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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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Africa Creating Business Key to Africas Sustainable Development
Creating business and market opportunities for Africa's poor is key to advancing sustainable development in the region, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report According to African Review, the report was launched by Donald Kaberuka, president of African Development Bank and Gerd Trogemann, manager of UNDP Regional Service Centre, in Johannesburg on the ...
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Kenya Snapp Announces Sponsorship of the Miss World Kenya 2013
East African Breweries Limited (EABL), through the Snapp brand, recently unveiled Miss World Kenya 2013 beauty pageant, of which Snapp is the title sponsor. The Miss World Kenya pageant is held every year as part of the Miss World competition. The lady crowned as Miss World Kenya 2013 will represent Kenya in the global contest that will be held in September at the Sentul International ...
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Ethiopia Nyota Appoints Cutfield Freeman As Strategic Advisor
Nyota Minerals hired Cutfield Freeman & Co. Ltd, a global corporate finance firm that provides independent advice to companies in the mining and metals processing industries, to evaluate the options available to Nyota after the recent financing and disappointing share price performance. Nyota, which holds six exploration licences in Ethiopia totalling 3,420sqkm, announced that its Board has ...
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Ethiopia Ethiopia Becomes Worlds Fourth Largest Flower Exporter
Indian-owned firms in Ethiopia are making flowers the country's third-largest export earner. This is according to www.deccanherald.com. In the last five years, the Ethiopian floriculture industry has become the second largest flower exporter in Africa after Kenya and fourth largest flower exporter in the world. According to one estimate, the export value earned by the country is expected ...
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Libya peace very fragile warns UN
The newest report on the situation in Libya concludes on dramatic challenges for the North African country. State-building reforms are going to slow, endangering stability, and the Mali conflict may spill over to Libya, the UN ...
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South Sudan Army Recaptures Boma Officials
BOR, SOUTH SUDAN -- The South Sudanese Army (SPLA) has recaptured the town of Boma in Jonglei state after a brief battle with rebels led by David Yau Yau, SPLA officials said Monday. "The SPLA yesterday restored law and order to Boma and chased away the militia from Boma town," army spokesman Philip Aguer said. Four SPLA soldiers died in the fighting and 12 were wounded, Aguer ...
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Obama’s Africa tour begins in June
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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Mauritius cuts its forecast for visitor arrivals
Mauritius's earnings from tourism dropped 12.4 percent from a year earlier to 12.06 billion rupees ($386 million) in the first three months of this year as the weak economic environment in Europe hurt visitors' spending. Statistics Mauritius cut its forecast for visitor arrivals this year to 990,000 from a previous estimate of 1 million, but said it expected tourism revenue to ...
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Tanzania The Emergence of Domestic Militancy
On 5 May, an improvised hand grenade was thrown into the grounds of St Joseph's Church in Arusha's Olasiti suburb, killing 3 people and wounding 63 others. The attack was targeted at a large celebration attended by the Vatican Nuncio, a diplomatic representative of the Holy See. Following sectarian unrest in Mbeya, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Mwanza earlier this year, armed security ...
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South Africa Multi-Currency Card First for Country
South African bank Absa has launched a multi-currency travel prepaid cash card through MasterCard, which is available in four currencies and is a first for the country and the continent. The bank will also be launching an Islamic Banking multi-currency passport soon, which is a first Sharia'h compliant and unique solution for clients travelling overseas. "Although there are other ...
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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Africa South Africa Kenya Look to Film Partnerships
South Africa and Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday that will enable filmmakers from the two countries to work together in telling the continent's stories. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by Zama Mkosi, CEO of South Africa's National Film and Video Foundation, and Kenya Film Commission CEO Peter Muthie. ...
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Valley Fever Raises Concerns in California Arizona
LOS ANGELES -- A longstanding health problem in California's Central Valley has worsened in recent years, leading health officials to order the relocation of 3,000 prisoners from two state prisons. But the disease affects much of the population in some rural communities and, while it often goes unnoticed, it sometimes can be devastating for patients. Dale Pulde is selling his California ...
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Obama to visit three African nations
US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will start a week-long visit to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June, the White House said on Monday.During his trip that will run from June 26 to 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 ...
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Rabbi Abraham Cooper From Sudan to North Korea and Syria A Plea to President Obama to Activate His Atrocities Prevention Board
Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ...
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Ethan Chorin 8 Things the US Should Be Doing in Libya Effective Immediately
Given the mess he inherited, perhaps President Obama was right to think that a lighter touch in the Middle East was the best policy -- it's certainly immediately cost-effective. However, as we are seeing in Technicolor, de facto disengagement can be just as dangerous to our national interests as reckless, ideologically-driven over-engagement. For its promise, the Arab Spring seems to have ...
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Sierra Leone has a challenge on its hands
Sierra Leone is relatively unknown on the international stage, it is a tiny country of just 6 million people, perched on the edge of West Africa with its coastline gazing out into the Atlantic, a body of ocean that has played as important a part in the country’s history as the natural resources that have brought the state such infamy.
Sierra Leone, unfortunately, is known abroad, for those that have heard of the country, as a war-torn little state where social cohesion and everything that goes with it has collapsed entirely. World headlines in the 1990s were filled, appropriately, with stories of the civil war raging in the country at a time when the Revolutionary United Front was trying to overthrow the military dictatorship headed by Joseph Momoh. Read more
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