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23 dead in initiation rites in S’ Africa
Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said ...
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Web-connected libraries for Africa the dream of digital knowledge for all
Africa .In 2003, it was estimated that less than 1% of Africa's population had access to the internet. Since then, that figure has grown to just 15%. Private companies have been laying high-speed cables along the coasts, but it's slow to make progress inland: even where access is available, it is often low speed and unconnected to the facilities on the ground needed to make the most of ...
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Regional force boosts troop numbers in Central African Republic
Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia greets his supporters at a rally in favor of the Seleka rebel alliance in downtown Bangui March 30, ...
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Kenya Civil society opposes restrictions on funding
A new report by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association says arguments put forward by the States to restrict foreign funding do not meet the threshold for restricting activism in the interest of national security or public safety. The report released this week and authored by ...
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Kenya Is Balalas Cabinet post a blessing or a poisoned lace
Najib Balala takes his place as Mining Secretary in the Jubilee Cabinet analysts in Coast are divided over whether the plum job will end or spur his political influence in the ...
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Kenya Uhuru and Ruto face insecurity nightmare
Governors from affected areas have raised the alarm over escalating insecurity. They argue their hands are tied since security falls under national government. Responding to the national outcry on insecurity, President Kenyatta on Thursday assured Kenyans the Government would make every effort to curb runaway crime. He met top security chiefs and pledged to support the Police ...
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Kenya As second in command will Ruto break the VP jinx
It may interest newly elected Deputy President William Samoei Ruto to note that latest occupants of the Number Two slot have not been lucky enough to survive a second term in office. They have all fell by the wayside, the latest victim being ...
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Lifestyle Kenya walks a tightrope in Somalia as Kismayo gets new leader
Somalia 's clan elders have created a new mini-state and elected a Kenyan ally as its leader, a move likely to anger Mogadishu and sour ties between the two neighbouring ...
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The Boss For OrphanAid Africas Chief a Life-Changing Journey
MY parents came from a working-class area in the north of England. Being bohemians at heart and wanting to follow the sun, they quit their jobs in London in the mid-1960s and moved to the Mediterranean coast. I was conceived on the Italian Riviera, in Lerici. My father, a painter, felt that Italy was already overexploited so they moved to ...
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Upcoming water footprint training courses in the Netherlands Korea South Africa Spain
Water Footprint Network announced Global Water Footprint Standard training courses in four countries. The courses are designed for professionals from businesses, governments, and academia including consultancies advising corporations or ...
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Charles Kanjama Kenyas civil society has reached a turning point
The elements of the growing crisis of Kenya's civil society are several. One is a crisis of identity. Are they part of us, or are they foreign ...
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Kenya Hiring of new envoys raises eyebrows amid claims of bias
NAIROBI, KENYA : An ongoing process of hiring new envoys is clouded in mystery with claims of nepotism and favouritism, which, informed sources say, is being done behind the back of the President and his ...
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Kenya Judge on the spot over Pattni ruling
Goldenberg scandal . The Judicial Service Commission has petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a tribunal to investigate Mutava's conduct relating to three complaints of misconduct made against him. The JSC says it had received 13 complaints against the judge, between March 2012 and March 2013 calling for his removal. Yet through due diligence, Mutava, who was only appointed judge on ...
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Journalist found dead in eastern Congo as threats to media increase
GOMA, Congo - The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him further as it was very decomposed ...
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Tanzania Mwakyembe Spits Fire At Port Staff
Dodoma - THE Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe last evening gave a two week ultimatum to Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to automate the payment system and curb rampant theft of public money at the port. He directed the TPA Director General, Director of Finance and Administration or IT Manager to ensure that the computerised payment system is working by June 1 or submit resignation ...
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Tanzania Pension Funds Stable Assures Jk
Dodoma - PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete on Friday allayed public fears that pension funds were cash strapped, noting that they were doing far better than ever. Speaking at the climax of the Pension Funds week on Friday, the president pledged that the government would pay all money it owes pension funds so that they are able to do their work effectively including paying the retired elderly. His ...
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Zimbabwe Two Groups Win Big in Cook Off Competition
SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED products company Tiger Brands is giving back to its local customers by engaging in different community service projects in Zimbabwe. Tiger Brands Zimbabwe projects co-ordinator Gwen Mpeiwa expressed gratitude at the overwhelming support from the local market during the Fatti's and Moni's Pasta Cook Off held in Harare last weekend. "Over the weekend, we had a ...
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Cuban Vice President Cabrisas Tours Angola Culture-Historical Sites
Luanda, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas, who is on a working visit to Angola, visited here today Dr. Antnio Agostinho Neto Memorial and the Museum of Military History. Accompanied by the Ambassador of Cuba in Angola, Gisela Garcia, the senior official received explanations on the value of the pieces they cherish in their rooms of ...
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Da Silva leads Zambia Open
Johannesburg – Adilson da Silva made three bogeys before the turn at Lusaka Golf Club on Saturday, but the Brazilian fought back with a potent second loop and claimed a one-stroke lead at the Zambia ...
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South Africa South Africa Welcomes Prof Cyril Karabus
South Africa: Statement By the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Marius Fransman, On the Occasion of Welcoming Prof. Cyril Karabus to South Africa, Cape Town International ...
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Kenya A new bundle of joy for Wagura despite 23 years with HIV
Asunta Wagura , upon the release of her autobiography, I saw on TV that she had given birth to twins. It struck me as odd for I did not notice the pregnancy. Then it occurred to me that for the whole time I interviewed her in her office, not once did she wake up from her ...
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Namibia Pohamba to Declare Drought an Emergency
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency soon in the face of the devastating drought that is ravaging the country. This was said by Prime Minister Hage Geingob during a meeting with regional governors on the implementation of the Cabinet decision on the Comprehensive Drought Relief Programme for the 2013/14 financial year in Windhoek yesterday. ...
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Zambia Arrest Protesting Students Sata Orders Police
President Michael Sata has directed Lusaka province police commissioner Joyce Kasosa to arrest all students protesting against the lifting of the fuel and maize subsidies. President Sata has also called for the expulsion of all students that protested this morning. The head of state sounded the order shortly before he laid ground for the construction works for Palabana University in Chongwe ...
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Namibia The Sky Is the Limit Even for Air Namibia
THE demand for air transport shows a steady increase over the past years, with passenger numbers and freight traffic growing by 45 percent and 80 percent respectively. Forward-looking predictions suggest that over the period 2010-2015, Africa will be the third fastest growing region in the world in terms of international traffic with an average growth rate of 6.1 percent compared to the global ...
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Zambia Use ICT to Curb Accidents RTSA Told
GOVERNMENT has challenged the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to collaborate with Information Communication Technology (ICT) stakeholders to find solutions to the increased road carnage. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Christopher Yaluma said in Lusaka yesterday that Government and the private sector should raise ICT awareness to facilitate improved road safety and ...
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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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