Provides the latest RSS feeds for Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:06 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:06 -0500 30 (Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images/file) MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue.Mozambique's National Disaster M... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020613&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:21:06 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020613&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Men detained by police after violence around Jos, Nigeria, file past reporters, at police headquarters Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Witnesses say soldiers opened fire on angry youths who surrounded a ca... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020533&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020533&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in central Nigeria in recen... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020535&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:38 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020535&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue. Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute said Wednesday ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:36 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ROME — A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the natio... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020246&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:15 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020246&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAPUTO, Mozambique -- Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue. Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020605&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:11:48 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020605&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Annalisa Tissoni, President of the Church of Scientology of Milan, and Fiorella and Gaetano Cerchiara, President and Director respectively of the Association for Human Rights and Tolerance of Italy, p... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:10:25 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MAPUTO, Mozambique -- Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue.Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute said Wednesday that three... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020584&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:15 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020584&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Shahriar Koochekpour, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, led research that has dis... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020503&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:27 -0500 Medical News Today http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020503&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images/file) MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue.Mozambique's National Disaster M... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020606&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:59:52 -0500 Fox 23 http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020606&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020607&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:59:29 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020607&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg - South Africa's government on Thursday repeated its concern about price-gouging by businesses in the run-up to the football World Cup. "Government calls on all South Africans to resist t... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020075&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:56 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020075&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec An opposition leader has criticised a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees - including a former minister - do not know why they are being held.Halifa Sallah told the BBC that those arrested... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020612&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:59 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020612&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Survivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened.One witness in a village near the city of Jos said he heard his neighbours screaming as they were attacked. A... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:58 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces continued for a second day in the Somali capital as medical officials say at least 23 people died in the clashes. The head of Mogadishu's ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:38 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec New York - The Ethiopian Supreme Court reinstated fines on Monday against four newspaper publishing companies over their coverage of the disputed 2005 national election. The Committee to Protect Journ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020603&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:36 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020603&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Harare, Zimbabwe - An estimated 2,17 million Zimbabweans - perhaps a fourth of the country's population - are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said on Thursday. In a statement, the International ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020604&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:33 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020604&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe (AP) — An estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans — perhaps a fourth of the country's population — are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said Thursday. In a statement, the Inter... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020251&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:36:37 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020251&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Chinas' face has suddenly become so ubiquitous in Nigeria's major commercial cities with sub-standard textiles, machinery and auto-parts being the most prominent of the Chinese products being dumped i... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:48 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Owerri — Senator Arthur Nzeribe says the military may take over government if nothing is done about the country's state of affairs.Nzeribe who spoke at a news conference yesterday in Owerri said... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:47 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — WITH sustainability reporting assuming more prominence in the boardroom, the demand for sustainability assurance has increased, says an expert on corporate governance. The King 3... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020608&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:47 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020608&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tunis — During his meeting with Mr. Rafik Belhaj Kacem , Minister of the interior and local development , President Ben Ali was handed a report on the activities of the Ministry. He was also br... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:45 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tunis — Tunisia will soon put into service, a network of economic intelligence, to improve the quality of economic information offered to businesses, so as to achieve greater efficiency and enha... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020609&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:45 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020609&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — PAMODZI Investment Holdings yesterday sold its 77% stake in Foodcorp, the maker of Ouma rusks, Glenryck pilchards and Blue Ribbon bread, for more than R500m. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020611&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:44 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020611&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — THE strengthening of the rand negatively affected wine and brandy producer KWV's performance in the six months to December, and the group is likely to face the same challenge in t... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020562&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:43 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020562&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Copenhagen Accord puts the issue of climate change adaptation centre stage. For Nigeria this is important. The linkage between adapting to climate change and tackling growing poverty in Nigeria is... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020616&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:43 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020616&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lagos — The Malta Guinness Street Dance Competition, which debuted with 'Top of the World' vitality and excitement in 2008, and continued with the most incredibly 'Out of Naija' feeling in 2009,... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020615&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:42 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020615&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — BLACK economic empowerment will continue to be a major driver of mergers and acquisitions activity this year. Many of SA's investment professionals in private equity expect funds... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020610&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:41 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33020610&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, Kenya | Last year, Somalia's Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al Qaeda-linked insurgents. Today, it is in the hands of the rebels as they battle the U.N.-backed governm... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018579&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:50 -0500 Washington Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018579&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Local high school sophomore Kevin Vernimb has spent the last three years fundraising to send life-saving bed nets to families in Africa. Vernimb advocates for the United Nations Foundation’s Not... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:54 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec FW De Klerk ."He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks... we are still on the outside. The economy is very much 'white'. It has a few token blacks, but so many who gave their life in the struggle have d... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:36 -0500 Independent.ie http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ) continues to expand its business in South Africa. Subsidiary Ilex South Africa Ltd. has signed an agreement with the country's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) to carry out blood tests to d... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018600&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:34:03 -0500 Globes http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018600&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - South Africa and the UK have agreed to double trade between their countries, which fell to around 40 billion rand last year due to the global recession, a South African minister said on Th... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:12:18 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kabarole — Political interference should be blamed for the destruction of bridges in Kabarole, the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Juma Nyende, has said. The bridges that were washed away last ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018594&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:28 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018594&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to renew its commitment to the 2005 agreement which ended the long-running north-south civil war, and to ensure a peaceful transition f... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018587&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:26 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018587&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — A Kenyan student of Kampala International University (KIU) is held at Kabalagala Police station for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death. Jane Nyiha, a second-year student of bach... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018588&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:25 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018588&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — PINNACLE Point Group, the property development group, has warned shareholders it is going to report a headline loss for the year to February 28. The company said that at the end ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:25 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — DAIMLER Buses Germany, a division of Daimler, has given the South African unit the green light to export buses and coaches to southern African markets, following a capital injecti... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018189&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:23 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018189&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — The cord of love between two sisters proved unbreakable when one put her life on the line to save the other. Ms Mary Nginyo, 32, was diagnosed with kidney failure two years ago, which... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018531&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:23 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018531&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — LIFE assurance group Metropolitan Holdings raised its final dividend after growing embedded value by about 6% to R17,09 per share in the year to December. Life companies struggle... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:22 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — LACK of competition was a much bigger challenge for SA's economy than the level of the rand, the MD of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said yesterda... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:21 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has renewed its plea for funds as hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans are in urgent need of food assist... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018253&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:51:13 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33018253&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to renew its commitment to the 2005 agreement which ended the long-running north-south civil war, and to ensure a peaceful transition f... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016354&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:18 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016354&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is sending $50,000 in emergency funding to Uganda where deadly mudslides and flooding have left hundreds of thousands of people in need of shelter, f... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015957&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:16 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015957&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food secur... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016356&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:15 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016356&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to "red" and some 130,000 people living along three main rivers in central Mozambique are at risk of possibl... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016355&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:11 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016355&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Key regulators from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt including His Excellency Amin Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture & Land Reclamation, will highlight farmland and agri-investment oppor... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015844&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:16:37 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015844&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi/Goma - Former Congolese rebels have taken advantage of UN-backed army offensives to seize control of mining interests in the central African nation, a campaigning organization said Thursday. T... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016352&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:17 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016352&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec SOUTHFIELD, MI, March 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Southfield-based Reforma Group produces a line of all natural hand and body lotions with an emphasis on the key ingredient African Shea butter. The... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016121&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:41 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016121&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was fo... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016364&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:44:35 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016364&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Mungiki sect officially announced in October last year its dissolution and transformation into a political movement. Its members are notorious for racketeering, notably in the public transport sec... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:20 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Authorities are investigating a Hialeah man who allegedly smuggled illegal giant African snails into Florida and convinced his followers to drink their juices as part of a religious healing ritual. St... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016357&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:28 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016357&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A Spanish aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has arrived back in Barcelona after being set free by her captors. Thirty-nine-year-old Alicia Gamez was seized in Mauritania and taken to neig... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016341&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:39:56 -0500 Euro News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016341&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe's new empowerment law that compels foreign-owned companies to give-up a 51% stake in their businesses to black Zimbabweans was greeted with shock by investors when first announced. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015719&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:48 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33015719&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A feasibility study into the proposed Orapa No. 3 plant is expected to be complete by year end, which could pave way for the development of a 12 million tonne per annum high-tech facility. The propos... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:48 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec In response to delays in the Mmamabula Energy Project (MEP), Chinese energy and mining titan Golden Concord Holdings Limited has snapped up a controlling equity in the 300-megawatt power station being... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016144&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:46 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016144&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec SUGAR and fresh milk will be VAT zero-rated soon, according to an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act tabled in Parliament yesterday. "The global financial crisis resulting in an economic down... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016358&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:43 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016358&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PRESSURE by a senior manager of Air Namibia to falsify information for a South African to get a local flying licence led to the sudden resignation of a flight instructor at the national airline. Ralp... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016359&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:42 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016359&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec RUSSIAN gas giant Gazprom and Namcor have partnered up to muscle out Tullow Oil as the main shareholder in the Kudu gas field, securing 54 per cent of the interest in the multibillion-dollar offshore ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016361&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:41 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016361&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ZAMBIA has secured a concessional loan of US$ 1 billion from the government of China for investment in development projects in hydro power, housing, road infrastructure and other sectors. Commerce, T... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016360&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:40 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016360&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said the Czech Republic should help market Zambia to European investors, saying the country has huge investment potential. The president said this at State House yesterday ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016362&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:39 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016362&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The power balance in Africa's crude oil production landscape is set to shift in the near future as a number of new oilfields come online. Crude oil has in recent years been discovered in many countri... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016366&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:37 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016366&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec TUNISIA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accepted an apology from the U.S. State Department over its spokesman's comments on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The ministry ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016363&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:07 -0500 SINA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33016363&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Humanitarian groups have told the U.S. International Trade Commission that a reshaping of American international trade policy can help improve availability of life-saving HIV medications in developing... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013706&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:08 -0500 VOA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013706&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Libyan president of the U.N. General Assembly is among more than 180 people banned from traveling to much of Europe due to a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, Libya's U.N. mission ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014034&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:00 -0500 World Bulletin http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014034&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe were undermined by Darren Sammy's career-best spell of four wickets for 26 runs from 10 overs as he led West Indies to a 141-run win over Zimbabwe in the third ODI against West Indies on Wedn... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014055&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:48:30 -0500 NDTV http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014055&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The red alert imposes an evacuation order for the area. "About 130 000 people were identified in areas of risk in three basins in the central region, namely the Zambezi, Pungwe and Buzi rivers," No... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014053&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:45:33 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014053&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. About ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013836&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:41:48 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013836&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - Sudan summoned the acting head of international peacekeepers in Darfur on Wednesday to express concern over a rebel ambush last week in which vehicles and equipment belonging to his force ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:38 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec French judges had sped up their investigation into Agathe Habyarimana since the diplomatic rapprochement in November, Mushikiwabo said on a visit to celebrate Rwanda joining the Commonwealth. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014065&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:35 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014065&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - A Kenyan court sentenced seven Somalis to 20 years in prison for piracy on Wednesday after they tried to attack a Danish cargo vessel. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014066&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:34 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014066&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress today released the following statement: The Enough Project confirms that a contingent of the deadly Lord's Resist... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014059&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:15:47 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014059&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma has on Wednesday provided a list of his financial interests to the Secretary of Cabinet, his lawyer Michael Hulley said. Hurley said the list contains any gifts,... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013791&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:11 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33013791&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today dismissed a defense witness as a liar and a self-seeker whose testimony could not be believed. &l... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014052&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:10 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014052&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — A tussle between the Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry about local companies getting preferential treatment over foreign rivals in state procurement could scupper ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014056&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:08 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014056&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (RTTNews) - The International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday that South Africa should continue the current countercyclical measures to nurture the recovery, ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014057&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:04 -0500 Quote.com http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33014057&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwean Labour Minister Paurina Mpariwa is expected to visit displaced Zimbabwean workers at De Doorns in the Boland today. Thousands of workers were chased out of their shacks by locals at the Sto... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011637&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:27:33 -0500 SABC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011637&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Malawi 's main bilateral donor, has cut aid to the southern African nation this year after Malawi bought a $13.26m (€9.7m) presidential jet last year, a senior British diplomat said yesterday.Ma... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011639&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:18:13 -0500 Independent.ie http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011639&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Abuja — It emerged yesterday that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded a copy of the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reforms Committee to the National Assembly une... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011634&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:15 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011634&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE police said, yesterday, that 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police s... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011398&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:14 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011398&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — THREE top officials in the Ministry of Health who were in charge of the malaria control programme were yesterday remanded to Luzira Prison after they were charged with corruption. The... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011635&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:14 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011635&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Harare — South African President Jacob Zuma has told the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to Zimbabwe as he continues the battle to end the illegal economic sanctions against Zimbab... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011638&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:13 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011638&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kigali — President Kagame, attended a lunch held in his honour at the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), in London yesterday, and addressed the business members of the Commonwealth for the fir... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011294&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:12 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33011294&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Metropolitan's Kenyan operations are not doing as well as those in Nigeria and Ghana because it has had difficulty finding a suitable partner in that country, according to Preston ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33009382&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:12:02 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33009382&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2012, the alliance's spokesman James Appathurai has said. Appathurai told reporters on Wednesday the decision was based on "the assessmen... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33009385&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:06:17 -0500 RIA Novosti http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33009385&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Former rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who now serve in the army are running mafia-style extortion rackets in the mines, campaigners say.The country has some of the world's richest mines, w... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006814&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:15 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006814&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Former rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who now serve in the army are running mafia-style extortion rackets in the mines, campaigners say.The country has some of the world's richest mines, w... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006807&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:14 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006807&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nigeria: Yar'Adua Goes into Extra Time - The Reappearance of the President Has Worsened the Political Paralysis ? and the Splits in the PDP Government http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006806&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:16 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006806&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels notorious for mutilating their victims and abducting children have found a safe haven in Sudan's western Darfur region, an anti-genocide group said in a repor... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006810&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:58 -0500 Swiss Info http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006810&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (AP) — UNITED NATIONS - Libya is calling for Switzerland to cancel a travel ban on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and 187 others and start binding arbitration on a dispute over the arrest of hi... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006477&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:12 -0500 New Jersey Online http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006477&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Inflation in Ghana fell for the eighth consecutive month to its lowest level in almost two years last month, paving the way for further interest rate cuts in the west African count... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006447&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:37 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006447&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Industry moves to process more cocoa beans in Africa are being held back by local obstacles and weak global demand, but grinders are pursuing the strategy in the belief it will yie... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:35 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Metropolitan's Kenyan operations are not doing as well as those in Nigeria and Ghana because it has had difficulty finding a suitable partner in that country, according to Preston ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006809&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:27 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33006809&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to renew its commitment to the 2005 agreement which ended the long-running north-south civil war, and to ensure a peaceful transition f... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003305&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:51 -0500 UN News Centre http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003305&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33002362&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:54 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33002362&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Fears that sectarian violence could spread across Nigeria increased yesterday after it emerged that militia leaders from Jos, where at least 200 people were massacred on Sunday, had been attempting to... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33002339&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:13 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33002339&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tripoli - Libya said on Wednesday that it accepted the apology of a US official who had joked about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad against Switzerland and that normal ties would resume... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:52 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By Jim Drury London - Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on Wednesday the thawing of her country's relations with France may have paved the way for last week's arrest of a leading Rwa... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003297&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:47 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003297&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By Abdi Sheikh and Abdi Guled Mogadishu - Fighting between Somali government forces and al Shabaab rebels in the north of Mogadishu on Wednesday killed 17 people and wounded 65, a Somali human righ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003299&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:47 -0500 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=33003299&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec