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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Rwanda Revenue Agency Busts City Tax Mafia
A case that would have been a major cause for celebration by RRA after busting a huge city tax fraud racket has taken a nasty and personal turn with the crooks turning on the RRA boss Ben Kagarama, accusing the chief tax collector of criminal assault. The case is under police investigation. The whole affair started on March 26, when RRA customs officials acting on a tip impounded a six trucks ...
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HRT fails to find commercial oil in first of three Namibia wells
Mon May 20, 2013 10:01pm EDT * Announcement comes 10 days after CEO Mello resigned * HRT says non-commercial amounts of top-quality oil found * HRT plans to drill two more wells in Namibia with Galp * Declares latest Amazon region well a dry hole RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's HRT Participaes em Petrleo SA said it failed to find commercially viable quantities of oil in the first ...
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Etisalat to Showcase CSR Projects From Across ME Africa and Asia at 10th CSR Summit in Dubai
WAM ABU DHABI, May 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- The heads of Corporate Social Responsibility from Etisalat's operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Gabon, Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Togo and the UAE are travelling to Dubai to present their projects and engage with stakeholders to form new partnerships at IIR Middle East's 10th annual CSR Summit to take place in Dubai. During ...
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Clashes erupt in Congos Goma ahead of UN visit
Congolese National Police-officers gather inside the central bank complex in the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 1, 2012. Hundreds of Congolese M23 rebels began a withdrawal on December 1 from Goma as promised under a regionally brokered deal, after a 12-day occupation of the city. (Phil Moore/AFP/Getty ...
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Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on ...
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The Caucus Obama to Visit Sub-Saharan Africa in June
President Obama will make a weeklong trip to Africa this summer, the longest journey of his presidency so far to the continent of his father’s family, the White House announced on Monday. Mr. Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania from June 26 to July 3, the White House said. While he made a one-day stop in Ghana after visiting Russia and Italy in 2009, this will be his most ...
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Obama to travel to Africa in late June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July to reinforce U.S. ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the White House said on ...
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Brazilian Military Leads UN Mission in Democratic Congo
Kinshasa, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz will lead the mission of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), confirmed today a government statement. The military was appointed on Sunday Commander of that force by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, replacing Indian General Chander Prakash, whose term ...
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Cameroon U.S. Secretary Kerry On Cameroons National Day
On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cameroon and offer my best wishes as you celebrate your national day on May 20. The United States and Cameroon have enjoyed a positive relationship since we first established diplomatic relations in 1960. Our relationship has blossomed over the years as we have worked to achieve our common goal of peace and ...
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Zimbabwe mining chamber criticizes minerals proposals
A conveyor belt carries ore extracted at Mimosa Platinum mine about 400km south of Harare, Feb. 16, 2012. Zimbabwe's mining chamber said tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the industry. (PHILIMON ...
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Kenya Ruto fights back on luxury jet claims
Vistajet , the successful bidder, as well as those of Lady Lori Kenya Ltd, and ABM Aviation, with the last two charging slightly more money for the flights. Earlier, media reports had claimed that the Deputy President had used the plane which had been hired in a one-year contract that would cost the country at least Sh100 million. Quotations showed ...
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Kenya Residents issue ultimatum to KWS over rogue lions
lions that have left residents counting losses. About 10 cows and 15 goats from the village situated along the Mara escarpment, which overlooks the game reserve, have been killed. ...
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Kenya Report reveals half of inmates are minors
The Committee, which reported the findings after touring prisons at the Coast, observed provisions of the Children Act prohibited the incarceration of minors in the same facility with adults. POMAC officials now want to ...
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Kenya Disease wipes out 1000 animals
Pastoralists in the area have been left on their own as the Government finds it challenging to curb the spread of the disease owing to their nomadic way of life. Veterinary officials in the area led by District Veterinary officer Mr Micah Kabon, said they have carried tests on the affected goats and discovered the disease ...
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Kenya Court gets tight security after lawyer stabbed by client
Iten, Kenya: Security in and outside Iten law courts in Elgeyo/Marakwet County has been beefed up following Friday incident where an advocate was stabbed by a former client inside ...
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Kenya Road agency sets August date to complete city ring roads
The construction, being implemented through a flagship project under the Enablers and Macro Sector of the Kenya Vision 2030, will be completed on August 15. The missing link roads identified and prioritised through Nairobi Urban Transport Master Plan connects Waiyaki Way at Westlands roundabout, Lantana Road and Riverside drive to Ngong Road through Mandera Road (Kileleshwa police station). It ...
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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples to Seek Action on Africa Youth Health Education Culture as Twelfth Session Opens at Headquarters 20 May
More than 2,000 indigenous participants from all regions of the world are expected to attend the twelfth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at New York Headquarters from 20 to 31 May, where members will engage with indigenous peoples, Member States and agencies of the world ...
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DR Congo UN voices concern as fighting resumes between Government and M23 forces
Print 20 May 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23) and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma. Fighting broke out early this morning in Kibati and Rusayo, some 12 kilometres from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, ...
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Kenya Nduku The untold story of my dream life with Mutula
Nduku Musau and a workmate took notice of the smartly dressed lawyer, always in a blue or black suit with an office in Atlas House on Moi Avenue, across the road from what used to be the US ...
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Kenya Encounter with MRC top brass
But nothing had prepared me for my first meeting with the top brass of the group. "How many are you in the car. Do you have a policeman with you?" a man who refused to introduce himself asked as soon as I picked my phone on my third day of the investigation. If there was time when I wanted a source to call me for a story, this was it. I had been expecting the call for more than 48 ...
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Kenya Senate advised to work closely with county assemblies
Senate and various levels of Government during a senators' retreat in Mombasa over the weekend. CIC chairman Charles Nyachae among other speakers addressed participants. Prof Wanyande said in playing an oversight role in the counties, ...
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Kenya FBI find terror suspects DNA in toothbrush
Mombasa, Kenya: A toothbrush found in a bag containing ammunition has the DNA of the sole suspect in the terrorist attack on a nightclub in Mombasa, an FBI detective told a court ...
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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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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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