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2009-07-04: Headlines

ReliefWeb (press release): African Union: Non-co-operation with Bashir arrest warrant ... 2009-07-04

Three African states, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda referred situations in their own countries to the ICC ...

 

Daily Kos: Man Without A Country 2009-07-04

He told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he had initially been welcomed at the airport in Chad, but had then been detained.

 

OregonLive.com: BUSINESS: Greeley store sells African products 2009-07-04

AP He was forced out of Somalia at age 4, fleeing the war-torn country with his parents and many siblings. They lived in refugee camps in Kenya for the rest ...

 

American Muslim: Somalia, Outside the Violence Box 2009-07-04

The African peacekeepers—AMISOM—could provide the security necessary to operate the distribution stations in strategic places.

 

RTE.ie: AU countries to defy ICC's Bashir warrant 2009-07-04

African leaders meeting at an African Union summit in Libya have said they will not implement an International Criminal Court warrant.

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: AU Opposes Arrest Warrant On Sudan's President 2009-07-04

Lagos — The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court for charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with war crimes.

 

Reuters South Africa: African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea 2009-07-04

But the African Union, at a summit in Libya, did not adopt a proposed resolution to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more th ...

 

Reuters South Africa: AU leaders vote to end Bashir cooperation with ICC 2009-07-04

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - African Union heads of state voted on Friday not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court in ...

 

The Independent: Justice Ogoola's Songs of Paradise dissects governance and justice ... 2009-07-04

This is evident in such poems as Prisoner, The Snakes, the Spiders and the Scorpions—about the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya, and Robben Isl ...

 

PR-CANADA.net (press release): Supplying vehicle electronics in South Africa 2009-07-04

Saab has been awarded a contract by Denel Land Systems to develop and supply fire control computers for use on the South African National Defence Force New ...

 

Aljazeera.net: Aid workers kidnapped in Darfur 2009-07-04

... late on Friday from their compound in the northern Darfur town of Kutum, officials from the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur said.

 

NewsOK.com: American dream is alive and well for Moses Ehambe 2009-07-04

Wore it as a struggling immigrant from the Congo. Wore it as a minister preaching the gospel. Wore it as a father providing for his family.

 

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Africa refuses to act on Sudan war crimes warrant 2009-07-04

The African Union says it will halt co-operation with the International Criminal Court over its decision to charge Sudan's leader with war crimes.

 

pharmabiz.com: New drug moxidectin being tested in Africa for river blindeness 2009-07-04

Buildings not used since the war in Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been renovated. All centres have been provided with necessary ...

 

The Independent: RVR Ready to Resume Passenger Train Services 2009-07-04

RVR was awarded the concessionaire to manage the Uganda and Kenyan ventures but Kenya terminated its contract with RVR over mismanagement of the sector.

 

Saudi Gazette: Global rice prices to further fall 2009-07-04

In Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea the main seasonal rains are out-of-step, and insufficient in parts of Kenya. Eastern Africa is already facing one of ...

 

Daily Monitor: President Barack Obama and Global Africa 2009-07-03

Barack Obama's Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible th ...

 

Daily Nation: Hague prosecutor's tough terms to Kenya 2009-07-03

By OLIVER MATHENGEPosted Friday, July 3 2009 at 19:03 Kenya to give a 12-month plan for bringing perpetrators of post-election violence to justice.

 

Aljazeera.net: Somali rebels vow more attacks 2009-07-03

Rebels in Somalia have vowed to continue attacking African Union peacekeepers, as heavy clashes in the war-torn capital Mogadishu left at least five people ...

 

Standard: ICC Prosecutor gives post-election suspects more time 2009-07-03

"The Prosecutor reiterated that crimes allegedly committed in Kenya after the 2007 elections may fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC and warrant ...

 

Standard: ODM loses Bungoma mayoral seat to Ford-Kenya 2009-07-03

Konyobo won Maraba Ward seat on a Ford-Kenya ticket after a by-election, last year. "I am confident I am going to retain the seat because I have adequate ...

 

Tolerance.ca: An Open Letter To President Barack Obama On Africa 2009-07-03

For example, in 1993 and 1994 alone, the US spent more than $3bn on relief and peacekeeping in Somalia and Rwanda. This amounts to nearly twice as much ...

 

The Japan Times: Recession pinches G8 Africa aid 2009-07-03

Africa shared top billing with climate change at last year's Group of Eight summit, but the global financial crisis has since undermined ...

 

Tolerance.ca: Egyptian Police shoot Two Somali Migrants 2009-07-03

Its border with the Jewish state is a main transit route for migrants and refugees, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, seeking work or asylum in Israel.

 

New Vision: Migingo to get floating boundary 2009-07-03

THE ongoing exercise to redraw the Uganda-Kenya border will involve drilling the Victoria lake-bed in order to set up floating boundary ...

 

Ecumenical News International: Kenyan Protestants to take million-signature petition to Hague 2009-07-03

Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature ...

 

Virtue Online: WASHINGTON: New Anglicans split on women 2009-07-03

Although Nigeria forbids female priests, Kenya and Uganda allow them. "The global south has shown us a model of keeping to the main thing, while not being ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: City Warns Bus Lane Offenders 2009-07-03

Motorists caught repeatedly driving in the bus and minibus taxi (BMT) lane on the N2 during morning peak hour traffic now face arrest.

 

BBC News: 'Fighter influx' for Somali group 2009-07-03

Africa Union leaders meeting in Libya are due to discuss Somalia later. There have been calls for the AU to boost its force of some 4000 peacekeepers based ...

 

BBC News: Africa leaders edge towards unity 2009-07-03

African Union (AU) members have agreed a plan to give its executive arm enhanced powers to co-ordinate common-interest policies, officials say.

 

Mail & Guardian Online: Iran leader cancels visit to AU summit on African govt 2009-07-03

An east African bloc including Somalia and five neighbours on Tuesday urged the AU to deploy an additional 4 000 troops to the peacekeeping force in ...

 

Human Rights Tribune: Israel takes over UNHCR activities 2009-07-03

In addition, 452 people fleeing Darfur in Sudan were granted temporary residency in Israel, but over 1000 others from Darfur were not.

 

New York Times: World Briefing | Africa Congo: Rights Group Reports Attacks ... 2009-07-03

Human Rights Watch said Thursday that recent military operations in the Congo "have been a disaster for civilians, who are now being ...

 

www.worldbulletin.net: Endless war continues: Taking stock of US strategy under Obama 2009-07-03

Other crises (Palestine, Somalia) demonstrate the vulnerability of US policies. At the same time, the demise of the US economy reveals its profound ...

 

Wikinews: Kenya confirms first swine flu case 2009-07-03

The tourism sector is yet to make a full recovery after the country almost slid into a civil war following a disputed general election two years ago ...

 

Washington Post: African leaders approve plan to strengthen Union 2009-07-03

It issues political declarations and oversees peacekeeping missions in Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region. It has not though lived up to the ambitions ...

 

Bizcommunity.com: Africa Business Reporting Awards 2009 winners announced 2009-07-03

Diageo announced the winners of the 6th Africa Business Reporting Awards at a gala ceremony at Sheraton Park Lane, Piccadilly, London last night ...

 

Modern Ghana: For Zimbabwe, I Say 'Yes' To 'Sanctions' 2009-07-03

Liberal activist James Shikwati of Kenya, and firebrand economist Dambisa Moyo of Zambia have it on record that aid, in whatever form, is not good ...

 

New York Times: Out of Africa, Into a Strange America 2009-07-03

The Africa in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's affecting collection of stories isn't the Africa that Americans are familiar with ...

 

The Citizen Daily: Goal galore ignites Kagame Cup 2009-07-03

As Miembeni bagged all three points, lowly ranked Benadir Telecom of Somalia held Tanzania Prisons to a 2-2 draw at Red Castle Stadium.

 

Milford Daily News: Standring: Voice of faith missing in immigration debate 2009-07-03

Mercybeyondborders.org), which educates women and girls and provides seed capital to women in Southern Sudan. Her book gives voice to a missing perspective ...

 

Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse): Somalia / IOM and UNDP Team Up to Bring Back Diaspora Expertise 2009-07-03

IOM will implement the programme, using the experience and expertise it has developed through its Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) initiative ...

 

Business Day: Zuma calls for Africa agri-forum 2009-07-03

FOOD SECURITY: The continent needs to effectively exploit its natural resources in a competitive manner to survive in the global market, said President ...

 

PR-Inside.com News: IT Market in South Africa - Companies and Markets New Analysis 2009-07-03

The total IT market in South Africa can be segmented into software, hardware, services and communication. South Africa is set to become the third largest ...

 

Trading Markets (press release): Swine Flu - Fear Grips Busia, Malaba 2009-07-02

Since the first case of the flu was confirmed in Uganda yesterday, the Ministry of Health has said they will be increasing surveillance at the border point ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Creamer Media's Engineering News: Sacu Ministers to meet on way forward 2009-07-02

There could be specific tension between some of the Sacu members, given South Africa's subsequent warning that it may be forced to strengthen custom ...

 

U.TV: The showbiz writer who went to war 2009-07-03

Although she is planning to travel back to Africa to write a TV drama set in the Congo, she is still based in LA for her other work commitments.

 

Joy Online: Opinion: For Zimbabwe, I Say 'Yes' To 'Sanctions' 2009-07-03

Liberal activist James Shikwati of Kenya, and firebrand economist Dambisa Moyo of Zambia have it on record that aid, in whatever form, is not good ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Peace in Sudan 2009-07-02

Rebecca Tinsley and others (Horrors of Bashir's rule in Sudan, Letters, 30 June) against President Omer al-Bashir of Sudan omitted significant facts.

 

AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Mayor Muhdhar Elected Unopposed 2009-07-02

Nairobi — Mombasa mayor Ahmed Muhdhar and his deputy were on Thursday re-elected in an election hailed as the "most peaceful mayoral elections in ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: AfDB Boost Trade African Trade With $500 Million 2009-07-02

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved, Wednes-day in Tunis, a $500m investment in the Global Trade Liquidity Program ...

 

AFP: Economic crisis a 'major threat' to AIDS fight in Africa: UN 2009-07-02

SIRTE, Libya (AFP) — The global economic crisis poses a "major threat" to the fight against AIDS in Africa as funding for treatment programmes dries up ...

 

Daily Monitor: Swine Flu: Fear grips Busia, Malaba 2009-07-02

ENTRY POINT: People alongborder points now live in fear after Swine Flu case was confirmed in Uganda and Kenya. The Principal Immigration Officer in Malab ...

 

The National: Russia hopes old alliances will help it forge new ties in Africa 2009-07-02

In the Cold War era African leaders had “played the game” between West and East very well, he said, with some, such as Siad Barre of Somalia, even switching ...

 

Minnesota Public Radio: Local Somalis holding rally to condemn violence in homeland 2009-07-02

Somalia has been at civil war for the past two decades, but suicide attacks began to surface only recently. Last month, the radical Islamic group Al-Shabaab ...

 

The Associated Press: Immigrant high school student endures detainment 2009-07-02

Ikolo, a 37-year-old marketing consultant married to an American, had been in detention for two months, fighting deportation to the Congo.

 

AFP: ICC Kenyan minister to discuss election violence: court 2009-07-02

THE HAGUE (AFP) — Kenya's justice minister will discuss the 2007 post-election violence there with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in ...

 

Ottawa Citizen: Sudan allowing expelled NGOs to return to Darfur: UN 2009-07-02

The Sudanese leader has travelled to countries without treaty obligations to the ICC and is trying to rally support around Africa to have the warrant ...

 

Afrika: Africa: Promoting women's land rights at the 13th AU summit (opinion) 2009-07-02

Countries like Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia have an opportunity to do so through their current review processes, within which African states must reject l ...

 

Ethiopian Review: African Union will not cooperate with ICC in al-Bashir indictment 2009-07-02

SIRTE (Libya) - The African Union will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Sudan: Women's Centres Re-Open in Darfur With Help From AU-UN Mission 2009-07-02

Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy classes and receive awareness programmes on reproductive ...

 

Foreign Policy: Homosexuality is still punishable by death in five countries 2009-07-02

At least five other countries -- Mauritania, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iran -- substitute the death penalty in place of imprisonment.

 

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: 'Malgorzata Mosiek: Leaf in the Water' and 'Philomena O'De ... 2009-07-02

"I worked in the area of public health in the Sudan, on the Thai-Cambodian border, in the Peruvian Amazon, and in Kenya, East Africa," she says.

2009-07-01: Headlines

AFP: Ethiopia will stay out of Somalia despite threat 2009-07-01

The internationally backed Sharif has been holed up in his presidential quarters, protected by African Union peacekeepers as his forces were unable ...

 

AllAfrica.com: East Africa: EAC Customs Union Triggers Mixed Reactions 2009-07-01

Kigali — Some local tarders still unaware about anticipated stiff competition in the EAC Customs Union. Rwanda's accession into the East African Community ...

 

BBC News: Guantanamo man left in Chad limbo 2009-07-01

He told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he had initially been welcomed at the airport in Chad, but had then been detained.

 

Export Law Blog: MTN-Bharti Deal Scares Some OFAC-Wary Bankers 2009-07-01

The reason for the heartburn: South African wireless operator MTN derives 13 percent of its revenue from Iran, Syria and Sudan.

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: German Communication Initiative Targets Continent's Online ... 2009-07-01

The German Information Centre (GIC) Pretoria has linked anglophone Africa to modern Germany and its multifaceted cooperation with the African continent.

 

The Independent: Should Ugandans stay in Somalia when there's no peace to keep? 2009-07-01

African leaders are gathered in Libya to discuss a wide range of issues but Somalia remains on top of the list. The 13th African Union Summit will discu ...

 

Independent Online: Japan sends warships to Gulf of Aden 2009-07-01

Tokyo - Japan has said it would dispatch two destroyers to an anti-piracy mission off Somalia in July with expanded rules of engagement including scope ...

 

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Many Small Contractors 'Face Failure' 2009-07-01

Johannesburg — THE government's infrastructure spending programme will see larger construction companies weather the global economic storm ...

 

Tiny Mix Tapes: Various Artists: Honest Jon's 2009-07-01

The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From the Congo, 1954-55! Each illustrates digital culture's ability to crumble borders, expanding taste and perception ...

 

Examiner.com: I beg your pardon, but an offer of amnesty might be the only way ... 2009-07-01

As whole regions of Somalia effectively creep beyond the jurisdiction of a UN-backed government, foreshadowing a divided future, the Horn of Afric ...

 

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Dad Wins Battle for Children 2009-07-01

Cape Town tug-of-love dad Steve Swanepoel was overcome with emotion at the thought of seeing his two youngest children again for the first time in two year ...

 

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Grim Outlook for Mining Employment 2009-07-01

Johannesburg — sa's mining sector could shed about 100000 jobs in the next year as mining output is expected to fall 20% in the wake of the global financial ...

 

Nazret.com: Ethiopia 16th on Failed States Index 2009 - FP 2009-07-01

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is an eastern African country, bordered by Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan.

 

Daily Monitor: Uganda assumes Security Council presidency 2009-07-01

He said Uganda, which also represents African countries on the Council, will support the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of South Sudan which ended an almost ...

 

AFP: South Sudan fighting sparks fear of wider conflict 2009-07-01

Under the deal that ended Africa's longest civil war, the south has a six-year transitional period of regional autonomy and takes part in a unity government ...

 

YaleGlobal Online: Zimbabwe's Slow-Burning Crisis Could Affect Africa 2009-06-30

So as Afghanistan, Burma, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and other crises are filling the in-boxes of Western policy-maker ...

 

Chicago Daily Herald: Some lessons learned from Confed Cup run 2009-06-30

The top candidates are Chad Marshall, Robbie Rogers, Stuart Holden and Kenny Cooper. Play keepaway: Too often in Sunday's second half the Americans won ...

 

Xinhua: Global financial crisis dims Africa's economic outlook 2009-06-30

NAIROBI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The global financial crisis has adversely affected Africa's economy in many ways with demand for African export ...

 

New York Times: World Briefing | Africa Kenya: Report Says Security Force ... 2009-06-30

By AP Kenyan security forces tortured hundreds of civilians and raped at least a dozen women during a three-day operation to disarm militias in ...

 

Washington Post: International Court Under Unusual Fire 2009-06-30

... the prosecutor has brought war crimes charges against 13 individuals in northern Uganda, Congo, the Central African Republic and Sudan, including a July ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Kenya: 15000 Face Hunger in West Pokot 2009-06-30

Reports say that the water ponds in Uganda where they have been getting the commodity for their animals have also dried up. The herders from the Pokot ...

 

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Keo Story to Go Here for Two Decks 2009-06-30

BUSINESS Day's sports writing made a big impression at the 29th annual South African Breweries Sports Journalist of the Year Awards in Johannesburg last ...

 

Washington Post: A Broken UN Promise In Congo 2009-06-30

And the root economic causes of the war need to be addressed with the leaders of countries in Africa's Great Lakes region who commit violence to reap ...

 

The Associated Press: US ready to beef up UN peacekeeping operations 2009-06-30

Another immediate priority will be beefing up the 22000-strong UN peacekeeping force in Congo, she said. The Security Council in November approved 3000 more ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

Examiner.com: South Africa gun owners get reprieve 2009-06-29

South African gun owners have received a stay on implementation of firearm laws that would have turned many of them into unwitting criminals.

 

New York Times: Op-Ed Contributor Africa and the International Court 2009-06-29

The African Union summit meeting will be the first since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on charges of crime ...

 

ThisDay: KAGAME CUP 2009: Teams assemble in Khartoum 2009-06-29

Mainland's Tanzania Prisons, Zanzibar's Miembeni and Mathare United of Kenya were already in Sudan by yesterday. Council of East and Central Afric ...

 

Reuters: Kenyan forces again accused of torture, rape 2009-06-29

The accusation by US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) of brutalities in a late 2008 operation adds to a litany of allegations against Kenya's army and police ...

 

Hindu Business Line: JTIL plans tea garden acquisition 2009-06-29

In the global market we are aiming at Uganda and Kenya,'' Jayshree Tea managing director, Mr DP Maheshwari told reporters. "Some of the bankers are working ...

 

Emerging Markets: India's Essar Group wins licence to operate in Uganda. - ISI 2009-06-29

Essar Teleholdings which was awarded a similar licence in Kenya last year will own 90% of the venture with the remainder held by local telecommunicati ...

 

AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Make Comesa Borderless Region 2009-06-29

Harare — DESPITE assurance by the Comesa secretariat that the Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Labour, Services, Right of Establishment and Right ...

 

Washington Post: Rebels: US arms to Somalia will increase violence 2009-06-29

In May, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development - a group of seven countries in the Horn of Africa region that has led past peace talks on Somali ...

 

Emerging Markets: African Development Bank sees Kenya GDP growing by 4.2% in 2009. - ISI 2009-06-29

Kenya 's economy floundered last year on the back of post-election violence, drought and the global financial crisis, growing at 1.7%, its slowest rate ...

 

WKBT: U of M to host student leaders from North Africa 2009-06-29

AP - June 29, 2009 7:04 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Twenty students from North Africa will study at the University of Minnesota this fall under a State ...

 

Emerging Markets: African Development Bank to give Botswana USD 1.5bn for bud ... - ISI 2009-06-29

The African Development Bank said on Wednesday that it will give Botswana a loan of USD 1.5bn for budget support to help the country recover from a global ...

 

The Citizen Daily: Prison leave for Sudan ahead of Kagame cup tourney 2009-06-29

Cecafa secretary general Nicholaus Musonye said Prisons were in Pool B together with TP Mazembe of DR Congo, Uganda's KCC and Benedir.

 

Bloomberg: Aurobindo Sues S. Africa Over AIDS Contract, Business Day Says 2009-06-29

June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., an Indian drugmaker, is suing South Africa's National Treasury after the government awarded ...

 

East African: Kenya would do well to keep off the war in Somalia 2009-06-28

This dovetails with, as two scholars of Africa have noted, the role of information as more crucial in disordered societies. In respect to this role ...

 

GlobalPost: China competes with US in Africa 2009-06-28

By Ken Maguire - globalpost ACCRA, Ghana — While US President Barack Obama was shepherding his economic stimulus bill through Congress, Chinese President Hu ...

 

insidesomalia.org: Ten movies to watch before you go to Somalia 2009-06-28

From classics such as Zulu and Gandhi to more modern portrayals of Africa in the critically acclaimed films Hotel Rwanda and Lord of War, films have been ...

 

Le Mali en ligne: 'Africa needs cross-border markets to stem food insecurity' 2009-06-28

Africa's food insecurity is likely to continue to manifest itself unless the continent's leaders address the lack of cross-border agricultural food market ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

GlobalPost: China competes with US in Africa 2009-06-28

Chinese funds have built presidential palaces in Mali, Togo, Namibia and Sudan, whose president has been charged with war crimes.

 

Xinhua: A/H1N1 flu knocks at doors of African countries in sub-Sahara 2009-06-28

Zimbabwe Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera warned on Friday that the potential for the pandemic to cause a disaster was real and that h ...

 

Los Angeles Times: Analysis: Experts warn US plans for aid to Somalia will pour money ... 2009-06-28

Ted Dagne, a specialist in African affairs who is with the Congressional Research Service, painted a grim picture of conditions in Somalia, telling Congre ...

 

Global Voices Online: Africa: Bloggers pay tribute to Michael Jackson 2009-06-28

A Nigerian performer impersonates Michael Jackson at a concert in Abuja. Photo courtesy of NR on Flickr. The death of American pop star ...

 

Daily Monitor: A tale of despair in Africa's largest slum 2009-06-28

A quarter of Nairobi's population call Kibera their home. Life in the slum is one of hard work, poverty and survival for the fittest, writes Andrew ...

 

New Vision: Nile's Mukasa outwits Africa Cricket Club 2009-06-28

NILE Cricket Club opening bowler Roger Mukasa dwarfed the Africa Cricket Club fielders, hitting an unbeaten century as his side w ...

 

Le Mali en ligne: 'Africa needs cross-border markets to stem food insecurity' 2009-06-28

Africa's food insecurity is likely to continue to manifest itself unless the continent's leaders address the lack of cross-border agricultural food market ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Africa's finest guitar band bring the sweltering heat of ... 2009-06-27

Dress code: Forget the Specials with their dapper suits, Tuareg dress is the wardrobe to be seen in. The Malian band's shimmering blue robes and obsidi ...

 

Wall Street Journal: Foreign Investment Cushions Downturn in Africa 2009-06-27

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Foreign investment from China and the Persian Gulf nations is helping Africa weather the global downturn ...

 

MSN Indonesia: African sun warms Paris men's fashion week 2009-06-27

"He was an extraordinary man, he was ethical and respected Africans," he told AFP, referring to the man "with a big heart" who explored the Congo river ...

 

Los Angeles Times: World Briefing 2009-06-27

The rebels have been waging a 20-year conflict in Uganda, one of Africa's longest and most brutal civil wars, which has spilled into Sudan and Congo.

2009-06-27: Headlines

Washington Post: Mr. Bush's Push for Peace in Somalia 2009-06-27

In addition, the Bush administration provided extensive support to the African Union Mission in Somalia, and to training and equipping Somali government ...

 

Los Angeles Times: World Briefing 2009-06-27

The rebels have been waging a 20-year conflict in Uganda, one of Africa's longest and most brutal civil wars, which has spilled into Sudan and Congo.

 

Daily Nation: Kenyan wins international biologists award 2009-06-27

The 2007 winner of the YWCB Award was Margaret Aanyu, freshwater biologist from Uganda, and the 2008 winner was Kristal Maze, chief director of biodiversity ...

 

NPR: Africa Mourns The King Of Pop 2009-06-26

I came from Congo, [Democratic Republic of] Congo, and there we love him." Across the continent in West Africa, a Nigerian radio host broke down live on air ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: The World Financial Meltdown - What Now for Women? 2009-06-26

As the global economic crisis takes its toll on Africa's fiscal revenues and household incomes, Hilary N. Ervin & Caroline Muthoni Muriithi fear that ...

 

AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Civilians Must Learn to Share Their Resources 2009-06-26

For this reason, a modern, fast and electric powered railway line will have to be constructed from Mombasa to the Kenya Uganda border in the hope that ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: APR Thrash UPDF to Win Military Games 2009-06-26

In handball, Rwanda failed to finish in medal awarding positions as Kenya stole the show to score 12 overall points, two points ahead of Kenya and Ug ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: G8 Bishops Urge Leaders to Focus on Poverty 2009-06-26

Catholic bishops from eight leading industrialized nations have written to their leaders urging them to take concerted action to fight poverty especially ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Africa: Safeguarding Women's Rights Will Boost Food Security 2009-06-26

African women play a critical role in ensuring the food security of the continent, writes Mary Wandia in the run-up to the 2009 African Union Summit (24 ...

 

Computerworld: Zain plans African cross-border mobile commerce service 2009-06-26

The pan-African mobile phone company is in discussions with the central banks of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania about the possibility of transferring money ...

 

San Francisco Chronicle: Somalia: poverty and plight 2009-06-26

The United States - the land of my current life - and Somalia - the land of my birth and teenage years - are incomparable. Not only are they physically ...

 

Boston Globe: Fight poverty by protecting human rights 2009-06-26

18, 2007, six men broke into the home of Justine Masika Bihamba in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bihamba wasn't home, but six of her ...

 

Standard: Britain should heal painful wounds of colonial injustices 2009-06-26

There was the conquer-and-occupy type perfected in Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa where the colonialists carved out for themselves swathes of our prime ...

 

New York Times: World Briefing | Africa Zimbabwe: State Abducted Activist 2009-06-26

A prosecutor admitted during a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday that state security agents illegally abducted and detained Jest ...