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Travel to Libya Eight things to know before the trip
Following Libya's revolution, oil production has been restored and the country has slipped from the front pages. Once more, Libya has become North African rather than southern Mediterranean, and news dispatches surface only when Western government's worst fears appear close to being realized. As most Libyans admit that after four-plus decades of Moammar Gadhafi, it will take time to ...
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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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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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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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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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Enough Is Enough No More Looting of Somalias Oil
There has been a recent influx of oil companies to Somalia, but the country has been offered only a 7% share of the proceeds from the exploitation of its oil. This problem was foreshadowed by the former Somali President Mohamed Siad Bare, who famously said: "I will never sell my oil for 5%, or even for 10%, as long as Somalia is not getting the best deal." Do you know why oil ...
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120 Boko Haram Islamists arrested in Nigeria
About 120 Boko Haram Islamists were arrested in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday as they were organizing the burial of a ...
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Former NFLer Chad Johnson arrested for probation violation
Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada. Johnson was jailed Monday morning by a Broward County judge and later released after posting $1,000 US bail. Another hearing was set for June 3. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month when Johnson failed to meet ...
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Good to Grill launches menu by Hawaii football star Chad Owens
The Good to Grill restaurant in Kapahulu has huddled together with former University of Hawaii football star Chad Owens to offer up a Power-Up menu designed to optimize workouts. The menu, which officially launches Wednesday, is made up of a variety of lean proteins for sustained energy and carbohydrates for fast-acting energy. Some say training on an empty stomach burns more fat, but the fact ...
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CHAN Eagles to host Ivory Coast July 6
The home-based Super Eagles will host the Elephants of Ivory Coast between July 6 and 7 in their first of a two-leg qualifying fixtures for next year's African Nations Championship, the Confederation of African Football has ...
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Citibank Barclays likely to lead Ghanas Eurobond plans
ACCRA | Mon May 20, 2013 7:27pm EDT ACCRA May 20 (Reuters) - Citibank and Barclays are likely to be named the lead advisers for Ghana's plans to issue up to $1 billion of Eurobonds this year, officials involved in the discussion said on Monday. The cocoa, gold and oil exporting country last week announced plans to issue its second Eurobond worth up to $1 billion to refinance debt ...
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Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on ...
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President Ellen Sirleaf and Liberias Comeback
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, meet with Chief of Police Marc Armblah at the police academy in Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, Aug. 13, ...
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Nigeria Must Get Real About Its Oil By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
The ultimate goal of every benign government, especially of countries so categorised as ‘developing’, and so intended for a keen march into 21st century modernity is to adopt global best practices as regards governance. And as regards countries with huge oil reserves, the efficient management of petroleum wealth is of utmost significance for both present and future ...
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Police say Egyptian teen shot classmate with machine gun
An Egyptian middle school student was arrested after bringing a machine gun to school Monday and shooting a fellow student in the arm, police said. The incident took place in the northern city of Qena, long known as the heart of the nation's illicit arms smuggling trade. Officials said the number of guns coming from neighboring Libya has increased dramatically since that country's ...
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Tunisia shuts down medieval city to prevent Salafi demonstrations
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that ...
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Christians Remain Targets as Violence Grows in Nigeria
Christian groups warn that violence in Nigeria's restive northeast continues and they are the main targets. Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says its forces have successfully engaged a large number of heavily armed terrorists during the last dew days in attempt to curtail the violent encounters. To date 17 deaths have been reported, 14 suspected Islamic ...
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Tunisia PM slams hardline Islamist group
Tunisia’s Islamist government has spoken out against hardliners calling the radical group Ansar al-Sharia, terrorists. The move follows Sunday’s clashes in the city of Kairouan where members of the movement who were due to hold their annual conference, defied a ban on demonstrating. One protester died and scores were injured in the violence. ';The organisation Ansar al-Sharia ...
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Chad Johnson Released From Jail
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - In a little over a year, former NFL receiver Chad Johnson has gone from a member of the Miami Dolphins to an inmate in Broward County. Johnson was taken into custody Monday morning during a court appearance after a judge decided he had violated his probation that stemmed from a domestic violence incident with his then-wife Evelyn Lozada in ...
Sudan Spotlight
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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