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Africa U.S. State Dept. On Kerrys Trip to Middle East Africa
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 ...
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Africa Women Writers of African Ancestry Hold Conference in Accra
There were women of different colours, dressing and a myriad hair styles. An intense informal interaction was taking place, as many exchanged greetings by hands and by kisses, others were busy taking photographs with those they had not seen in a while, and could not hide their joy at the opportunity of meeting again. Others were happy to meet their heroine writers for the first time, and ...
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East Africa Two California Men Sentenced for Rhino Horn Trafficking
Washington - The sentencing May 15 of two California businessmen in Los Angeles for trafficking in rhino horn will send both to prison and ensure that $800,000 of their illegally acquired "profits" end up helping protect rhinos in Africa. Vinh Chung "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha pleaded guilty in September 2012 to federal felony charges brought as a result of Operation Crash, an ...
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Africa The Fight Against Malaria
Washington, DC - The fight against one of the deadliest diseases in the world was the topic of a hearing held Wednesday by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees global health. The latest global estimates report about 219 million cases of malaria in 2010 and an estimated 660,000 deaths. An estimated 85 percent of the fatalities are children. ...
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Africa Obama Proclamation On World Trade Week 2013
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA As a Nation, we need to do everything we can to create good, middle-class jobs right here in America. And one of the best ways we can do that is by boosting manufacturing and expanding trade that allows us to sell more of our goods and services all around the world. We have made important progress toward meeting that goal under our ...
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Africa U.S. Federal Agencies Make Strides Against Human Trafficking
Washington - Better coordination among U.S. federal government agencies is showing results in the struggle to end human trafficking, U.S. officials say. At the annual meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, held at the White House May 17, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary ...
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Africa Global Fund Joins New Innovative Financing Partnership
New York - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria agreed to participate in a new partnership to leverage private sector funding to speed delivery and expand access to health supplies such as contraceptives, bed nets, and medicines. The Pledge Guarantee for Health, is a new financing mechanism that will help increase the impact of each dollar of donor funding and ultimately ...
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African travel destinations hot in 2011
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 ...
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Former Pakistani Ruler Musharraf Granted Bail
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination. Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan in March to contest a May 11 general election after nearly ...
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Chinese Incinerators Spark Public Protests
Protests against incinerators have taken place in China over the past few years. This 2009 protest was against a planned large garbage incinerator in Guangzhou, ...
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Chinese Premier in India Discusses Borders Trade
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart have agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions, as Premier Li Keqiang continues his first trip abroad since taking ...
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Chad Johnson taken into custody
Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad Johnson turned himself in to the Broward Sheriff's Office on a violation of probation charge on Monday ...
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Mozambique doctors want higher pay
Mozambique doctors went on strike Monday demanding higher pay and accusing the government of reneging on a January promise to double their wages, the medics association said.Medics say the government has failed to fulfil its promise made after a strike in January.Local media has reported that doctors are demanding a monthly basic wage of $3,000 while the government was offering between $670 and ...
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S.Africas Alexander Forbes considers offers for insurance arm
JOHANNESBURG | Mon May 20, 2013 11:30am EDT JOHANNESBURG May 20 (Reuters) - South African financial services firm Alexander Forbes said on Monday it is considering possible deals to sell off stakes in its short-term and life insurance unit, Guardrisk. The company did not name investors that have shown interest in Guardrisk, which operates in South Africa, Mauritius and Namibia. ...
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Talks to resume with Mali government Tuaregs
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- The foreign affairs minister of Burkina Faso says talks will soon resume with a Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in northern ...
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Uganda to import thumbprint machines to eliminate electoral fraud
Uganda is expected to import thumbprint machines in an effort to eliminate electoral malpractices. The East Africa country's next presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in 2016.Both the ruling NRM party and the opposition have been at each other's throats over electoral malpractices, with the latter accusing the government of fraud during the last general ...
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Cycle of Violence Spikes High in Nigeria
Following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, violence has spiked higher in the African country. Reports say Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency in states after losing control of certain areas to Boko Haram, an Islamist movement. President Jonathan reportedly ordered more troops to be sent to the north-eastern ...
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UPDATE 1-Abil profit fall raises concern over S.Africa credit boom
Mon May 20, 2013 11:21am EDT * First-half profit down 26 pct * 445 million rand of bad loans written off * Shares down 16 pct (Recasts, adds analyst comment, background) By David Dolan JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African lender African Bank Investments posted a 26 percent drop in first-half profit on Monday, sparking a rout in its shares amid concern that a boom in unsecured lending ...
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Libyas ports reopen after protests Mellitah attacked
TRIPOLI | Mon May 20, 2013 11:19am EDT TRIPOLI May 20 (Reuters) - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said. But trouble arose at the gas-exporting Mellitah complex, where guards were attacked overnight, he added. (Reporting by Jessica Donati and Ghaith ...
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Chad Johnson Arrested In Probation Violation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested for a probation violation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada. Broadcast reports say a Broward County judge ordered Johnson jailed until he posts a $1,000 bond. Another hearing was set for June 3. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month when Johnson failed ...
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Kenya Seventeen in Court Over Cruelty to Parliament Pigs
Nairobi - Seventeen protestors who staged the 'Occupy Parliament' demonstration using 31 live pigs last Tuesday have been charged with cruelty to animals. The activists, among them photographer Boniface Mwangi, however declined to take a plea and were released on a cash bail of Sh20,000 each or Sh10,000 surety bail. The demonstrators were charged with three counts of breach of peace, ...
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Kenya Restive North Sees Shifting Power Risks
Garissa-Nairobi - The presence of foreign militias in parts of northeastern Kenya, and their collusion with security officials and business people there, may be to blame for a rise in insecurity in the region, where multiple gun and grenade attacks have been reported over the past two years. But securing northern Kenya is increasingly vital to the government, with the badlands growing in ...
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South Africa Gupta Plane Scandal - Govt Report Released
Aircraft parked at South Africa's Waterkloof Air force Base which is considered a national key point. Cape Town - The police and NPA were responsible for deciding whether the Gupta family would be prosecuted for the irregular landing of their plane at Waterkloof Air Base, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. "That's the decision of the national police commissioner ...
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Africa It Takes a Village to Educate a Girl
West African country . This story is repeated in other parts of the country. Salouhou Adou teaches in a village on the outskirts of Tahoua, the capital of the central region with the same name: "When I came to Kollama in 2003, there were only 29 girls out of 113 students. Today, the number of girls has tripled, to 87 out of 137 students," he told IPS. The rate of enrolment for girls ...
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Ethiopia Country Earns U.S.$2.2 Billion From Exports
Ethiopia secured close to 2.2 billion dollars from export during the last nine months of the current fiscal year, which only shows a 2.8pc increment compared to the same period last year. Coffee still remains the country's main export item generating 513.8 million dollars; followed by gold, which generated 432.1 million dollars. Oilseeds came third generating 314.5 million dollars for the ...
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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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