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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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Tanzania MPs Tout Greater Press Freedom
Dodoma - SEVERAL MPs have defended Tanzania's record on press freedom, saying it was not true that the concept has fallen apart in the country. The Minister of State President's Office (in charge of Social Relations and Coordination), Mr Stephen Wassira, told the National Assembly here yesterday that Tanzania is among the leading nations in the region and in Africa where there is ...
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Uganda Uganda Criticised for Wildest Media Attack
Uganda police abused its power and the law by closing two independent newspapers and radio stations in the wildest media attack, The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has said. Armed police raided and closed down The RedPepper, a tabloid, Uganda's largest independent newspaper, The Daily Monitor, and its sister radios, KFM and Dembe FM, following reports that the President was ...
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Kenya County ICT Infrastructure Tops Matiangi Agenda
Nairobi - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology will work with county governments to develop key infrastructure in counties to enhance growth of ICT in the country. ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i said the ministry is willing to offer support to the county governments, to establish the required infrastructure in counties. "There is need to build ICT ...
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Rwanda How RRA Uncovered Rwf5 Billion Tax Fraud
Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has said it cracked down a notorious ring of tax evaders involved in untaxed transactions amounting to over Rwf5 billion within a period of 15 months. The tax body carried out investigations and in March, three tracks with 280 tonnes of sugar belonging to a ghost company created for the purpose of tax evasion were impounded by the tax body while on their way to ...
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Rwanda Govt Buoyant On Regional Markets
The government is optimistic the markets secured in the region will be sustained. This follows efforts to boost production capacity of local exporters, an initiative that will reduce the country's trade deficit, officials have said. Rwanda has secured regional markets, especially in Congo-Brazzaville. This calls for increased production to satisfy these markets. This also means that more ...
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Uganda Insurer Says Fraud Halted Sh1.1 Billion LC Bicycle Payment
NIKO Insurance has reiterated that suspicions of fraud halted payment of sh1.1b that it undertook to pay as performance guarantee bond to Government in the supply of 70,000 bicycles meant for LC officials. The insurer's chief executive officer, Ronald Zaake, voiced the firm's stance Tuesday afternoon at the Commercial Court in Kampala. He was in court presided by Justice Christopher ...
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Rwanda Investigations Into School Fires Launched
Police have launched investigations into the cause of two fires in one month that have razed buildings at Byimana School of Sciences in Ruhango District, Southern Province. The latest outbreak on Monday destroyed a dormitory and chapel, prompting fears of suspected arson. Chief Superintendent Hubert Gashagaza, the Southern Region Police Spokesperson told The New Times that "The ...
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Britain’s victims during Kenya’s Mau Mau uprising expect compensation
Thousands of Kenyans are expecting to receive reparations for the abuses they suffered at the hands of British imperialism, during the suppression of the Mau Mau resistance movement.Negotiations with the British Foreign Office are reported to be near completion.Gitu wa Kahengeri, the spokesman for the Mau Mau War Veterans Association, explained, "They have offered to negotiate out of court. ...
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World South Africa rising A country of contradictions
South Africa 's economy - buffeted by labour unrest, political uncertainties and the seemingly endless aftershocks of racial apartheid - is not roaring ahead like some of its neighbours. In the context of the much touted and much questioned theme of "Africa ...
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South Africa intensifies protection of wildlife
As South Africans join the world in commemorating the World Wildlife Protection Day on May 22, the South African National Parks (SANParks), is calling on all the people in the country to double their efforts in protecting the country's ...
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South Africa Adverts Target Rhino Horn Consumers
"Rhino horn is made of the same stuff as human nails. Still want some?" Conservation organisations WWF and TRAFFIC, as part of their campaign against the illegal wildlife trade, are running a series of myth-busting adverts aimed at encouraging Vietnamese citizens to stop buying or consuming rhino horn. According to the latest figures from South Africa's Department of ...
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Africa The Power of School Meals - Three Lives That Prove It
Giving children food while they are in school has long been a key strategy for aid organizations like WFP, which see it as an investment in the future of a child and of a country. As global experts meet in Brazil to discuss ways to improve this type of programme, we highlight three people who have already felt the benefits in their own ...
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Kenya Khaemba to Get Top Team
TRANS NZOIA The public service board in Trans Nzoia will be in place next month, governor Patrick Khaemba has said.Speaking in Kitale on Friday, Khaemba said the process of getting men and women who will constitute the board is at its final stage. Khaemba said once in place, the board will help in recruiting civil servants who will help to transform the county economically.He said the team will ...
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Angola will Participate in Conference on African Development
Luanda, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan Foreign Minister, George Chikoti, will represent the country in the next Summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), official sources said. The event, to be held from next June 1 to 3 in Yokohama, Japan, will examine issues such as sustainable economy, inclusive society, peace and stability and development associated ...
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Botswana Govt At War With Indigenous San People
Despite court defeats and international condemnation, the government of Botswana is continuing its assault on the San by attempting to forcibly relocate another community from land they have occupied for decades, says the Khwedom Council, a non-governmental organisation advocating for the rights of the San (or Basarwa) people. "It is another sad season for the San in Botswana as the ...
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Zimbabwe Civil Society Condemns Mobile Voter Registration
Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all prospective registrants. In a joint statement, the civil society groups lists some key concerns about the process that ran ...
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Mozambique UN Chief Promotes Education Gender Empowerment
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Government and people of Mozambique for steady progress in political development, but urged greater efforts to overcome human rights challenges, including discrimination and violence against women, through education and awareness-raising. At a visit to the Samsão Muthemba secondary school, Mr. Ban highlighted his UNiTE to end violence ...
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Congo-Kinshasa DRC Education Coalition Graduates to Regional Role
As everyone knows, the education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is beset with enormous challenges - challenges that often seem insurmountable. But only a few people know that progress is slowly being made thanks to the dedicated work of the National Coalition for Education for All (CONEPT). With institutional support from the DRC office of the Open Society Initiative for ...
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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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