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ZambiaCongo-Kinshasa Katumbi Fires Salvo
Lubumbashi - TP Mazembe proprietor Moses Katumbi has ticked off three 'influential' Zambian players in his team, saying he is disappointed with their dip in form. Katumbi warned the players who ply their trade at the club that they should not be surprised if their contracts are not renewed. Without mentioning names, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mogul said the performance of ...
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Africa On the Occasion of Africa Day Turkeys vision of Africa
First of all, Turkey’s relations with continent arise from a principled and strong historical past, dating back to centuries ago. Ottoman Empire extended to 3 continents and a significant part of its boundaries were in Africa continent. In the first period of the relationship, from 15th to 19th century, there had been strong relationship between Ottoman Empire and certain sub-Saharan ...
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigeria must respect human rights as it cracks down on the Islamist extremists. He's also pledging to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...
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Botswana to evict Bushmen
A San woman pictured at the Botswana Bushmen resettlement town of New Xade, a few kilometres away from Botswana's Central Kalahari Grand Reserve (CKGR), September 2005. In a landmark ruling Botswana's High Court on Friday gave women inheritance rights for the first time, up-ending a male-dominated system that had prevailed in the thriving African ...
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Kenyas Tourism Secretary announces 10 point plan towards recovery
'I have come up with a ten point plant highlighting the areas that we shall prioritise going forward. These include streamlining the boards of State corporations in tourism, hastening the implementation of the Tourism Act and setting up a tourism market recovery programme to recover Kenya's lost market share in tourism. The national tourism strategy is at the moment being crafted and ...
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Mozambique Coal Mining Still Harming Communities
It is deeply depressing to see how little has changed in the coal fields of Mozambique in the 18 months since the publication of a damning report into the poor behaviour of multinational mining companies back in January 2012. Released by the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), that report - entitled Coal vs. Communities: Exposing poor practices by VALE and Rio Tinto in Mozambique - ...
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Zambia Zambia DRC Partner to Solve Border Problems
ZAMBIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed that defence and security services must strengthen joint operations along the borders to address mutual security concerns. The agreement was reached after the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) meeting between the two countries in Lubumbashi yesterday. In a Communique read by DRC chief of division in charge of Boundaries in Home ...
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U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa that seeks to balance long-term interests with immediate future concerns. The long-term strategy is to work closely with an economically strong and resilient Africa as part of a global coalition for inclusive economic growth and international peace and security. The near-term goal is to strengthen the capacity of Africa to address political, economic, social and ...
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Rwanda World Bank UN Chiefs Hail Rwandas Gender Policies
UN Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon and World Bank president, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, have hailed Rwanda's commitment to end Gender Based Violence (GBV). The two officials made the remarks yesterday after holding talks with President Kagame at Village Urugwiro. It was the first time the heads of both institutions travelled together for a common purpose. Jim said that during his visit, he was ...
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Kenya Kenyan Cooperation With ICC Questioned
Nairobi - Two months ago, Kenyans elected a president and deputy president both facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). While the two leaders have promised to cooperate with the court, some are wondering whether they are already using their influence to skirt justice. Earlier this month, Kenya's representative to the United Nations submitted a letter to the U.N. Security ...
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Plant to Deliver NutritionallyEnhanced Sorghum to Africa
ST. LOUIS and DES MOINES, Iowa - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and DuPont announced a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to bring healthier sorghum to underserved communities in ...
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Kenya Elusive unity remains AUs toughest test
Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is in the process of organising a forum to discuss the decision of the Supreme Court on the presidential election ...
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Botswana ‘to evict’ Bushmen
Johannesburg - The government of Botswana will next week evict hundreds of Bushmen from their land to make way for a wildlife park, indigenous rights group Survival International claimed ...
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Botswana Bushmen forcibily removed from their land
Survival International, a human rights advocacy group, has expressed concern over reports about the imminent eviction of several hundred traditional Bushmen in southern Botswana to pave way for a ‘wildlife corridor’. Local government officials in the landlocked country in southern Africa informed the Bushmen ...
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Kenya Egypt rebuilds its Energy sector after Turmoil
Egypt . "Coming on the heels of Cabinet-level approval for the project, the concession agreement between Mashreq and the Port Said Port Authority clears the way for the fast-tracking of this critical project, which stands as a backup to Egypt's national energy security," said Mashreq Petroleum Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tamer Abubakr. Mashreq Petroleum is a core platform ...
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Zimbabwe activist says prisoners are denied HIV drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He was acquitted of involvement in ...
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Attacks in Niger Underline a Spread of Islamist Extremist Groups in West Africa
Islamist militants set off two suicide bombings in Niger Thursday. One targeted a uranium mine run by a French company. The other hit a military base. About 20 people were killed in addition to the bombers. And Friday, French special forces helped Niger’s military secure the military base, where it turns out two militants were still hiding in a dormitory. They were shot dead in the ...
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Google to bankroll build wireless networks across Africa -WSJ
Fri May 24, 2013 5:41pm EDT May 24 (Reuters) - Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Internet search giant - which has for years espoused universal Web access - is employing a patchwork quilt ...
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Opinion Which way for the civil society in todays Kenya
As such, civil society organisations have always had an anti-government streak, with an inherent predisposition "to speak truth to power." This was a strategy that worked well in fighting a widely unpopular government. But Kenya has changed. And in order for civil society organisations to remain relevant in the eyes of the public, they too must change. Recent political events have left ...
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Lifestyle New technology could end Kenyas historic land woes
Kilifi resident Pietro Cannabio knows too well the pain of owning land without having any access to it. He owns a seven-acre piece of land in Kilifi - plot L.R. No 17835 - that has since been transferred to another person who subdivided and sold ...
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South Africa Celebrates AU 50th Anniversary
Pretoria, May 24 (Prensa Latina) South Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) with a national program to promote the role of its successor the African Union (AU), said local media. The governing political party African National Congress scheduled seminars, lectures and published different materials aimed at highlighting the importance of Africa's ...
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American Missionary Mysteriously Disappears in Africa
American missionary Jerry Krause has been missing for nearly two months. The 54-yr-old missionary pilot disappeared April 7 while flying his turboprop aircraft from South Africa to Mali. Jerry's wife, Gina Krause, served with her husband as a missionary to Africa for more than 25 years. Jerry worked with Mission Aviation Fellowship until the ministry left Mali back in 2009. They remained in ...
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Repressing Rights While Talking Law in Uganda
forced two newspapers and two radio stations to shut down while they conducted a search – and kept them shut. After years of documenting human rights abuses in Uganda, including threats to free expression, I was not impressed by her words. Her claim that the day’s events were grounded in law only further illustrated the government’s emerging practice of citing laws to justify ...
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Kenya Kimenyes book that mocks certain societal behaviour
Barbara Kimenye also addresses this trap of glamour and easy riches that often mesmerise the youth. While she is best known for her Moses series, Kimenye has two young adults book Pretty Boy Beware and Beauty Queen. Incidentally, both are Kimenye's last books, first published in 1997 by EAEP (and reprinted 2010). Pretty Boy Beware revolves around Mathew -- the pretty boy. The slum in which ...
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Kenya Family demands return of terror suspect detained in Uganda
NAIROBI, KENYA : Watching news clips of the shooting of terror suspect Felix Nyangaga Otuko and his expectant wife earlier this week, Ms Zainab Suleiman had every reason to be ...
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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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