International migration and national development in Sub-Saharan Africa; viewpoints and policy initiatives in the countries of origin.
9789004163546 International migration and national development in Sub-Saharan Africa; viewpoints and policy initiatives in the countries of origin. Ed. by Aderanti Adepoju et al. BRILL 2008 307 pages $54.00 Paperback Afrika-Studiecentrum series; v.10...

Nigerian plane with 117 aboard crashes.
Byline: DULUE MBACHU LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Officials said Sunday that more than half of the 117 people on board a downed passenger jet survived the accident and urged all available nearby medical personnel to rush to the crash site in central Nigeria. Abilola Oloko,...

National Day of Nigeria.
THE Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrates its National Day today. It is one of the largest petroleum producers in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). With a population of over 120 million people, Nigeria is the largest market in sub-Saharan Africa with reasonably skilled manpower for...

OFW abducted in Nigeria freed; return to RP set.
Byline: DAVID CAGAHASTIAN The Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was among the nine foreigners abducted by a Nigerian militant group in Warri, Delta state, Nigeria almost two weeks ago was released to Nigerian authorities last Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Anthony...

Ransom demanded for 2 Filipinos, German in Nigeria.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Pirates were demanding nearly US$200,000 ransom for the release of three foreign workers - two Filipinos and a German - taken hostage from a boat in Nigeria's volatile oil delta, Shell Oil said Thursday. A spokesman of Shell's Nigeria subsidiary, speaking on customary...

National Day of Nigeria.
THE Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrates its National Day today. It is one of the largest petroleum producers in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). With a population of over 120 million people, Nigeria is the largest market in sub-Saharan Africa with reasonably skilled manpower for...

National Day of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
THE Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrates its National Day today. It is the sixth largest petroleum producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The country has large deposits of tin, coal, columbite, iron ore, manganese, limestone, gold and uranium. Last year, crude, petroleum accounted for 90 percent...

Five Windows into Africa. (Digital Media Reviews: Film Music Web Sites).
Five Windows into Africa. By Patrick McNaughton, John H. Hanson, dele jegede, Ruth M. Stone, and N. Brian Winchester, in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Technologies Laboratory, Indiana University. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. [Two CD-ROM disks for Macintosh and Windows operating systems; some files must be copied...

Tankred Dorst. Merlins Zauber.
Ursula Ehler, collab. Frankfurt a.M. Suhrkamp. 2001. 144 pages, ill. ISBN 3-518-41275-2 THE TITLE IS somewhat misleading, for what we have before us is not an original and independent work by Tankred Dorst, the justly famous and most widely staged contemporary German playwright, but a medley of...

Riddles.
1. What kind of cheese does not belong to you? Hollyann Valcik--Murchison, Texas 2. What goes up and never comes down? Patience Andrew--Lagos, Nigeria 3. Why are bees happy when they get married? Joshua Allaire--Sanford, Maine 4....