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Africa Africa Renewing Partnership to Check Hunger
Despite hopeful economic growth in recent years, 25 per cent of Africa's population is undernourished. The economy of the continent has grown up by 5 per cent on average in the last decade; Yet tackling undernourishment has been one of the pressing issues in the continent. The African Union and its development partners have begun a 3 day workshop on 7 May 2013 to renew partnership to ...
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Africa Rise of Africa to Modern Communication
Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn stressed the need for Africans to make efforts with a view to changing the image of the continent tarnished by the negative publicity of the international media. In his message delivered through a representative at the opening of the 1st All Africa Public Relations and Strategic Communication Summit (APRA) on Wednesday 8 May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Hailemariam, ...
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Ghana hopes to shield economy from African oil curse
Tue May 21, 2013 2:30am EDT * Economists cite risks of fiscal laxity, Dutch disease * Nigeria saw agricultural sector ravaged, corruption soar * Ghana wants to increase investment in cocoa sector * Ghana has strong democratic institutions, oil wealth funds By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA, May 21 (Reuters) - Oil brought riches to Nigeria but also ravaged its economy and fuelled ...
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Pupils will have to learn African language
Durban - All primary school pupils will have to learn an African language – as soon as next year – according to the national Department of Basic ...
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Vodacom shows appetite for increasing its footprint in Africa
VODACOM, which is aggressively seeking to acquire new operations on the African continent, could expand into as many as three new countries by the end of next year, Shameel Joosub, the group chief executive, said ...
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Travel to Libya Eight things to know before the trip
Following Libya's revolution, oil production has been restored and the country has slipped from the front pages. Once more, Libya has become North African rather than southern Mediterranean, and news dispatches surface only when Western government's worst fears appear close to being realized. As most Libyans admit that after four-plus decades of Moammar Gadhafi, it will take time to ...
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South Africa Jansen to Be Honoured in New York
South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly ...
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Africa DRC-South Africa Pact Paves Way for Mega Hydro-Electric Plant
With South Africa confirmed as a key partner, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced October 2015 as the launch date for construction of the first phase of what could eventually be the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The Grand Inga project on the Congo River is expected, once all the phases are complete, to generate a massive 40 000 MW of electricity, bringing renewable ...
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Africa Africa News Round Up May Monday 20 2013
In Nigeria the government has offered an amnesty to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, Reuters reports. In their biggest offensive since the insurgency began in 2009, Nigerian forces are trying to chase well-armed militants out of territory they control in remote ...
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Tanzania Tanzania Canada Sign Agreement to Promote Investment
Tanzania and Canada have signed a co-operation agreement designed to promote and create favourable investment conditions between the two countries, Tanzania's Daily News reported Thursday (May 16th). The pact, known as the foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, strengthens economic ties between Canada and Tanzania and promotes local and foreign investment. Minister of ...
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Kenya Kenyan Nominated to Lead UN Trade Agency
United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday (May 16th) nominated former Kenyan Minister of Trade and Industry Mukhisa Kituyi to lead the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) beginning September 1st. If confirmed by the UN General Assembly, Kituyi will succeed Supachai Panitchpakdi, from Thailand, who will step down at the end of August. Kituyi was a member of ...
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Uganda CSO to LDCS - No Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
The civil society is urging least developed countries (LDCs) to rethink signing treaties because they may get raw deals in the end. Ambassador Nathan Irumba the CEO of Southern and East African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) says the onus is on the negotiators for LDCs to ensure that they do not sign agreements that may jeopardize the interests of their countries. He ...
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Uganda Govt to Exploit Opportunities in BPOS
Senior minister for Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) Ruhakana Rugunda has said the government of Uganda is positioning herself to exploit fully the opportunities that are accruing from the growing demand for outsourcing in Africa. The minister made the remarks at a function held in Kampala on May 20 in which 12 trainers of trainees were passed and these will assist in training ...
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Detained Chinese Fishermen Boat Released by North Korea
The official Xinhua news agency reported the development Tuesday, quoting a Chinese consular official in Pyongyang who spoke with the owner of the fishing boat. The official said the men were safe and on their way home, but he gave no other details. The owner of the boat says North Korea was demanding nearly $100,000 for the return of the boat and crew, which were taken May 6 in the waters ...
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Obama plans tour to South Africa
Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ...
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Madagascar UN Chief Concerned by Latest Electoral Developments
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shares the concerns expressed earlier by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union over the latest developments in the electoral process in Madagascar, according to the spokesperson for the world body's chief. "The presentation of candidate nomination papers by Transition President Andry Rajoelina, Mrs. Lalao ...
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Uganda Police Shut Newspapers Radio Stations Over Political Controversy
Nairobi - The Ugandan government should immediately end politically motivated police intimidation of newspapers and radio stations and ensure that the media can operate freely, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent raids on two newspapers and two radio stations are linked to a legal dispute in which the police have sought to obtain the source for an article by the Daily Monitor about the ...
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Tanzania State Pledges Support for Daily News TBC
Dodoma - THE government has promised to support the Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited and Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) improve their operations. The Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Dr Fenella Mukangara, told the National Assembly on Monday when presenting her ministry's 2013/14 budget estimates that the two media houses were performing well despite many ...
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Ethiopia ECX Exclusive Cooperative Auction Falls Short of Expectations
Antenneh Assefa CEO of the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange along with Abinet Bekele chief strategy officer at the auction of seats held on May 16, 2013. The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange's (ECX) exclusive auction for farmers' cooperatives seats attracted few and vastly differing offers, all but one of which were declared winners for the seats they sought. The Exchange has a total of ...
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Liberia The Changing Face of Land Disputes
Monrovia - The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws. Tens of thousands of Liberians were displaced during the 1999-2003 civil war. Many returned to their ...
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Ethiopia South State Braces Br1.2 Billion Investment Projects
South Ethiopia State braces itself for 1.3 billion Br investment projects over the last three quarters. The projects are owned by 136 investors. This is what the regional Trade, Industry and Urban Development Bureau disclosed. According to ENA, the projects are in the areas of social service, agriculture and industry, among others. The investment capital registered in the first three quarters ...
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Africa Dramatic Progress in Global Health but Virus Threat Lurks
Washington - Representatives from more than 190 nations convened for the World Health Assembly May 20 with a record of achievement and a challenge for the future. World Health Statistics 2013, released by the World Health Organization May 15, shows that the global community has made "dramatic progress" in improving health in the least developed nations. But those gains are not ...
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Africa White House On Obamas June-July Travel to Africa
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 - July 3. The President will reinforce the importance that the United States places on our deep and growing ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including through expanding economic growth, investment, and trade; strengthening ...
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Sudan Call for More Wells to Ease Water Shortage in Yaseen East Darfur
Yaseen - The population of Yaseen locality in East Darfur state is suffering from a water shortage following the disruption of the area's water stations. Resident Edam Abdullah Saleh told Radio Dabanga yesterday that the water crisis deepened following the frequent breakdown of water stations. He said that currently, five stations are not working, and appealed to the locality's ...
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Somalia Top Army Commander - We Have Successfully Removed Some Road Blocks
Mogadishu - (sh.M.Network) General Abdullahi Osman Agey the second in command of the army forces who addressed Shabelle media in Mogadishu said that they have successfully removed the road blocks in the lower Shabaelle region. The commander said that the road blocks belonged to the Somali army force and others belonged to some militia men who had arms. The commander informed Shabelle that they ...
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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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