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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 Moore Evicted Real Housewives of Atlanta Stars Eviction Is Official According to Reports
A Fulton County, Ga. judge officially ruled that the reality television star will have to leave her current six bedroom six bathroom mansion in Fulton County, Ga after owing $848 on her $3999 per month rent. Conya Dillon, Moore's landlord who had her evicted, recently spoke about the eviction in a Radar Online report."I am making this statement as a result of the eviction order and ...
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KTF speaks out on attempt to rob Kenyas tourism through budget cuts
(eTN) - The Chairperson of the Kenya Tourism Federation, Mrs. Lucy Karume, wasted no time to go on record and condemn the attempts by the parliamentary budget and appropriations committee to rob the tourism sector by diverting half the allotted budget to other, non tourism related purposes. The Chairman of the Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association, seasoned hotelier Mohammed Hersi, too let fly ...
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Kenya Kenya Revenue Bill Debate Highlights Power Struggle in Parliament
Nairobi - Recent disputes over the powers of Kenya's newly established Senate in relation to the National Assembly have exposed a number of challenges that could scuttle devolution gains and hinder growth countrywide, constitutional lawyers say. Tensions between the two chambers of parliament boiled over June 6th when the National Assembly rejected a Senate amendment to the Division of ...
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Tanzania Vodacom to Invest Sh200 Billion
VODACOM Tanzania plans to build over 650 network sites this year to intensify its network coverage countrywide. According to the company's Managing Director, Mr Rene Meza, over 200bn/- is set for investment in network expansion. "We spent 230bn/- last year to build over 890 sites, bringing to 2,500 the total number of sites with the coverage of 90 per cent of the country's ...
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Tanzania Tigo Huawei Introduce New Smart Phone Product
AS competition in introducing smart phones in the local market rages on, Tigo had partnered with Huawei Technologies Tanzania to introduce the new product - Ascend Y300. Speaking at the product launch yesterday, Huawei Technologies Tanzania Managing Director, Zhang Yong Quan described Ascent Y300 as a powerful smart phone offered at affordable price, that will make it more popular in the ...
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Tanzania Muhongo Mulls TPDC Ophir Energy Deal
ENERGY and Minerals Minister, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, has started discussions with Ophir Energy Plc over an envisaged joint venture between the London based firm and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) in upstream oil and gas exploration. Prof Muhongo who accompanied President Jakaya Kikwete to a recent UK visit, ahead of the most industrialised countries (G8) meeting in Northern ...
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Tanzania Local Artistes Urged to Take Hold of Opportunities
TO have a better chance of achieving their goals, local artistes must be ready to take advantage of all platforms when available. This could entail an on-the-spot performance, at a minute's notice or participating in a workshop. Such advice was given by the Zanzibar International Film Festival's (ZIFF) Board Chairman, Mahmoud Kombo, at this year's 16 episodes launch in Dar es ...
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Angola Demining Commission Technicians Attend Seminar
Benguela - Twenty-five technicians, liaison officers and demining focal points personnel, in the central Benguela Province are participating since Tuesday, in this city, in a training seminar aimed at improving current practices at provincial coordination level. The four-day training programme, promoted by the National Inter-sectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Assistance (CNIDAH), ...
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Tanzania 32 Countries Confirm DITF Participation - Official
THE 37th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair will have a special pavilion for products from Tanzania and 32 countries have confirmed participation. Likewise, the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TANTRADE) has said that this year's ticketing will be done electronically. The Acting Director General, Ms Jacqueline Maleko, whose speech was read on her behalf by the Acting Director for ...
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Tanzania Shopping Malls Construction Earmarked for Stone Town
THE government is in serious discussions with two investors who have shown interest to construct huge shopping malls, a move likely to change the scenery of stone town, members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives were informed. "It is not true that the government is doing nothing about developing Zanzibar town. We are serious with implementing the town plan," said the Minister of ...
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Tanzania One of Five Accident Victims Buried
Bukoba - IBRAHIM Kajeba (30), who was among five people who died on the spot in a road accident which occurred at Kiziramuyaga Village, in Muleba District, was buried at Kishenge Cemetery in Bukoba Municipality. The Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Philip Kalangi, said five people died on the spot when an Isuzu bus christened 'Minziro Kwetu' with registration number T 503 BSL, ...
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Tanzania Boat Sinks in Rufiji Eight Missing
AT least eight out of 19 people are missing after a boat christened 'Tabia Zao' in which they were travelling capsized near Bunduki Island in the Indian Ocean in Rufiji District, Coast Region, on Sunday evening. Acting Coast Regional Police Commander (RPC) Juma Ally told the 'Daily News' that the ill-fated boat, with registration number 2013 and owned by Shaaban Mpinga of ...
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Angola Skating Federations Technical Commission Works in Malanje Province
Malanje - Members of the technical commission of the Angolan Skating Federation are since Tuesday in the northern Malanje Province where they are learning about the organisation of the international roller-skate hockey tournament dubbed "Ze Du Cup", set to take place on 20-25 August, in Malanje City. Led by the vice chairman of the federation, Damásio dos Santos ...
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S. Sudan Uganda to Step up Border Road Patrols
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- South Sudan and Uganda have agreed to step up security patrols on their common border and on the highway linking Juba to Kampala after a spate of attacks against motorists, officials said Wednesday. "They agreed to proceed to enforce the deployment of more security forces to provide security on the border areas," South Sudan police spokesman James Monday Enocka ...
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Tour across Africa without leaving the Netherlands
Besides the permanent outdoor exhibition that, within one square kilometer, leads visitors across the continent’s different landscapes and community architectures, the museum’s various halls are filled with traditional and modern African art. In this edition of Africa in Progress, we visit the museum and meet its curator. This show ...
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Chinese woman killed in robbery in S Africa
/enpproperty--> Two suspects were arrested on Tuesdayfor allegedly killing and robbing a Chinese female national in Kokstad, South Africa, according to Xinhua. The 24-year-old Chinese shopkeeper was robbed and stabbed bythree men while she was at work in Ibisi, Kokstad on June 17. The men fled with a computer monitor, cigarettes and airplane vouchers. After a two-day manhunt by police, ...
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Mozambiques opposition threatens to sabotage highway rail line
Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Wednesday threatened to disrupt traffic along the country's main north-south highway and a key rail line used by foreign mining firms for transporting coal.Jeronimo Malagueta, information head of Renamo, told a press conference in Maputo that its forces will be deployed on Thursday between the Save river and ...
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Botswana team leaves for World Schools Athletics Championship
A team of 24 athletes left Botswana on Wednesday to compete at the 2013 International Schools Sport Federation (ISF) athletics Championships in Czech Republic.The competition runs from June 22-27. Botswana will be marking their debut at the world games. The athletes, twelve junior men and twelve junior ladies will be competing in several sport codes and are expected back in the country in the ...
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Kenyas Olympic body elections raises uproar
The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) held its elections late last month to give a fresh mandate to a new office to steer the local affiliate of the International Olympic Committee for the next four years.Like in the past, the elections were staged amid and raised a storm among members of the sporting fraternity because of what they termed as the committee's "impenetrable ...
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S.Africa says to repatriate assets to Libya
The South African government would repatriate to Libya assets reportedly stashed by slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.This would be done according to the UN protocol, Zuma told the National Assembly (parliament) in Cape Town.The South African government announced on Friday that it would repatriate Libyan funds and assets under an agreement reached with ...
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Zimbabwe political rivals agree on court application for poll delay
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and his main political rivals in the coalition government on Wednesday agreed on an application that will be filed at the Constitutional Court seeking to extend the election date beyond July 31 this year.The agreement followed a recommendation by Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) over the weekend urging the unity government to approach the court ...
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Kenya Airways To Fly Three Times Weekly To Blantyre
Starting from 02 August 2013, Kenya Airways will operate direct flights three times a week between its Nairobi hub and Blantyre in Malawi. The airline will fly non-stop between the two cities on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On each of these days, it will depart from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi at 11:45 hours on an Embraer E190 Jet, arriving in Blantyre at 13:25 ...
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Namibia still enjoying sustainable growth
Economic growth is still at healthy levels in Namibia, the latest statistical figures for the country show. Growth defies high energy prices and the slow development in neighbouring South ...
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Southern Africa to get infrastructure master plan
The long-awaited launch of the Regional Infrastructure Master Plan for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) later this year is expected to guide development in key infrastructure such as road, rail, ports 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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