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Tunisia Marzouki - UTAP Called to Contribute to Countrys Food Security
Carthage - Caretaker President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki called on Tunisian Agriculture and Fishery Union (UTAP) to contribute to the guarantee of the national food security essentially based on improving varieties of plants and seeds. During a meeting held on Wednesday with UTAP executive bureau members, Marzouki emphasised the need to encourage youths to invest in the agricultural ...
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East Africa Security Council Press Statement On Somalia
The Security Council is outraged by the attack on a United Nations compound in Mogadishu today, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The members of the Security Council extend their condolences to the victims and their families, as well as to the people and the Government of Somalia. The members of the Security Council commend the ...
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Nigeria The Lagos Cremation Law
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola last week signed a Law to Provide for Voluntary Cremation of Corpses and Unclaimed Corpses within Lagos State The law gives legal teeth to the state's authorities to burn unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries, after a period of time. Those willing to cremate the corpses of their relations could approach the state for assistance. Fashola, in signing the bill, ...
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Nigeria 95 Percent of Corruption Eminate From Finances
The Presidency is partnering with the Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria (CIFCN) to curb financial corruption, Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibrin has said. Speaking as a special guest of honour at the fellowship award and dinner night of the institute in Abuja, Mrs. Jibrin explained that it has become imperative for government to partner ...
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South Sudan U.S. $2.24 Million Boost for Capacity Building in South Sudan
Juba - Five public institutions in South Sudan are set to benefit from a $2.24 million (SSP8.96 million) grant for capacity building from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). The Bank of South Sudan, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, the National Audit Chamber and the University of Juba will have their staff trained ...
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Mali militants urged to join accord
A Tuareg nomad is seen near the 13th century mosque at Timbuktu in Mali. Mali signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before a presidential election next ...
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Denel names SA men killed in Somalia
Johannesburg - Denel has released the names of two of three employees who were killed after an attack on a United Nations facility in Somalia on ...
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South Africa President Admits Significant Gaddafi Billions Failure
President Jacob Zuma made a shocking admission in his response to Parliamentary questions in the house today when he suggested that South Africa is not able to monitor or prevent the movement of former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi's former chief of staff, Bashir Saleh, in and out of the country. Mr Saleh, also known as Bashir al Shrkawi, is on Interpol's wanted list but has ...
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Mali Malians - Refugees in Their Own Country
More than 447,000 people, mainly from the Tuareg ethnic group, have fled northern Mali to the south or to neighboring countries. After months of being on the run, some of them now want to return home. Nafisa Walet Nafisa is sitting inside a large tent with her three daughters Neya, Halima and Tatu. On the floor there are a couple of mattresses and blankets to be seen. In one corner are the ...
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Nigeria Govt Rushes Food to Suffering Nigerian Troop in Mali As Army General Threatens to Arrest Premium Times Reporter
The Federal government has today hurried food to Nigerian troop in Mali twenty-four hours after this newspaper reported that the 873-man contingent were being poorly fed and had not been paid allowances in the last three months. Defence sources in Abuja and Lagos told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday that the defence headquarters was terribly embarrassed by the report and immediately ordered that food ...
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Nigeria Thanks Youths Against Terrorism
Young men in terror-afflicted Borno State recently decided to collaborate with the federal government's military Joint Task Force (JTF) to identify and, if necessary, arrest suspected terrorists and hand them over to the authorities. They know most of the Boko Haram members because they live/lived together with them. As a result of this effort of the courageous youth in Maiduguri and other ...
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Nigeria PDP Spokesman Olisa Metuh Resigns
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has formally announced his decision to resign his position. Mr. Metuh announced his resignation at a brief press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, saying he would throw in the towel on Thursday at the party's National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting. "I want to inform you that I am resigning as the ...
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South Africa Two SA Somalia Attack Victims Named
Soldiers and emergency personnel search through rebels at the UN office in Mogadishu after an Al-Shabaab attack. Johannesburg - Denel has released the names of two of three employees who were killed after an attack on a United Nations facility in Somalia on Wednesday. They were Morne Lotter, 42, of Oudtshoorn and Alan Simpson, 35, of Port Elizabeth, spokeswoman Vuyelwa Qinga said on ...
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Somalia Multiple Fatalities As Al Shabab Attack UN Somalia Base
Soldiers and emergency personnel search through rebels at the UN office in Mogadishu after an Al-Shabaab attack. Militants linked to al Qaeda have caused multiple deaths after breaking into the United Nations' main compound in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu. The rebel group al Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamist rebel gunmen were reported to have detonated explosives ...
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Ghana China Ghana Work Closely to Tackle Illegal Mining
Accra - China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday. Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of ...
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India’s Exim Bank lends Ethiopia $300m for rail to Djibouti
- Export-Import Bank of India will lend $300 million to Ethiopia to help construct a railway to a planned port on the Red Sea in neighboring Djibouti. Exim Bank will open the credit line once technical studies are completed on the 210-kilometer (130-mile) link from Asaita in northeastern Ethiopia to Tadjourah, Managing Director T.C.A. Ranganathan said in an interview yesterday in Addis Ababa. ...
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Tunisia Decision to Reduce Number of Tunisian Pilgrims Does Not Depend On SNR - Moez Boujmil
Tunis - National Services and Residences Company (SNR) Chief Executive Officer Moez Boujmil said that the decision to reduce the number of Tunisian pilgrims "is not the company's." The decision rests with the Saudi authorities, as they reduced the number of pilgrims in view of the extension works carried out in the Mecca Grand Mosque, he pointed out to TAP news agency, on ...
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Nigeria Nigerians Support Anti Same-Sex Bill - Poll
A new weekly poll has revealed that 92 per cent of Nigerians are in support of the proposed Anti Same-Sex Bill. The weekly poll conducted by NOI Polls Limited from June 4 - 6 in Nigeria also revealed that the reason behind their support revolve around morality and religion. According to results of the poll, most Nigerians are of the opinion that the proposed bill is not an infringement on the ...
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Nigeria Condemned Criminals - Waiting for Governors and Hangmen
The call by President Goodluck Jonathan last Sunday on state governors to sign death warrants of condemned inmates in prisons across the country has again brought to the fore the lingering controversy on the issue. At a special ceremony to mark the 2013 Fathers' Day organized by the Aso Villa Chapel, President Jonathan urged governors not to run away from their statutory responsibility by ...
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Brazil demonstrators promise biggest protests yet
Reversing public-transit fare hikes failed to defuse Brazil's anti-government protests, with organizers vowing to hold the biggest demonstrations yet Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators -- angry about political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament -- are expected on the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Tunisia Youths Education to Citizenship Theme of Forum in Tunis
Tunis - Youths' Education to Citizenship is the theme of a two-day forum whose works were opened, on Wednesday in Tunis. The forum is organised at the initiative of the Citizen Education Task Force, which was established in 2012 and gathers the Education Ministry, the Arab Human Rights Institute, the National Commission for Education, Science and Culture and 6 UN agencies: UNDP, UNESCO, ...
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Tunisia 26th International Festival of Plastic Arts June 29-July 9 in Mahres
Tunis - The 26th International Festival of Plastic Arts of Mahres (governorate of Sfax) will be held from June 29 to July 9, 2013. Ongoing preparations for this yearly event to be organised in the coastal city of Mahres were discussed during a working session held on Tuesday at the seat of the Ministry of Culture in Tunis between the Steering Committee of the Festival and Culture Minister Mehdi ...
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Militants storm United Nations compound in Somalia 20 killed
Somali soldiers walk through rubble after insurgents blasted into the U.N. compound in Mogadishu. IPTC: Somali National Government (SNG) soldiers are pictured after Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations (UN) compound in Mogadishu on June 19, 2013. It is the most serious attack on the UN in the troubled country in recent years. Three foreigners and ...
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Somalia Five Foreigners Including Three South Africans Confirmed Dead in the Mogadishu Attacks
Mogadishu- - Almost 10 armed men belonging to the Alshabab militia attacked UN headquarters in Mogadishu today. the gunmen battled with the UN guards for almost 30 minutes before federal government troops and AMISOM troops came to their rescue. A local who was arround when the incident occured told Shabelle radio station in Mogadishu that a suicider detonated a bomb at the gates of the UN ...
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Somalia Somaliland Turns Away Airplane Cleared By Somali Govt
The Somaliland regional Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Transport Tuesday (June 18th) denied a small private charter plane to land at Hargeisa International Airport because it had been cleared by the Somali federal government. "The plane, which was an SS34, tried to land in Hargeisa International Airport in the early morning, but when the tower discovered that it had permission from ...
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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