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African Union celebrates 50th year since founding leaders to map out socio-economic gains
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration. Konjit Sinegiorgis was a young diplomat tasked with distributing documents to the assembled heads of state when the founding ...
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East Africa EALA Urges Leaders to Assent to One Stop Border Posts Bill
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MPs have appealed to regional heads of state to urgently assent to the long-awaited One Stop Border Posts Bill that was passed last year in Kigali to facilitate trade and movement of people within the Community. The former Busiro East MP and now member of EALA ,Susan Nakawuki , told journalists that the bill will remove bureaucracies at the border ...
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International Real Estate Real Estate in Morocco
A RESTORED 19TH-CENTURY HOME IN MARRAKESH $1.3 MILLION (11 MILLION DIRHAMS) This traditional Moroccan house, known as a riad, has 4,300 square feet of space over two floors surrounding an enclosed courtyard. Dating to the 19th century, it has five bedroom suites and a multilevel roof terrace with views of the minarets of the medina, or old city, of Marrakesh, according to Younes ...
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More than 270 militants arrested over 3-day period in Tunisia
Police arrested 274 people over three days for alleged involvement in clashes between Tunisia's police and the militant Ansar al-Sharia, officials said. The arrests throughout the country were tied to Sunday's clashes in the Tunis suburb of Ettadhamen, officials said. The Interior Ministry presented the final tally Tuesday during a news conference, Tunisia Live reported. Ministry ...
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Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle African ivory
WAM DUBAI, May 22nd, 2013 -- Dubai Customs has foiled a bid to smuggle 259 pieces of ivory arriving from an African country through its Jebel Ali Customs Centre. The items fall under the endangered fauna and flora category, in which international trade is prohibited by CITES Convention. "Dubai Customs inspectors seized the shipment, in which trading is prohibited under the CITES ...
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Malawi finds buyer for presidential jet
Cabinet clerk Ernest Katchetche said Wednesday that the government has identified a buyer for the 14-passenger presidential jet, which was put up for sale. The presidential office says the buyer is a Virgin Islands ...
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NBC FBI Kills Man Linked to Boston Bombing Suspect
MIAMI -- An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. ...
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Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks
AMMAN -- The Syrian government says it has made significant progress in recapturing territory from opposition forces, even as it apparently prepares to take part in planned peace talks next month. The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some ...
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FBI Shooting in Florida May Be Related to Boston Bombings
The incident occurred in the city of Orlando. A local newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev. The friend told local media Todashev was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were martial-arts fighters. The FBI said only that one of its agents was involved in a ...
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Rapid Climate Change In South Africa Linked To Cultural Innovation In The Middle Stone Age
Image Credit: Middle Stone Age Silcrete bifacial points, engraved ochre and bone tools from the c. 75 - 80,000 year old M1 & M2 phases at Blombos cave. Image copyright held by author, Chris Henshilwood. Photo by Henning ...
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The anatomy of a Mozambique land deal
Local leaders at a recent meeting in Bandeze discuss the impact of a plantation project in the area NIASSA, 22 May 2013 (IRIN) - A multi-million dollar "ethical" plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the ...
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SA’s Africa Day Awareness Lagging Behind
However the responses we received were rather disappointing. Africa Day is an annual commemoration of the historic 1963 meeting of leaders of 32 independent African states to form the OAU, now simply known as African Union ...
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Kariba Dispossessed Still Waiting for Promised Better Life
- Fifty seven thousand people were displaced on the Zambian and Zimbabwean sides of the Zambezi River to make way for the construction of the Kariba hydroelectric ...
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Interior Minister Receives Bahraini Ambassador to Morocco
Manama, May 22. (BNA) -- Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa received here today the newly-appointed Bahraini Ambassador to Morocco Khalid bin Salman bin Jabr Al-Musallam. Shaikh Rashid congratulated Ambassador Al-Musallam on his appointment by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, wishing him every success. W H Q BNA 1325 GMT ...
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New Zimbabwe constitution can usher in new culture of human rights
Zimbabwe's new constitution presents a golden opportunity for the country to break away from a culture of impunity for human rights violations, Amnesty International said today.President Robert Mugabe today signed into law a new constitution, following a three-year constitution-making process to replace the Lancaster House constitution adopted at independence in 1980."The new ...
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Zimbabwes Mugabe signs new constitution into law
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. The longtime ruler inked the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum. "This day is an historic day, it's about the future," Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said at the signing ceremony, held ...
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Talk point on its 50th birthday what does the African Union mean to you
facilitate and celebrate African narratives of past, present and future that will enthuse and energise the African population and use their constructive energy to accelerate a forward looking agenda of pan-Africanism and ...
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South Sudan warns that it may shut down oil exports through Sudan again
South Sudan is warning that it may stop exporting oil through Sudan's pipelines again. An official in South Sudan's oil ministry told The Associated Press that Sudan has blocked the export of South Sudanese oil. The official insisted he not be identified because he is not authorized to release the information. While speaking at a police graduation ceremony in Juba on Monday, South ...
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FEATURE-Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
Wed May 22, 2013 10:00am EDT * Sudan hopes to offset loss of oil to South Sudan * Sugar firm Kenana plans expansion, double output by 2015 * Analysts sceptical about production expansion plans By Ulf Laessing NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan, May 22 (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded ...
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MIDEAST DEBT-Africa tempts Gulf bond investors
By Rachna Uppal and Mala Pancholia DUBAI | Wed May 22, 2013 10:00am EDT DUBAI May 22 (Reuters) - The lure of sub-saharan Africa, with its geographic proximity and promise of higher returns, is tempting cash-rich Gulf Arab bond investors to look south, a marked departure from the relative comfort and familiarity of the Middle East. Gulf investment in Africa is not a new trend, with ...
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Nigeria Nigerians On the Run As Military Combats Boko Haram
Kano - Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria's Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps from 15 May. The attacks on BH camps in northern parts of Borno close to the borders with Chad, Niger and Cameroon followed the 14 May declaration of a state of ...
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Zimbabwe Global Fund Project in Zimbabwe Uses Technology to Improve Data Collection
A project being implemented under a Global Fund grant will improve Zimbabwe's health information systems by providing Internet connection infrastructure for 82 urban and rural sites. The Zimbabwe project is just one of many similar projects around the world where modern communications technology is being used to enhance data collection. The project is part of a Round 8 health systems ...
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Africa Africa Day Should Spur Renewed Drive to Get Serious About Growth and Jobs
In the run-up to Africa Day on 25 May, it is important to highlight the Western Cape Government's continuing drive to create opportunities for growth and jobs by positioning the region to benefit from the untapped trade and economic potential available in rest of sub-Saharan Africa. The International Relations Directorate in the department of the Premier has been drafting an International ...
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Africa Celebrating Panafricanism Through Artistic Expression
Addis Ababa - As part of the ongoing series of events to celebrate 50 years of Panafricanism, the African Aesthetic Exhibition will be hosted at the Addis Ababa University Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum this week from May 24-31. The exhibition has a number of key collaborators, including the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Images from the ECA’s historical vaults will be ...
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South Africa Western Cape Minister for Finance Economic Development and Finance Alan Winde Announces Spaces for Broadband Networks Pilot Phase
The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) area in Khayelitsha has been selected as one of the first spaces to be linked to the broadband network. The Western Cape Government's broadband network will play a major role in transforming residents' lives, says Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde. "As a major business hub in one of our ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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