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Daunting but Promising AfDB Report highlights Economic and Social Benefits of Green Growth for Africa
A new report released by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that investments in green growth are not only good for the environment but are also advantageous to economic ...
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Rebels attack Central African Republic towns killing at least 8 in continuing violence
BOUCA, Central African Republic - Residents say armed men invaded a remote village in Central African Republic and killed six people. The attack comes just days after rebels assaulted another nearby town, where they killed two people. Residents in Bouca say four vehicles full of armed gunmen entered the village on Friday, where they shot six people. Witnesses said the men did not speak Sango, ...
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Uganda Busoga Needs Special Devt Programme - Kadaga
The Government should come up with a special development programme for the Busoga region to bring it up to the level of other areas, Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of Parliament has said. "It has been our long time desire to have a special programme for Busoga. As far back as 2003, we designed the Busoga Zoning programme. It was launched by the President in 2004 but unfortunately it was never ...
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Uganda New Local Govt Commissioners Sworn in
Acting Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma has urged freshly appointed members of the Local Government Finance Commission to uphold the qualities the appointing authority saw in them. "Your appointment is a clear manifestation of the confidence the appointing authority has in each of you, because of your dedication to work and leadership skills. So, I call upon all of you to uphold the ...
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South Africa Green Light for Eskom Wind Farm
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, the power parastatal said on Monday. "This is an exciting milestone in Eskom's move towards a cleaner energy mix," Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in a statement. "Sere is our first, large-scale, renewable energy project. It demonstrates our commitment to reducing ...
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Angola Tocoist Bishop Against Legalisation of Abortion
Luanda - The bishop of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the World Church (Tocoist Church), Afonso Nunes, last Sunday here said he is against the legalisation of abortion, stressing that his congregation will do everything it can to stop this decision in Angola. The cleric said so during a service in the ambit of the 12th anniversary of the institutionalization of the Tocoist Children International Day ...
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Rwanda MPs Want Public Broadcaster Off Govt Budget
The yet to be legally instituted Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) must be productive and quickly wean off the central government budget, lawmakers said yesterday. The agency is affiliated to Ministry of Local Government (Minaloc). The lawmakers were reacting to the ministry's 2013/2014 budget estimates and Medium Term Expenditure Plan (MTEF) presented to Parliament by the Permanent ...
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Rwanda Diaspora Converge in London for Rwanda Day
Hundreds of Rwandans are today expected to participate in the fourth Rwanda Day event scheduled to take place in London, UK. President Paul Kagame is expected to grace the function. During the event, 13 institutions from four different sectors in Rwanda will take part in an exhibition which will showcase the country's progress. They include financial institutions, real estate and ...
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Rwanda Two Prominent Studios Closed Over Tax Arrears
Authorities of Nyarugenge Sector, have closed two of the country's top music production studios over failure to pay their taxes. Ibisumizi Studio owned by rapper Emery Gatsinzi, commonly known as Riderman and Unlimited Records run by a series of producers, were closed by authorities of Nyarugenge Sector. The Biryogo-based studios were until yesterday still closed with a notice signed by ...
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Rwanda Change With Stability and Continuity - a Political Homework. Part Xiii
As pointed out in the previous article, the many readers of these series have raised legitimate concerns over the change homework facing our country, and to them time is of essence. Essence in that, the longer this debate lags on, the more anxiety and uncertainty it creates not only among Rwandan compatriots, but also foreign investors as well as friends of Rwanda. I did highlight my own ...
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Angola MPLA Shows Solidarity With Victims of Drought in Cunene Province
Mbanza Kongo - At least sixty tonnes of cassava will soon be distributed to the families that have been affected by the drought in the southern Cunene Province, in an initiative of the northern Zaire Province MPLA party committee. The campaign to gather this donation took place last Saturday in Wolongo locality, in Mbanza Kongo Municipality, in Magave farm, an event that had the participation ...
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Kenya Uhuru Wants ICC Trial Moved to January 2014
President Uhuru Kenyatta now wants his case on alleged crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court to start in January next year. Through his lawyers, the president told the ICC judges, on Wednesday, that due to continued slow pace of disclosure, they have not been able to complete investigations on prosecution witnesses. "The Defence requires time to investigate the ...
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Zimbabwe Special Zanu-PF Congress to Anoint Mujuru
ZANU PF is mulling over a special congress which is expected to fill vacant top positions and decide once and for all the succession of President Mugabe, sources have said. Details of the congress remain a closely guarded secret, only known to very senior party officials. According to sources in the party, the current restructuring of provinces was in preparation for the special congress which ...
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Namibia Top Cop Admits Nation Is Too Armed
POLICE Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga has admitted that it has become "too easy to own" a firearm in the country and that there is an urgent need to amend the Arms and Ammunition Act of 1996 in order to address its shortcomings. The Namibian on Friday reported that police issued close to 15 000 licenses for guns to civilians in the past two years - just over 7 100 license ...
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Rwanda Western Province Calls for Budget Increase
Western Province districts want respective budgets increased because they are prone to disasters more than other regions, mayors told Parliament. Presenting the next fiscal year's budget to parliament on Thursday, the district mayors said their geographical location present them with unique challenges. Nyabihu District regularly grapples with landslides that not only leave people ...
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Rwanda Young Grace Queen Cha Call for faithfulness in New Song
They are considered among the most promising upcoming female musicians with one taking the afrobeat scene by storm and the other venturing into the Hip-hop world mostly dominated by male rappers. Yvonne Mugemana, known by the stage name Queen Cha and Hip-hop artiste Grace Abayizera commonly known Young Grace have released a new song titled, Farsel, in which they urge young men to keep one lover ...
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Rwanda Government Swiss Firm Sign U.S$15 Million Energy Deal
The government has signed a $15 million (approximately Rwf9.7billion) energy agreement with a Swiss based company to develop hydro power plants in the Southern Province. The Swiss firm, Renewable Energy For Accelerated Development (REFAD), through its subsidiary in Rwanda on Thursday, pledged to construct and maintain a 5 megawatts (MW) hydro power plant near Mushishito and Rukarara rivers in ...
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Rwanda Friends of Jesus to Launch New Album Tomorrow
The Friends of Jesus choir, under Kigali English SDA church in Kibagabag, will launch their seventh album tomorrow at Kigali Serena Hotel. The forthcoming masterpiece album entitled, Shepherd of My Soul, contain thrilling songs that fans will appreciate. In an interview with The New Times, Tito Rugamba, one of the main organisers of the launch and member of the choir said the launch will be ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Not Singapore of Africa
The Economist of March 25, 2012 dedicated a page on "Business in Rwanda - Africa's Singapore? A country with a bloody history seeks prosperity by becoming business-friendly" This is an article that particularly picked my interest; not because I fancy The Economist's style and quality of writing, but essentially because I was eager to learn what kind of judgment or insight an ...
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Rwanda NCDs Clinic Opens in Kayonza District
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Partners In Health (PIH) launched a clinic dedicated to Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs) in Kabarondo Sector of Kayonza District, yesterday. Partners In Health (PIH-IMB), works with the Ministry of Health in the decentralisation and national scale up of care and treatment of NCDs. According to Dr. Fulgence Nyekabahizi, the director of Rwinkwavu ...
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Namibia Mangetti Ends Shailemos 14-Year Rule
ISMAEL Shailemo's 14-year leadership of the Mangetti Farmers' Association (MFA) ended after a faction of the association, led by Kashona kaMalulu, voted him and his team out at a conference held at Ondangwa on Saturday but he is not taking the ousting laying down. The new MFA leadership consists of Kashona kaMalulu, who is the chairman, and is deputised by Shali Kamati while Quito ...
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Ansar al-Sharia supporter dies after Tunis police clash 14 injured
An Ansar al-Sharia supporter died of injuries he sustained during fighting between police and militants in a Tunis neighborhood, Tunisian officials said. Eleven police officers and three protesters were hurt in the fighting Sunday between security forces and supporters of Ansar al-Sharia, an organization that advocates implementation of strict Sharia, or religious, law, Tunisia's official ...
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Namibias Sam Nujoma hospitalised
Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma "has been hospitalised, following a pacemaker procedure or pacemaker implantation," according to "highly placed family and medical ...
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High alert over Tanzania deadly virus
A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned ...
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DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese ...
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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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