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Africa RSS FeedsNigeria: Boko Haram Plans to Kill Me, Says Nobel Peace Laureate - [Leadership] Following a threat by the Boko Haram sect that Professor Wole Soyinka would be their next target for attack, the Nobel laureate has raised the alarm, urging security agencies to take action immediately or risk possible disintegration of the country should the sect carry out its threats....Feed Source: allafrica.com Kenya: Ocampo Dismisses Appeal Requests By Hague Court Suspects - [Nation]
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has dismissed requests by Kenyan suspects to be allowed to appeal the decision confirming their cases.... Zimbabwe: Meeting Aborted As Mugabe, PM Clash - [Zimbabwe Standard]
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A National Security Council (NSC) meeting slated for last Friday was cancelled after a fierce clash between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the composition of the attendees following the expiry of the term of office of one of the service chiefs, authoritative sources confided to The Standard last week.... Senegal: Students Call for President to Step Down - [IPS]
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The friends of slain Senegalese student protester, Mamadou Diop, say that the 32-year-old master's student was against injustice and that is why he was protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term of office.... Sudan: South Sudan's Kiir Unleashes Barrage of Attacks Against Bashir - [Sudan Tribune]
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The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir on Monday launched a fierce attack on his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan al-Bashir calling him a "thief" and urged him to surrender himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC).... Kenya: Girl, 10, Tells Court How Father Married Her Off - [Nation]
A 10-year-old girl was married off by her father without her knowledge and taken to a "strange land where she could not trace her parents' home", a court heard on Monday.... Ghana: Number of People Living With HIV to Increase - [Public Agenda]
Despite the ongoing extensive anti-HIV/AIDS campaigns, the total number of people living with HIV in Ghana is projected to increase to 317,872 by 2015 from 272,780 in 2010, states the Ghana AIDS Commission in its National HIV& AIDS Strategic Plan 2011-2015.... South Sudan: Juba Looks South to Export Oil - [African Arguments]
Across South Sudan demonstrations have been held in support of President Salva Kiir's decision to shutdown its 350,000-barrel daily oil production.... Africa: The West Can Put a Stop to Food Speculation - [RNW Africa]
Countries presently suffering from food shortages - especially those in Africa - need to start producing more food. And they already have the capability to do so. According to Dr Dirk Bezemer, modern agricultural techniques can indeed increase production, but only if the governments of the affected countries are prepared to lend their full support.... West Africa: Donors Learning Funding Lessons - Slowly - [IRIN]
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This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel's humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs, say aid groups.... Liberia: Sirleaf Assures Inclusive Government - [Heritage]
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has again assured all Liberians that the government will be inclusive, saying the government is not composed of only senior ministers. "Other appointments are coming," she promised.... Zambia: Govt to Scrap School Fees - [Times of Zambia]
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GOVERNMENT has said it plans to completely scrap all fees in schools but is currently constrained by the huge amounts of money being spent on the purchase of maize through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).... Uganda: Besigye, Supporters Disagree On Guns - [Independent]
Being allowed to hold rallies recently after a long unofficial ban meant the jury was always out on opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Would he pull crowds? Would his message resonate with the public? Or would he self-destruct?... Niger: Three Million Children Threatened By Hunger - [IPS]
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Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in search of work elsewhere.... Egypt: Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade - [IPS]
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The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found.... Libya: African Union Appoints Envoy to Tripoli - [ISS]
In October 2011, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) at its 297th meeting authorised the opening of an AU liaison office in Tripoli. Following the AU Summit last weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Chairperson of the Commission Jean Ping appointed Mr Mondher Rezgui, a Tunisian diplomat as his special representative and head of the AU Liaison Office to Libya (see AU Press Release, 1st February).... Mali/Gabon: 'Les Aigles' Have 'Nothing to Lose' in Afcon Semi-Final - [allAfrica.com]
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Mali were the first to admit they did not convince in getting past co-hosts Gabon and taking an African Nations Cup semi-finals berth, but made no apologies for their progress.... Ghana/Tunisia: Captain's Injury Worries Black Stars for Afcon Semi-Final - [allAfrica.com]
Ghana were made to fight hard but will be delighted with how they applied themselves to defeat Tunisia 2-1 after extra time to advance to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.... Egypt: Cautious Peace Follows Clashes - [Aswat Masriya]
A state of cautious peace fills the area surrounding the Ministry of Interior, early Monday, following clashes between protesters and security forces.... South Sudan: Juba Tells Bashir Not to Beat the Drums of War - [Sudan Tribune]
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The Vice president of South Sudan Riek Machar dismissed statements made by Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir in which he raised the prospects of war between neighboring states.... Nigeria: Anxiety Over Mend Fresh Attack in Bayelsa - [The Moment]
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THERE are fears in Bayelsa State by residents over fresh attack on oil pipelines which the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday, claimed responsibility for.... Liberia: Ivorian Soldiers Raid Village - [New Dawn]
Reports reaching this paper say Ivorian soldiers on Friday raided a Liberian village called Nicko, about 12 km west of Toe Town (a border town) in Grand Gedeh, adopting one person and making away with several items, including gallons of gasoline.... Liberia: Gay Law Rests With Sirleaf - Foreign Minister - [New Dawn]
Foreign Minister- designate Augustine Ngafuan says the passage of any homosexual law in the country is squarely within the domain of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.... Nigeria: Ex-Militants Bomb Hotel in Delta - [Vanguard]
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EX-MILITANTS undergoing training under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Monday, bombed a hotel, (name withheld) , Osubi in Okpe local government area of Delta State, which served as their temporal home since last year.... Somalia: The State of an American Citizen Held in Somalia Is Worsening - [Shabelle]
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The health situation of an American national who also held a German passport kidnapped recently in central Somalia by unknown gunmen is worsening day after day, a colleague said on Sunday.... Zimbabwe: Country Delegation in South Africa for Mining Indaba - [The Herald]
A ZIMBABWEAN delegation is in Cape Town, South Africa, for this year's mining indaba that started yesterday.... Zimbabwe: No Blood On Local Diamonds, Says KPCS Chair - [The Herald]
MARANGE diamonds cannot be classified as conflict gems, newly-elected Kimberley Pro-cess Certification Scheme chairperson Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic has said.... Zimbabwe: Essar Seeks Licence to Generate Electricity - [The Herald]
ESSAR Global Limited, the Indian firm that acquired stake in New ZimSteel, formerly Zisco, has applied for a power generation licence.... Tanzania: Katiba - Chadema, CCM in Tug-of-War - [Citizen]
The inter-party rivalry between MPs of the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi and those of the Official Opposition in Parliament - Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo - was yesterday blamed for stalling the Constitutional Review Act 2011 Amendment Bill.... Tanzania: GMOs Hold Key to Gains in Farming Sector - Govt - [Citizen]
Tanzania will not make significant gains in its endeavours to eradicate poverty through increased agricultural productivity if the doors to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are not opened.... Add your link - Submission Guidelines Copyright © 2012, Home Business Software. All Rights Reserved. |
