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Africa President Al-Bashir to Participate in Extraordinary and Ordinary African Summit
Khartoum, Addis Ababa - President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, would leave Friday for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to participate at the Extraordinary Summit marking the African Union Golden Jubilee on May 25, and the Ordinary African summit, scheduled during May 26-27. SUNA learned that the extraordinary summit will witness honoring a number of the African leaders who ...
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Liberia The Aftermath - Buchanan Without BRE - Residents Moving On After Investment Snafu
It's less than a year since the famous energy renewable company, Buchanan Renewable Energy (BRE) shut down its operations in the country and many of its former workers are now expressing their frustration over the company's closure. Based in Buchanan city with most of its operations in Grand Bassa and Margibi Counties; BRE was credited for providing jobs for over 2,000 people before ...
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Africa African Union Adopts Report On Situation in Western Sahara
Addis Ababa - The member states of African Union Executive Council adopted during their 23rd ordinary session, which opened Wednesday in Addis Ababa, a report on the situation in Western Sahara. The report, drawn up by African Union Commission in accordance with the outcomes of the 22nd ordinary session of AU Executive Council, held last January, on the Western Sahara conflict, insists that the ...
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Africa Treating Fistula Prevention or Cure
23 May marks the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Here, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgeon Dr Geert Morren talks about the physical and social distress that fistulas can cause, and why the issue needs attention. An obstetric fistula is a hole between either the bladder and vagina or the bladder and rectum, causing urine or faeces to leak continuously from the body. ...
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InterOil in talks with Exxon to develop Papua New Guinea assets
Fri May 24, 2013 6:42am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - Liquefied natural gas producer InterOil Corp and its joint venture partner have entered into exclusive negotiations with Exxon Mobil Corp to develop gas fields in Papua New Guinea. The discussions include the possibility of an Exxon unit, ExxonMobil Papua New Guinea Ltd, taking an interest in petroleum retention license 15, InterOil said. InterOil ...
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Tunisia Femen activist to face pepper spray charge
TUNIS: A young Tunisian women's rights activist, who was arrested at the weekend while protesting against hardline Islamists, has been charged with possessing pepper spray, her lawyer said on Thursday.The 18-year-old, known by the pseudonym Amina Tyler, who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online, has been summoned to appear in court next Thursday, ...
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‘Ghana Meets Naija’ Concert Returns
Bola Ray (middle) in a pose with Edem (left) and WizKid On June 29, Ghanaian music fans would witness the much awaited historic musical concert dubbed 'Ghana Meets Naija', at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in Accra at 8:00p.m. The music concert, organised by the nation's entertainment powerhouse, Empire Entertainment, would witness an unprecedented list of some ...
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Bishops Nigeria �totters on the brink
Nigeria, the world's seventh most populous nation, "now almost totters on the brink" of disaster, the nation's bishops warned in a statement entitled "To Rescue Nigeria from Collapse." "What started as a mere clash between law enforcement agencies and members of the Islamic sect commonly labeled Boko Haram, has since spiraled into what can, be best described ...
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Liberia Woods Exit Strategy Liberias Public Works Minister Throws Resignation Hint
Reports filtering in to FrontPageAfrica indicate that the Minister of Public Works Samuel Kofi Woods has already tendered in his resignation to his employer President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. But what is more glaring and seems to insinuate an exit strategy is Wood's comments made on Thursday at a signing ceremony between the Liberian government and its Chinese counterpart of a memorandum of ...
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Liberia Tension Mounts in Nimba - PYJ Others Go Gutter
Tension is said to be mounting in the northern Liberian County of Nimba, following what amounts to a public confession by the county's Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson, when he detailed how he influenced election officials in the county to cheat for his NUDP's candidates on a local radio station Wednesday. Appearing on a local radio talk show in Nimba, Johnson named Garrison Yealu, ...
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Liberia Pr China or India - Who Takes Wologisi Mountain
The Government of the People's Republic of China has expressed interest in exploiting the Wologisi Mountain in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia, amidst reports here that an Indian company O.P. Jindal Group has similar interest. Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, told a news conference Thursday in Monrovia that the Wologisi Mountain is China's interest, but there is yet no formal ...
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Liberia CBL Named Chief Driver
The Federation of Road Transportation Union of Liberia (FRTUL) has named Central Bank Governor Dr. Mill Jones as "Chief Driver" of the Republic of Liberia. Governor Jones was presented an ID card and a symbolic key for his numerous contributions to the improvement of the union. Presenting the honor, FRTUL President General Papa Flomo said Dr. Mill Jones has always stood by the union ...
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Nigeria Governors in Make-or-Break Election Today
A crucial meeting of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) commences this evening in Abuja during which a chairman of the forum is expected to emerge. In this analysis, our reporter writes that the battle line has been drawn between the incumbent chairman, Rotimi Amaechi, who is seeking re-election and President Jonathan's 'preferred' choice. Barring any last minutes change in ...
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Liberia Hailing LACCs Move
Recently, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission or LACC released the first phase of the Asset Declaration Verification Report of public officials. The Assets Declaration Verification Exercise by the LACC is intended to ascertain the integrity and credibility of public officials. The 2008 Act creating the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, among other things, empowers the Commission to ...
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Liberia Govt Lacks Fiscal Discipline - Finance Minister
Finance Minister Amara Konneh, has conceded that many officials of government are fiscally indiscipline. Minister Konneh said public officials, especially authorities at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare love receiving funds from government, friendly nations and organizations, but always slow in terms of submitting performance report on money received as a result, it becomes difficult ...
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Kenya Senate Has No Say in Revenue Bill Says Muturi
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi yesterday saidthe Senate has no role in scrutinising the Division of Revenue Bill as required by the standing orders and the Public Finance Management Act. The ruling came after Suba MP John Mbadi sought clarification on Tuesday on whether the Senate has the power to amend the Bill that had already been passed by the National Assembly. Mbadi's ...
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Africa Lessons in Barack Obama for Africa
President Barack Obama is an African by gene; being a direct son of a Kenyan father. His father studied at Hawaii and Harvard universities, on a scholarship scheme for cultivating hearts and brains in Kenyan leaders who would promote future American foreign policy goals in Africa. His marrying a white fellow student made African-American women mad at being robbed, yet again, of one of their own ...
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Africa 40 Percent of World IDPs Live in Africa
Forty percent of the world's internally displaced persons (IDPs) lives in Africa as there are over forty two million of internally displaced persons caused by natural disaster while another 27.5 million were displaced by armed conflicts as at 2010. The figure according to Prof. Dakas CJ. Dakas, Director of Research Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, who at a roundtable seminar to ...
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Uganda Lukwago Faces Censure Motion
Eighteen councillors of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) await the Attorney General's legal advice before they can proceed with a censure motion against Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. The motion, signed by 18 out of the 30 councillors, was given to the minister for the Presidency and KCCA affairs, Frank Tumwebaze, on May 15, 2013. The councillors want to invoke Section 12 (3) (a) and ...
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Uganda Airtel Warid Merge Mobile Money Services
The mobile money landscape, one of the more profitable ventures for telecom companies in Uganda, could witness some serious competition, after Airtel and Warid merged their money transfer services to serve more than seven million subscribers. The merging of the mobile money services - one of the first steps of convergence after Airtel agreed to buy Warid - directly takes the competition to MTN ...
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Africa AU Set to Honour Nkomo Chitepo
Addis Ababa - ZIMBABWEAN veteran nationalists and national heroes, Father Zimbabwe Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo and Zanu national chairman Cde Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo, are set to be posthumously honoured along with a galaxy of African liberators for the role they played in ushering independence not only to Zimbabwe, but across the African continent. Vice President Nkomo died on July 1, 1999, while ...
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Uganda How NRM Plotted to Oust Lukwago
The NRM is trying a radical approach in an attempt to resolve the long-running standoff between the lord mayor and the KCCA executive director. The NRM caucus agreed on Monday to let President Museveni step in and take direct control of Kampala Capital City Authority for at least six months. The proposal, if muscled through Parliament, carries ominous job implications, most especially for Erias ...
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Kenya Insurance Firms Prices Not Reflecting Bullish Market
The Nairobi all share rallied 1.744% to close at a fresh all time record high. The all share is +35.916% in 2013. The all share has accelerated +8.075% higher over the last four weeks. The Nairobi NSE20 improved 4.89 points to close at 4983.54 and is within 1% of its 57-month closing high reached in early April. The NSE20 IS +20.5661% this year. The rally has been led by the big cap counters ...
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Uganda Tourism Sector Is Crying Out for More
At the inauguration of a new Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in Kampala recently, the minister of Tourism, Maria Mutagamba, called on the members to find alternative ways of funding the all-important sector, given that the government's current allocation is insufficient. While the minister is right to advise the sector, which she says has a funding gap of Shs 17bn, to find alternative resources ...
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Africa Africas Growth Prospects Bright
THE future is bright for Africa's economic growth and the continent must place more emphasis on economic integration, promoting trade and investment to consolidate achievements made so far, Ethiopia's Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Koang Tutlum Dung said yesterday. Ambassador Dung told an audience at a University of Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies public lecture that reports from ...
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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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