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Uganda Police Raid News Outlets in Media Crackdown in Uganda
Nairobi - Ugandan police surrounded the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring access to the premises, disabling printing presses, and effectively halting publication indefinitely, according to news reports. The police said they had search warrants to find documents related to a letter written by an army official that described an assassination plot. One of ...
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Kenya India to Inject Sh10 Billion in Turkwel Sugar Project
Experts from India have approved an investment of Sh10 billion in the Turkwel Sugar Project. The government of India will finance the project which is the last phase comprising an irrigation scheme near the Turkwel Hydroelectric project. The experts from India along with consultants from Mumia Sugar Company visited the site of the project which is to be implemented through the Kerio Valley ...
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Kenya Mobile Operators Seek Revenue Share With Google
Nairobi - Orange Kenya has asked Google to share revenues acquired from traffic which runs on providers networks in order to enhance partnerships. Speaking during a panel discussion on digital ecosystem evolution in Nairobi, Mickael Ghossein said that revenue share between Google and mobile network operators is necessary as Google's services and traffic utilize those networks. "All ...
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Tanzania Tanzania Commemorates MV Bukoba Disaster
Mwanza - TANZANIA's world famous model, Ms Flaviana Matata, has donated various gear to boost safety in vessels operating on Lake Victoria. Ms Matata presented 500 buoys and life jackets to Mwanza Port Director, Mr Edwin Kasyupa, during the 17th anniversary commemoration of the MV Bukoba accident at Igoma cemetery. She said she had for long been planning to donate the gear but failed due ...
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Zimbabwe Chinese VP Jets in
Chinese Vice Premier Mr Wang Yang arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing. Mr Wang was welcomed at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of State in the Vice President's Office Mr Sylvester Nguni. Speaking to journalists soon after ...
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Angola Over Akz 177 Million Earmarked for Poverty Eradication
Menongue - The Angolan Government released Akz 177.32 million this year, under its Integrated Rural Development and Poverty Fight Programme. The information was released by the head of the Department of Planning and Statistics of the Kuito Kuanavale Municipal Administration, south-eastern Kuando Kubango province. Jose Carreira, who was speaking to Angop on Tuesday, said that the amount ...
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Tanzania Lifting of Food Import Ban Good to Farmers
Dodoma - ALLOWING farmers to sell their products abroad is for their own benefit and acts as a motivation for them to produce more, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Mr Adam Malima has said. Mr Malima told the National Assembly that since the government started allowing farmers to freely sell their serials especially maize, their livelihood has improved ...
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Lamy Africa is the growth continent for the 21st century
The world we live in today is one characterized by profound change. The old theories governing the way that countries produce and trade are being replaced. The pattern of trade is being transformed by increasingly sophisticated technology and innovations in transportation; and the topography of actors is shifting to reflect new poles of growth. This is no longer the clearly delineated ...
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Kenya Space strained Kisii court gets facelift
KISII, KENYA: A shortage of courtrooms at the busy Kisii Law Courts is set to be alleviated in the next 20 months after the government allocated Sh10 million towards constructing a new ...
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Kenya misses out as Obamas Africa tour plays catch-up
As the US president gets ready for diplomatic missions around Africa next month, Obama's Africa tour will leave his ancestral homeland of Kenya as the biggest loser. Meanwhile, the winners are: Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Each will be rewarded for its democratic virtues when Obama embarks on his first major presidential tour of Africa. Not even a relatively peaceful election ...
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Artists step into Africa
Xu Qinsong, vice-chairman of the China Artists Association, presents an album of paintings to Maurice Kouakou Bandama, a minister of Cote d'Ivoire, May 21, 2013. [Photo provided to China ...
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West Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africas Great Lakes
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in conflict. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim unveiled the proposed aid financing for one of Africa's most intractable conflict ...
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High-profile CEO of S.Africas FirstRand retail bank to step down
Wed May 22, 2013 4:23am EDT (Adds details) JOHANNESBURG May 22 (Reuters) - South African lender FirstRand said on Wednesday the high-profile head of its retail arm would step down at the end of this year to be replaced by one of his deputies. FirstRand, South Africa's second-largest bank by value, said Michael Jordaan would step down after a decade at the helm of its First National Bank ...
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Uganda Statement On Closure of Monitor Operations By Police
Daily Monitor staff locked in and not allowed to leave by the police. The management of Monitor Publications Ltd strongly condemns the closure by Uganda Police today of its newspaper, The Monitor, and its Radio Stations, KFM and Dembe FM. About 50 armed men in Police Uniform stormed the company’s premises at Namuwongo at noon with a Search warrant, blocked all exits and insisted they ...
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Zimbabwe President Mugabe to Endorse New Constitution Today
PRESIDENT Mugabe is today expected to sign Constitutional Amendment (No. 20) Bill into law at State House at a function to be attended by Principals to the Global Political Agreement. Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba confirmed the development yesterday. "Once the signing is done, the document goes for gazetting and in terms of coming into force, there are two critical dates, ...
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Tanzania It Is Safe to Live Near Communication Towers Says Atomic Body
Zanzibar - THE Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) has said that people should not get worried about living near communication towers. Dr Mwijarubi Nyaruba from the Commission gave the assurance during a one-day media workshop on the safety of radiation from mobile phones and communication towers, saying that radiation from the equipment cannot harm people. Nyaruba said, "Research has ...
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Tanzania Hundreds Turn Up for TPA Grand Projects
TANZANIA Ports Authority (TPA) has assured prospective investors that the authority will accord them cooperation and continue creating conducive environment for investment. The TPA Acting Director General for Tanzania Ports Authority CEO Mr Madeni Kipande made the remarks while opening an Information Sharing Meeting on Expression of Interest (EOI) for ten major projects advertised by TPA ...
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Kenya unfazed by Obama’s ‘snub’
Nairobi - Kenya said on Tuesday it was ';fine'; with United States President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its ...
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UN Poaching threatens central Africa peace - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports
By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council. In a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, Ban said that ...
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Zimbabwe Mutasa On Indiginisation
Zimbabweans living in the United States have appealed to Government to ensure they also benefit from the indigenisation programme that has seen many people venturing into areas previously dominated by foreigners. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Diaspora Engagement conference held in Washington DC on Monday, the diasporans said were eager to engage the Government on the matter. This comes at a time ...
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Tanzania VP Touts Phone Firms to Serve Rural Subscribers
EFFORTS by the government to promote employment opportunities and subsequently reduction of poverty will bear fruits if the third generation of mobile telecommunication technology (3G) becomes accessible in rural and densely populated areas. To address the challenges facing the services, a workshop was held in Dar es Salaam for two days to discuss, among other issues, growth of the Information ...
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Tanzania Unscrupulous Cashew Nut Buyers Set to Lose Licences
Dodoma - THE government will not renew licences for private cashew nut buyers who have been underpaying farmers, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives, Mr Adam Malima has said. Mr Malima also warned some cooperative leaders whom he said have been conspiring with such buyers to deprive farmers. He was responding to a question by Ms Faith Mitambo (Liwale-CCM), who wanted to ...
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Tanzania Dar Port Woes Cost Over Sh4.2 Trillion
BUREAUCRACY and inefficiency at Dar es Salaam Port is costing the country and six landlocked countries some 2.6 billion US dollars (over 4.2tri/-), a World Bank report has established. Presenting the report titled "Tanzania Economic Update; Opening the Gates," the Bank's Lead Economist in Tanzania, Mr Jacques Morisset, said in Dar es Salaam that if the country's prime port ...
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Zambia Growing Trade Key to Poverty Alleviation Says Chenda
Government has said growing the economy through increased trade is one way that can help the country to address issues of poverty. Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Emmanuel Chenda said in Lusaka yesterday that one of the biggest challenges Zambia was faced with was dealing with issues of poverty. Mr Chenda was speaking during the Zambia-Finland business forum held at Radisson Blue ...
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Nissan restructures as it revs up to boost Africa sales
Japanese motor manufacturer Nissan has restructured its operations in Africa into two regional business units to position the company for significant growth on the continent, as part of its mid-term business ...
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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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