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Mass FGM ceremonies planned in Tanzania
While Tanzania outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) in 1998, mass FGM ceremonies are still going on, in particular in the November-January season. Activists expect over 5,000 girls to be cut "this holiday ...
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Pedal power may clean up Tanzania slum
The slums of the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, are an unhealthy and smelly place due to freely flowing sewage. Now, a researcher has found a low-threshold technology without needing electricity that could clean up the ...
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Gabon officials seize chimpanzee body parts
Wildlife officers in Gabon have arrested five men accused of possessing illegal animal products, including those of endangered species. As there are traditions of bushmeat consumption in Gabon, the arrests signal a stricter law ...
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Central African Rep clamps down on poachers
An operation by special police forces earlier this week in the Central African Republic led to the arrest of a key wildlife smuggler and seizure of elephant tusks and cat ...
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Africa to see rise in investments
According to IMF analyst Shawn Ladd, Africa is to see a strong rise in investment this year and in the years to come. Mr Ladd however foresees the strongest rise in investments in Africa to originate in Asia, above all China. African trade is already shifting toward the dynamic emerging markets, notably China. Trade between China and Africa has been expanding rapidly, growing by an average of 30 ...
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National Bank of Kenyas Q1 pretax profit edges up 3 pct
NAIROBI | Mon May 20, 2013 5:50am EDT NAIROBI May 20 (Reuters) - National Bank of Kenya's pretax profit rose 3.3 percent year on year in the first quarter to 508.1 million shillings ($6.06 million), thanks to a fall in loan loss provisions. The lender, which is 70 percent owned by the government and Kenya's state pension fund, will raise funds from the market next year to ...
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Zimbabwe mines reject state control
The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, which represents companies including Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production and prices, a draft response from the industry organization obtained by Bloomberg News ...
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Middle East and Africa join luxury brands markets
Laura Chesters is digital, consumer and luxury goods reporter at The London Evening Standard, i, The Independent and The Independent on ...
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Zambia Pressure Forces Sata to U-Turn On Student Arrest
Pressure from the international community, opposition political parties and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) yesterday forced President Michael Sata to rescind his order to arrest protesting students from the University of Zambia. Student from UNZA, the country's largest public higher learning institution,on Friday swarmed the streets of the capital, Lusaka, demanding the reversal of ...
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Nigeria Lets Have Common Citizenship in Africa - Thabo Mbeki
of South Africa will, this evening at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, receive the Daily Trust African of the Year Award 2012 for his work last year in bringing peace to Sudan and South Sudan. In this recent interview in South Africa ...
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Zambia By-Elections Budget Runs Out Says Lawmaker
Chipangali Movement for Multi-party Democracy Member of Parliament Vincent Mwale says the allocation for by-elections has already been exhausted as the ruling Patriotic Front government dips into the country's reserves to fund wasteful elections. Mwale said there were still more by-elections coming wondering where the money would come from. "It is sad to learn that Lukulu and Kapiri ...
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Rwanda Time to Conserve Our Cultural Sites
LAST Friday Rwanda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Museums Day, a day largely linked to the preservation of cultural heritage. Rwandan culture is rich with a lot to offer to the world. There are many economies of countries which are emerging very fast based on their cultures. Therefore, there is need for collective efforts as a nation to protect our cultural sites. It ...
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Zimbabwe Tsvangirai Vows to Undo Indigenisation
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has vowed to reverse Zanu-PF's indigenisation and economic empowerment drive if he assumes power, saying most farmers who benefited from land reform will be brought back to urban centres to work in the industries. He made the revelations while addressing an MDC-T star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare, yesterday. The MDC-T leader, whose party ...
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Rwanda Holders APR Close to Peace Cup Final
Defending champions APR FC have at least one leg in final of the Peace Cup against Malaria after registering a slim 1-0 win in the semi-final first leg against AS Kigali on Saturday at Kicukiro ground. The all important goal was scored by former U17 skipper Emery Bayisenge thanks to a first half penalty. Andrew Gasambungo's AS Kigali will need to win with a difference of two goals if they ...
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Rwanda Take the Dip Risk the Bacteria
What could be more refreshing on a hot day? A dip in the lake is just the ticket for relief from the heat. Even if the water looks clear, clean and inviting, what you view as a reprieve from intolerable heat may also be viewed as paradise to bacteria and germ population. Dangers associated with outdoor swimming are not prone to a particular group of community; the rich enjoy their holidays by ...
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Rwanda Contested City Building Auction Halted
Controversy surrounding a building in Kisimenti, Remera in Kigali might come to an end after government intervened. The building belongs to Genocide convict Etienne Nzabonimana. It was linked to a mortgage he acquired from Rwanda Commercial Bank (BCR), which he failed to pay. After the bank secured court orders to auction the building, it emerged that a group of Genocide survivors had also ...
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Rwanda Inatek Opens Campus in Rulindo
Students from villages in Rulindo have welcomed the opening of a the Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Education of Kibungo (Inatek) campus in the district. Inatek, a tertiary institution based in Ngoma District in Eastern Province, last week opened a satellite campus in Rulindo. Residents said they have been postponing studies after initial plans to set up the campus dragged on for ...
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Angola Interior Minister Wants Denunciation of Citizens Illegally Owning Fire Arms
Lubango - The Angolan minister of the Interior, ngelo de Barros Veiga Tavares, last Friday in Lubango City, southern Huila Province, appealed to the local population to denounce citizens who are in illegal possession of fire arms. Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new provincial delegate and commander of the Interior Ministry, Albino Abreu "Chachá", the minister ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Drawn in Tricky Pool C of U19 World Championships
Rwanda U19 Volleyball national have been drawn in pool C along side European giants in the FIVB Boys' U19 at World Championship, to be held in Tijuana and Mexicali of Baja California from June 27 to July 7. Rwanda will play against France, Russia, Iran and Finland at the High Performance Centre in Tijuana. The draws were held in Tijuana, Mexico on Friday. The composition of the four pools ...
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Angola Official Determined to Bring New Dynamics in Cultural Sector
Luena - The new director of the Peace Monument of the eastern Moxico Province, Raimundo Zango Machai, who was sworn in last Friday, guaranteed that he is committed to bringing new dynamics into the culture sector and change the image of the monument. Speaking to ANGOP, after the swearing-in ceremony, the official said that everything will be done to materialize the objectives that led the ...
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Kenya Centum Set for High-End Development
Investment firm Centum is set to kick off the development of the high-end 100 acre project in Gigiri near the United Nations complex. The company is now seeking contractors for the Two Rivers urban development project. The wholly owned subsidiary of Centum, Two Rivers Development, will manage the 8.3m square-feet mixed use commercial development centrally and provide infrastructure. The ...
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Angola Museum Drafts Programme to Attract Communities
Lubango - The Regional Ethnographic Museum of Huila is to start in June a programme aimed at attracting the various communities to the museum through photographs of the institution's main artefacts. The information was given Friday to ANGOP by the museum's director, Soraia Santos, who added that the intention is to make the institution known and enable the various urban communities to ...
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Mozambique President Guebuza Visits Shanghai
Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on 15 May arrived in Shanghai where he met with the city’s mayor and business figures. This is the last stop in the President’s working visit to China that began on 13 May. Shortly after his arrival President Guebuza met with Mayor Yang Xiong for over an hour before attending a working dinner during which ways to increase financial ...
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Rwanda The Bell Tolls for Rwandan Refugees
The ball is in their court and it is to refugees still living in camps in foreign lands for whom the bell tolls as the Cessation Clause that requires voluntary repatriation nears effect. The government has severally urged the refugees, who are mainly in DR Congo, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville and Zambia, to return home. However, despite amenities, including transport, free documentation and other ...
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Kenya Disabled People Disown Nominee
A special needs lobby group in Busia has demanded the nullification of their ODM nominee.The people with disability network chairman Dickson Pekol said Monica Mung'ala who was nominated to represent PWDs is an able person. "We are appealing to IEBC not to gazette Mung'ala's name. We also urgeODM party leader Raila Odinga and disabled patron Amos Wako to intervene," ...
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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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