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Air Safety Record Among World's Worst Print E-mail
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Africa continued to record a high rate of aircraft accidents despite 2009 recording the second lowest level of crashes globally, the International Air Transport Association has said. Africa recorded ...
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S. Africa says it seized N. Korea arms Print E-mail
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
UNITED NATIONS - South Africa has told a U.N. Security Council committee it intercepted a North Korean weapons shipment bound for Central Africa, which diplomats said was a violation of a U.N. ban on ...
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U.S. welcomes ceasefire between Sudan government, Darfur rebels Print E-mail
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
U.S. State Department on Monday welcomed a framework peace deal signed by Sudanese government and rebels in the western Darfur region.Department Spokesman Philip Crowley said in a statement the deal b...
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Gay African couple behind bars following engagement Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
A gay couple charged with buggery and indecency will not be allowed to approach the Malawi constitutional court for a review of their case.
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Country Losing Wild Animals at Alarming Rate Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Nairobi — The number of carnivorous animals in the country is on the decline and the government is worried. From cheetahs, lions and leopards to stripped hyena's and African wild dogs, their po...
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UN, African Officials Meet with Coup Leaders during Mission Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
A joint mission of United Nations and African officials have met with those responsible for last week's coup d'état in Niger as they visited the capital, Niamey, to assess the situation on the ...
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Jobs and Housing, Not Sex Scandals, will Determine Jacob Zuma's Future Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
analysis Reports of President Jacob Zuma’s political demise are exaggerated. Yet what should have been a moment of triumph for him during the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release ...
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New Research Fuels 'Test and Treat' Debate Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Johannesburg — New research could bolster arguments for a controversial approach that could eradicate HIV transmission in South Africa within five years, said Dr Brian Williams of the South Afri...
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Excess Funds in Banks but No New Investments Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Banks are now battling with money deposited by customers in their vaults which they are either not ready to give out as loans or nobody is coming forward to take. This is a fall out of the over N400 b...
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Country Kicks Out Sri Lanka as World Leading Tea Exporter Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Nairobi — Kenya has overtaken Sri Lanka to become the number one tea exporter in the world. Latest figures provided by the Tea Board of Kenya shows the country exported 342 million kilogrammes ...
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Spat over EU Sugar Exports to Keep Prices Up Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Consumers in Kenya and other sugar deficit nations are unlikely to enjoy lower prices of the commodity any time soon following a fresh dispute between the EU and three top producers over volume of shi...
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Kofi A. Annan: Universal values can help bridge the world's divides Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
press release In a keynote speech, Kofi A. Annan will today warn that globalisation has brought immense opportunities but also risks and dislocations, which must be urgently addressed by all segments...
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World Civilisations: 'Bridging the World's Divides' Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Thank you Tony for that welcome. Thank you as well for BP's continued support for this lecture series on world civilizations, which, I believe, is even more important today than when it started a dec...
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United Bank of Africa's global ranking up Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
By David SsempijjaTHE United Bank for Africa (UBA), an international banking group that owns UBA Uganda, has received further endorsement of its brand strength, rising 161 places to the 285th position...
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Uganda shilling gains ground on dollar Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
KAMPALA - The Uganda shilling firmed against the dollar yesterday, with some traders seeing further strengthening possible this week due to month-end flows.At 08:05 GMT, commercial banks traded the lo...
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Algeria says Al Qaeda guards Sahara drug smugglers Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian security forces have clashed repeatedly with Al Qaeda rebels providing armed security escorts for drug smugglers in the Sahara desert, a senior Algerian official said on M...
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Egypt's ElBaradei Weighs Presidential Bid Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei (L) and Amr Moussa, Secretary general of the Arab League, leave a joint meeting at the League's headquarters in Cairo, 22 Feb 2010
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Resettling Darfur's Displaced Raises Questions Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
del.icio.us As Sudan's government and Darfur rebels move closer to a final peace, efforts are under way to build housing for some of the estimated 2.7 million people uprooted by the war. There are con...
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Somali Government, Religious Group Forming Anti-Rebel Alliance Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
A Somali government soldier stands guard near the Tarbunka frontline in the capital, Mogadishu. Somalia's transitional government and a recently-armed Sufi group have initialed a tentative agreement t...
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US special forces start training Congo troops Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
The U.S. military command for Africa has started training 1,000 Congolese troops in the north of conflict-riven DR of Congo, the U.S. envoy to the country said.
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