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Clashes in DR Congo ahead of Ban visit
REBELS from the M23 movement and the army are fighting north of Goma just two days before UN chief Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The volatile mineral-rich region was rocked by hours of fierce fighting with mortars and rocket launchers in the first clashes involving M23 since December. The rebels briefly occupied the regional capital of Goma in ...
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Opinion Kenya has right to secure borders against traffickers
It is hard enough to keep track of legal aliens within the borders of the Republic without worrying about the thousands willing to ferret themselves under the rug, whether intending to melt into the general population or in transit to third ...
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HandM considering production in South America and Africa CEO
STOCKHOLM--Swedish fashion giant H&M is considering starting production in South America and Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told the Financial Times in an interview published on ...
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NASAs 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
series of 56 images shortly thereafter. NASA stitched the pictures together into one long strip, which you can tour in the video above. As always, satellite images testify to the wonder of the biosphere. This particular set of pictures, though, is a simple meditation on the diversity of conditions on Earth, and the mark that humanity has left on the ...
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UPDATE 1-Congos army clashes with rebels near Goma
Mon May 20, 2013 2:14pm EDT * City was seized and briefly held by rebels last year * U.N.'s Ban due to visit Goma this week (Adds army use of attack helicopters, government spokesman's comments) By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA, May 20 (Reuters) - Congo's army used combat helicopters to bombard rebel fighters on Monday near the city of Goma in the first clashes in nearly six months, days ...
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Kenya CIC to challenge MPs pay demand in court
Justin Muturi insisted MPs will be paid their "previous salaries" of Sh851,000 by the Parliamentary Service Commission and not the Sh532,000 set by SRC. CIC ...
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Kenya Isiolos Waata Community Objects to Jobs Lockout
Waata communities in Isiolo yesterday raised concern that they have been locked out of all elective positions and county appointments in the area. Speaking during the National Commission on Gender and Equality forum in Garba-Tulla at the weekend, the residents appealed to the government to intervene and have them secure positions. Community chairman Galgalo Titima told the commission that ...
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DR Congos Silent Ordeal
According to the diocesan report, this was the third such massacre in a month. Both reports implicate the FDLR militia group-Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda, ideological descendants of the Interahamwe militias responsible for the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. The FDLR is one of several domestic, foreign or foreign-backed armed groups threatening to tear the country apart. ...
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More Regional Troops Going to Central African Republic
An armored vehicle of of the Congolese army, part of the Central African Multinational Force is parked in front of a bank in central Bangui on April 3, ...
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In Mozambique Ban calls for push to achieve Millennium Development Goals
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a Roundtable event on ';The Future we Want – MDG’s Post 2015 and Agenda 2025'; at Joaquim Chissano Conference Center, Maputo, Mozambique. UN Photo/Eskinder ...
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South Africa Mandela name pulled into politics
JOHANNESBURG -; Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already ...
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Cosco to Boost Asia-South Africa Trade in Mid-June
will increase rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, on its trade from the Far East to South Africa, starting June 17.The hike will be $300 per 20-foot container and $600 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube container, according to the ...
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Kenya Lobbies Mahama Over Somalia
Prez Mahama and Kenyan envoy President John Dramani Mahama has accepted a request from Kenya tochampion their cause for an expansion of Amisom troops at this week’s African Union (AU) Summit, noting that peace and security remain vital to the growth of the continent. Kenya’s Deputy President, William arap Ruto, in a discussion with President Mahama in Accra on Sunday, said that his ...
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East Africa Two California Men Sentenced for Rhino Horn Trafficking
Washington - The sentencing May 15 of two California businessmen in Los Angeles for trafficking in rhino horn will send both to prison and ensure that $800,000 of their illegally acquired "profits" end up helping protect rhinos in Africa. Vinh Chung "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha pleaded guilty in September 2012 to federal felony charges brought as a result of Operation Crash, an ...
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Mozambique doctors want higher pay
Mozambique doctors went on strike Monday demanding higher pay and accusing the government of reneging on a January promise to double their wages, the medics association said.Medics say the government has failed to fulfil its promise made after a strike in January.Local media has reported that doctors are demanding a monthly basic wage of $3,000 while the government was offering between $670 and ...
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S.Africas Alexander Forbes considers offers for insurance arm
JOHANNESBURG | Mon May 20, 2013 11:30am EDT JOHANNESBURG May 20 (Reuters) - South African financial services firm Alexander Forbes said on Monday it is considering possible deals to sell off stakes in its short-term and life insurance unit, Guardrisk. The company did not name investors that have shown interest in Guardrisk, which operates in South Africa, Mauritius and Namibia. ...
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Uganda to import thumbprint machines to eliminate electoral fraud
Uganda is expected to import thumbprint machines in an effort to eliminate electoral malpractices. The East Africa country's next presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in 2016.Both the ruling NRM party and the opposition have been at each other's throats over electoral malpractices, with the latter accusing the government of fraud during the last general ...
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UPDATE 1-Abil profit fall raises concern over S.Africa credit boom
Mon May 20, 2013 11:21am EDT * First-half profit down 26 pct * 445 million rand of bad loans written off * Shares down 16 pct (Recasts, adds analyst comment, background) By David Dolan JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African lender African Bank Investments posted a 26 percent drop in first-half profit on Monday, sparking a rout in its shares amid concern that a boom in unsecured lending ...
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Kenya Seventeen in Court Over Cruelty to Parliament Pigs
Nairobi - Seventeen protestors who staged the 'Occupy Parliament' demonstration using 31 live pigs last Tuesday have been charged with cruelty to animals. The activists, among them photographer Boniface Mwangi, however declined to take a plea and were released on a cash bail of Sh20,000 each or Sh10,000 surety bail. The demonstrators were charged with three counts of breach of peace, ...
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Kenya Restive North Sees Shifting Power Risks
Garissa-Nairobi - The presence of foreign militias in parts of northeastern Kenya, and their collusion with security officials and business people there, may be to blame for a rise in insecurity in the region, where multiple gun and grenade attacks have been reported over the past two years. But securing northern Kenya is increasingly vital to the government, with the badlands growing in ...
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South Africa Gupta Plane Scandal - Govt Report Released
Aircraft parked at South Africa's Waterkloof Air force Base which is considered a national key point. Cape Town - The police and NPA were responsible for deciding whether the Gupta family would be prosecuted for the irregular landing of their plane at Waterkloof Air Base, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. "That's the decision of the national police commissioner ...
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Angola Angola Cuba Study Mechanisms to Co-Ordinate Co-Operation
Luanda - The Angolan and Cuban authorities have been studying mechanisms for a better co-ordination of the existing bilateral co-operation, as well as for the strengthening of relations, said Monday in Luanda the Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, Georges Chikoti. The minister, who was speaking to the press after a meeting with the vice president of Cuba's Council of Ministers, Ricardo ...
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Angola 26th Session of Permanent Representatives Committee Opens
Addis Ababa - The 26th ordinary session of the African Union Permanent Representatives' Committee (PRC) opened Sunday in Addis Ababa with an agenda focusing on the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the continental organisation on May 25. Gathered at the «Medium Conference Hall», at the African Union (AU) headquarters, the African representatives' session was presided ...
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Angola National Museums Respond to Countrys Cultural Needs
Luanda - The national director of museums, Americo Kunonoca, last Saturday in Luanda considered satisfactory the degree of functioning of national museums, having into account the role they play in conveying values and knowledge about the country's historical cultural reality. Speaking to ANGOP, in the ambit of the International Museum Day, marked on May 18, Americo Kunonoca revealed that ...
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Angola BDA Wishes to Reinforce Partnership in Benguela
Luanda - The Angola Development Bank (BDA) intends to reinforce its partnership with central Benguela province entrepreneurs, through publicising opportunities it offers and terms required. This was announced by BDA official, Fernando Simões, Friday in Luanda during a workshop held on the fringes of the Benguela International Fair. The official on the occasion said BDA has so far ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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