EU countries move to evade U.S. Iran sanctions by setting up payment channel for ‘humanitarian’ trade
By RT.com Germany, France and the UK have announced they have set up a mechanism allowing “legitimate trade” with Iran to continue in wake of...
Africa Among Top 10 Fastest Growing Markets For Air Travel
GINNEWS (GIN)–Airline industry and ministry officials attending Aviation Festival Africa and Airports Show Africa heard some good news and some not so good news. First, according...
South Africa Seeks Legal Change To Allow Taking Of White-Owned Land
GINNEWS (GIN)–President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the long-unresolved matter of land reform, a demand of thousands of Black landless people whose properties were confiscated in...
Winnie Mandela is hospitalized but doing well – spokesman says
GINNEWS (GIN)–Veteran activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is in good spirits while she remains hospitalized for observation, her spokesperson Victor Dlamini told News24 over the recent weekend. “She...
A President’s Last Act: Dual Citizenship For Africans In The Diaspora
On January 6, a day before the West African Nation of Ghana changed leadership (President John Dramani Mahama lost the election to...
Looking Ahead For The Motherland In 2017
In a “what to look for in Africa during 2017,” among other things, the BBC included watching incoming U. S. President Donald Trump....
Parole For Anti-Apartheid Hero’s Killer? Victim’s Family Says ‘No!’
GINNEWS JOHANNESBURG (GIN)– The wife of a slain anti-apartheid hero is raging against a court decision ordering the release of her husband's killer on parole...
‘Overpopulation’ Theory Challenged By African Writer
GINNEWS (GIN)–Togolese editor Mawuna Remarque Koutonin would like to make a few corrections in the widely held belief that Africa has a problem with overpopulation. First...
World’s poor trailing far behind rich in digital technology
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)– The world's developing nations, numbering over 130, are still lagging far behind the 34 rich industrialized countries in the...
China wows African leaders at Africa China CONFAB in Jo-Burg
GINNEWS (GIN)–At the recently concluded Forum on Africa and China Cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be everywhere–shaking hands, holding one on ones, watching...