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The Talons of Weng-Chiang was aired in 1977 and saw the Doctor donning a tweed cape and deerstalker hat to investigate the disappearance of several young ladies in Victorian London.
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Following the fall of Goma to the M23 and the lack of progress in the Kampala talks, the United Nations has inched closer to naming a special envoy in order to jumpstart a larger, more serious peace process. While this could constitute a major shift in international engagement with the Congolese conflict, there are many questions and doubts remaining.
According to a UN official, it is very likely that the Secretary General will name a special envoy in the coming weeks. In addition, Ban Ki-Moon is trying to use his offices to broker a new peace process, one that would involve all concerned countries in the region and that would tackle some of the root causes, including Congolese army and governance reform and outside intervention in the Kivus.
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President-elect John Dramani Mahama will assume office today, Monday January 7, as the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
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Africa's celebrities are taking cues from stars in the West and creating businesses to amplify their personal brands. Here are the 13 African celebrities to watch in 2013.
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Ethiopia joins Nigeria, Zambia and Burkina Faso in Group C for African Cup of Nations Ethiopia Squeak past Niger By Samuel Yeshiwas Ethiopia hosted Niger on Sunday in an international friendly in preparation for the 2013 African Cup of Nations....
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The swearing-in of President John Mahama as the Fourth President for the Fourth Republic would be preceded by the dissolution of the fifth parliament of the Fourth Republic and immediately a new Speaker of Parliament would be sworn-in by the Chief Justice, Georgina Wood, accordingly.
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(On my improvised workbench with tools to chop off a standard SIM card
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Once again, recapping what I said about this series a few days ago when I started it... Since last week, I've been counting down the top 10 S&A posts of 2012, considering a number of factors, like number of comments, Facebook "likes," Facebook "shares," Twitter retweets, page views, and more. The countdown will continue through this Tuesday, January 1, as we enter the new year, when the top post/item will be revealed. Number 10 on the list, posted last week Monday, was Cybel's A Cinematographer's Plea to the Budding Film Auteur : Move Your Camera. If you missed it, click HERE to read (or re-read); number 9...
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Since going on leave in late August for treatment of a rare blood disease, which included a bone marrow transplant, many have been wondering when would Good Morning America's popular co-host Robin Roberts would be returning to the show. Finally there is now an answer. As revealed today in the Orlando Sentinel, Roberts,. who has been quite successfully recuperating, will return to GMA sometime in mid-2013 around May or June. Though there were reports in other media sources that the network was trying to get Roberts to return to the show in February, according to an ABC spokeman, there was never a definite schedule for Roberts to return, but that she would return...
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Last week, the Senate quietly agreed to allow video streaming companies such as Netflix to share data on of their customers' streaming histories for up to two years -- after only asking their permission once. The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), had previously mandated that consent be obtained from an individual each time their video-watching [...]
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Following the fall of Goma to the M23 and the lack of progress in the Kampala talks, the United Nations has inched closer to naming a special envoy in order to jumpstart a larger, more serious peace process. While this could constitute a major shift in international engagement with the Congolese conflict, there are many questions and doubts remaining.
According to a UN official, it is very likely that the Secretary General will name a special envoy in the coming weeks. In addition, Ban Ki-Moon is trying to use his offices to broker a new peace process, one that would involve all concerned countries in the region and that would tackle some of the root causes, including Congolese army and governance reform and outside intervention in the Kivus.
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Jennifer Ehidiamen writing in Ventures Africa:
Africans are often regarded as big consumers and small producers, even though the continent is rich with natural and human resources. Our capacity to consume in Africa far outweighs our local production level. We can boast of little or no industrialisation.
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Michael Hanna, an Egyptian blogger and pharmacist, mourns the murder of trees, as well as demolishing antique villas in Heliopolis suburb in Cairo. Find out what happened to what is perhaps the oldest palm tree in the area.
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