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Rebels in Central African Republic protest at leaders headquarters protest living conditions
BANGUI, Central African Republic - Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based. Their demonstration marks a dangerous development, underscoring the divisions that are emerging within the Seleka rebel movement. The rebels outside the Hotel Ledger Plaza Bangui said Tuesday they were ...
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5 Serbs released from Libya after 21 months in captivity
Officials say five Serbian citizens have returned home after spending 21 months in captivity in Libya. Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says the men flew back to Serbia on Tuesday following months-long negotiations. He says that "we waited until they crossed the border to inform the families." Authorities say the men went to Libya to work as construction workers, but were ...
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New coronavirus spreads to Tunisia 66-year-old man dead
RABAT, Morocco The new coronavirus has now reached Tunisia. The novel SARS-like virus that's been infecting people who have been in the Middle East or those who have been in contact with recent travelers to the region, has killed a 66-year-old Tunisian man following a visit to Saudi Arabia. Two of his adult children were infected as well, according to the Tunisian Health Ministry. His sons ...
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Dubai seizes 259 African ivory tusks
A SHIPMENT of 259 elephant tusks smuggled out of Africa has been seized in the United Arab Emirates, the International Wildlife Fund for Animal Welfare says. The tusks were discovered at a Dubai port in a container shipped from Mombasa, Kenya labelled as wooden furniture. Demand for ivory in east Asia has prompted a surge in poaching in recent years, threatening the existence of animal ...
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Kenya My Life Is in Danger - Kalembe
THE Independent Party leaders Kalembe Ndile, yesterday morning narrowly escaped death after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former assistant minister's house at 4am by Ndile and his security men. Area police boss ...
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East Africa Tanzania Could Boost Its Economy By Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank
DAR ES SALAAM, May 21, 2013 - Tanzania and its East African neighbors could boost their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to US$1.8 billion and US$ 830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam, according to the latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank. So far, Tanzania and six neighboring countries have missed this ...
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Kenya Revenues Behind Target By Close to Sh100 Billion
THE country was behind its revenue collection target by close to Sh100 billion by end of March, government data shows. According to the Treasury's latest issue of the quartely economic and budgetary review, total cumulative revenue collection including appropriation in aid, was below the target by Sh98.2 billion. Ordinary revenue collection amounted to Sh 531.6 billion against a target of ...
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Tunisia teeters as it grapples with jihadists
Tunisia, cradle of the Arab Reawakening in January 2011, has finally got tough with its hard-line Islamists as, like other North African states that overthrew longtime dictators, it finds itself struggling with the fallout of its groundbreaking pro-democracy uprising. After weekend clashes with the moderate Islamist government led by the once-outlawed Ennahda Party, the militants seem set to ...
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Somalia and the slippery slope of Jubbaland
If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone - somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed - you are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal and external interest groups and the federal government's lack of clear grand strategy or capacity to assert its authority, the formation of "Jubbaland State" is ...
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Deadly US Twister Hit Tornado Alley
Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" -home to most of the nation's ...
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Obama to Tornado Victims You Will Not Travel That Path Alone
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks next to Vice President Joe Biden (L) about the devastating tornadoes and severe weather impacting Oklahoma, at the White House in Washington, May 21, ...
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UN AIDS Deaths Down Treatment Up in Africa
A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the ...
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Court Rules bin-Laden Photos May Remain Secret
A U.S. appeals court has ruled the federal government is not required to release photos taken of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden after he was killed by special ...
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UN envoy proposes set of principles to guide peace efforts in DR Congo
Print 21 May 2013 – The United Nations Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern part of the country. ';The suffering and displacement of the people, especially women and children, in eastern DRC and beyond have ...
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Kenya West Pokot leaders seek to change cattle farming
Leading a delegation of residents from Pokot to a dairy farm in Njoro to familiarise themselves with new dairy technology, Senator John Lonyangapuo and Governor Simon Kachapin agreed that cattle related problems and illiteracy were bringing down standards of living among the community and promised to correct that. For the last four years, the Senator said livestock breeders from Lelan highlands ...
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China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in ...
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New Egypt tax law cuts for poor business hikes
CAIRO -; Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized ...
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Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans
JOHANNESBURG -; A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South ...
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Bulgarian Nataliya Apostolova to Head EU Delegation to Libya
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, announced Tuesday the appointment of Nataliya Apostolova as the new Head of EU Delegation to Libya. Photo by EPA/BGNES, ...
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US Tunisia Launch Small Business Initiative
have launched an initiative to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, boost trade and promote economic growth.Developed under the U.S.-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which is led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the initiative, funded and led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will provide training on the U.S. small ...
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EU Provides Funding for Anti-Piracy Efforts in Africa
has allocated EUR37 million (about US$47.7 million) for its Regional Maritime Security program to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries.The new program will help to develop the legal and judicial system of countries in the region, so that they are better equipped for the arrest and transfer of pirates. Financial oversight systems will also be ...
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South Africa Turkey stocks outperform
London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ...
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Several wounded as rubber bullets fired at striking South African miners
Wendell Roelf - 21 May 2013 Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital today after being hit by rubber bullets, police said. It is the latest incident in a series as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ...
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Middle East North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom
The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...
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Two foreigners die while descending from Everest
Two foreigners, one Bangladeshi and another Korean died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest Monday night, a Nepali government official informed Tuesday.According to Gyanendra Shrestha, an official at mountaineering department at the Ministry of Tourism, two dead foreigners have been identified as Mohammad Khalid Hussain of Bangladesh and Sung- Seo of Korea.Both of them were ...
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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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