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Amnesty laments lack of support for refugees globally

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:37 -0400

LONDON - Global rights body Amnesty International has said that the world is "increasingly" becoming "dangerous place" for refugees due to inaction on human rights. The London-based group in its annual report cited the increasing number of refugees around the world, and highlighted the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. It said that the number of ...

Retiring Kirsten says two-in-one Kallis absence to leave huge void in Proteas squad

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:03 -0400

Outgoing South African coach Gary Kirsten has said that the absence of veteran player Jacques Kallis will leave a huge void in the squad, ahead of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Kallis opted out of representing the Proteas in the last edition of the Champions Trophy due to personal reasons, but indicated he still wants to play in the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, ...

Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:09 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Kerry's visit is expected to include talks on African and Western efforts to fight Islamist extremists in Mali and northern Nigeria. During recent talks with Nigeria's foreign minister, Kerry reaffirmed U.S. support for Nigeria's fight ...

Obama Urges Military to Stamp Out Sexual Assaults

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama says sexual assaults in the U.S. military undermine trust in the armed forces. The president used a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Friday to tackle recent reports of widespread sexual violence in the military. "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that ...

French soldier on duty stabbed by man of North African origin in Paris manhunt ongoing

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:21:42 -0400

A French soldier patrolling a business area of western Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and was still being sought, a police source said. The soldier, patrolling as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan, was injured in the stabbing around 1800 p.m. but would survive, the source said. French daily Le Parisien cited police ...

Kerry to appoint envoy to Sudan report

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:13:15 -0400

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday he plans to appoint an envoy to Sudan and South Sudan after a oil-revenue squabble between the states brought the countries to the brink of war, according to a ...

DR Congos Silent Ordeal

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:31 -0400

According to the diocesan report, this was the third such massacre in a month. Both reports implicate the FDLR militia group-Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda, ideological descendants of the Interahamwe militias responsible for the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. The FDLR is one of several domestic, foreign or foreign-backed armed groups threatening to tear the country apart. The ...

Fake unity govt in Equatorial Guinea

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:25 -0400

Equatorial Guinea's Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema has decreed the establishment of a "national unity government," including opposition forces. The main opposition party however calls the move a ...

African travel destinations hot in 2011

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:25 -0400

The travel guidebook publisher 'Lonely Planet' has launched its "hottest" destinations for 2011 in new English and French guidebooks, with the greatest African presence ever. Cape Verde, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco are ...

High alert over Tanzania deadly virus

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:23 -0400

A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned ...

Bangalore hospital gives new life to African girl suffering from brain tumour

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:31:10 -0400

An eight-year-old African girl from Nigeria got a new life after she was cured of a brain tumour at Narayana multi-specialty hospital in this tech hub.Though Angel (name changed) underwent surgery in 2011 at the hospital's Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre when she was six years old, doctors diagnosed her of being relieved of the dreaded brainstem tumour (glioma) after monitoring her progress for ...

Brazil cancels $900m in African debt

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:27:28 -0400

BRAZIL says it plans to cancel $US900 million ($A928.12 million) worth of debt in 12 African countries as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent. "The idea of having Africa as a special relationship for Brazil is strategic for Brazil's foreign policy," presidential spokesman Thomas Traumann told reporters on the sidelines of African Union celebrations to mark 50 ...

Hollande invites African leaders to summit

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:27:25 -0400

FRENCH President Francois Hollande has invited African leaders to a "peace and security" summit later in the year. "I invite all African leaders to Paris for a meeting that will be devoted to peace and security and therefore in some way also, the fight against terrorism," he told reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of African Union celebrations to mark 50 years of a continental ...

Kenya Visa and Equity Sign New Money Deal

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:21:04 -0400

Visa in partnership with Equity Bank yesterday launched a new money transfer service dubbed Visa Personal service. It enables Visa card holders to transfer money to other Visa card holders anywhere in the world. Equity Bank chief operating officer Julius Kimngetich said the service will enable Equity Bank Visa card holders receive funds at no cost. He said the service is instant and one can ...

Vintage Apple Computer Sells for More than $670000

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:42 -0400

The Apple-1 computer sold Saturday was assembled by Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976. Bob Luther, author of the book, "The First Apple," said the computer is a rare collectable. "Well, the Apple 1, there where only 200 built and they came out of the garage of Steve Jobs. And then Apple had a trading programme, because they wanted to bring them back, so they ...

Kerry US Wants to Protect Human Rights in Nigeria

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:42 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Nigerian authorities to ensure their security forces do not trample on human rights during the government's fight against Boko Haram ...

In Algeria a new generation of leadership waits in the wings

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:47:42 -0400

The Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has not been seen in public since he suffered what officials described as a minor stroke a month ago, and observers of the country are beginning to speculate about the effect of his absence. The prime minister, Abdelmalek Sallal, tried to quell persistent rumours that the 76-year-old president was incapacitated or even dead last week, saying that he ...

Kenya Pupils get cancer vaccine in Sh141m project

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:26 -0400

NAIROBI, KENYA: On May 14, nine-year-old Mariam became the first girl in Kenya to receive a free vaccine against cervical cancer at her Central Primary School ...

Brazil to cancel $900m debt to strengthen ties with Africa

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:05 -0400

Brazil has said it plans to cancel $900-million worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the ...

Ghana Records 750000 Teenage Pregnancies

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:37:26 -0400

Some executives on the dais STATISTICS CONDUCTED by the Ghana Health Services has revealed that about 750,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 became pregnant last year in Ghana. Close to 14,000 teenagers in the Central Region got pregnant last year, indicating a tremendous 62% increase in the region over the previous years. The Chairman of the Ghana Coalition of Non Governmental ...

China pledges to step up partnership with Africa

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:56 -0400

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said on Saturday that China is willing to work with African countries to advance the China-Africa new-type strategic partnership to a higher level. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), made the remarks at a reception held by the African Diplomatic Corps in China to mark the 50th founding ...

Bahrains Ambassador to Egypt and African Union Takes Part in African Unions Extraordinary Summit

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:35:55 -0400

Cairo, May 25. (BNA) -- The Kingdom of Bahrain's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt as well as the African Union (as an observer) Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, took part in the opening session of the extra-ordinary summit on the Golden Jubilee celebration of the African Union. The event, which began this morning at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ...

Niger attacks launched from southern Libya Nigers president

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:26:47 -0400

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist militants who carried out simultaneous suicide attacks on an army base and a French uranium mine in northern Niger two days ago came from southern Libya, Niger's president said on ...

Madagascar president sets out terms for quitting election race

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:12 -0400

President of Madagascar Andry Nirina Rajoelina addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 26, ...

SA and Nigeria need to complement each other not compete

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:15:21 -0400

interview with Zambia's Vice-President Guy Scott , who expressed his loathing for South Africa's arrogance and lack of subtlety, threw the matter into stark relief. It has also manifested in the chilly diplomatic relations between another emerging major on the continent Nigeria, that has recently begun to thaw, following the state visit by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan ...

Gordhan touts resource-filled Africa at WEF

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:15:20 -0400

"There's a great deal of excitement around the world ... about South Africa as the new place, where you going to see exciting things happening over the next 10 to 20 years," Finance Minister Gordhan told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa on Thursday. Gordhan said his visits to Washington and London in recent weeks proved to be both insightful ...

Improbably Missionary Trains Stars in Kenya

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:12:46 -0400

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Namibia Botswana connect to 5.12 terabit cable

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:11:16 -0400

Last week, the powerful WACS submarine fibre optic cable was landed in Swakopmund, Namibia. Now, the work has started to make WACS provide high-speed telecom services to consumers in Namibia and ...

Still no intl pressure on Swaziland

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:11:10 -0400

As democracy revolts are spreading around the world and pressure on dictatorships to reform grows, the totalitarian Swazi kingdom still is left without pressure; even without ...

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:09:28 -0400

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...

Tanzania says work on China-funded gas pipeline to continue

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:51:54 -0400

Sat May 25, 2013 11:51am EDT * Tanzania says disputed gas pipeline to be completed next year * Parliament approves budget with pipeline proposals * Govt says to reform state-run power utility By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DODOMA, May 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania will continue building a China-funded $1.2 billion gas pipeline from the south of the country to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam despite ...

Kerry Nigeria Working to Stop Abuses by Security Forces

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:33 -0400

US Secretary of State John Kerry (foreground) speaks at a joint news conference with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Ababa May 25, ...

In Malawi an NGO Saves Rural Dwellers from Waterborne Illnesses

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:33 -0400

CHIKHWAWA DISTRICT, MALAWI -- A few years ago, residents of Malawi's southern district of Chikhwawa were often stricken with diarrhea often caused by cholera, an illness spread by unclean drinking water from unprotected sources like wells and rivers. Today, the situation is under control, thanks to an international NGO that's drilling boreholes in the area for fresh drinking water and ...

Black Widow Suicide Bomber Wounds 12 in Russia

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:33 -0400

Police say the bomber detonated her explosives in the central square in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. At least two of the wounded are in critical ...

Human Rights Affairs Minister Meets with Moroccos Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:35:41 -0400

Rabat, May 25. (BNA) - On the sidelines of the on-going visit of the Bahraini official human rights delegation to Morocco, Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman met here today with the Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mr. Youssef Amrani. Dr. Salah Ali praised the advanced level of the deep-rooted Bahraini-Moroccan ties of fraternity and cooperation at ...

Africa celebrates progress and 50 years of unity

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:33:43 -0400

ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia): African leaders on Saturday opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the African Union, with the continent's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. African Union chairman and Ethiopian Prime ...

Kenya Government Targets Six Percent GDP Growth in 2013

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:17:31 -0400

Kenya's economy expanded by 4.6 per cent in last year helped by growth in key sectors despite a turbulent global economy, delayed long rains and a weaker shilling in early 2012. The government is however targeting a six per cent GDP growth this year, an ambitious target going by figures resgistered in the past five years. The Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru said ...

Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:11:00 -0400

Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...

Rwanda wins Burkina loses corruption fight

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10:56 -0400

Chantal Uwimana, the Africa Director of Transparency International, explains afrol News why the corruption situation Rwanda is strongly improving, while Burkina Faso seemingly is loosing the fight against ...

DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10:52 -0400

The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese ...

Friend of London Hacking Murder Suspect Arrested

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:49:23 -0400

British police have arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism who was reportedly a friend of one of two suspects in Wednesday's brutal murder of a British soldier on a London ...

Ukraine Gays Hold First March Protected by Police

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:49:23 -0400

KYIV -- About 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally Saturday, helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to break up the march. The activists walked for about 250 meters along Prospekt Peremohy (Victory Avenue) in the capital, Kyiv, while Orthodox Christian activists nearby chanted slogans denouncing them. "Ukraine is not America. Kyiv is ...

Pictures Ethiopia’s Extreme Salt Mines

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:29:14 -0400

The colorful and extreme Afar is also home to a valuable commodity: salt. For centuries the Afar people have mined rich salt deposits left behind from Red Sea floods in the ...

Travel Writer Paul Theroux’s Last Trip to Africa

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:29:13 -0400

Paul Theroux has been traversing continents--often crammed into an overcrowded bus or wedged into a packed train car. His international wanderings began as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi in 1963, and in 1975 he published his first travel ...

African unity in the making

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:28:48 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Jim ...

Namibia Nation Faces Hunger

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:28 -0400

GOING HUNGRY ... Lesley Mouton is one of more than 300 000 Namibians who are faced with food insecurities countrywide. Mouton, who has been faced with bouts of hunger over the last 15 years was found searching for food in the trash drums of Katutura yesterday. AN estimated 330 900 Namibians are currently facing food insecurity following a dry rainy season, a recent study has found. A report ...

Namibia Pohamba Recalls Ambassadors

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:28 -0400

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is said to have recalled all ambassadors and high commissioners heading Namibia's foreign missions with one or two exceptions. Government sources told The Namibian that news of the diplomatic reshuffle did not only affect the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but the entire government. This shuffle occurred, sources said, because Pohamba is planning to send a few ...

Somalia Jubaland President Accuses Federal Govt of Organizing Clan Violence

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:28 -0400

Kismayo - The president of Somalia's Jubaland state Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) has accused the Somali Federal Government of "organizing clan violence" in Kismayo and the Jubba regions, Garowe Online reports. President Ahmed Madobe told the BBC Somali Service during a Saturday morning interview that the Federal Government sends delegations to Kismayo "without ...

South Africa Govt Importing Meat Considered significant Risk

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:28 -0400

In a reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat-Pettersson has revealed that various meat products - including water buffalo, donkey and horse meat - are being imported into South Africa from Brazil and India. This is despite meat from these countries being considered as posing a 'significant risk'. The reply does not disclose ...

Kenya KNUT Officials Plot Next Years Elections

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:27 -0400

KNUT officials in four counties in Western province have begun plans to take up top union positions after the death of their secretary general David Okuta. Most of the union's national executive members are set to retire between December and August next year leaving room for a battle for the top positions. The national chairman Wilson Sosion, second vice chairman Wycliffe Omucheyi and ...

Kenya Maize Disease Destroys Crops

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:27 -0400

MAIZE farmers in Narok South district are counting losses after about 2,000 acres of their crop was destroyed by a strange viral disease suspected to be lethal necrosis. Speaking at Mogoiyuet Primary School in Narok yesterday, spokesman Simon Seroney said their crops have turned yellow. This is the second time the disease is reported in the South Rift region, Kenya's biggest maize belt. ...

Kenya Stanchart Hopes to Resolve Sh14 Billion Pension Case

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:18:26 -0400

Standard Chartered Bank is eagerly awaiting the determination of a court case in which its former employees sued it demanding up to Sh14.6 billion in unpaid pension. The bank's acting chairperson, Anne Mutahi told the annual general meeting it is counting on the new judiciary to expedite the matter that has lasted four years. She was responding to shareholders' concerns that the bank ...

Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:55 -0400

Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ...

Libya rebels shoot down fighter jets

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:50 -0400

Sources in Benghazi insist that three pro-Ghaddafi fighter jets were shot down today. In an attempt to bomb the city, the jets had to fly low and were ...

Namibias Sam Nujoma hospitalised

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:50 -0400

Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma "has been hospitalised, following a pacemaker procedure or pacemaker implantation," according to "highly placed family and medical ...

Foreign intervention in Libya more probable

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:42 -0400

As the situation in Libya, especially Tripoli, is nearing a humanitarian disaster, a foreign intervention is becoming more probable. The reasons for a legitimate intervention have already been ...

Niger attackers from Libya president

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:10:17 -0400

THE attackers who staged deadly bombings at an army base and French-run uranium mine in northern Niger came from neighbouring Libya, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou says. "The attackers, according to all the information we have received, came from Libya, from the south of Libya," Issoufou told television channel France 24 on Saturday. "Libya continues to be a source of ...

AU Marks 50 Years with Call for Stronger Future

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:49:28 -0400

ADDIS ABABA -- African leaders Saturday commemorated 50 years since the founding of a continental organization that would become the modern African Union. At AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the organization’s leaders celebrated the achievements of the past and called for greater solidarity among nations going forward. At a ceremony marking 50 years to the day since the establishment of ...

Kenya UK murder suspect Michael Adebolajo had been detained in Kenya last year.

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:46:48 -0400

Abu Nusaybah told BBC Newsnight his friend - one of two men arrested after Drummer Lee Rigby's murder in south-east London on Wednesday - had rejected the approach from the security ...

Sudan suspends two newspapers as it clamps down on the media

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:42:42 -0400

The African country temporarily suspended two of its biggest newspapers to punish them for writing about army operations against rebels and the future plans of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, editors said on Saturday. Sudan clamped down on independent media, think-tanks and non-governmental groups since it discovered plans for a coup against Bashir's government in ...

African Union leaders meet for 50th anniversary celebrations

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:45 -0400

International News: Addis Ababa: Stressing on unity and intensified efforts to render the continent free from poverty, conflict and social inequalities, African Union leaders on Saturday met for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the ...

Chinese vice premier meets with AU rotating chairman in Ethiopia

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:39:46 -0400

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn (R), who is also rotating chairman of the African Union (AU), meets with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (L), who is also Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 24, 2013. (Xinhua/Liang ...

Kerry accuses Sudan leader of repression in war-torn regions

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:37:05 -0400

US Secretary of State JohnKerrySaturday accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of repressing the people of the South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions and trying to impose Islamic rule on ...

Nigeria Governors Forum and the Defeat of the Garrison Candidates A Prelude to 2015 By Salihu Moh. Lukman

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:33:03 -0400

By Salihu Moh. Lukman The election of Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) finally held on Friday, May 24 and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has emerged victorious. Polling 19 votes out of 35 and his opponent Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau got 16 votes. The election result was significant not just for the NGF but for the nation's democracy. One governor, Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe ...

Sudan suspends two biggest dailies for critical coverage editors

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:22:48 -0400

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's security services temporarily suspended the country's two biggest newspapers to punish them for writing about army operations against rebels and the future plans of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, editors said on ...

African Union celebrates 50 years and looks to next half century

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:22:04 -0400

The 50th anniversary celebration of the organisation now known as the African Union has opened in the the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, in the presence of foreign dignitaries including heads of state from outside the continent. It began in 1963 as the Organisation for African Unity ...

Kenya A Swiss National arrested while making a pornographic movie - girls were having sex with a dog in Mombasa

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:03 -0400

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Nigeria AU Endorses Country for UN Non-Permanent Seat

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:02 -0400

Addis Ababa - Nigeria yesterday recorded a major diplomatic victory at the on going conference of the African Union, AU, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as her candidacy for the non-permanent seat in the United Nations, UN, Security Council, was unanimously endorsed by member countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, who briefed newsmen on the development in Addis Ababa said ...

Southern Africa Civil Society Condemns Mobile Voter Registration

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:02 -0400

Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all prospective registrants. In a joint statement, the civil society groups lists some key concerns about the process that ran ...

Zimbabwe Why PM Dislikes Chinese VPs Visit

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:01 -0400

The official visit this week by the People's Republic of China Vice Premier Wang Yang is a demonstration of the strong relations between the Government of Zimbabwe and China. VP Wang became the first high-level Chinese government official to visit Zimbabwe since President Xi Jinping took over from President Hu Jintao in March. His visit is also in keeping with China's Africa policy, ...

Ghana GSFP Lack Legislation to Guarantee Status - Adamu

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:01 -0400

Takoradi - The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Mr. Seidu Adamu, has observed that though the programme was consistent with the developmental strategies of the government, and resonates well with many national institutions and the general public, there was no clear government policy or legislation that guaranteed its status. He said the need to develop a ...

Ghana Contribution of Forests to Food Security Needs Attention

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:01 -0400

Governments, civil society and the private sector should ensure and strengthen the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry systems to food security and nutrition, said participants in the first-ever International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, organised by the FAO. Globally, millions of people depend on forests for their livelihoods - directly through the ...

Nigeria How Amaechi Was Re-Elected

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:01 -0400

After many weeks of intrigues and horsetrading, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was re-elected as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, beating his lone rival, Jonah Jang of Plateau State. It was even an anticlimax that Jang ended up as Amaechi's sole challenger, having not been in the frame throughout the preparations for the tensed vote. But Saturday ...

Africa 36 African Countries Condemn Use of Cluster Bombs

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

Lom/New York - A delegation of 36 African countries meeting in Togo has condemned the continued use of cluster bombs worldwide and urged all African nations to sign up to an international ban. A statement issued today at a seminar organized in the capital, Lome, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Norway, says that African states are gravely ...

Africa African Union Must Do More for Peace

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

Nairobi - "My husband and older son, unable to cope with the war, became mentally ill. Two of my sons became child soldiers and an eight-year-old daughter was abducted - they were never to be seen again," Mariamu Dong says, referring to the 21-year civil war between north and south Sudan, which are now separate countries. Her seven children grew up during those years of bloodshed, but ...

Africa Continent Leads Fight Against HIV

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

With its youthful population, fast growing economies and an expanding middle class, Africa has much to celebrate on 25th May, Africa Day. This year Africa Day also marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. When IPS Africa spoke to a few health experts we found out that advances in health, especially treatment of HIV and Aids are some of the ...

Africa Illusive United States of Africa

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

AS THE African Union/Organisation of African Unity turns 50 years, the dream of a United State of Africa will forever remain an illusion to be pursued but never attained. Africa is the richest continent in the world that can and is feeding the whole world but failing to feed its own people. Coup d'etats are an everyday thing on this continent. It's either that or leaders rule long ...

Africa Airtel Announces Partnership With Big Brother Africa 8

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

Nairobi and Johannesburg - Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, is now the Official sponsor of the eighth edition of Africa's biggest reality series, BIG BROTHER AFRICA (BBA). Dubbed The Chase, the new season will kick off on May 26th, 2013. Big Brother Africa is a revolutionary project ...

Africa Letter to AU Chair On Civil Society and the AU Summit

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson African Union Commission Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear AUC Chairperson HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: RE: AU Anniversary Summit Should seek to Foster the Relationship Between Civil Society and the AU We, the undersigned civil society organisations working throughout Africa, wish to express our disappointment and concern at the reports of the decision ...

Africa AU Celebrates Golden Jubilee

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

Addis Ababa - THE African Union today achieves the milestone of 50 years of existence and over 50 African heads of state and governments, along with 41 former leaders, will be joined by global leaders to celebrate the AU's Golden Jubilee here. Being held under the theme Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance, the celebrations come at a time the continental body is accused of deviating from ...

Africa AU Endorses Ugandan for UN Top Post

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Lagos, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington ...

Nigeria 18426 Youths From SSouth Employed Under Sure-P Scheme - Labour Minister

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

Asaba - OVER eighteen thousand youths have so far been recruited under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment (SURE-P) scheme from the South-South geopolitical zone of the country, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu has said. Wogu who stated this in Asaba yesterday during the sensitization and appraisal tour named the South- South states that benefited from the SURE-P ...

Africa Africa Must Learn From Its Past - Manuel

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

As a continent, Africa needs to pause and reflect on the history of the past 50 years and begin to develop lessons for the next 50 years, says National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel. Speaking at the African Renaissance Conference in Durban on Thursday, Manuel said Africans needed to ask "what we learnt from the various strategies we used to regain our independence. What progress have we ...

Every thinking white South African must have toyed with the idea of learning an African language. Few however have tried writes Brent Meersman.

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:14:42 -0400

It's been a long time coming, but learning an African language will soon be compulsory in schools. Brent Meersman tries to keep ahead of the kids. Every thinking white South African must have at least toyed with the idea of learning to speak an African language. Few, however, have made the effort. Now it seems their children will be learning one. The department of basic education said ...

Ethiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protests

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:11:17 -0400

The Ethiopian opposition reports that over 250 of its central members have been arrested during the week. The arrests are seen in connection with a planned mass ...

Ethiopias Ogaden rebels issue famine alert

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:11:15 -0400

Rebel groups in Ogaden fighting the Ethiopian government warn of a "severe drought" in the region, which could develop into famine. They claim government is withholding ...

Concerns over Congos ill-prepared elections

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:58 -0400

Congo Kinshasa (DRC) authorities plan to hold the 5 December constitutional deadline to hold elections, but observers warn the vast country is in no way prepared to do ...

Uganda opposition wins Kampala mayor vote

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:57 -0400

In the first-ever significant opposition election victory, Erias Lukwago was declared winner of the polls in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. But the powers of the mayor's office have been ...

Police troops stop Equatorial Guinea protests

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:55 -0400

After banning the planned mass protests in Equatorial Guinea, government sent out massive police forces to prevent the opposition from taking to the streets ...

Huge Uganda election funding questioned

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:54 -0400

A 3 February press statement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that a team from the Fund would visit Uganda in June 2011 to examine an economy that has experienced skyrocketing prices and hard currency shortage in a dash for Mr Museveni to win elections. Several government and donor sources suggest President Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party may have ...

Calls for protests in Equatorial Guinea

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:51 -0400

One of Equatorial Guinea's major opposition parties is planning a protest in favour of pro-democracy reforms and basic human rights in one of Africa's most dictatorial ...

Tanzania cultural sector to get major boost

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:51 -0400

A well-funded "major programme" to support the cultural sector is close to be approved. The programme would fund Tanzanian entrepreneurs in the cultural field and help conserving national ...

Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:48 -0400

The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage ...

Uganda Presidents campaign still soft-handed

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:47 -0400

Foreign election observers may hold the Ugandan President back from the typical intimidation during elections, many Ugandans hold. The European Union (EU) is among those having an observer mission in the country. According to Graham Elson, deputy European election observer mission leader for the Ugandan polls, the EU is spending euro 4 million on it mission. Ugandans on 18 February are to choose ...

Cameroon limits social media services

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:45 -0400

The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North ...

Rough election climate emerges in Uganda

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:43 -0400

This month's general elections in Uganda, widely expected to be won by President Yoweri Museveni, are held in a rough climate, with the opposition crying fraud and the army getting ...

Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:39 -0400

New decisions by the Congo Kinshasa government, lifting a 9-year moratorium, mean that up to 25 million hectares of rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial ...

Hurry to implement East African single currency

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:31 -0400

The five states making up the East African Community (EAC) are in a hurry to prepare for their common currency, which according to plans is to be introduced already next year. Experts now see how they can fast-track the ...

African Union chief No comment on North Africa

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:31 -0400

The opposition of Equatorial Guinea today denounced President Teodoro Obiang Ngeuma, who is also the current African Union (AU) President, for keeping quiet on the North African ...

Rush to recognise South Sudan

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:19 -0400

Headed by the US and (north) Sudan, there is an international rush to announce that South Sudan will be recognised as an independent state as soon as independence is declared in ...

Cameroon new gorillas need protection

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:19 -0400

A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living ...

Shell pulls out of African downstream market

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:18 -0400

The major oil company Shell has sold its downstream businesses in 14 African countries for around US$ 1 billion. Shell products however still would be sold to ...

Doing business in Africa becoming easier

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:11 -0400

Foreign investments in Africa are strongly increasing as the continent displays on of the world's highest growth numbers. African analysts hold that this is a consequence of improved business environments in ...

Africa receives least health aid

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:08 -0400

New research reveals that the part of development aid directed towards health issues has increased strongly during the last two decades. But Africa receives far less health aid than less challenged developing countries, compared to ...

Kerry US Working with AU to Reduce SudanSouth Sudan Violence

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:16 -0400

ADDIS ABABA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America’s top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it ...

Obama Calls on Americans to Remember Military Families

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:15 -0400

As Americans observe Memorial Day weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow citizens to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to the country, and to remember the military families who make sacrifices of their own. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama noted that members of the U.S. military often risk their lives without seeking the limelight or ...

On Africa Day UN chief says continent39s future full of opportunity and hope

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:45:39 -0400

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with students at Sansão Muthemba Secondary School in Polana Caniço, Maputo, Mozambique. UN Photo/Eskinder ...

ANC Africas economic independence is still an ideal

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:39:29 -0400

The 50th anniversary of the forming of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) is a good opportunity to assess the progress made in living up to the founding principles of African unity, the ANC said on Saturday. ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said this assessment should include what still needed to be done to achieve an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. May 25, known as Africa ...

African National Olympic Committees revive Athletes’ Commission

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:37:35 -0400

Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...

African Unity at 50 the dominant narrative of Africa Rising and its impact on the press

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:39 -0400

As African leaders meet in Addis Ababa to chart Vision 2063, a blueprint for the next 50 years, optimism about the possibilities seems limitless. After an unprecedented decade of booming growth rates, improving infrastructure, and some strides in social indicators, Africa seems poised to finally take off. With the optimism, pressure is bearing down on the press to "promote" a single ...

South Africa Towards an African Telescope Network