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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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Libya Chad row over mercenaries
Libyan revolutionaries and human rights group insist "mercenaries" from Chad are playing a vital role in the fighting. Chadian sources vehemently deny this, pointing to "naturalised ...
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Swaziland gears up for national uprising
The opposition in Swaziland plans a "North Africa inspired" uprising against the totalitarian regime of King Mswati II. The timing is good, as budget cuts are leading to reduced ...
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No money to stop Ghana child trafficking
The sad new was announced by the Accra office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) today. The IOM has been the key coordinator in rescue operations freeing Ghanaian children from trafficking and slavery-like working conditions. "Many thousands of Ghanaian child victims of trafficking will continue to work in dangerous, exploitative conditions with little chance of escape as ...
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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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UN Security Council hails truce accord between Malian parties
The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the signing of a truce accord by the Malian government and rebels on Tuesday, calling on all signatories of the agreement to "fully implement its provisions.""The members of the Security Council welcome the signing in Ouagadougou on 18 June 2013 of a 'Preliminary Agreement to the Presidential Election and the Inclusive Peace Talks ...
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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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US dilemma vs Sino-African opportunities
But when it pertains to our nations' leaders, it becomes a different story. Today this is applicable more than any country to the United States, whose foreign policy stewards acknowledge China's increasingly important role in the economic development and political affairs of Africa but continue to disregard it. Opportunities for mutual benefit in the African continent are being ...
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Keshi wants Nigeria to step up
Nigeria head coach Stephen Keshi has challenged his team to go to 'another level' in their FIFA Confederations Cup clash with Uruguay. Keshi was left underwhelmed by his team's finishing ability in their tournament opener against Tahiti, which Nigeria won 6-1, the 51-year-old coach feeling his forwards should have converted more goal-scoring opportunities. Although Nigeria ...
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Human Rights Film Fest Highlights Abuses Conflicts in US and Abroad
NEW YORK -- Ninety-nine Percent--The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, a portrait of the protest movement that began in 2011 in New York’s financial district, is one of the more unusual of 20 new offerings at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York. It was shot by teams around the United States, and anyone who wanted to participate could do so. "We thought ...
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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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Sudanese president receives Chinas representative on African
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday received the Chinese government's representative on African affairs Zhong Jianhua.According to a statement by the Chinese embassy in Khartoum, during the talks, the two sides exchanged view points on bilateral relations and the situations between Sudan and South Sudan.Also on Wednesday, Zhong held talks with Sudanese Presidential Assistant ...
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Egypt allocates over $628m for Sinai development
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi approved Wednesday the allocation of 4.4 billion Egyptian pounds (about $628.9 million) for the development of Sinai Peninsula, said presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmi."President Morsi asked the cabinet to take necessary measures to implement development plans in Sinai and meet needs and demands of Sinai people," Fahmi said during a joint press ...
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UN chief outraged by attack on UN office in Somalia
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday told the Somali president that he was "concerned and outraged" by news of an attack on a UN compound in the capital of the country."The secretary-general spoke by telephone today with the President of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud thanked the President for expressing his concern and condolences for the attack on the UN ...
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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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2 South Africans killed in Somalia attack
Two South Africans are among the 15 people killed in an attack on the UN compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday.Citing the Somali Interior Ministry, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said the two South Africans, yet to be identified, apparently belonged to the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM).Al-Qaida linked Al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia have claimed ...
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Mauritius culture communication cocktails and colour
Mauritius’ most luxurious hoteliers were in town this week, exhibiting their properties and communicating the affable Mauritian culture at an exclusive cocktail event in Sydney. The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MPTA) hosted the evening at Le Bukhara Mauritian Indian Restaurant in Double Bay, providing Mauritian cuisine and entertainment, including a local dance troupe. ...
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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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Libya Refugees asylum-seekers and migrants held indefinitely in deplorable conditions
The Libyan authorities must act immediately to end the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including children, solely for immigration purposes, Amnesty International said in a ...
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Cape Verde to produce dragon fruit
Cape Verde authorities have invested large sums to diversify the arid country's agricultural sector. Now, the dragon fruit, originating in tropical America, is being introduced for the first commercial production in ...
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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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