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Kenya MTV All Stars Drop It Like Its Hot in Finale Concert
The finale of the MTV Africa All Stars concert was held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, People's Park, Durban South Africa. Kenyan stars Camp Mulla were first on stage where they performed three singles including Fresh All Day and Party Don't Stop. It was refreshing to hear them rap in Kiswahili as they were joined on stage by King wa Rap, Collo. They were followed on stage by top ...
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IP Theft Costs US $300 Billion Per Year Report
A private advisory panel says growing intellectual property theft, mainly by China, is costing the United States more than $300 billion each ...
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UN Nuclear Agency Says Iran Expanded Nuclear Activity
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has taken a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to producing material for a nuclear ...
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Kenya tells Britain to apologise for abuses
Kenya was responsible for unspeakable and horrific gross violations of human rights", including "massacres, torture and sexual violence".The four-volume report recommended that the Kenyan government enter into negotiations ...
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EU backs mission to secure Libya’s borders
Leaders of the European Union's 27 member states yesterday (22 May) agreed to establish a mission to help Libya secure its borders, reflecting concern both about the terrorist threat in the region and migration to the EU.The two-year mission, which will start its work next month, will be led by Antti Hartikainen, the director-general of Finland's customs service, and should include ...
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Kenya Business Permits to Be Centralised - Kidero
Nairobi - Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero says he is finalising plans to have all business permits issued in a centralized location starting next year. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night, Kidero announced that the move is part of his plan to end the anguish traders undergo in getting business permits and also curb corruption. "All business licenses will be issued at a single window ...
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Key al-Qaida militant killed in Algeria
A key militant responsible for " external relations" between al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the parent organization al-Qaida had been killed last Friday by Algeria's National People's Army (ANP), local APS news agency reported Sunday, citing security sources. Bekai Boualem, alias "El Khaled Mig" and aged 45, was shot in an ambush on Friday by ANP forces ...
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UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Aid for Darfur
Displaced persons from East Darfur at a camp in another part of the region in western Sudan. UN envoy Valerie Amos has called for more development aid in Darfur, where conflict has raged for 10 ...
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The once young man behind the African Union
The African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. But how did the preeminent network uniting 54 African states begin? A better question might be with whom did it ...
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China strengthens Zimbabwe ties with vice-presidential visit
The Chinese official arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing. He was welcomed at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Sylvester Nguni. Speaking to journalists soon after arrival, the Chinese ...
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South African President Jacob Zuma implicated in Gupta wedding plane scandal
A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.The presidency and Zuma's ruling African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding.But a diplomatic protocol ...
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HNA signs agreement with WFP to support school meals program in Ghana
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a new partnership with HNA Group - a leading China-based corporation - to fight hunger globally. A US$1.6 million agreement (10 million RMB) between HNA Group and WFP was signed today in Beijing by WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and HNA Group Chairman ChenFeng. The funds will help WFP provide take-home rations to promote ...
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Amnesty Report Highlights Refugee Plight
annual report by Amnesty International cites the increasing number of refugees around the world, and the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. The London-based group also calls the Internet an important tool in fighting human rights abuses, and calls on governments to increase access to it. Amnesty International reports that the number of refugees ...
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Chinas new leadership highly values friendship with Zimbabwe
Visiting Vice Premier Wang Yang on Wednesday told Zimbabwean Vice President Joyce Mujuru that China's new leadership highly values the traditional friendship with Zimbabwe.Wang said his visit is to follow up to the African trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year and join Zimbabweans in efforts to push Sino-Zimbabwean cooperation in all fields to achieve "greater ...
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Kenyas Beijing 1500 champion makes comeback in New York league
Beijing Olympic 1,500m champion Nancy Jebet Lagat and London 800m winner David Rudisha led a group of Kenyan athletes heading to New York for the Diamond league meet on Saturday.Whereas Rudisha, will be one of the biggest stars in the Adidas Grand Prix, which is third stop in the 2013 IAAF Diamond League, the return to action of Lagat has tilted the equation over the four lap race."I have ...
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US allies say Assad cannot play role in Syrias future denounce
The United States and its European and Arab allies on Wednesday said they would increase support to rebels until the formation of a transitional government in Syria.In a communique issued by "Friends of Syria" meeting, the foreign ministers of the United States, several Arab and European states said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his regime members and all those involved in the ...
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Deaths at S. Africa initiation schools hit 29
The death toll at South African initiation schools has risen to 29, as investigation into the tragedy deepens, authorities said on Wednesday.The ruling African National Congress (ANC) said the latest six deaths were reported on Tuesday in Sekhukhune, the Limpopo Province, during initiation and circumcision rituals.Previously, Mpumalanga was the only province linked to deaths at initiation ...
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Egypts abducted soldiers released without compromises
The process of releasing the seven Egyptian abducted soldiers has accomplished without any compromises, deals or promises to kidnappers, Egyptian presidential spokesman told reporters on Wednesday."The presidency formed a tripartite commission of the highest level from the armed forces, the police and the general intelligence, which set up a complete roadmap to manage the crisis, " ...
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Kenya urged to protect biodiversity
Kenya joined the rest of the world in making the International Day for Biodiversity with call to prioritize biodiversity conservation to propel green growth, reduce poverty and transform rural ...
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Lemurs of Madagascar facing big problem
A Malagasy expert in Madagascar's lemurs, Professor Jonah Henri Ratsimbazafy, who is the coordinator of a British NGO, Durrel Wildlife Conservation Trust Madagascar, told Xinhua in a exclusive interview on Wednesday that Madagascar is famous for its lemurs which represent the 20 percent of all primates in the ...
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Africa In The City Black Hair Matters
What does your hair mean to you? On this episode of Africa In The City, we talk about black hair and all of the many different choices black women have in styling their ...
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Boom Town Baby African stock market sees sizable gains
The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN ...
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Revision of Mental Illness Guide Stirs Debate
A long-anticipated revision of an official diagnostic guide to mental illness, known as the DSM-5, was released this week. While the new manual is being welcomed by some doctors as reflecting advancements in the understanding and diagnosis of mental disorders, critics say its definitions of psychiatric conditions are based too much on symptoms and too little on the biological causes of mental ...
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US Lawmakers Pledge to Back Israel Against Iran
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a resolution affirming America's firm opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions, and pledging full support for Israel in the event of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The chance to slam Iran’s government and speak up for Israel brought a rare moment of complete bipartisan unity to the Senate. Republican ...
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Ghana raises benchmark rate to 16
The Bank of Ghana unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate by one percentage point to stabilize a weakening currency as inflation reached a three-year high, Bloomberg News ...
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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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