian boy receives free kidney transplant op
A young boy found suffering from a kidney ailment in Ghana by a team of Birmingham doctors has thanked the doctors who helped save his life. >>> more
Coventry: Shocking news about treatment of asylum seekers
Asylum seekers in Coventry are being discriminated against, simply for who they are, with hundreds of them missing out on basic healthcare. Many are also being turned back by GPs. >>> more
Coventry: Kenyans barbeque to celebrate dispatch of relief aid
Scores of Kenyans gathered on Sunday, 02.03.08 to celebrate their union in collecting and dispatching of a container-load of relief aid >>> more
Money
Many Africans in diaspora lack confidence and therefore fall short of their success potential. A number of them have however forked in millions in their local currencies doing little than talking to their friends. Don't ask how, but it works. The contact to reach is editor@themidlandafrican.com >>>more...
Birmingham
As African countries continue to celebrate Independence from their colonial masters year after year, few within the continent are able to think outside this mindset. A Channel 4 Documentary tells of modern endless dependance after the so called 'independence'. .
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