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Ethiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protests
The Ethiopian opposition reports that over 250 of its central members have been arrested during the week. The arrests are seen in connection with a planned mass ...
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Ethiopias Ogaden rebels issue famine alert
Rebel groups in Ogaden fighting the Ethiopian government warn of a "severe drought" in the region, which could develop into famine. They claim government is withholding ...
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Mauritius foresees strengthened growth
The Mauritian economy has performed better than expected, with an increase of 4 percent in real growth at market prices in 2010, new statistics show. Growth in 2011 would be even ...
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Concerns over Congos ill-prepared elections
Congo Kinshasa (DRC) authorities plan to hold the 5 December constitutional deadline to hold elections, but observers warn the vast country is in no way prepared to do ...
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Dhoinine confirmed as Comoros new President
Ikililou Dhoinine today was confirmed by the Constitutional Court as the rightful winner of the Comoros presidential election in December. The court turned down a massively documented complaint from the ...
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Police troops stop Equatorial Guinea protests
After banning the planned mass protests in Equatorial Guinea, government sent out massive police forces to prevent the opposition from taking to the streets ...
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Mayotte issue to split or join Comoros France
Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer ...
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Calls for protests in Equatorial Guinea
One of Equatorial Guinea's major opposition parties is planning a protest in favour of pro-democracy reforms and basic human rights in one of Africa's most dictatorial ...
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Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park
The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage ...
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Cameroon limits social media services
The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North ...
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Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo
New decisions by the Congo Kinshasa government, lifting a 9-year moratorium, mean that up to 25 million hectares of rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial ...
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Uganda opposition wins Kampala mayor vote
In the first-ever significant opposition election victory, Erias Lukwago was declared winner of the polls in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. But the powers of the mayor's office have been ...
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Libya could produce more solar power than oil
Libya could generate approximately five times the amount of energy from solar power than it currently produces in crude oil, according to researchers. This would be achieved from only 0.1 percent of the desert country's ...
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Rwanda wins Burkina loses corruption fight
Chantal Uwimana, the Africa Director of Transparency International, explains afrol News why the corruption situation Rwanda is strongly improving, while Burkina Faso seemingly is loosing the fight against ...
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DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese ...
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Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched
An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this ...
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Output at Libyas Abu Attifel oilfield to resume -source
TRIPOLI, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:15pm EDT TRIPOLI, June 19 (Reuters) - Production at Libya's Abu Attifel oilfield will resume on Thursday after a deal was reached with workers who had gone on strike over salaries, a source working at the field said. "There were talks with members of the national congress and production is set to resume on Thursday," the source told ...
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Turkish Government Wont Condemn Silent Protests
Turkey's deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc says he does not object to the silent anti-government protests that have sprung up across the ...
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Kenya Kabogo nominees challenged in court
The three: Justin Kimani, Barham Dev Vasisht and Alexandria Muhanji filed the case at the High Court in Nairobi, claiming the Kiambu County Assembly had rejected their appointments to the board on the grounds of age and ethnicity. Through their lawyer Philip Nyachoti, they sought to have the appointments put on hold pending the hearing and determination of the case. Ndungu had sought appointment ...
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Kenya AGs dilemma over suit filed by Senate
The move has put the Senate, National Assembly and Executive on a collision course. Though he is the chief advisor to Government, the AG is caught between a rock and a hard place on which side to support. That dilemma emerged Wednesday when the case filed by the Senate at ...
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Kenya Bribery claims dominate Othaya election petition
bribery by her agents tilted the voting in her favour. Six of the 10 witnesses who testified Wednesday claimed Wambui's agents openly dished out money to voters in queues. This, they claimed, was happening in the presence of police officers manning polling stations. Rhoda Nyawira Maina who was the chief agent of the ...
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Business Real estate booms in East Africa
East Africa Managing Director Michael Turner said there is strong demand for quality infrastructure in the region, which is in tandem with the growth of its economies that continues to attract new investors. Turner made the comments at the GRI Forum 2013, an annual conference that brings together international investors and real estate developers from across Africa. Speaking to a panel ...
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State Probes Drop of Oil Sales and Taxes in Cape Verde
Praia, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Oil sales in Cape Verde dropped by eight percent in the first five months of this year, resulting in a negative impact of about 5 million euros in the amount of taxes paid to the state. Carlitos Fortes, General Director of Enacol, one of the oil companies operating in the country, revealed that the causes for this decrease is the fall of 20 thousand tons in the ...
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Nigeria Gunmen kill 48 in Zamfara state
lasted more than five hours and some of the gunmen positioned on the hill also shot at residents of neighboring villages who tried to help those in Kizara. "I woke up in the morning to get my children set for work on my farm. I suddenly started to hear gun shots. I listened attentively and I realized that sounds of the gun shots were coming directly behind me," said Alhaji Ali Hakimi, ...
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Al Shebaab attack on UN office in Somalia kills 16
Somalia At least 16 people, including three foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a United Nations office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.The Al Qaeda-linked group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in which a suicide bomber first blew up a car at the entrance to the compound near the city's heavily fortified airport, with armed attackers then entering 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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