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Danjuma's $500 Million Largesse Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Danjuma brought the matter to public knowledge when, at a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) consultative meeting with the theme: "Contributing to Philanthropy in Nigeria," he explained his resolve t...
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Opposition Faces Crucial Conference Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Boadu — The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) may after all not be committed to his much-touted call for neutrality and equal treatment for aspirants contesti...
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Trade Likely to Stay Tough - Mercantile Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Johannesburg — MERCANTILE Bank Holdings CEO Dave Brown said yesterday he expected trading conditions to remain tough for at least the first half of the calendar year, as the bank reported a 15,8...
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Sanusi Blames Crash of Capital Market On Lack of Awareness Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Abuja — Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said the probable cause of crash of the capital market, is investors' lack of financial education. He said it wa...
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BP Driven by Fear of Competition, PetroSA Charges Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Johannesburg — NATIONAL oil company PetroSA yesterday entered the fray over its 400 000 barrel-a-day crude oil refinery, saying BP Africa's recent public lobbying against investment in a new ref...
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After Tough Half-Year, Sales at Massmart Pick Up Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Johannesburg — AFTER a tough six months to December, SA's largest wholesaler, Massmart, yesterday said in its interim results the worst was over as it recorded comparable sales growth of 3,4% in...
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Domestic Users Not Facing 25 Percent Electricity Hike Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Cape Town — Domestic consumers of electricity should not have to pay electricity tariff increases higher than 15,3% a year in 2010-11 even though Eskom's average tariff would rise by about 25%, ...
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Speed-Up Investments Into Oil and Gas Infrastructure - President Mills Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
President John Evans Atta Mills has directed the Ministries of Energy and Transport to fast-track investments into the construction of a Deep Sea Port with a dedicated oil services facility, and the r...
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Food and Chemicals Group Posts Solid Maiden Results Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Johannesburg — FOOD processing and agrichemicals group Ububele Holdings reported a solid 62% increase in net profit after tax to R18,2m for the six months to December. These are the group's mai...
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Russia Outpaced by China in Continent Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Moscow — Russian efforts to acquire oil and gas fields in Africa and prospect for minerals on the resource-rich continent have yielded little success over the past decade due to lack of a cohere...
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Network Will Bolster African Fisheries Research Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Lilongwe — A new African network is aiming to increase the number of aquaculture and fisheries scientists on the continent and boost its dwindling fish stocks. The Fisheries University Network ...
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Sarkozy admits to country's 'errors in judgment' in Rwanda Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
France made serious errors of judgment over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and wants to ensure all those responsible for the slaughter are caught and punished, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday....
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France's Belated Mea Culpa on Rwanda Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed over 800,000 lives, sparked years of violent unrest in central Africa and poisoned French-Rwandan relations so severely that Kigali suspended diplomatic ties with P...
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After 200 years of neutrality, Swiss face "holy war" from Gadhafi's Libya —... Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
GENEVA - After two centuries of neutrality, Switzerland has found itself in a bizarre and unprecedented situation — facing a would-be "holy war" announced by Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.
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China, Kenya to search for ancient shipwrecks Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
The Titanic is not the only wrecked ship steeped in history — if not treasure — discovered on the bottom of the sea. Learn about nine more shipwrecks that have enriched our imaginations.
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Kenya tourism edges back towards pre-crisis levels Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Kenya's tourism earnings soared by 18 percent in 2009, edging close to the record levels that prevailed before the December 2007 electoral violence, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said Friday. In sharp...
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East African Breweries to buy into Serengeti Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - East African Breweries aims to acquire a stake in Tanzanian brewer Serengeti Breweries this year after settling a dispute with rival SABMiller over the east African n...
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Fighting in Darfur threatens new truce Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
CAIRO (AP) - Heavy fighting between government forces and a rebel group in central Darfur led a French-aid group to suspend its activities, sent thousands of people fleeing, and sorely tested a recent...
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China pledges to advance relations with Zimbabwe Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (1st R) meets with visiting Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi(1st L) in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 26, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
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DR Congo minister says southern African countries move to single visa zone Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) opened a ministerial meeting here on Thursday to discuss ways to establish a single visa zone.The establishment of a single visa for all the member cou...
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