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2010-03-17: Headlines

AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: It's a Football Fiesta 2010-03-17
DeMbare who had a bye in the preliminary round after being seeded by Caf -- are scheduled to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo to face St Etienne ...
Bloomberg: Commuter Dies as S. Africa Strike Overcrowds Train, Sowetan Says 2010-03-17
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- A man died when he fell from an overcrowded train in Soweto, South Africa, as a strike by minibus taxi driver ...
Bloomberg: S. Africa Banks Reject 50% of Mortgage Applications, BusRep Says 2010-03-17
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- South African banks are rejecting 50 percent of home loan applications even as the lenders loosened credit criteri ...
St. Cloud Times: Taste of Africa event celebrates diversity, local, organic foods 2010-03-17
As those in attendance feasted on organic foods from Ghana and Somalia, they heard drumming from Buddy King and the Beats on the Block drumming group ...
BusinessWeek: South Africa Doubles Family Budget for Polygamist Leader Zuma 2010-03-17
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's government has almost doubled the budget for President Jacob Zuma's wives and children to 15.5 ...
BusinessWeek: S. Africa to Publish CPI Data at 9 am Local Time on March 24 2010-03-17
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Statistics South Africa will publish the consumer-price inflation data at 9 am local time on March 24, earlier th ...
Press Trust of India: Of Gandhi, South Africa and plight of bonded labourers! 2010-03-17
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Mahatma Gandhi could do little as a barrister in India after studying law in London but his stint in South Africa where he had ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Consumer Confidence Surges but Spending May Lag 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — CONSUMER confidence jumped at its fastest pace in five years in the first quarter, as South Africans became more positive about spending.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Parties Say Failure to Take Malema to Task Undermines Constitution 2010-03-17
Cape Town — A parliamentary debate on human rights in SA yesterday degenerated into a slanging match as African National Congress (ANC) MPs praised ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Post Office Sees Profit Falling in Hard Times 2010-03-17
Cape Town — The South African Post Office was expected to produce a much lower net profit in the year to March than the previous financial year ...
AllAfrica.com: Africa: Country's Land Reforms is Inspiring to Africa's New Land Reform Agend ... 2010-03-17
For instance in Kenya where the underlying reasons that led to the post election violence such as land has not been addressed to date.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Transnet to Spend More to Fight Theft 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — TRANSNET Freight Rail yesterday said it spent about R1,2bn over five years to increase its security in the wake of rampant cable theft ...
AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Simba Sports Club in Town 2010-03-17
"We got professionals from Kenya and Uganda but every player is equally important, the foreigners have added in a new dimension. "We would like to set a new ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Charities Denied Funds Sue Lotteries Board 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — TWO non profit organisations whose applications for funding from the National Lotteries Board have been consistently refused will today argue ...
AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: Call for Southern Africa's National Oil Companies to Collaborate 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — THE Department of Energy has mooted collaboration between national oil companies in southern Africa to ensure security of fuel supply in ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Department Plans to Expand its Service for Job Seekers 2010-03-17
Cape Town — The Department of Labour plans to expand its employment-seeking service significantly as a counterweight to commission-charging private-sect ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Report Moots R43 000 Grant for Poor Students 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — STUDENTS qualifying for state funding could get R43 000 a year from the National Students' Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) if a proposal made ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: MPs Query Return of Military Titles for Police Officials 2010-03-17
Cape Town — The South African Police Service's (SAPS's) new rank structure - in which national commissioner Bheki Cele will be called "general" - w ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Authority Seeks More Structured .za Domain 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — THE .za Domain Name Authority (.zaDNA) is lobbying the communications minister to amend the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act ...
AllAfrica.com: Africa: Restoring Continent's Innate Self-Confidence 2010-03-17
Harare — AFRICA is still to record a balance sheet that answers the spirit of seeking a better life and economic independence, more than half a century ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: No Shut Down At RK Khan 2010-03-17
Durban — KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has quashed rumours that certain sections of the RK Khan Hospital will be closed down, after making ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Pityana to Move on from Unisa 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — UNIVERSITY of SA (Unisa) vice-chancellor Prof Barney Pityana is to retire at the end of the year, the university says.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Rail Capacity Still Falling Short of Country's Needs, Says Survey 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — TWO years after Transnet started with its multibillion-rand capital investment, rail capacity is still insufficient to offset SA's high ...
AllAfrica.com: Africa: No Mean Task Managing Africa's Largest Democratic Organ 2010-03-17
The Nigerian House of Representatives is by far the single largest democratic institution on the African continent, comprising 360 members elected ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Cost of Zuma's Wives, Children Nearly Doubles 2010-03-17
Cape Town — The cost to the taxpayer of support for President Jacob Zuma 's wives and children almost doubled in 2009-10, soaring to more than R15m from R8m ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Court Makes Costs Orders in Failed Pardons Case 2010-03-17
Johannesburg — THE Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that each party in the case between the 384 prisoners belonging to the Inkatha Freedom Party ...
Antiwar.com: Making Unneeded Enemies in Somalia 2010-03-17
Although the Clinton administration's debacle in Somalia in the early 1990s is most famous – as depicted in the Hollywood ...
ReliefWeb: Sudanese Journalists Learn How to Report on the Aftermath of War 2010-03-17
A specialist trainer from an Internews sister program in Kenya recently led a workshop for community radio reporters in the south of the country;
Peace fm Online: OPINION: 'Slow But Sure' Route To Destruction 2010-03-17
Countries such as Egypt, Sudan and Ghana, among others, had higher GDP (Gross Domestic Product) than many countries in Asia. But 50 years after self-rule ...
Sudan Tribune: Somali government, militia sign deal in the Ethiopian capital 2010-03-17
He promised a continued IGAD support to maintain peace in Somalia. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Dr. Jean Ping on his part said that the latest ...
Inter Press Service: Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat 2010-03-17
Government delegates from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger assembled to formulate a cohesive strategy to fight the extremist ...
Journal of Turkish Weekly: Turkish President Gul Attends Dinner Hosted by His Cameroonian Counterpart 2010-03-17
Turkey is eager to enhance its ties with African countries in several areas, he said. The peoples of Turkey and Cameroon would benefit from sound ...
African Press Agency: South Africa stages road show in Lagos on readiness to host World Cup 2010-03-17
APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The South African High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday staged a road show in Lagos to demonstrate the country's readiness ...
www.worldbulletin.net: Turkey, Cameroon sign visa deal, protocol 2010-03-17
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Turkey would keep providing humanitarian aids to Africa. President Gul, who is paying a formal visit ...
Mobile Africa: Zain launches award winning mobile commerce service 'Zap' in Ghana 2010-03-17
... Zain mobile operation to launch 'Zap' following the successful implementation of the service in Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
Ma'an News Agency: Israel army: Egyptian smuggler shot dead at border 2010-03-17
The vast majority of those killed are from sub-Saharan Africa, in particular from Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia, the UN says.
News24: Africa's child refugees 2010-03-17
News24 looks at the struggles of child refugees in Africa, a continent which has civilians fleeing their homes due to conflicts in various states.
Free Malaysia Today: Petronas caught in Sudan oil scandal 2010-03-17
The division of oil revenues is a sensitive issue in Sudan, Africa's largest country, which was torn by a 1983-2005 civil war in which nearly two milli ...
Pocket Gamer: Benoit Sokal's Last King of Africa coming to iPhone 2010-03-17
Last King of Africa, an adventure created by lauded Syberia mastermind BenoÃ®t Sokal, is coming to iPhone and iPod touch.
Liverpool Echo: England will flop at World Cup - Everton & South Africa's Steven Pienaar 2010-03-17
STEVEN PIENAAR has cranked up the psychological pressure on his team-mate and potential South Africa 2010 rival Leighton Baines by declaring that Engl ...
Reuters South Africa: Average price of top Kenyan tea edges higher 2010-03-17
Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries lent strong support while Egyptian Packers were active at lower levels, ATB said, adding that Sudan maintained ...
Reuters South Africa: Sahara states say agree joint action against Qaeda 2010-03-17
"We have reached a full consensus to tackle terrorism in the region," Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's Minister Delegate for African and Maghreb Affair ...
Reuters South Africa: Financiers urge reform to launch Africa power deals 2010-03-17
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Red tape and lack of well-structured projects, rather than external funding crimped by ...
Reuters South Africa: Sun goes down on Stoichkov's coaching job in South Africa 2010-03-17
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former European Footballer of the Year Hristo Stoichkov has resigned as coach of South African club Mamelodi Sundown ...
Reuters UK: Engaging the Afghan Taliban: a short history 2010-03-17
... the Taliban in the hope it would modify their behaviour, and that they would be persuaded to expel Osama bin Laden who had by then relocated from Sudan.
Chicago Daily Herald: Fifth graders study Africa, follow their teacher's trip to Nigeria 2010-03-17
Students in Brenna O'Hearn's fifth grade classroom at St. James School in Arlington Heights love to incorporate ...
Liberian Daily Observer: Cultural Policy in Liberia Part XV 2010-03-17
A station run by the Sudan Interior Mission, the Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), broadcasts on medium and short waves and reaches all parts of Liberia;
The News International: 'Africa should harness Chinese oil interest' 2010-03-17
Beijing also has been criticised for befriending pariah regimes in Sudan and Zimbabwe in a cynical bid to lock up supplies of resources needed to fuel ...
defpro: Pirates Release MV Theresa VIII Upon Ransom Exchange 2010-03-17
EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA's main tasks are to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the 'World Food Program' (WFP) and vessel ...
ISRIA: Cuba - Prague Dances to the Music of Los Van Van 2010-03-17
more The US Department of Defense Africa Command (AFRICOM) told both the western and eastern coasts continue to be troubled by piracy, specifically ...
Sudan Tribune: LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections 2010-03-17
Kony has since then instead continued with the cross-border international rebellion which affects Southern Sudan, DR Congo, Central Africa Republic and ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: City council to waive billboard fees 2010-03-17
He added that several countries had sent provisional entries including Nigeria, Benin, Ethiopia and Sudan among others. The championships are scheduled ...
Peninsula On-line: Total eyes Congo JV with Tullow Oil 2010-03-17
Among competitors for Congo's blocks is Divine Inspiration Group (DIG), part of a South African consortium that paid $4.5 million in signature bonuses ...
The Citizen Daily: State of nutrition 2010-03-17
Kenya and Uganda have already fortified cooking oil and flour. In Tanzania, millers are reportedly not allowed to fortify because standards have not been ...
Arirang News: Somali Pirates Release Tanker with North Korean Crew 2010-03-17
The vessel had been moved to the pirates' stronghold the coastal village of Harardhere in northern Somalia. The European Union naval force said they ...
Press TV: Somali pirates release chemical tanker, crew 2010-03-17
The vessel was released after they were paid a ransom of about $3.5 million, said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance ...
ShareCast: Hikma sees low teens sales growth in 2010 2010-03-17
Markets in Iraq, Sudan, Libya and Lebanon also performed well. Gross margins in 2010 are expected to be broadly in line with better levels seen in 2009.
Screen Africa: SA Premiere of Darfur 2010-03-17
ZenHQ's powerful drama about the conflict in Sudan, Darfur, will have its South African premiere at the Cape Winelands Film Festival on Thursday, 18 March.
Business Day: Coal of Africa stock falls on dismal interims 2010-03-17
COAL of Africa 's (CoAL's) losses widened significantly in the six months to December largely due to impairments, knocking the coal mining developer's sh ...
Tadias Magazine: The African Diaspora Marketplace Awards $1.4 Million in Matching Grants 2010-03-17
... Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.”
Zawya: Citadel Capital Reports Full-Year 2009 Results 2010-03-17
New investments in 2009 included Wafra (agriculture in Sudan, representing 2.2% of new investments), Rift Valley Railways (transportation in Kenya ...
Nazret.com: Approaching Reciprocity: The border issue as a symptom 2010-03-17
Sudan, Djibouti and Yemen do not need Eritrean port services, because all of them have their own access to the sea. In that regard, Eritrea has few opti ...
BusinessWeek: Bharti Said to Plan Agreement on $8.5 Billion Loan This Week 2010-03-17
15 that it entered exclusive talks to sell Bharti its African operations, excluding those in Morocco and Sudan, for $10.7 billion including assumed debt.
Las Vegas Sun: Somali official to residents: Flee battle zones 2010-03-17
Hundreds of heavily armed fighters from Somalia's most dangerous insurgent group, al-Shabab, moved through northern Mogadishu in 10 gun-mounted vehicle ...
Sudan Tribune: Chinese firm given land deal in Sudan 2010-03-17
ZTE is a technology company but it has invested agriculture in Sudan, Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa. Last June the company signed two memoranda ...
The Namibian: Quiet corruption hurting Africa 2010-03-17
NAIROBI – A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fuelling “quiet corruption” throughout Africa that ...
Novinite.com: Bulgaria's Stoichkov Resigns Coach Job in South Africa 2010-03-17
Legendary Bulgarian footballer Hristo Stoichkov has resigned as the coach of South African team Mamelodi Sundowns. Stoichkov is leaving offended because ...
Botswana Press Agency: Into Africa Safaris reduce wages, avoids retrenchment 2010-03-17
GABORONE - Into Africa Safaris reduced its employees wages by 25 per cent for some months in 2008/09. The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Mr Peter Siele ...
Gaea Times: Facebook Surpassed Google as the Number One Site for this week 2010-03-17
RWRCIII Goin to Africa! Social networking a must. mrreplay Replay OK PHPfox-Social Networking Software at its Best: With so many new social networking site ...
Business Intelligence Middle East: Citadel Capital strong rise in net asset value, revenues and profits in Middle ... 2010-03-17
New investments in 2009 included Wafra (agriculture in Sudan, representing 2.2% of new investments), Rift Valley Railways (transportation in Kenya ...
Times LIVE: DRC invites Belgian king to independence celebration 2010-03-17
The Democratic Republic of Congo has invited Belgium's King Albert II to visit its former star colony for its 50th independence anniversary.
Proactive Investors Australia: Gulf Resources: a burgeoning industrial minerals force in Africa 2010-03-17
"Our vermiculite operation and expansion project in Uganda combined with our emerging exploration and development projects in Kenya and Madagascar ...
MyNews.in: Algeria Summit States Should Urge End to Murders, Kidnappings 2010-03-17
The organization also called on foreign ministers from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, meeting today in Algeri ...
DimeWars: Oprah Winfrey Lambasted By Defamation Suit In South Africa 2010-03-17
Talk show host and all-around media mogul, Oprah Winfrey is currently under fire in South Africa from a head mistress who wants Oprah to pay up for defaming ...
Today's Zaman: GÃ¼l: Non-colonialist past an asset for Turkey in Africa 2010-03-17
GÃ¼l was speaking with Turkish journalists accompanying him during an official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Turkey has relationship ...
Las Vegas Sun: Somali government signs deal with powerful militia 2010-03-17
AP Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return ...
Salmon Arm Observer: Rapper returning to R & B 2010-03-17
As a child in Somalia, K'NAAN was witness to unbridled destruction and ruthless terror at the hands of merciless warlords. It was a place where nobody ...
Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA JSE follows world markets firmer 2010-03-17
The JSE opened firmer on Wednesday, in line with other world markets, as stocks were lifted by the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave rates unchanged ...
AFP: Sudan's capital sways to hip hop 2010-03-17
He spent his childhood fighting in his native southern Sudan before ending up in the care of a British aid worker who took him to Kenya when he was in h ...
New Era: Climate Change: Africa, Southern Africa and Namibia - by Dr Rigmar Osterkamp 2010-03-17
WINDHOEK - Monthly inflation went down four percentage points as prices for clothing, shoes and recreational related activities took a dive .
Sudan Tribune: Rats, cats, boats, and the President 2010-03-17
March 16, 2010 — I was in Juba when Government of South Sudan Presidential Candidate, Salva Kiir Mayardit, launched his election campaign ...
TODAY Newspaper: Polio immunization drive reaches 361154 children 2010-03-17
The campaign organized by the World Health Organization flagged off in Mali where the WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo flagged the campaign ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Kenya to host judo Championships 2010-03-17
... be done on the 27th of this month in Ruiru. Tanzania, Zanzibar, Burundi, Uganda and hosts Kenya are among the countries which have confirmed participation.
Media Update: A media first for Africa – Standard Bank Video Page Peel 2010-03-17
apurimac media in close collaboration with OMG; Standard Bank; and TEAMtalk media (publishers of www.Football365.co.za) recently created a unique Home Page ...
Microfinance Focus: An account of the Microfinance and New Technology summit in Marrakech 2010-03-17
Hans Verkoijen, CEO of Crystal Clear Software in Uganda, developers of Loan Performer Microfinance software, indicated that Technology is not an end ...
Global Voices Online: Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns 2010-03-17
The Daily Monitor reports two versions of the events: Police say many students had gathered at the Hostel for the final leg of the Guild election campaign ...
The Daily News of Newburyport: Thanks for having a heart for Africa 2010-03-17
On behalf of the Small Solutions team, I extend our heartfelt thanks to all the Newburyport restaurants and businesses that contributed to Have a Heart ...
Dispatch Online: Talent abounds in pools 2010-03-17
They are the KwaZulu-Natal duo of Chad le Clos and Murray McDougall, and Dylan Bosch from Gauteng. All have been in scintillating form, putting in time ...
News24: N African states meet on terror 2010-03-17
An al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), along with other criminal groups, has exploited the vast spaces of the Sahar ...
NTDTV: Somali Pirates Release Tanker 2010-03-17
Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance Program says the vessel was released after a ransom of about US$3.5 million was paid.
Ethiopian News Journal: India to establish 19 institutions to help Africa 2010-03-17
March 17, 2010 (Ethjo) - The Indian government has said it will establish 19 in stitutions to develop human resources and capacities in Africa.
Helena Independent Record: Around the world in 7 years 2010-03-17
“There were several runners from Kenya there, who took the top places,” she said. “They travel around the world winning money to support their families ...
Manila Bulletin: South Africa's budget airline doles out humor to entice passengers 2010-03-17
''Please be aware that when you enter the terminal building you will be strip-searched for dangerous weapons. Don't worry. If you don't have any ...
Yahoo! Eurosport: South Africa fear Smith KO 2010-03-17
Fears are growing in South Africa that captain Graeme Smith could miss the World Twenty20 tournament in West Indies due to a finger injury.
Bizcommunity.com: Africa: less than 1 million country domain sites - survey 2010-03-17
The latest revelation that Africa has less than 1 million country domain websites is a sign that the continent still favours priorities such as poverty ...
Bella Naija: The stars come out to play! MTV Base Africa celebrates its 5th Anniversary ... 2010-03-17
By Nolita On Friday 12th March 2010, MTV Base Africa celebrated its 5th Anniversary. The channel which launched in 2005 has played a crucial role in ...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly: Sangqu joins Xstrata as director of S Africa operations 2010-03-17
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Diversified miner Xstrata has appointed Andile Sangqu as executive director of its South African operati ...
NEXT: Police seal off National Assembly from youth protesters 2010-03-17
You can't go to Congo or Gabon to do that. Go on with one Nigeria! kool as our representatives are now afraid of the leaders of 2morow, nawa oh God dey bcoz ...
Israel Diamond Portal: IMF diamond smuggling Africa 2010-03-17
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it would be launching a technical assistance project in Africa, meant to help countries whose GDP ...
Mareeg: Somalia: Worst humanitarian crises face IDPS 2010-03-17
... March this year when fierce fighting between Islamist insurgents and government soldiers backed by African Union troops fought the area near his house.

2010-03-16: Headlines

BusinessWeek: Intel Venture Arm to Boost Africa, Middle East Deals 2010-03-16
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- The European division of Intel Corp.'s venture capital arm may double the share of its investments in Afric ...
BusinessWeek: South Africa Consumer Confidence Jumps to 3-Year High 2010-03-16
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- South African consumer confidence climbed to its highest level in three years as the economy's recovery from ...
BusinessWeek: S. Africa Awaits Verdict on Wheat Imports, Beeld Says (Correct) 2010-03-16
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- South African Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies must make any final decision on tariffs on wheat imports ...
CNN: EU: Pirates release ship after ransom paid 2010-03-16
(CNN) -- A ship held captive by pirates in the Indian Ocean since November was released Tuesday after a ransom was paid, the EU's Naval Force Somali ...
MWC News: America's Secret Prisons 2010-03-16
... revealed Eastern European detentions, prisoners were allegedly moved from Europe to other undisclosed black sites, possibly in war zones or Africa.
AllAfrica.com: Uganda: LRA Rebel Chief Not in Darfur-Sudan Army 2010-03-16
... LRA fighters have been moving around the jungles of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, south Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: BRT Rides Along Amid Taxi Strike 2010-03-16
Pretoria — The situation in Joburg and the surrounding areas is calm with the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system operating normally despite the continued strike ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Zuma to Embark On Zimbabwe Working Visit 2010-03-16
Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma will later today undertake a working visit to Zimbabwe to assess the progress made in the implementation of that country' ...
AllAfrica.com: Cameroon: Atilay Ersan - «A Good Augur For Better Days Ahead» 2010-03-16
President Abdullah GÃ¼l is on a whirlwind tour of Africa. What are the specific objectives of this visit? I would first of all like to thank Cameroon Tribune ...
AllAfrica.com: Africa: CAN Begin 2010 - Lionesses Begin Preparation 2010-03-16
In view of the upcoming qualifiers for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in female football, some 32 players of the national female selection have been called ...
AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Kabogo Calls for Scrutiny of Juja Votes 2010-03-16
Mr Kabogo told an election court that the accuracy of the results announced after the December 2007 polls was unknown. The application was, ...
AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Annoying Games with Draft Law 2010-03-16
Wags reckon that we are seeing a repeat of the infamous delayed election results of 2007; that the tribal arithmetic implied by the census is unfavourable ...
AllAfrica.com: Tanzania: Okwi, Nyosso Out of Lengthens Tie 2010-03-16
Dar Es Salaam — THE newly-crowned premier league champions, Simba depart this morning for Harare, Zimbabwe, ahead of their Confederation Cup first round ...
AllAfrica.com: The Nation (Nairobi) 2010-03-16
I found out that NMG has always had ambitions of streching its reach in the East African region in general and Uganda in particilar.
AllAfrica.com: Kenya: WB Approves Sh2 Billion Grant for Kenya Farmers 2010-03-16
... June 2009 for Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Kenya has experienced significant food shortfalls due to the impact of the 2008 post-election cri ...
AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Split Town into Three Voting Areas, Says MP 2010-03-16
... in the past two years as a result of an influx of people who fled Eldoret, Kisumu, Timboroa, Koibatek, and Kericho during the post-election violence.
AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Weaker Ugandan Shilling Poses Threat to Exports 2010-03-16
"The weakening of the Ugandan shilling makes products made in Uganda slightly cheaper compared to those made in Kenya," Mr Vimal Shah, the managing direct ...
AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Zaramba Bows Out of Health Ministry 2010-03-16
Kampala — Dr Kenya Nathan Mugisha, the director of clinical and community health services in the Ministry of Health, has been appointed acting permanent ...
AllAfrica.com: Uganda: 'Oil Money for Roads, Science' 2010-03-16
"If donors want to help Africa, why don't they fund railways linking East African with the DR Congo and Southern Sudan?" He said the Government would fund ...
AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Three Die in Jinja Road Accident 2010-03-16
Jinja — At least three people died instantly and scores were injured on Tuesday morning in a road accident along the Jinja-Iganga highway when a Keny ...
AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Technology Can Help Boost Regional Unity 2010-03-16
All the five EAC member countries, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are all creations of the gunpowder technology.
AllAfrica.com: Africa: Turkey, A Giant In Its Own Right 2010-03-16
Talk of Turkey and numerous high school students in Cameroon quickly link it to the exploits of Mustafa Kemal aka AtatÃ¼rk, the father of modern Turkey ...
CounterCurrents.org: American Democracy: No More Illusions 2010-03-16
Is it really a surprise then, when the uber slick, but ultimately jejune Senator Scott Brown was able to win election in the blue sea of Massachusetts!
The Guardian: Kenya's constitutional headache 2010-03-16
Soon after the 2007 general election, a constitution-making body, the Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review, was constituted to work on ways ...
Real News Network: Bush and Africa's baby boom 2010-03-16
In some countries that received substantial PEPFAR funding, such as Uganda and Kenya, health surveys have found that fertility rates remained constant ...
IRINnews.org: DRC: Bicycles needed to fight "tied legs" syndrome 2010-03-16
KINSHASA, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for funds to combat a tropical disease associated ...
AlterNet: The rights of a gay person are human rights. 2010-03-16
Gay rights activism has reached a point of no return even in Africa, events in Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, and Mtwapa notwithstanding.
Common Dreams: Despite Recession, Global Arms Race Spirals 2010-03-16
The countries of northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia) are also continuing to put more and more money into defence investment.
Peace fm Online: Somali Sufi Group Joins Government To Fight Al-Shabab 2010-03-16
A powerful Sufi Muslim group has joined Somalia's government to tackle the al-Qaeda-inspired al-Shabab insurgents who control large parts of the country.
BBC News: Kenya theft linked to riot probe 2010-03-16
Thieves have stolen computers from a Kenyan charity helping with an inquiry into election-related violence. Ndung'u Wainaina, of the International Centre ...
BBC News: Somali pirates free chemical tanker and N Korea crew 2010-03-16
International naval patrols have failed to stop attacks on shipping, although the French navy said it captured 35 suspected pirates off Somalia's coast ...
CBBC Newsround: David Beckham is out of the South Africa World Cup 2010-03-16
David Beckham's had a successful operation to fix his injured foot - but doctors reckon he won't be fit in time to play in the World Cup.
BBC News: Simba to play in Champions League 2010-03-16
Under Zambian coach Patrick Phiri, Simba can now focus on the African Confederation Cup where they face Lengthens of Zimbabwe in the first leg in Har ...
Citywire.co.uk: Africa Invest bids to rescue business with £6 million rights issue 2010-03-16
The board of the Africa Invest fund has proposed a £6 million rights issue in a bid to save Jon Maguire's former ...
Interactive Investor: BRIEF-Foster Wheeler wins EPCm contract for Sasol project in South Africa 2010-03-16
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The Zimbabwean: US award for Mukoko 2010-03-16
Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko was among nine women human rights defenders who were last week awarded the US Secretary of State's 2010 ...
IBTimes: Coal of Africa pre-tax losses rise 2010-03-16
Coal of Africa posts a full year pre-tax loss from continuing operations of A$38.7m - up from A$1.3m in 2008. The after-tax loss for the year to the end ...
Interactive Investor: Senegal holds former boss of telco watchdog 2010-03-16
(Reporting by Diadie Ba; writing by Mark John; Editing by Andrew Callus) (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issue ...
Interactive Investor: S.Africa ratings safe while policy intact -Moody's 2010-03-16
By Phumza Macanda JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's credit ratings look safe for the medium term, Moody's said on Tuesday, though they might ...
Travolution: Destinology launches South Africa mini-site 2010-03-16
Luxury operator Destinology has launched a website to raise awareness of holiday options to South Africa to coincide with the Fifa World Cup.
London South East: African Markets - Factors to watch on March 16 2010-03-16
Kenyan parliament due to start debating a draft constitution. * Nigerian Stock Exchange Director-General to give keynote speech at Thomson Reuters event.
Nouse: Presidents from the past 2010-03-16
Croker has recently moved to the Africa and Middle East Consular Department of the FCO and hopes to be posted to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya or Zimbabwe ...
Inter Press Service: AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says 2010-03-16
WASHINGTON, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) - Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten ...
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: IGAD SAYS AIDS IS A MAJOR THREAT TO AFRICA 2010-03-16
The programme, which was launched in 2007 in Kampala, Uganda, is funded by the World Bank and is aimed at reducing HIV infection and mitigating ...
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: KENYA ASKS EU TO CONDUCT MID-TERM REVIEW OF REGIONAL STRATEGY PAPER 2010-03-16
This will enable Kenya's development partners to encompass the recent developments both locally and internationally that require a re-organization of ...
Reuters AlertNet: Refugee camp is icon of past and present African crises 2010-03-16
Children play in stagnant waters at Kakuma Refugee camp, which houses over 60000 refugees in northwestern Kenya March 2, 2010.
Reuters: RPT-UPDATE 1-Egypt's Citadel Capital posts 2009 net of $38.6 mln 2010-03-16
New investments in 2009 included the Wafra agriculture project in Sudan, a stake in the Rift Valley Railways in Kenya and Uganda and the Tawazon solid waste ...
Reuters South Africa: S.Africa cbank: challenge from small group of s'holders 2010-03-16
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank faces a challenge driven by a small group of shareholders trying to make profit at the expense of ...
Reuters South Africa: S.Africa land nationalisation threat to investment 2010-03-16
By Muchena Zigomo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's plan to nationalise all farmland and limit the amount of land owned by farmers will seriously harm ...
Reuters South Africa: S.Africa consumer confidence jumps: FNB/BER survey 2010-03-16
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Confidence among South African consumers jumped sharply in the first months of 2010, a survey showed on Tuesday ...
Reuters South Africa: Smith back in S.Africa's ODI squad for West Indies trip 2010-03-16
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa have recalled captain Graeme Smith to their one-day squad for the tour of West Indies in May and June.
Reuters South Africa: Somali pirates free chemical tanker, official says 2010-03-16
Somali sea gangs have plagued the busy shipping lanes off Somalia for several years earning ransoms worth millions of dollars from most vessels captured.
Reuters India: Egypt's Citadel Capital posts 2009 net of $38.6 mln 2010-03-16
... stock exchange in November, invests mainly in the Middle East and east Africa. New investments in 2009 included the Wafra agriculture project in Sud ...
Washington Post: GOP to force vote on 'deem and pass' strategy 2010-03-16
SOMEWHERE IN KENYA, A VILLAGE IS MISSING ITS IDIOT Ah, yes. This is the caliber of the opposition. Just do us a favor and stop being a closet racist.
NatGeo News Watch: Water harvested from clouds in rural South Africa 2010-03-16
In the past, if the children of Tshanowa junior primary school in Venda, South Africa, wanted a sip of water at school, they had to bring it from home ...
Journal of Turkish Weekly: President of Democratic Republic of Congo Kabila Pays Farewell Visit ... 2010-03-16
KINSHASA (AA) - President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, paid a farewell visit to the Turkish President Abdullah Gul who will proceed ...
Uganda Online: Makerere Students on Strike after 2 Killed 2010-03-16
Students at Makerere University are paralyzing areas around Wandegeya after two Kenyan students were killed by a guard at God is Able hostel at Makerere ...
Journal of Turkish Weekly: Cameroon's President Welcomes Turkish President 2010-03-16
Earlier in the day, Gul had completed his meetings in Democratic Republic of Congo, and proceeded to Cameroon. Turkish state ministers Faruk Nafiz Ozak ...
www.worldbulletin.net: Visa issue major obstacle to Turkey-Africa ties, official says 2010-03-16
Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board organized meetings for Turkish and African businesspeople in Istanbul on Tuesday. Chief Coordinator of ...
Catholic Weekly: The Church needs them - Sunday 2010-03-16
In South Sudan thousands of Christians, persecuted by the Muslims from the North, are killed. The followers of Muhammad want to change the Christian state ...
The News International: South Africa braces for protests during World Cup 2010-03-16
JOHANNESBURG: South African protesters could take to the streets during the football World Cup, but authorities will not tolerate any violence ...
Somaliweyn: Somalia: UN envoy welcomes peace pact between Somali Government and rebel group 2010-03-16
Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS)
Africa Science News Service: Africa Rural Connect Kicks Off 2010 Ideas Competition 2010-03-16
After successful first year, National Peace Corps Association program to help rural Africa launches its second annual contest to generate online discussion.
Ennahar: Terrorism: 7 countries to consult in Algiers on security in the Sahel 2010-03-16
security and peace is a prerequisite for development" of the Sahel-Saharan Africa and "that terrorism and its alliances with organized crime are real ...
RedOrbit: African Ivory Still Making Its Way To Asia 2010-03-16
The ban started in 2008, after South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe had a one-time sale of their ivory stockpile to Japan and China.
Daily Nation: Kenyan students shot dead in Makerere riots 2010-03-16
The campaigns for the University's student's presidency has attracted candidates from all leading parties in Uganda with two Kenyans also battling it out ...
Emerging Markets: Kenya's biggest retail store by turnover, Nakumatt, buys four Woolmatt stores - ISI 2010-03-16
Nakumatt has 19 stores in Kenya and one each in Uganda and Rwanda and plans to eventually list its shares on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
Daily Nation: Karatekas set sights on Kampala 2010-03-16
Joyce Juma (right) of Kenya Utalii strikes Caroline Nduta of Prisons during the Kenya Open Karate Championship at the Kenya Prisons Training College, Ruiru ...
Channel News Asia: China working to rescue Cameroon kidnap victims 2010-03-16
Separate figures for workers in Africa were not available. In October 2008, nine Chinese oil workers were kidnapped in Sudan. Five of them were killed ...
NTDTV: French Aid Workers Freed in Darfur 2010-03-16
Two kidnapped French aid workers were released in Sudan's Darfur region after 100 days of captivity. Released hostage Olivier Denis of the Triangle aid ...
Business Day: 'Quiet corruption' scourge of poor 2010-03-16
They showed that life expectancy in the country fell by eight years between 1985 and 2005 — in Zimbabwe, it plunged by more than 18 years.
Emirates News Agency: Ministry of Health Begins Workshop on Applications '&' Implementations ... - WAM 2010-03-16
... Oman, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Algeria and South Africa.
Politicsweb: Quiet corruption of non-delivery pervasive in Africa - World Bank 2010-03-16
WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2010 -"Quiet corruption" - the failure of public servants to deliver goods or services paid for by governments - is pervasive ...
Troy Media Corporation: Better a broken UN than no UN at all 2010-03-16
Similarly, the UN has been severely criticised for its failure to intervene in the Second Congo War, the 1995 Srebrenica (Bosnia) massacre, failure to help ...
VSO International: Young Christian teaches prisoners in Sierra Leone 2010-03-16
The Christian has also supplied over 60000 books and other educational materials to Kenya and Uganda, where he helped refurbish health centre ...
People's Daily Online: Chemical tanker set free by Somali pirates 2010-03-16
Hijackings off the coast of East Africa are a cause of growing international concern, spurring a number of international navies to patrol the pirate-wracked ...
Business Report: BP divestment in Southern Africa 'a massive blow' 2010-03-16
The fact that BP is planning to divest from downstream assets in Southern Africa "has serious consequences for our neck of the woods," according to ...
Hotel News Now: STR Global: Middle East/Africa hotel pipeline for Feb. 2010 2010-03-16
LONDON—The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline includes 457 hotels comprising 124142 rooms, according to the February 2010 STR Global Constructi ...
The Bostwana Gazette: Zebras fail to shine again 2010-03-16
If the performance of the Zebras is anything to go by, then it is going to be extremely hard to beat the unknown, underrated and lowly ranked Chad in ...
Zambian Watchdog: Glencore Energy wins $1 bln Zambia oil supply deal 2010-03-16
I see Frank Bwalya as a prototype of northern Uganda's sect leader John Koni now holed up in Central Africa. But unfortunately for these counterfe ...
Kaiser Family Foundation: Intergovernmental Committee Meeting Focuses On E. Africa Food Security 2010-03-16
Experts meeting at the 14th Intergovernmental Committee meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, which kicked off on Sunday, are focusing on food security in East Afric ...
Plus News: AFRICA: Mapping truckers' route to the health centre 2010-03-16
NAIROBI/DAR ES SALAAM, 16 March 2010 (PlusNews) - New maps pin-pointing the exact location of “wellness centres” in sub-Saharan Africa are improving truck ...
Sierra Express Media: Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa 2010-03-16
“In 25 years, Africa will be blank of brain.“ That is a dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
AngolaPress: Political motive seen in Sudan murder - police 2010-03-16
South Sudan's democratic credentials will be scrutinised during the elections as it may become Africa's newest state in 2011 when southerners choose whether ...
Modern Ghana: Congrats:Ameyaw Debrah Appointed As Coptic's Manager For Ghana/Africa 2010-03-16
By ghanacelebrities.com - Ghana Celebrities Ghanaian celebrity/showbiz reporter and publicist, Ameyaw Debrah has taken up a new job of managing Billboard ...
Online PR News: New Website Hosting, Website Design and Domain Registration Services in South ... 2010-03-16
In Mediations.co.za now you can find excellent website hosting and design solutions for beginners and professionals, as well as many other related service ...
NTDTV: Somali Government Signs Framework with Militia 2010-03-16
Somalia has a rich Sufi tradition going back more than five centuries. Sufis have been angered by the desecration of graves, the beheading of cleric ...
Africasia: Spousal budget doubled for S.Africa's polygamous Zuma 2010-03-16
South Africa nearly doubled its presidential spousal budget after polygamous leader Jacob Zuma took office with three wives and 20 children, a minister ...
Ratio Magazine: Tanzania Country Brief: February 2010 2010-03-16
However, as also seen in the case of Uganda, a wholesale withdrawal of aid funding is unlikely. On the flipside, under the settlement of the BAE System ...
The Richmark Sentinel: Pirates Thrive Even As EU Navy Makes Inroads 2010-03-16
Observes are united in the view that piracy will not be effectively contained as long as Somalia remains a state wracked by internal conflict and ...
Golf Channel: Bunker Shots: Tiger news looms large, South Africa looks to repeat 2010-03-16
Blasting into the week ahead with Tiger's potential D-Day awaiting and South Africa's quest for a double-double . . . Tiger Woods isn't playing ...
just-drinks.com: SOUTH AFRICA: Winelands in the dark over mining threat 2010-03-16
Confusion reigns in South Africa's winelands, over claims that the country's African Exploration and Mining Finance Corp (AEMFC) has withdrawn ...
Cameroon Radio Television: Abdullah GÃ¼l in Cameroon: A great retrouvaille with President Paul Biya 2010-03-16
The plane belonging to Turkish Airlines Company left the Democratic Republic of Congo where the President of Turkey had just ended a 72 hour visit.
Times LIVE: Jessica Alba enjoyed her visit to South Africa 2010-03-16
Jessica Alba working with children of Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Pic By Alon Skuy The dotting mother of a 20-months-old daughter ...
The Richmark Sentinel: Artists mobilise against Crime in South Africa 2010-03-16
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal.Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: No ferry charges for commuters says PM 2010-03-16
On Matuga Raila said the party will marshal its troop to campaign for party flag bearer Hassan Mwanyoa a head of yet announced by election.
The Citizen Daily: Silent corruption causes huge losses 2010-03-16
A 2004 report found that 20 per cent of teachers in rural western Kenya primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Ug ...
AFP: North African states meet on Qaeda terror threat 2010-03-16
An Al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), along with other criminal groups, has exploited the vast spaces of the Sahar ...
The Africa Report: S.Africa ratings safe while policy intact: Moody's 2010-03-16
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Orissadiary.com: Knowledge and access to new technologies are key to India-Africa partnership 2010-03-16
New Delhi: Access to knowledge and latest advancements in science and technology will determine the quality and sustainability of India-Africa partnerships.
CNN International: African teen king lives dual life 2010-03-16
So was the post-election violence in neighboring Kenya that left more than 1000 dead in 2008. In Uganda, the central government outlawed kingdoms in 1967 ...
Yahoo! Eurosport: World Cup 2010 - Lescott targets South Africa 2010-03-16
Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott has twin ambitions going into the final phase of the season - to help the club secure a top four finish and in ...
ITWeb: Epson, Sizwe Africa IT Group partner 2010-03-16
By Staff writer, ITWeb Epson has partnered with local technology service provider Sizwe Africa IT Group to strengthen its presence in SA's corporate market.
Sierra Express Media: Ambassador Bangali requests Diamond Campus in West Africa 2010-03-16
Sierra Leone's ace envoy to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) recently made a humble ...
DefenceWeb: Ã¢€œQuiet CorruptionÃ¢€ undermining development in Africa: World Bank 2010-03-16
... a 2004 research report that found that 20% of teachers in rural western Kenyan primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Ug ...
ScienceBlogs: Tutu on Anti-Gay Persecution in Africa 2010-03-16
Ed Brayton is a participant in the Center for Independent Media New Journalism Program. However, all of the statements, opinions, policie ...
ThisDay: President Kikwete nudges EAC on railway modernisation 2010-03-16
The British colonial government built the line running from Mombasa port in Kenya to Kampala, Uganda, between 1896 and 1931. That's why the president ...
Leadership Magazine: Democracy at a crossroads 2010-03-16
In Britain, the US, France, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya – the list goes on and on. Small wonder that the public is disillusioned ...
Business Mirror: NAM opposes foreign aggression 2010-03-16
NAM member-countries sending deputy ministers are Bahrain, Cameroon, Cuba, Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Maldive ...
Business Daily Africa: Top rugby teams battle it out for finals slot in Kenya Cup 2010-03-16
Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO By EMMANUEL WERE (email the author) The country's top four rugby teams go into the penultimate round of Kenya Cup, seeking to secure ...
The Citizen Daily: Bouyant Simba off to face Zimbabweans 2010-03-16
A contingent of 25 people of the newly crowned Vodacom champions, Simba Sports Club leaves today for Zimbabwe ahead of their Afric ...
Javno.hr: Kenya vote violence data stolen 2010-03-16
"We have been doing some work for the ICC ... and we do a lot of engagement around the post-election violence issues..," said Ndung'u Wa ...
The Herald: Nemadire, Sibanda out Cheetahs squad 2010-03-16
Zimbabwe will play in Group F in the Hong Kong tournament where they will face defending IRB Sevens Series champions South Africa, Kenya and Korea.
New Vision: Minister commends private clinics 2010-03-16
Mallinga made the remarks last week while commissioning Uganda Martyrs Hospital Namugongo in Wakiso district. He said there was no need for Ugandans to fly ...
Lloyd's List: Somali pirates free Theresa VIII 2010-03-16
SOMALI pirates have today released a hijacked chemical tanker with a crew of 28 held for five months, a statement from EU Navfor has confirmed.
New Vision: Bamburi injects sh275m in rugby 2010-03-16
The super series is a competition that brings together teams from Kenya, Tanzania and hosts Uganda. This year's edition will run from April 24-May 22.
Ghana News: Zain Ghana introduces Zap mobile money service 2010-03-16
The award winning service has helped to improve business transactions in some African countries, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Niger and Sierr ...
IDEX Online: IMF to Battle Diamond and Gold Money Laundering in Africa 2010-03-16
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a technical assistance project to help countries where precious mineral exports account for a high share ...
THISDAY: World Bank Laments Quiet Corruption in Africa 2010-03-16
... 20 percent of teachers in rural western Kenyan primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Uganda, two surveys found teacher ...
Vancouver Sun: Cost of 'quiet corruption' is huge in developing world 2010-03-16
In Kenya and Uganda, 20 to 27 per cent of teachers couldn't be found during school hours. - In West Africa, 43 per cent of the fertilizers sold in the 1990 ...
New Vision: Police should fight power thefts 2010-03-16
Power losses in Uganda are among the highest in the region and the world. They stand at 35%, of which 19% are connected with theft. In comparison, losses ...
The Swazi Observer: Sam Mtukudzi dies in car crash 2010-03-16
This was confirmed by his family, when narrating the ordeal to New Zimbabwe.com yesterday. Saxophonist Sam, who was due to join his father on a tour of ...
AFP: Somali pirates free vessel with N.Korean crew 2010-03-16
The ship had been moved between the pirates' stronghold coastal villages of Garaad and Harardhere in northern Somalia. Its captain, whose nationality w ...
CNN International: Race against time for South Africa's World Cup organizers 2010-03-16
By Nkepile Mabuse, CNN Editor's note: Watch CNN's latest South Africa 2010 show on March 19, see Fact Box below for full details.
Capital FM: Kenyan NGO burgled 2010-03-16
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 16 - Police on Tuesday said they are investigating the theft of computers that officials of a local human right ...
New Vision: Fatal shooting sparks riots at Makerere 2010-03-16
By Francis Kagolo, Andante MAKERERE University students, mainly from Kenya, yesterday rioted after their two colleagues were shot dead at a hostel on ...
Africasia: Africa should harness Chinese oil-interest: analyst 2010-03-16
Beijing also has been criticised for befriending pariah regimes in Sudan and Zimbabwe in a cynical bid to lock up supplies of resources needed to fuel ...
ITWeb: Clean the horizon, save money: use tower sharing 2010-03-16
Remarkable disparity between countries exists: South Africa almost reaching 100%, whereas countries like Zimbabwe and Malawi are below 20% of mobile density ...
RTT News: Somali Pirates Release Chemical Tanker And Crew After 4-Month Ordeal 2010-03-16
Piracy is rampant in war-ravaged Somalia which has not had a functioning government since 1991 with youngsters attracted to it by the prospect of easy money ...
Before It's News: Pirates Release Chemical Tanker off Somalia 2010-03-16
EU NAVFOR, which had not been asked to assist in this case, also confirmed the release as did the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.
TransWorldNews: Somali Pirates Release Chemical Tanker and North Korean Crew 2010-03-16
Despite efforts from the international community to stop such attacks Somali pirates have continued to seize ships sailing off the Horn of Africa and ...
Medscape: A Clear and Present Danger: Tick-borne Diseases in Europe 2010-03-16
Epidemiologic and clinical features of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southern Africa. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 36(1),120–132 (1987). Duh D, Saksida ...
The Associated Press: Somali pirates free North Korean chemical tanker 2010-03-16
Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia's lawless shores.
Augusta Free Press: Cuccinelli: 'We gotta have proof' that Obama is US citizen 2010-03-16
Later in the exchange, Cuccinelli says it is not “beyond the realm of possibility” that Obama was born in Kenya, as has been suggested consistently ...
The Citizen Daily: Kenya group plans to buy BP property 2010-03-16
The company has marketing operations in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.Early this month, BP Africa's chief executive ...
AfricaNews: More Burundians obtain Tanzanian citizenship 2010-03-16
African inventors wanted at Maker Faire15/03Maker Faire Africa is looking for makers across Africa for the upcoming event in Nairobi, Kenya. Uganda accuse ...
Sify: India, Africa push for bigger global voice, focus on skill sharing 2010-03-16
The curtains came down on the two-day India-Africa business conclave here Tuesday, with the two sides pitching for greater collaboration in knowledge ...
Tunisia Online News: Tunisia to host pan- African postal conference “Technopost Africa 2010” 2010-03-16
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- From March 16 to 18, Tunisia will host the works of the Pan-African Technology Conference on the “Role of Information and Communicati ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: 2 kenyan students shot dead in Kampala 2010-03-16
The campaigns for the MUK guild presidency has attracted candidates from all leading parties in Uganda with two Kenyans also battling it out for supremacy ...
Advocate.com: UNAIDS Head Worried by Rising Antigay Tide 2010-03-16
In countries such as China, Kenya, and Malawi, said SidibÃ©, around 33% of new HIV infections occur in men who have sex with men. He said that in the United ...
Proactive Investors USA & Canada: West Africa's significance as a gold producing region is rising 2010-03-16
A new report from Ambrian, West African Gold Sector: Growth and Merger Opportunities, highlights the increasing ...
Africa Intelligence: Tokyo Offers South a Pipeline 2010-03-16
Sudan is one of the African countries receiving the most assistance from Japan, getting USD 162 million in 2009. But Japan's footprint in Africa is still ...
The Africa Report: Eric Wainaina sets Nairobi on “Faya” 2010-03-16
Kenya is still recovering from the bloodletting that followed a disputed election in December 2007. Around 1300 people were killed and some 300000 people ...
Walta Information Center: Experts meet over looming water crisis in Africa 2010-03-16
Tension has been rising between Egypt and Sudan, on the one hand, and other Nile basin countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Keny ...
Cameroon Radio Television: Diplomacy: Abdullah GÃ¼l begins 48 hour working visit to Cameroon 2010-03-16
The President of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah GÃ¼l comes to Cameroon for a two day official visit on the invitation of Cameroon's Head of State ...
Syracuse.com: Status of Women: Links between women's progress and human progress are clear - The Post-Standard 2010-03-16
Njogu helped pass Kenya's Sexual Offences Act, and she continues to expose corruption and advocate for women, even after enduring arrests and beatings.
Economist: While stocks last 2010-03-16
Most recently, in 2008, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were allowed to make such sales to China and Japan. Now, as the triennial CITES meeting ...
The Canadian Press: Algeria calls for increased border co-operation to help fight terrorism acro ... 2010-03-16
In a meeting Tuesday with representatives of Libya, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso, Medelci called the threat posed by terror groups ...
GiveMeFootball.com: David Beckham still has role to play in South Africa, says Gordon Taylor 2010-03-16
PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor supports the view that David Beckham should still have a role to play at the World Cup final ...
Capital FM: Nakumatt opens hyperstore in Eldoret 2010-03-16
With a total of 25 operational outlets in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, Nakumatt Holdings now has nine hypermarkets, 14 supermarkets and 2 convenience stores.
Episcopal-Life: Zimbabwe Anglican Jestina Mukoko honored by US Department of State for hum ... 2010-03-16
"In the election-related violence that blanketed Zimbabwe in mid-2008, women often suffered particularly harsh abuse at the hands of security agents ...
New Vision: Slain Makerere students identified as Kenyan 2010-03-16
Among the contestants is a Kenyan National. Mulago hospital spokesperson Elphaz Sekabira says a third student is in critical condition.
Business Daily Africa: World Bank faults absentee teachers 2010-03-16
Studies show that students in Kenya and whole of Africa have been losing as some teachers stay away from school without permission.
The Lacombe Globe: Local bovine will provide a big benefit overseas 2010-03-16
The money raised from the donated bovine will help further the mission of ending hunger in countries like Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nicaragu ...
Daily Monitor: Lakes George and Kyoga to be closed 2010-03-16
... how the closure would be implemented, the State Minister for Fisheries, Mr Fred Mukisa, said the ban would help revamp the fishing industry in Uganda.

2010-03-15: Headlines

Bloomberg: South Africa's Malema Found Guilty of Hate Speech, SAPA Says 2010-03-15
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- A South African court found Julius Malema, the head of the ruling African National Congress's youth league ...
Autochannel: Volkswagen Unveils New Polo Vivo in South Africa 2010-03-15
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 15 March, 2010 -- For the last 25 years the entry ticket to the Volkswagen brand was the much loved Citi Golf which retired ...
BusinessWeek: Nigeria, Tanzania: Sub-Saharan Africa Bond, Currency Preview 2010-03-15
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today.
Marketwire: Mwana Africa PLC: Application to Cease to Be a Reporting Issuer in Canada 2010-03-15
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Mwana Africa PLC ("Mwana") (AIM:MWA) today announced that it has applied to the securitie ...
BusinessWeek: Astral, BHP, First Uranium, Hosken: South Africa Equity Preview 2010-03-15
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa.
ReliefWeb: Sudan reopens railway line to Wau 2010-03-15
"This is our special gift to the people of Wau in particular and to the people of Southern Sudan in general." For his part, GoSS President Kiir declared h ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Presidency Mourns Passing of Struggle Icon 2010-03-15
Pretoria — The Presidency has sent condolences to the family and friends of anti-apartheid struggle icon Professor Fatima Meer who passed away on Friday.
AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Mercedes-Benz SA to Expand Bus Sales 2010-03-15
The targeted markets include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mauritius, as well as Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Warriors in Flying Start 2010-03-15
Meanwhile, CHAN holders DR Congo began the defence of their title with an impressive 2-1 qualifying win over Gabon in Libreville on Saturday.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: SA Drops Further Down Gold Producer Rankings 2010-03-15
Johannesburg — A 5,8% drop in production last year saw SA slip further down the global rankings to be the fourth- largest gold producer in the world ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Govt Urges Unions Not to Use 2010 As Leverage 2010-03-15
Durban — The South African government has appealed to trade unions not to use the 2010 FIFA World Cup as leverage should a strike within the health sect ...
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: NW Hands Over 200 Houses to Deprived Families 2010-03-15
Pretoria — The North West Human and Settlement Department has handed over 200 houses to deprived families in Mogwase in the Moses Kotane Municipality.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Allegations to Honour Zuma's Wife Dismissed 2010-03-15
Pretoria — Reports that the Sedibeng municipality plans to honour President Jacob Zuma's first wife Sizakele Khumalo are false, says the Presidency.
AllAfrica.com: South Africa: President Jacob Zuma to Undertake Visit to Zimbabwe 2010-03-15
President Jacob Zuma will travel to Harare, Zimbabwe on 16-18 March 2010 to meet with political parties that are signatories of the Global Political ...
AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: SADC Regional Bourse Harmonisation On Course 2010-03-15
Harare — THE Committee of Sadc Stock Exchanges has stepped up efforts to harmonise regional listings, which will enable investors to trade stocks across ...
Radio Netherlands: French hostages freed in Darfur 2010-03-15
The resistance group Freedom Eagles of Africa has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The group is fighting against France's political interference ...
BBC News: Darfur rebel row jeopardises Sudan peace deal 2010-03-15
A row between Darfur rebel groups has thrown into doubt a peace deal between the rebels and Sudan's government. One rebel group signed a preliminary deal ...
Reuters South Africa: Two French aid workers held in CAR released 2010-03-15
Olivier Denis and Olivier Frappe were seized in the town of Birao on the border with Chad and Sudan on November 22, while working for the French aid ...
Reuters South Africa: S.Korea utilities seek S.Africa coal for Q2,Q3-KOSEP 2010-03-15
PERTH/SEOUL (Reuters) - Four South Korean utilities will issue a joint tender to buy about 1.13 million tonnes of South African coal, aiming to diversify ...
Reuters South Africa: South Africa rand seen rangebound against dollar 2010-03-15
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand softened against the dollar early on Monday, and was likely to be constrained within a narrow trading range ...
Reuters UK: S.Africa's Zuma to assess Zimbabwe unity govt pact 2010-03-15
President Robert Mugabe and his old rival Morgan Tsvangirai formed a unity government last year to end a stalement over disputed electi ...
San Francisco Chronicle: GOLF ROUNDUP Els tops countryman to end long drought 2010-03-15
Schwartzel, a 25-year-old who took part in Els' junior program in South Africa and was his mentor's houseguest the last two weeks, never backed down.
Ghana News Agency: West Africa will not meet MDGs 2010-03-15
Accra, March 14, GNA - Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, immediate-past President of the ECOWAS Commission has said that the sub-region would not meet the Millennium ...
The Voice: Children of war 2010-03-15
The novel is based in a generic Africa, it's not specifically in Liberia, Congo, or Uganda – it's somewhere in Africa. For these child soldier ...
Interactive Investor: DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - March 15 2010-03-15
CAIRO - Large Scale Farming in Africa conference starts (until April 21). CAIRO - Court to issue verdict in Hezbollah cell trial.
Diamond World Magazine: IMF to develop programme for African countries to regulate diamond ... 2010-03-15
These are Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo. The programme will be funded ...
www.worldbulletin.net: Turkey's President in Congo for meetings 2010-03-15
Turkey attached a great importance to its relations with Africa, the Turkish president said. Gul recalled the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Council meeting th ...
www.worldbulletin.net: TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MARCH 15 2010-03-15
President Abdullah Gul, accompanied by a 210-member delegation, departed from Turkey for a formal visit to Congo and Cameroon yesterday.
Journal of Turkish Weekly: DIARY - Political and General News Events 2010-03-15
(11:30 am) 2- Turkish President Abdullah Gul is in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a state visit. - He will receive Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe ...
Boston Globe: Mines' harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret 2010-03-15
“Central Africa is a black hole in the earth for most people.'' McDermott's legislation highlights problems that have long plagued Congo, a country th ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Learning Curve: A haven full of hope 2010-03-15
The girls around the circle range in age from 13 to 25 and come from Burma, Kenya, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and Eritrea.
News Trends: Summary of Farm Celebrities in Africa Sunday, March 14 2010-03-15
Zulu Nyala home for a few days of visitors! Indeed, the mother of Greg and fiance Velvet are the firm to raise the spirits of their loved one.
Sify: India-Africa business conclave opens with large African participation 2010-03-15
Making a strong pitch for scaling up trade and investment with Africa, India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Monday inaugurated a two-day conclave ...
Economist: Burying myths, uncovering truth 2010-03-15
Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ethiopia are other examples of African states where ex-rebels have imposed new versions of history. But Kenya stands out as a country ...
Seattle Times: Ernie Els ends his 2-year victory drought | Golf 2010-03-15
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman before third-round play ...
BikeRadar.com: Lance Armstrong competes in South Africa 2010-03-15
By AFP Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong finished in the lead group in the Cape Argus cycle tour around the Cape Peninsula on Sunday.
Business Report: IMF helps Africa stamp out illicit resources trade 2010-03-15
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it was helping 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that produce and deal in diamonds, gold and precious mineral ...
New Vision: Weekly Round up 2010-03-15
He indicated that last year, Uganda's neighbours Kenya was able to save $81m, Tanzania $30m and Zambia $73m because of their vibrant shipper councils.
Peninsula On-line: Sahara states to hold talks on tackling Qaeda 2010-03-15
Foreign Ministers from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger will attend the one-day meeting tomorrow on the outskirts of ...
ITWeb: Pinnacle Africa now designated distributor of HP Point of Sale products 2010-03-15
Pinnacle Africa and Hewlett-Packard (HP) proudly announce the appointment of Pinnacle Africa as the designated distributor of the HP Point of Sale range ...
The Epoch Times: Israel to Construct Barrier Wall on Egypt Border 2010-03-15
Many have come from Africa through Egypt to Israel seeking asylum, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, but also from other African countries.
Bizcommunity.com: Ericsson, MTN Ghana roll-out UMTS 900 MHz in Africa 2010-03-15
According to Ericsson and MTN Ghana, the companies have successfully trialled UMTS 900 MHz for the first time in Africa. UMTS 900 MHz extends mobile ...
Afrique en Ligue: Burundi, Uganda play 1-1 in CHAN qualifiers 2010-03-15
The second leg match will be played in two weeks in Uganda, while the finals of the championship is slated for January 2011 in Sudan.
Australian Food: Africa organic export drive 2010-03-15
Nearly 5 000 West African farmers are now able to take advantage of the growing popularity of organic foods in industrialized countries thanks to a $2.4 ...
SME Times: 'Govt. to set up incubators in Africa for SME skill development' 2010-03-15
The Ministry of MSME is planning to set up incubators in Africa, which would costs around Rs. 5 crore, said the Secretary of Ministry of MSME, Dinesh Rai.
New Vision: American coach to handle Mugabe 2010-03-15
Mugabe has just won the Uganda Open and Kenya Open tennis championships. His management team, Kinetic management group, are looking beyond Afric ...
Sudan Tribune: French aid workers freed in Darfur after months captivity 2010-03-15
... hostage since their abduction at Birao town in Central African Republic (CAR) on November 22, 2009. The town is at the nexus of Chad, Sudan and CAR.
Peninsula On-line: Sudan's east rumbles with discontent ahead of polls 2010-03-15
Kassala: Overshadowed by unrest in the south and war in Darfur, Sudan's neglected and impoverished east rumbles with discontent ahead of next month' ...
Independent Online: Mbeki returns to Sudan talks after break caused by illness 2010-03-15
Mbeki, who heads an African Union panel on Sudan, was forced to cut short his mission last week and return to South Africa.
Bizcommunity.com: Innscor Africa relaunches brands 2010-03-15
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed fast food giant, Innscor Africa, is to spend a substantial sum on re-launching its popular fast food brands.
Press TV: French aid workers 'freed in Darfur' 2010-03-15
The two aid workers were seized on 22 November by a gang of unknown gunmen in the town of Birao, on the CAR border with Chad and Sudan.
Independent Online: Volunteers put through their paces 2010-03-15
A few hands shoot up but it takes a French-speaking Democratic Republic of Congo native to get the title of the Swiss-based global football body exactly ...
The Citizen Daily: Tanzanians won't lose jobs, says report 2010-03-15
The survey found out that only Tanzania and Rwanda had employment policies in place while Kenya and Uganda had draft policies and Burundi has none.
Minnesota Public Radio: Somali population, cultural tension rising in St. Cloud 2010-03-15
Apollo sophomore Fadumo Adan said she's been the target of those comments ever since she moved to Minnesota from Somalia two years ago.
GulfNews: UAE retail environment ranks first in Middle East and Africa region 2010-03-15
A store window entices shoppers in Dubai. A report by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce forecasts higher retail growth in ...
Afrique en Ligue: South Africa: Madikizela-Mandela salutes struggle hero 2010-03-15
Anti- apartheid struggle stalwart Winnie Madik izela-Mandela was among the hundreds of mourners who paid their last respects to liberation hero Fatima Meer ...
Maryville Daily Times: Journey into Africa: Two from Blount have life-altering experience in Kenya 2010-03-15
Two women from Blount County who had previously never been on a medical mission trip boarded a plane headed for Kenya Feb.
Ethiopian Review: Ethiopia: “Grow up!” Bob Geldof 2010-03-15
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United ...
African Manager: BIDC, Bank of Africa finance hotel project in Benin 2010-03-15
The Development Investment Bank of the Economic Communit y of the West African States (BIDC) and the Beninese branch of the Bank of Afric a will jointly ...
Stock Markets Review: Indian stock market and companies daily report (March 15, 2010, Monday) 2010-03-15
Godrej Consumer has entered into an agreement to acquire the African (Nigeria) company Tura from the Tura Group. Tura is a leading African beauty company ...
AFP: N.Korea 'helps S.Africa prepare' for World Cup 2010-03-15
SEOUL — North Korea has sent around 1000 workers to South Africa to help build or renovate stadiums hosting the upcoming World Cup football tournament ...
SteelGuru: South Africa steam coal prices seen at USD 81 a tonne FOB on average 2010-03-15
According to a survey of 12 coal producers, traders and end users attending an industry event in Mumbai this week, prices of South African coal cargoes ...
Calgary Herald: Kidnapped French aid workers freed after four months in Darfur 2010-03-15
Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were freed in Darfur on Sunday. Olivier Denis and Olivier Frappe ...
Stockhouse: Tiger Resources Limited Issues December 2009 Interim Financial Report 2010-03-15
This comprised payments totalling US$8.2 million to the vendors of Congo Minerals sprl (the company which owns 60% of SEK sprl, which is the holder ...
Macauhub: Brazil wants to encourage production of biofuels in West Africa, particularly ... 2010-03-15
Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 15 March – Brazil wants to encourage production of biofuels in West African countries via studies and raising production lo ...
MinnPost.com: Foster parents deported in Morocco's tough new stance on foreign Christians 2010-03-15
Those expelled come from the Netherlands, Britain, the Congo, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and the United States. "We were disheartened and distressed ...
New Vision: Prisons chiefs meet in Arusha 2010-03-15
... general of Burundi prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the inspector general of prisons in Uganda and Isaiah Osugo, Kenya's commissioner of prisons.
Chicago Sun-Times: 4 local teens earn trip South Africa to perform Diski 2010-03-15
Dancers in the Joffrey Community Engagement program dance the Diski at half time during a Chicago ...
The Citizen Daily: The weakest link in legislation against graft in elections is … 2010-03-15
Remember the December 27, 2007 presidential elections in Kenya that eventually led to tragic consequences in early 2008? But, no matter…] As I was saying ...
The Citizen Daily: Moshi in the race for a city status 2010-03-15
Naivasha, also in Kenya came fifth with 17 per cent coverage ahead of Iringa (15 per cent), Mombasa (12 per cent), Kericho (9 per cent) while Kisumu shared ...
Providence Journal: Stanley M. Aronson: A people beset by fiery serpents in their dirty waters 2010-03-15
Nonetheless dracunculiasis has now been confined to only six African nations (Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan), with every hope of global ...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly: Satya Capital invests £2,1m in Namakwa Diamonds 2010-03-15
Namakwa Diamonds' portfolio of projects included projects in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Dispatch Online: Mining links to be monitored 2010-03-15
The countries that will lead off taking part are: Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo.
African Manager: IMF develops project to help Africa deal with illicit trade 2010-03-15
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come up with a project to help 16 Sub-Saharan Africa countries that produce and deal in diamonds, gold ...
People's Daily Online: Turkish president pays working visit to DR Congo 2010-03-15
Turkish exports to DR Congo reached 10.7 million US dollars in 2008 while its imports from the central African country stood at 888000 dollars.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: IGAD terms AIDS a threat to Africa 2010-03-15
Aids pandemic has been termed a major threat to mankind and more so in Africa where the disease has wiped out millions of people. According to IGAD Regional ...
Press Trust of India: Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur 2010-03-15
Khartoum, Mar 15 (AFP) Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were freed in Darfur, the Sudanese regi ...
Tech Leader: SXSW South Africa Series #5 - Lynette Kloppers and Andy Hadfield chat Banking 2.0 2010-03-15
Just attended the Banking 2.0 panel with my colleague from FNB, head of digital strategy in the personal banking segment at FNB.
Equitymaster.com: Infosys' non-linear plans 2010-03-15
It may be noted that the company has already invested around US$ 10 bn across the globe with few of its large investments in Russia, Kazakhstan, Sudan ...
road.cc: Armstrong (kindly) finishes ninth in Africa's biggest race 2010-03-15
Lance Armstrong took part in Africa's biggest bike race – and finished ninth after helping a mate to a podium finish.
SouthFloridaGayNews.com: Desmond Tutu Denounces African LGBT Policies 2010-03-15
“Uganda's parliament is debating legislation that would make homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, and more discriminatory legislation has been ...
Monterey County Herald: Els wins at Doral for 2nd world title 2010-03-15
Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman just before third-round play was suspended ...
Daily Monitor: The fight against corruption shouldn't be tribalised 2010-03-15
It is common knowledge that the Luo and the Kikuyu of Kenya are like young brothers or sisters who always want to ...
New Vision: EA forms lake control unit 2010-03-15
The unit is comprises members from the three states that share the lake; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The election of committee members to the unit took ...
Afrique en Ligue: Libya: 200 students attend University Leaders' Forum in Tripoli 2010-03-15
... Kenya, Namibia, Madagascar, Lesotho, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Uganda and Libya.
SouthFloridaGayNews.com: Out in Africa 2010-03-15
In light of the recent Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, SFGN spoke with Stefan M. of Zurich, Switzerland. As he travels often in Africa he would prefer ...
Online Athens: Els ends drought at CA Championship 2010-03-15
Puerto Rico Open: At Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman just ...
Calgary Herald: Sinking of ship and skiing out of bounds not similar 2010-03-15
The equivalent of "out of bounds" for the Concordia would have meant sailing in the pirateinfested waters off the Horn of Africa (Somalia) and ...
The Citizen Daily: Africa: New Website to provide fertilizer information to farmers 2010-03-15
Food insecurity on the African continent is severely aggravated by a depletion of nutrients in the soil that leads to a decrease in soil ...
TravelMole: Kenya confirms visa fees to stay low 2010-03-15
Economic Zone is Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. She expected agreement on a system for issuing this new unified visa by July this year. ...
New Vision: Fish stocks threaten economy 2010-03-15
He disclosed that Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania had agreed to raise $600000 (sh12b) to clean up fisheries on operations out of Lake Victoria.
Australia.TO: STATUS OF SEIZED VESSELS AND CREWS IN SOMALIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN 2010-03-15
Then it sailed around the tip of the very Horn of Africa to Garacad on the Indian Ocean side. The vessel has been moved from Garacad - because local elder ...
Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA JSE tracks Asia into the red 2010-03-15
The JSE opened in negative territory on Monday tracking softer markets in Asia, with US futures also slightly lower. At 9.18am the JSE all share index shed ...
Mineweb: South Africa now only world's No.4 gold miner 2010-03-15
For many years the world's largest gold producer by far has fallen to No'4 in the global gold production league. According to figures produced by South ...
Bizcommunity.com: EMRC announces 7th Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission 2010-03-15
BRUSSELS: Brussels-based EMRC has announced the upcoming Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission in which a group of 35 - 40 African entrepreneurs ...
Sudan Tribune: Mbeki's panel flirting with failure in Sudan 2010-03-15
March 14, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The former South African president and head of the AU High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki sent a letter ...
DefenceWeb: Rising piracy may prompt more joint naval action: NATO 2010-03-15
Commodore Hans Christian Helseth said attacks around the Horn of Africa will become more frequent in the coming months due to less stormy weather and likely ...

2010-03-14: Headlines

Art Daily: Republic of the Congo Hopes New Museum can Heal Nation's Scars 2010-03-14
The Institute of National Museums of Congo opens the collection -- rich in chief's clothing, masks, spears, and other relics of Central African country' ...
Eye of Dubai: Quintiles Expands to East Africa 2010-03-14
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles has expanded its capacity in Africa with the opening of an office in Nairobi, Kenya. A team of locally-based clinical ...
ReliefWeb: DR Congo: First Person - Life as a Child Soldier 2010-03-14
I was hunted as a deserter, but, through some connections I had, I managed to make it to Uganda and then on to Nairobi in Kenya, where my father had been ...
Center for Research on Globalization: America's First War in Africa. US AFRICOM Launches Large-Scale Offensive ... 2010-03-14
Over 43 people have been killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in two days of fighting between Shabab (al-Shabaab) insurgent force ...
The Guardian: Selling off Africa's resources isn't 'development'. It's greed 2010-03-14
In Ethiopia, Sudan and other repressive African countries, the presence of foreign investors is not the problem. The problem lies in the existence ...
The Guardian: BBC feels force of Bob Geldof's anger over arms claim 2010-03-14
A veteran Africa reporter told the Observer. "The figures certainly seem a bit odd. How were all those people fed, and I saw them being fed ...
The Guardian: Will South Africa's bark prove worse than their bite at the World Cup 2010-03-14
South Africa is getting into the World Cup spirit but the team may need more than some pieces of bark if they are to do well. Photograph: Jon Hrusa/EP ...
The Guardian: Reporting on Nigerian massacre deaths seems to have hit a religious divide 2010-03-14
Even the death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dubbed "Africa's world war", has been challenged, with a study claiming that it may be half ...
The Guardian: Bangladesh v England - live! 2010-03-14
Okay, it's against Bangladesh, but it's only fifteen years or so since David Lloyd claimed that when we'd drawn with Zimbabwe we'd 'flippin murdered them'.
Al-Jazeerah.info: Eight die in clashes in Mogadishu 2010-03-14
AMISOM stands for African Union Mission in Somalia. The internationally recognized government of Somalia is struggling to fight off an Islamist insurgency ...
University World News: WEST AFRICA: Universities debate keeping campus peace 2010-03-14
Governments and university communities must take measures to prevent recurrent violent incidents breaking out on campuses, representatives of higher ...
pluGGd.in: Security Council extends UN force for two months, as talks with Chad continue 2010-03-14
By sinha on March 13, 2010 The Security Council today extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic and Chad until 15 ...
Los Angeles Times: South Africans tied at Doral 2010-03-14
The next step is to take on Ernie Els, a familiar face from his native South Africa. Schwartzel ran off four birdies in the opening six holes to catch up ...
Los Angeles Times: Luc Tuymans: Don't take his images at face value 2010-03-14
Works articulate aspects of the ghastly Nazi epoch, Belgium's grim colonial adventures in Africa's Congo and America's surrender to fear and superpower ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Els, admirer to duel at CA Championship 2010-03-14
Puerto Rico Open: Chad Collins eagled the par-5 second hole to top the leaderboard at 9 under before second-round play was suspended because of darkness ...
Washington Post: France looks to put ghosts of Rwandan genocide to rest 2010-03-14
For France, renewal of relations has carried another message as well: hope for an end to the accusations at home and in Africa that French soldiers ...
Inspire Magazine: South Africa: Theologian hailed as pioneer in church activism 2010-03-14
South African theologian Steve de Gruchy, who died in a river accident near the Drakensberg mountains, has been hailed as a pioneer in church activism ...
Telegraph.co.uk: World Cup 2010: I'm not guaranteed to go to South Africa, says David Beckham 2010-03-14
David Beckham fears he may not get to realise his World Cup dream in South Africa this summer. The LA Galaxy midfielder returned to AC Milan on loan ...
UK Express: ELEPHANTS IN PERIL AS IVORY WAR RAGES 2010-03-14
Two years ago the international community allowed South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe to sell millions of pounds of stockpiled ivory seized ...
SOS Children: Child Sponsorship report 2009 from Kakiri, Uganda, 2009 2010-03-14
Further more two youth boys, John and Daniel travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to further develop their carpentry skills at the SOS Vocational Training ...
Interactive Investor: DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - March 14 2010-03-14
CAIRO - Large Scale Farming in Africa conference starts (until April 21). CAIRO - Court to issue verdict in Hezbollah cell trial.
African Press Agency: Senegal narrowly beats Sierra Leone (1-0) in CHAN 2011 playoff 2010-03-14
... first leg of the qualifiers of the second edition of the African Championship of Nations (CHAN) of which the finals will be held in early 2011 in Sudan.
Cocorioko: Crisis Group officials named to UN Advisory Group on Women and Armed Conflict 2010-03-14
... in eastern Congo from being sexual abuse and preventing girls in Afghanistan from having avid thrown in their faces for daring to return to school.
Pittsburg Morning Sun: Find whatever you're looking for 2010-03-14
Former professional basketball Chad Varga will be guest speaker during services at 8:50 am and 11:10 am at the First Church of the Nazarene.
PR-USA.net: Power of a Song: an Evening of Ballads, Courage and Hope 2010-03-14
Ancestral Acholi is in the borderland between southern Sudan and northern Uganda in Africa. Both Victoria Angelo and Marta Sam learned songs and dance ...
PR-USA.net: President Kikwete calls for interconnectivity of railways across regional blocs 2010-03-14
The report indicates that traffic on the existing network ie Kenya and Uganda's Rift Valley Railways, Tanzania Railways and Tanzania-Zambia Railways had ...
Boston Globe: Slumping Els finds familiar foe in path 2010-03-14
Schwartzel was a toddler when his father and Els played together in a team event they won at a local club in South Africa. He remembers going to his first ...
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: ALGERIA TO HOST W. COASTAL AFRICAN NATIONS FOR TERROR TALKS 2010-03-14
The attending countries will include Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and host nation Algeria, a local Foreign Ministry statement read ...
Little About: Average people helped shape human rights movement, claims book 2010-03-14
"If international law is going to mean anything, you need universal accountability - accountability of the US as a superpower as well as Sudan as a po ...
HollandSentinel.com: Zeeland ministry to deliver 500 tons food, supplies to Haiti 2010-03-14
Phil Snyder has been working for the relief effort in Haiti for six weeks, and her son Chad will soon be moving there permanently.
Sudan Tribune: Ethiopia: Man gets 15 years for opposition candidate slaying 2010-03-14
"The court's whole proceeding was unfair and the decision was unfair too," Arena-Tigray leader Gebru Asrat told Sudan Tribune. "The case was closed such ...
University World News: FRANCE-AFRICA: Medical e-learning network launched 2010-03-14
The other African countries are Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, CÃ´te d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco ...
University World News: SOUTH AFRICA: Free university for the poor proposed 2010-03-14
Free higher education for poor South African students and the scrapping of race in favour of class as a mechanism to identify those in need of financial ...
Khaleej Times: Delegates gather in Qatar to save elephants, tuna 2010-03-14
Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, by contrast, have proposed a halt to the limited trade in African elephant ivory, and a 20-year ...
Sudan Vision: Increase in Commodities Prices in Southern Sudan 2010-03-14
The round revealed that the price of water bottle manufactured in Sudan or those that come from the neighbouring countries (Uganda- Kenya) is SDG 3-4 ...
PopStar.com Celebrity News: Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty Coming Soon to VH1 2010-03-14
After Thailand, Jessica and friends visit Japan, France, Brazil, Uganda, Morocco, and India before heading back to Los Angleles.
Bikya Masr: Morocco begins Christian exodus: papers 2010-03-14
Ministers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger are due to take part in the conference, the ministry said in a statement quoted ...
Deccan Herald: India, Africa to check fake drug menace 2010-03-14
India's pharmaceutical export to Kenya almost doubled from Rs 292.94 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 543.86 crore in 2008-09. The drug export to Uganda and Tanzani ...
Goal.com: Algeria Beats Libya In First CHAN Qualifier 2010-03-14
... North African nations which will decide who will qualify for the second editions of the African Championship of Nations which will be hosted by Sudan ...
University World News: SOUTH AFRICA: Students sing 'kill the (white) farmer' 2010-03-14
African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema is facing a barrage of complaints to the police and chapter nine institutions over his latest ...
SteelGuru: Miners grappling with resource nationalism drive 2010-03-14
Mr Mpinga, a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo, empathizes with the movement and was confident that a compromise would be reached about ...
Peninsula On-line: East Africa new frontier for oil exploration 2010-03-14
Ethiopia and Somalia are also sites of intense exploration. And Madagascar holds “enormous reserves,” Luzzi-Arbouille said on the sidelines of ...
Webnewswire.com: Speech by Minister Collins Chabane on the occasion of the book launch ... 2010-03-14
There are now three states out of Somalia, namely Somalia of Mogadishu, Somalia of Djibouti and Somaliland of Hargeisa. Today we celebrate a detailed ...
3News: Kiwi Super 14 teams struggle in South Africa 2010-03-14
It's been a frustrating weekend for the New Zealand Super 14 sides in South Africa, with both the Highlanders and Hurricanes losing their matches.
San Jose Mercury News: Golf: Els, Schwartzel tied entering final round 2010-03-14
The next step is to take on Ernie Els, a familiar face from his native South Africa. Schwartzel ran off four birdies in the opening six holes to catch up ...
WSET: Local Race Helps Athletes in Africa 2010-03-14
Lynchburg, VA - Local runners pounded the pavement to help a community halfway across the world. The third annual Gifts for Gulu Water for Life 5k ...
Greenwich Time: Ernie Els, little brother' Charl Schwartzel from South Africa to battle off ... 2010-03-14
DORAL, Fla. Ã¢€” It was two weekends ago that Charl Schwartzel, fresh off a third-round loss at the WGC Match Play, headed to South Florida ...
MyNews.in: Purno A Sangma scripting his autobiography 'Beyond Reservation' 2010-03-14
The book also highlights achievements and success stories of tribal across the world like JM Lyngdoh, former Chief Election Commissioner ...
Modern Ghana: It's a Weekend of Movies, Theatre, Music 2010-03-14
... would also have the rare opportunity of seeing the heart-wrenching movie at the Silverbird cinemas now operating in Ghana and Kenya, very soon.
Business Daily Africa: Competition grows with Scangroup's entry into research 2010-03-14
This is being driven by the emergence of a strong middle class in Kenya that calls for more insight and product development,” said a representative ...
mydigitalfc.com: More acquisitions in Africa: Godrej 2010-03-14
By PTI Mar 14 2010 , New Delhi which include more acquisitions and possibly setting up of its own plant in the region within the next fiscal year.
Louisville Courier-Journal: South Africa warding off price gouging for World Cup 2010-03-14
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's tourism ministry has ordered an investigation into allegations that World Cup hotel ...
Spinner: Maurice Kirya Interview: SXSW 2010 2010-03-14
Spinner got in touch with Maurice as he embarked on his first trip ever to SXSW to talk about touring, growing up in Uganda and what's he's most looking ...
Australia.TO: And Yet One In Three Africans Is Chronically Hungry 2010-03-14
NAIROBI (IDN) – One in three Africans is chronically hungry despite 3 billion dollars a year that Africa receives in food aid and 33 billion dollars ...
ETF Trends: Africa ETFs: 5 Plays for a Growing Economy 2010-03-14
Africa may host the fastest growing economies in the emerging market world. While it's also one of the most risky, there's no need to sit on the sidelines.
Indiainfo.com: Tune in to join the Roadies in Africa 2010-03-14
The final 5 Roadies are left in the sand dunes of Egypt, to enjoy some traditional belly dancing. The boys enjoy every bit of this, as to them this was ...
Business Daily Africa: Why oil should not be EAC's curse 2010-03-14
Drilling oil in western Uganda. The energy bonanza can be a blessing instead of the resource-curse that has propped up repressive regimes.
Arizona Daily Star: Els, Schwartzel in final pairing at Doral 2010-03-14
Schwartzel was a toddler when his father and Els played together in a team event they won at a local club in South Africa. He remembers going to his first ...
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com: Telkom South Africa Level Three Championships: Day Two 2010-03-14
EAST LONDON, South Africa, March 13. AFTER setting an A-Qualification time in the 400m Freestyle for the Olympic Youth Games on Friday night at the Telkom ...
Sunday Standard: Botswana lures bigger airliners as liberalisation takes shape 2010-03-14
Already, Kenya Airways and South African Airways (SAA) had jumped to the occasion as they had introduced routes from their respective countries.
People's Daily Online: UN aid agencies on alert for potential floods in Southern Africa 2010-03-14
The United Nations is gathering supplies for some 130000 people in southern Africa on alert for potential evacuation from flood-risk zones following week ...
Jamaica Gleaner: Roy Hamilton - fanning the fire of the African dance 2010-03-14
He said his "contemporary choreography and performances are inspired by the ancestral movements and rhythms of the Congo and central Africa".
The Observer: PIUS KATUNZI: SMS: let the power of disinformation begin 2010-03-14
This was also followed by an alarmist story in The New Vision, on the eve of polls day, which alleged that Obote had been seen at the Uganda-Kenya border.
The Olympian: Schwartzel, Els give South Africa final say 2010-03-14
Charl Schwartzel finally has a chance to show off his game on a world stage. The next step is to take on Ernie Els, his childhood hero from his native South ...
Press TV: 'Coup attempt thwarted in Central Africa Republic' 2010-03-14
The government of the Central African Republic says it has foiled a coup plan to unseat President Francois Bozize. The country's National Security Minister ...
Peoria Journal Star: South Africa golfers leave hospitality in the clubhouse 2010-03-14
By Anonymous AP Charl Schwartzel has been looking up to Ernie Els for as long as he has been around golf. Schwartzel was a toddler when his father and El ...
Tampabay.com: Els tied with one of his biggest followers 2010-03-14
Schwartzel was a toddler when his father and Els played together in a team event they won at a local club in South Africa. Schwartzel later became ...
Sudan Tribune: Kiir urges youth keep away from political exploitation 2010-03-14
March 13, 2010 (JUBA) — Salva Kiir Mayardit, the leader of the ruling party in Juba and its candidate for southern Sudan President has on Saturday;
Press TV: 20 killed in inter-clan clashes in central Somalia 2010-03-14
The nation in the Horn of Africa has not had a functioning government since warlords toppled dictator Siad Barre in 1991.
National: Microfinancing fuels Kenya's recovery 2010-03-14
John Ouma, 27, was the leader of a street gang in the slum of Kibera that went on a rampage, killing people and looting during the post-election violence ...
The Observer: YOUR LETTERS: Uganda must explain Nyamwasa's passage 2010-03-14
“We got to know that he was in Uganda after finding his travel details at our Uganda-Kenya border; Nyamwasa left Uganda at 14:00 hour ...
Fromtheold: Land grab worse than Zimbabwe coming to South Africa 2010-03-14
Cape Town, South Africa - In what seems to be called the Africanization of South Africa where we have no working streets, potholes the size of astroid ...
Ethiopian News Journal: Botswana to Lead Appeal Against United Nations Ban on Ivory 2010-03-14
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species will meet in Doha, Qatar, next week where Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia will seek ...
Business Intelligence Middle East: Emirates NBD launches Middle East and North Africa Fixed Income Fund 2010-03-14
UAE. Emirates NBD announced today the launch of the Emirates MENA Fixed Income Fund. The fund will be managed by Emirates NBD Asset Management Limited ...
Patriotic Vanguard: Sierra Leone Foreign Minister honoured in South Africa 2010-03-14
The Guest of Honour was Juliana Lumumba, the only daughter of the late President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
Worcester Telegram: S. Africans share lead 2010-03-14
The next step is to take on Ernie Els, a familiar face from his native South Africa. Schwartzel, 25, ran off four birdies in the opening six holes to catch ...
Sudan Tribune: Lam Akol launches his campaign for South Sudan president in Juba 2010-03-14
March 13, 2010 (JUBA) – The leader of SPLM-Democratic Change, Lam Akol, launched today his campaign in Juba for Southern Sudan president accusing Kiir' ...
Redcliffe & Bayside Herald: High Commissioner visits Redcliffe 2010-03-14
BIG HEART: Redcliffe's Ken Henry has done much for the people of Uganda and hosted the country's High Commissioner last week. THE High Commissioner ...
TheNewsTribune.com: South Africans will have final say 2010-03-14
Charl Schwartzel, 25, earned a place in the World Golf Championship event on the Blue Monster in Doral, Fla., by winning twice in his native South Afric ...
Asheville Citizen-Times: LEAF announces spring lineup 2010-03-14
... the New England contra music group Nightingale, Australian blues from Harper and the group Kioboe and Soul Beat Africa from Uganda.
SomalilandPress: SOMALIA: Tensions high in Bossaso as president shakes up intelligency agency 2010-03-14
BOSSASO (Somalilandpress) — Tensions are said to be high in Bossaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, after a sudden shake up at the top echelon of Somalia' ...
eTurboNews: Rwanda bags ITB award for 4th time 2010-03-14
... beating such competitors to the finish line as South Africa and Egypt – both powerhouses in tourism – and also her East African neighbors Uganda, Keny ...
AFP: Somali govt forces 'inefficient and corrupt': UN 2010-03-14
Somalia's internationally-backed Transitional Federal Government has been boxed into a tiny perimeter in the capital Mogadishu by an insurgency launched ...
The Observer: Safety top priority for Pearl rally 2010-03-14
Foreign drivers are expected from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia. The foreign legion will face stiff competition from local opposition ...
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs: Kiwi sides come up short in South Africa 2010-03-14
The Crusaders, with a hard-earned win over the Chiefs, provided the only bright spot for New Zealand sides in the fifth week of Super 14 rugby as ...
Sunday Standard: Botswana's position with regard to protecting the African elephant 2010-03-14
“The elephant proposal by Kenya and her allies is against the spirit of international cooperation and it is intended to undermine the consensus reached ...
Daily Nation: Retain firms that offer quality jobs 2010-03-14
Thus it came as a surprise to many when recently, a senior government official said the country would soon import ARVs from neighbouring Uganda. Kenya' ...
SteelGuru: Freeport McMoRan closer to Congo pact 2010-03-14
... reaching an agreement with the Democratic Congo government that would allow it to expand its huge copper and cobalt mine in the central African nation.
ISRIA: Philippines - RP hosts Largest Nam meeting on Interfaith Dialogue in Manila 2010-03-14
NAM member countries that will be sending deputy ministers are Bahrain, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Keny ...
Daily Monitor: Kikwete calls for a wider rail network 2010-03-14
The EAC railway master plan seeks to rejuvenate the existing railway lines serving Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sud ...