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RPT-Moodys Kenya B1 rating constrained by balance sheet institutional weaknesses
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Emergency vaccination campaign protects children from measles in conflict-hit Bangui Central African Republic
An emergency vaccination campaign from 22-26 May is protecting children from measles in conflict-hit Bangui, Central African Republic. BANGUI, Central African Republic, 24 May 2013 - It's the first day of a measles vaccination campaign, and 3-year-old Teves is among the first to be vaccinated at the Ouango Health Centre in Bangui. His mother, Aubierge Goneme, says she learned about the ...
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Kenya Matatu operators warned against strike
Kimaru stood his ground and vowed that the crackdown would go on until there is sanity on the roads. He said the threats would not deter them from enforcing the law and order and bringing sanity to the country's roads. He admitted that the operators had the freedom of expression but was quick to warn them that police would act if the operators broke the law. Kimaru defended his officers ...
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in electoral climbdown as he agrees to push back date of vote from end of July
Robert Mugabe has acceded to regional pressure and agreed to push back the date for elections in Zimbabwe. The 89-year-old president had risked a constitutional crisis by using special powers to announce polls on 31 ...
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Insecurity in Congo copper province a serious concern U.N
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Security in Congo's copper-mining heartland of Katanga is a "very serious concern" that must be tackled politically and militarily, the outgoing head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on ...
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Africa is always at risk of drought
Recurring water shortages endanger local ecosystems and threaten agriculture-based communities. As climate change continues, forecasters expect droughts to become more frequent and severe. In South Africa’s Limpopo province, the Taneen dairy cooperative produces milk for local villages. Chairman of the Mabodibeng dairy cooperative there is Stephen Lebotsa: ';If there’s a ...
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African Union commission chief says up to Zimbabwe to sort out election row
GENEVA (Reuters) - Zimbabweans themselves must resolve a row over President Robert Mugabe's decision to call an election on July 31, the head of the African Union commission said on Monday. Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court ordered Mugabe two weeks ago to hold the poll by the end of July, but Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected his rival's declaration, saying it was too ...
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Kenya police kill 2 labeled as terror suspects bomb-making materials guns recovered
MOMBASA, Kenya -- An official in Kenya says that police shot and killed two men labeled by police as terror suspects. The provincial police chief on Kenya's coast, Aggrey Adoli, said Monday that one of the suspects, Kassim Otieno Amollo, was a bomb expert with the Somali militant group al-Shabab. Adoli said that police had information that Amollo and his accomplice crossed into Kenya from ...
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Making a dent in South Africa’s drug culture
Taking to the streets in Eldorado Park JOHANNESBURG, 17 June 2013 (IRIN) - In pink tracksuit and big sunglasses, Nomvula Mokanyane, premier of South Africa’s Gauteng Province, delivered a combative warning to the drug dealers of Eldorado Park that had the crowd buzzing: "Leave, your days are numbered!" But then a distraught mother, urged to speak but unable to, brought everyone ...
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Uganda District Leaders Demand Pay Rise
District leaders have asked the government to address their challenges including the payment of salaries to district deputy speakers and provision of means of transport to facilitate the effective execution of their duties. Delegates at an extraordinary meeting of the Uganda District Council Speakers Association (UDICOSA) in Jinja town on Friday noted that though district deputy speakers were ...
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Nelson Mandelas Illness Clouds South Africas Future
The latest and most serious bout of illness racking Nelson Mandela brings closer and into more open discussion what happens to South Africa after Mandela leaves the scene? Seemingly, the answer would be what happens when any great man passes away. Life will simply go on as it always does. After all, there have been two presidents since Mandela wore the mantel of leadership and the country has ...
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Angola export First Shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas
Luanda, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Angola started exportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with a first shipment that departed from Soyo, northern province of Zaire, to Brazil, informed Angola LNG company. According to a note of that entity, a fleet of seven LNG vessels will be responsible for long-term multiple shipments. The chairman of Angola LNG Marketing, Arturo Pereira, said the event marks ...
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South Africas Mandela doing very well daughter
Zenani Mandela (R), former South African President Nelson Mandela's daughter, arrives with unidentified family members at a Pretoria hospital, where Mandela is being treated, June 15, ...
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Uganda Uganda Envoy in Australia Committed to Trade
Uganda's High Commissioner to Australia Enoch Nkuruho has reiterated his mission's objective to promote and protect Uganda's national interest and to strengthen the strong relationship which exists between Uganda, Australia and New Zealand. "The High Commission strives to promote investment, trade and tourism. We also encourage bilateral programs in the very important areas ...
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Uganda Ugandan Bond Yields Likely to Creep Up At Auction
WORRIES about increased government debt and lower donor aid are expected to push yields higher at an auction in Uganda this week, while Kenyan bond yields are set to continue their decline. The Bank of Uganda plans to sell sh90b (about $34.6m) in two-year bonds and sh50b in 10-year bonds at an auction on Wednesday. The yield on the two-year bond edged up to 12.98% at a May 22 auction, from ...
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Uganda Newspaper Vendor Builds U.S.$163551 House
If you have been despising jobs, meet Judith Kabajungu 47 a newspaper vendor who has built a sh14m house. She has been in her business for the last 15 ...
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Uganda Mbale Taxi Drivers Strike Over Traffic Fees
Public transport was paralyzed on Monday morning following Mbale taxi drivers's strike. Police Mbale deployed heavily along Kumi - Soroti road to restore calm as drivers demonstrated over new traffic penalties charges which they asy are very high. Policemen armed with tear gas and riffles were seen patrolling the Kumi - Soroti road ready to deal with any rioter. The drivers staged ...
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U.N. alarmed by Iraqi violence
The outgoing U.N. special envoy for Iraq said political leaders needed to sit down to figure out how to address "despicable and heinous crimes" of terrorism. Martin Kober, outgoing U.N. special envoy to Iraq, said he was frustrated with the steady stream of terrorist attacks plaguing post-war Iraq. Last month was the deadliest in Iraq in five years. More than 1,000 civilians and ...
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Letter to the Editor U.S. must withdraw from Middle East North Africa
The messiah goes to Cairo to make a speech. And since then he has made the middle east hotter then ever. Now more and more arabs want to kill and destroy us. Congradulations to The messiah on ...
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UPDATE 1-Kenya shilling hits 13-week low shares extend slide
* Shilling weaker as foreign investors exit stocks * Planned capital gain tax puts investors on edge * Safaricom, Equity Bank shares lower (Adds markets close, stocks) By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI, June 17 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling slipped to a 13-week low on Monday and shares fell for the seventh straight session, to track weaker emerging markets due to uncertainty surrounding global ...
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More than 1200 migrants reach Italy by boat drownings reported
ROME (Reuters) - More than 1,200 migrants reached Italy over the weekend after attempting the perilous sea passage from Africa in flimsy vessels, the Italian coast guard said on ...
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Kenya Teachers Vow to Bring Down Jericho
Nairobi - The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is scheduled to announce on Monday when the teachers' strike will begin. KNUT Chairman Wilson Sossion told Capital FM News to expect the news any time from 10am, "We will be giving the way forward at a press briefing at the KNUT headquarters," he said. Sossion has given the 2013/2014 budgetary estimates as the reason for the ...
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Chad Funding Approved for Four More Interim Applicants
The Global Fund Board has approved up to $40.5 million for four interim applicant countries: Chad, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Kenya and Mozambique. The Board decisions were based on recommendations from the Grant Approvals Committee (GAC). This brings to five the number of interim applicant countries that have received funding. In May, the Board approved funding for Pakistan (see GFO article). ...
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Chad UNHCR Completes Relocation of Thousands of Darfur Refugees to Chad Camp
Tissi, Chad - The UN refugee agency has completed the relocation of thousands of Darfur refugees from the volatile border area of Tissi in south-east Chad to a newly opened camp, Ab Gadam, deeper inside the country. The last convoy left Tissi three days ago. In total, UNHCR and its partners moved 7,161 people over the past month - most of them women, children and elderly refugees. Some 3,086 ...
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Kenya Birds invade wheat farms in Narok
The millions of birds that migrated from Lake Natron in Tanzania have according to Agriculture Ministry officials, destroyed more than 100 acres. The ministry has consequently dispatched a plane and personnel from the Crop Protection Directorate to kill them before they cause further destruction. Angry farmers are now accusing ministry officials of responding after the birds had already invaded ...
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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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