Cartoonist Gado's take on playing football in the realm of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. | Gado is also the man behind the XYZ Show, a Kenyan satirical tv show commenting on current affairs and politics. He was named Kenyan cartoonist of the year in 1999, and received the Dutch Prins Claus Award in 2007. | "I draw because I want to say something. My drawings are my tools," says the Tanzanian-born cartoonist.
Kibaki affirmed that there was the need to capitalize on various gains achieved so far through the combined efforts of the Kenya Defence Forces, the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
Keywords: 'Food crisis worsening in Sahel region' - Thousands of people along the border between Niger and Burkina Faso are being forced to leave their homes in search of food as a result of the deepening food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, international charity Christian Aid reported Friday.
IOM Director-General tours South Sudan - The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), William Lacy Swing, arrived in Juba, South Sudan , Thursday on the third leg of his visit to East Africa . Ambassador Swing had earlier...
With the 'men' separated from the 'boys' after the group phase at the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Sudan coach Mohammed "Mazda" Abdallah tells Cafonline.com there are no longer minnows in African football. The Sudanese trainer added that the performance exhibited by participants so far is enough to kill the notion of 'big teams' and 'small teams'. Below are details of his interview with Cafonline.
Zambia midfielder Clifford Mulenga has been expelled from the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea by coach HerveRenard for disciplinary reasons. | The 2007 CAF young player of the year was expelled from camp on Tuesday in Bata just after the team landed in Bata from Malabo just after lunch.
Sudan won their first match at the Africa Cup of Nations for 42 years, beating Burkina Faso 2-1 in Bata to reach the quarter-finals.They made it to the last eight thanks to Ivory Coast's 2-0 win over Angola in the other Group B match in Malabo. | Mudather El Taib scored in each half for the 1970 African champions, with IssiakaOuedraogo replying late on.
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Sudan coach Mohammed 'Mazda' Abdallah is very confident in team's abilities to crash out the Zambian, when they face-off at the quarter final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday in Bata. Abdallah told the press in Bata on Friday that he...
Clashes along the country€™s disputed border with Sudan that have forced tens of thousands of people to flee into South Sudan. Rebellions and violence between rival ethnic groups pose a significant threat to the lives and livelihoods of civilians, as recent violence in Jonglei State has shown.
Tunisia's players hope to wear black armbands in their African Cup of Nations quarter-final as a sign of respect for the more than 70 people who died at a league game in Egypt this week. | Tunisian Football Federation president Anouar Haddad said his team had asked for permission from tournament organisers the Confederation of African Football to wear the armbands against Ghana at Stade de Franceville on Sunday.
Who will win the Wellington Sevens? | Gordon Tietjens is a wily operator and appears to have kept plenty of powder dry ahead of today's quarterfinals at the Wellington Sevens. | All Blacks wing Hosea Gear missed out on the last chapter of the New Zealand-France rugby rivalry, but after playing a sparing part on the opening day may be unleashed for today's abbreviated rematch.
Coastweek Kenya: Keywords: click this banner to return to http:/ / www.coastweek.com . | 'al Shabaab' ban Red Cross famine relief supplies in Central Somalia | NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it regretted the decision by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab which last week ordered it to close its emergency relief operations in the regions it controls.
The Beijing government "will exert every possible pressure" on the southern Sudan to secure the release of the 29 workers of Sinohydro Corporation taken away by force on 29 January. But the image of China in Africa is full of holes blacks.
Davies M.M Chanda: AS the men€™s senior team engages Sudan this evening in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, the Under-17 Women national team will also do battle with Botswana in the FIFA 2012 Junior World Cup qualifiers in Lusaka.
Coastweek Kenya: Keywords: click this banner to return to http:/ / www.coastweek.com . | Military Spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said soldiers in the dual military operation captured Hosingo and Badade towns . | NAIROBI (Xinhua) — Kenyan and Somali troops have captured two towns in southern Somalia after launching an offensive that took place over the weekend and early this week, military officials say.
Coastweek Kenya: Keywords: click this banner to return to http:/ / www.coastweek.com . | SPECIAL REPORT BY XINHUA CORRESPONDENT Peter Mutai . | NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Friday appealed to the international community to seize the current opportunity created by the foreign troops to stabilize Somalia which has been ravaged by conflict spanning over two decades.
JAMES COPNALL ,: Sudan's unexpected progress at the Africa Cup of Nations has created a dilemma for fans in South Sudan. | It used to be an oil-rich, conflict-ravaged part of what was Africa's biggest country, but then it seceded. | South Sudan hoisted its flag in July 2011 but is not yet affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (Caf).
Davies M.M Chanda: ZAMBIA tomorrow evening (today) will hope to march into the semi-finals for the first since 1996 when they clash with Sudan in the first quarter-final of the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) at the Estadio de Bata here. | Reaching the last four was coach Herve Renard€™s minimum target he set for himself having taken the Chipolopolo to the quarter-finals two years ago in Angola after a 14-year lull.
At first the country was the personal possession of the Belgian king, with the most cruel and inefficient form of exploitation on the continent. When the colony was transferred to the state there was little improvement, and at Independence there were very few Congolese who had benefited from modern education.
Rome, Feb 4 (IANS/AKI): Somalia's famine has ended but drought in the Horn of Africa region continues to pose a threat to the area, the UN has said. | "Long-awaited rains coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the humanitarian response deployed in the last six months are the main reasons for this improvement," said Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
In a bid to attract more Indian travellers, the South African Tourism's (SAT) eighth annual five-city roadshow Friday reached the capital as it showcased its popular destinations and varied culture.
The South African sevens players are going into the cup quarterfinals against Fiji with only one thing in mind and that is - it's just another 14 minutes. South Africa had a clean sweep yesterday in the Pool matches of New Zealand sevens...
The quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations get underway on Saturday with co-hosts Equatorial Guinea hoping to pull off a major shock against tournament favourites Ivory Coast. Zambia play Sudan in the day's other match.
Zambia will be looking to reach the semifinals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations when they take on Sudan at the Estadio de Bata on Saturday. Kick-off is at 18h00 SA time. | Chipolopolo were knocked out at the quarterfinal stage in Angola back in 2010, losing to Nigeria on penalties, and will be determined to go a step further this time around.
Cape Town: The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama's visa, claiming that it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday. Judge Elizabeth Baartman dismissed with costs the application...
MOMBASA , Kenya , (Xinhua) -- Kenya has called for increased efforts in pursuit of Somali militants in order to stabilize the Horn of Africa nation which has been without effective central government for many years. Internal Security Minister Professor...
Zambia coach Herve Renard expects a stiff opposition from the Desert Hawks of Sudan when the two sides battle out for a place at the semi final on Saturday at the Estadio de Bata. “I know much about the Sudanese team and have followed them...
Here's the lineup for next week's "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly" program, to run at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on KTSC-TV. | Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on HEAL Africa, a faith-based refuge for women that has trained some 30 doctors, who provide the only emergency care in eastern Congo, a region of 8 million people. | Current users sign in here.
GENEINA, Sudan — The United Nations said on Friday that the famine that has killed tens of thousands of people in Somalia this past year has ended, thanks to a bumper harvest and a surge in emergency food deliveries. But conditions are still precarious...
20km Films Crew LR: Ororo, Segun, Femi, Hman, Jimboro, Jimmy, Omoblanks (squatting) | "Let's Make History" is the final track on Femi Kuti's Grammy-nominated album "Day By Day" (Mercer Street/Downtown/Knitting Factory Records, 2008). On this resounding anthem, the internationally renowned Afropop icon, whose lauded "Africa for Africa" (Knitting Factory Records, 2011) is nominated for this year's Grammy Award for Best World Music Album...
Months of unseemly wrangles have delayed Uganda's much-touted oil production but now it is set to begin. | Tullow Oil, a spectacularly successful oil exploration company that has discovered large reserves in Uganda and Ghana in recent years, says that it has signed production sharing agreements with Uganda's government paving the way for a $10 billion investment in the country's nascent oil industry.
After the International Criminal Criminal ruled that four of the "Ocampo Six" should stand trial for crimes against humanity, there have been calls that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former minister William Ruto should abandon their presidential bids.
A SOUTH AFRICAN Police Services forensic expert yesterday said the packaging used to keep debris collected from the scene of fire in which General Solomon Mujuru died by local policemen could have affected forensic results.
Bharti Airtel has unveiled a mobile money platform in Uganda, which now completes the technical process of linking its Tanzanian and Kenyan outfits and set the stage for cross-border money transfer. | Mr Michael Okwiri, the vice president for Corporate Communication at Airtel Africa, said this week that the firm was in the process of creating a seamless money transfer service across Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
SIX local junior players will battle it out in the Africa Junior Championships to be held in Cairo, Egypt in April after the International Tennis Federation confirmed their qualification on Wednesday. | The tournament is scheduled for 3 to 14 April with participants from across the continent expected to battle it out in two age groups - Under-16 and Under-14 for both boys and girls.
A study into mine nationalization commissioned by the ruling African National Congress in South Africa proposes a 50 percent resource-rent tax rather than taking over operations, a party official who has seen the document said.
Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said on Fri...
Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after being first declared, the UN has said. | The improvement in access to food is due to a good harvest and significant humanitarian assistance, it said. | But the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for the country said the situation remained serious. | Nearly a third of the population - some 2.
Great Britain have qualified for the Fed Cup Euro/ Africa Zone promotion play-offs by beating Israel 3-0. | Anne Keothavong crushed Julia Glushko 6-2 6-1 in the opening rubber before British number one Elena Baltacha battled past Shahar Peer 6-4 6-3. | Heather Watson and Laura Robson beat Glushko and Keren Shlomo 6-2 6-1 in the doubles to ensure GB topped Pool C.
World Socialist Web Site wsws.org Published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) | Several hundred workers went on a 24-hour strike over privatisation at a tax office in Belfast, €œwith more protesting across the region€, according to the Press Association.
That photo showed much of Mexico — but what about the rest of the Earth? Today, NASA obliged its clamoring public (likely comprised mostly of space geeks and elementary-school teachers) and released an image of the other side of Earth. | NASA details how the image was created, saying it's a "composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite."
Three cheers for the Murray family, the saviours of British tennis. Judy's passion for and commitment to the game is an inspiration. | And there is nobody watching apparently.Pretty sad.It looks like a training court.
GREAT Britain's hockey men paid the price for some lacklustre finishing as they lost the opening match of their three Test series with South Africa in Cape Town. | DISAPPOINTED: Great Britain were beaten 5-3 by South Africa in the opening match of their three Test series in Cape Town (Ady Kerry) | Nick Catlin steered the visitors into a 12th minute lead when he followed up on Richard Mantell's penalty corner.
Great Britain 3 (1)Nick Catlin - 12 (F)Simon Mantell - 44 (F)Rob Moore - 70 (F) | GREAT Britain Men made a disappointing start to their three-match hockey test series against hosts South Africa in Cape Town on Friday evening, losing 5-3. | Despite taking the lead after 12 minutes it was against the run of play, and South Africa soon opened their account and eased into a 2-1 lead at half time - a lead which they held to the end.
Expelled Zambia winger Clifford Mulenga has admitted to MTNFootball.com that he was wrong to go out on the town late Monday in Malabo. | He said he is now back to his South African club Bloemfontein Celtic older and wiser following his Africa Cup expulsion by Zambia coach Herve Renard. | Mulenga told MTNFootball.
Before my mom died, I had the opportunity to take her on one bucket-list trip that she had wanted to do her whole life. She raised nine children and she had never had time to do much for herself. | The trip she had her heart set on was a photo safari to Southern Africa. Specifically, she wanted to go to Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze, speaks about her experience of meeting those Italians who are in denial about their history in East Africa and who claim that they were "good" colonialists. Mengiste challenges this, explaining how the "apartheid" of that era in Italian East Africa "went beyond what the British and French practiced". | Mohamed and Mengiste also discussed writing in the voices of young males.
Conditions in most of the corn producing regions look satisfactory, however, due to dry weather conditions that persisted during planting season most of the corn crop was planted two to four weeks later than optimal.Consequently, post revised its October 2011 commercial corn crop estimate downwards to 11.5 million tonnes. | Copyright Reuters, 2012 | Published under arrangements with Reuters.No content from Business...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the United Nations said on Friday. | The U.N. declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia last July and extended the famine warning in September to six out of eight regions in the anarchic Horn of Africa country.
Japan's biggest refiner, JX Holdings, is in talks with African nations in addition to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other oil producers to replace crude oil imports from Iran, a company executive said on Friday. | Japan is under pressure from the United States to cut back on Iranian oil imports to secure a waiver from a U.S. law imposing sanctions on financial institutions that trade with Iran's central bank.
Yum, the parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains, also plans to bring KFC into seven new African countries this year, general manager for Africa Keith Warren told the paper. | Yum also plans to bring Pizza Hut restaurants to South Africa this year, Business Day said. | The company has said it expects at least 10 percent profit growth in 2012, led by its China business.
South Africa's rand eased slightly against the dollar in early Friday trade as investors' appetite for riskier emerging market assets waned after disappointing economic data out of Asia. | Government bonds also showed weakened ahead of the sale of domestic government paper later in the session. | The rand was trading at 7.6550 by 0637 GMT, a shade weaker than a 7.64 close in New York. The currency hit a five-month high of 7.
An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the United Nations said on Friday. | The U.N. declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia last July and extended the famine warning in September to six out of eight regions in the anarchic Horn of Africa country.
Yum, the parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains, also plans to bring KFC into seven new African countries this year, general manager for Africa Keith Warren told the paper. | Yum also plans to bring Pizza Hut restaurants to South Africa this year, Business Day said. | The company has said it expects at least 10 percent profit growth in 2012, led by its China business. | Latest AlertNet Crises News Powered by Reuters AlertNet.
An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the United Nations said on Friday. | The U.N. declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia last July and extended the famine warning in September to six out of eight regions in the anarchic Horn of Africa country.
TOKYO Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's biggest refiner JX Holdings is in talks with African nations in addition to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other oil producers to replace lost crude oil imports from Iran, a company executive said on Friday.
By Sultan Al Qassemi Across the Arabian Peninsula and stretching well into North Africa and Sudan , there is a common bond, perhaps only behind religion and language in importance, that binds Arabic language speakers together.
0: Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the U.N. said on Friday. €œThe United Nations declares an end to famine conditions in Somalia,€ the U.N. Somalia Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the U.S. famine warning network, known as FEWS NET, said in a statement. €œThe combination...
The Digicel Fiji Sevens team will meet South Africa in the main cup quarterfinal of the New Zealand Sevens at 2.39 this afternoon after winning their last pool game against Wales 19-0 last night. After the upset defeat to Tonga 17-14, Assistant coach...
According to the US Geological Survey, SA€™s gold reserves stood at about 6000 tons, just over 10% of recoverable resources on a global scale. Ghana€™s were at 1400 tons. | In 2010, the World Energy Council estimated Africa€™s proven recoverable coal reserves at close to 32-billion tons, with SA accounting for more than 30-billion of this total.
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KFC hopes to open about 130 new stores in Africa this year, bringing its restaurant count to 1000, MD Keith Warren said yesterday. | "Last year we opened about 70 KFC s. This year we plan to up the ante. The opportunities in Africa are enormous," Mr Warren said. | Mr Warren said South Africans could look forward to eating at Pizza Hut restaurants by the end of the year.
China has been sending workers to Africa since the 1950s to build roads and railways, but investment has surged in the past 15 years as the Asian powerhouse sought to secure the resources it needs to fuel its booming economy.
News Editor: In addition, the electronic payments solutions brought to market by MasterCard facilitate transparency in banking, through innovation and security that provide clear transaction records at every step, allowing protection from fraudulent activities. Goredema believes that these solutions are key to the continued success of East Africa€™s rapid economic growth.
Great Britain's hockey men paid the price for some lacklustre finishing as they lost the opening match of their three Test series with South Africa in Cape Town. | Nick Catlin steered the visitors into a 12th minute lead when he followed up on Richard Mantell's penalty corner.
Abuja - Following the expected loss of AU chairmanship to Boni Yayi of Benin Republic, President Goodluck Ebeble Jonathan's administration today threatened to breakaway from Africa and form an independent continent of Nigeria.
NULL: Mobile services provider Comviva, after conquering the African continent, has plans to go solo in India and succeed without parent Bharti’s help.
Malawian aspirants that have been looking forward to apply for Africa€™s number one reality TV show, Big Brother Africa (BBA), can do so now, MultiChoice Malawi has disclosed. The seventh edition of the BBA will be hitting the screens in May 2012 and the country€™s digital satellite television (DStv) service provider has said aspiring contestants [...]
The growing penetration of smartphones into the South African market is sparking dramatic changes in the way that local users are using the internet. One massive shift is that social media is becoming the killer application for the web, a trend that will accelerate as smartphones and mobile data become more affordable, this according to Diane Charton, managing director at Acceleration Media.
Robert Cardinal Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, highlighted the importance of the work of the Fédération Africaine de l'Action Familiale – Africa Family Life Federation (FAAF/AFLF) in Benin at the end of January by repeating Pope...
BEIJING - Abductions in Sudan and Egypt highlight the dangers facing China's workers abroad and led Beijing to reassess a long-stated policy of non-interference as its foreign interests grow, analysts say. China has been sending workers to Africa since...
Last October the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art inaugurated the photo exhibition €˜From Nubia to Sudan through the Eyes of the Greek-Norwegian Archaeological Mission€™ (6 October 2011-19 February 2012). The photographs have been taken by Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos during the periods they were working as an archaeological team, traveling and living in Sudan.
The world body moved the crisis from the top step of a five-point scale—based on the death rate—to the fourth step, formally reducing it from a "famine" to a "humanitarian emergency". | However, the U.N. said that 2.3 million people remain in a food crisis situation in Somalia and still need assistance. That represents 31 percent of the country's population. Across the Horn of Africa region the total is 9.
Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said on Friday.
Victory over Sudan on Saturday will take Zambia into the CAF Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals for the first time in 16 years. | A last-four place was the bottom line set by French coach Herve Renard for the Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) when given control of the national squad a second time last October.
SURGING prices, and the depletion of known or relatively accessible deposits, are spurring gold miners in Africa into new frontiers on several fronts: technical, environmental and regional. | AngloGold, the world€™s number three gold miner, aims to go from 4km down to 5km to unlock more than $120bn worth of gold by using radical techniques such as cutting rocks, instead of blasting, to unlock 70-million extra ounces of gold.
SKW held log leaders Black Africa to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining match at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Friday night. In the end a draw was probably a fair result, although both teams had numerous chances to win the game.
BATA, Equatorial Guinea, February 3 – Victory over Sudan Saturday will take Zambia into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals for the first time in 16 years. A last-four place was the bottom line set by French coach Herve Renard for the Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) when given control of the national squad a second time [...]
USD/Majors: The morning turned out to be predictably sedate as traders await non farm payrolls data later in the day. Some bits of news and rumours emerged, but there was nothing too market moving. Fisher's assertion that he does not see justification for more QE saw the dollar regain some of its lost ground in recent days. EUR traded to a low of 1.3116 on the day.
LIBREVILLE,Gabon February 3 – Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend. The football feast begins Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea — Zambia and Sudan in mainland port city Bata followed by the co-hosts and Ivory Coast in island [...]
The 18th African Union summit ended in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday with over 40 heads of state and government, and representatives in attendance. | The summit, the first one to be held after the so-called Arab spring, saw new leadership drawn from Tunisia, Libya and South Sudan attending for the first time. Africa also welcomed its 54th member state, South Sudan.
THE Wheelchair Tennis Association of Zimbabwe have named a three-member team to represent the country in the World Team Cup qualifiers pencilled for next month in Kenya. | Zimbabwe will field a women's team made up of Dorcas Hwatira, Nyarai Nechiturike and Molin Muza. Derek Ndaramashe will be in charge of the team.
Recently it has found a particular resonance for me in the midst of a new wave of talk of racism and white people's continued disregard of blacks. | In the reading I've done and the conversations I've had, two things stand out. The first is that white people are dismissive of and insensitive towards the wounds and disadvantages blacks have suffered and for which they are responsible or, at least, were beneficiaries of.
Moto Mabanga is what you'd call a "fixer". If you're a company in Africa and have a big problem, there's a chance he can make that difficulty go away or find resolution to a conflict. For this he's paid a fair bit of money. | This time, the problem, they'd been having it*, and so it was that Mabanga's phone started ringing in the middle of the night.
The currency of East Africa's biggest economy depreciated 0.2 percent at 83.75 per dollar as of 5:02 p.m. in the capital, Nairobi, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. | "The shilling has weakened as buyers come in to accumulate dollars at the favourable rates witnessed in the last couple of days," Duncan Kinuthia a dealer at Nairobi-based Commercial Bank of Africa Ltd., said in a phone interview today.
Nampak Ltd., a South African packaging company, plans to double earnings from businesses elsewhere on the continent to 16 percent of the total this fiscal year, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Marshall said.
Kenya's central bank rejected demands from borrowers to follow neighboring Uganda in lowering interest rates from a record high, threatening to undermine growth in East Africa's largest economy.
Sami Yusuf, the British singer, has dedicated his song, Forgotten Promises, to help victims of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Yesterday he told fans: "We can't let these people down." | These are among the compelling messages that the British singer Sami Yusuf has sent to his fans in the Middle East.
Escenic AS: NAIROBI: Kenya has marked out eight new offshore exploration blocks which it expects to list in the government gazette by end-February and France€™s Total is negotiating for the rights to one of the blocks, a senior energy ministry official said. | Exploration interest in Kenya and its neighbors in eastern Africa has risen in recent years after hydrocarbon deposits were found in Uganda and natural gas in Tanzania and Mozambique.
Kenya€™s shilling strengthened for an eighth day, the longest winning streak in 18 months, on low dollar demand and as the central bank kept rates on hold. | The currency of East Africa€™s biggest economy appreciated as much as 0.4 percent and was trading 0.1 percent stronger at 83.50 per dollar at 11:03 a.m. in the capital Nairobi, headed for the longest series of gains since August 2010.
The government can€™t afford to buy stakes in South Africa€™s mines, and it would be against the constitution to seize them, the Johannesburg-based newspaper said. Mining companies should pay more tax and royalties, and there should be more processing of raw materials locally with higher duties on the export of unprocessed minerals, Business Day said.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will press South Sudan for help in securing the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive for five days and may appeal to the African Union and other parties to mediate in negotiations, state media reported on Thursday.
A study commissioned by South Africa's ruling ANC has rejected calls for mine nationalisation and come out in favour of higher taxes and royalties, the Business Day newspaper reported on Thursday. | The report is expected to be adopted as policy by the African National Congress and will be raised this weekend at a meeting of the party's National Executive Committee, the newspaper said, without saying where it got the information.
EVENTS: * Kenya offers 4 billion shillings of 91-day Treasury bills * Zambia offers 91, 182, 273 and 364-day Treasury bills GLOBAL MARKETS The euro rose on speculation a Greek debt deal was close at hand on Wednesday while global equity markets surged...
The U.N. mission in South Sudan is investigating reports of a massacre of nearly 80 people by armed men in uniforms in Africa's youngest nation, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
The resumption of the rig's interrupted year-long contract for the Gulf of Mexico, for which Murphy will again pay $511,635 per day, is still "to be determined," according to the report. | Murphy is drilling one more well off Congo despite a tough year there for the Arkansas company, which just took a $369 million asset impairment related to the offshore Azurite field, and last year it said three dry wells off Congo cost it $36 million.
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NAIROBI Feb 2 (Reuters) - Foreign demand for high-yielding debt in Kenya and Uganda is likely to underpin their respective currencies next week, while Nigeria's naira should benefit from hefty dollar sales in the past two days by oil companies.
South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar on Thursday after hitting near five-month highs earlier, with dealers seeing it maintaining its firmer tone.
A study commissioned by South Africa's ruling ANC has rejected calls for mine nationalisation and come out in favour of higher taxes and royalties, the Business Day newspaper reported on Thursday. | The report is expected to be adopted as policy by the African National Congress and will be raised this weekend at a meeting of the party's National Executive Committee, the newspaper said, without saying where it got the information.
Uganda bowed to the threat of social unrest, cutting interest rates by a percentage point on Wednesday, while neighbouring Kenya balked before fast credit growth and other risks.
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- Ghanaian Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Alhaji Mohamed Mumuni has dismissed criticisms that China is trying to re-colonise Africa with its increased interest in the economies of African...
Mogadishu (RBC) The United Nations envoy for Somalia has strongly condemned the recent murder of radio station director Hassan Osman Abdi and called on the authorities to carry out an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. | €œI am shocked and saddened by the killing of Hassan Abdi, one of the most prominent journalists in Somalia,€ the Secretary-General€™s Special Representative, Augustine P.
CHILDREN in Africa are to benefit from new school uniforms thanks to the generosity of pupils in Plympton. | The children at Old Priory Junior Academy have donated their old school uniforms to the Operation Sunshine charity. | The Christian charity collects, sorts and packs second hand and new clothing for less fortunate children in Africa. | Rob Pippen, head teacher at Old Priory Junior Academy, said: "We're delighted to help in this way."
As a youngster, Josh Jay fancied being a wildlife photographer or an explorer/archaeologist. Then he realised that helping poorer people was where his heart lay. He tells STEVEN RUSSELL about Africa – and midnight phone calls about rats!
In South Africa, many refugee children lack access to education due to discrimination and the cost of school fees. The good news is that community and international groups are working to change this, child charity reports.
AFP,: President Joseph Kabila's ruling PPRD party and its allies won a parliamentary majority in November elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to official results released Thursday. | The camp of the PPRD and its allied parties captured an absolute majority of about 260 seats on the 500-seat National Assembly while the opposition won about 110 seats, according to figures released by the electoral commission.
There was more representation of blacks in the middle class in South Africa last year, indicating that racial differences had narrowed -- although slightly.
A minute of silence will be observed at the Africa Cup of Nations this weekend in memory of the scores killed and hundreds injured when rival fans clashed in Egypt. | "African football is in a state of mourning," said Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). | Hayatou, in the Equatorial Guinea capital of Malabo for Saturday'
Take a cursory glance at the media coverage prior to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and all the hype is about which teams are not at the tournament. Egypt, winner of the previous three tournaments is missing; as are powerhouse Nigeria, four-times champion Cameroon, South Africa, and Africa€™s third-highest ranked team, Algeria. Only two of the six nations that represented the continent at the 2010 World Cup qualified and of the last nine...
A South African judge sentenced four men convicted of murdering a Cape Town lesbian to 18 years in prison Wednesday in a move activists said set a precedent for harsher sentencing in homophobic crimes.
Keywords: “Cellulant's platform will be deployed in stages in Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe , Egypt, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda , Seychelles, Botswana and Kenya ,” the companies said. Cellulant's chief business officer, Paul Ndichu, said in the press release...
Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has set up an independent investigation to look into the events around a student drowning during an orientation event at North West University. Thabang Godwin Makhoana drowned...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's ruling party and its allies won a reduced parliamentary majority in November elections, according to results released two months after the disputed polls. | The electoral commission announced the figures on Thursday, saying President Joseph Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) and its allies captured an absolute majority of about 260 seats in the 500-seat National Assembly.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague is expected to visit Kenya on Friday after a tour of Somalia€™s capital Mogadishu on Thursday. | Mr Hague is the first high ranking British official to visit Kenya since the Kibaki-led coalition government took office following the 2007 post-election violence. | A statement from the UK High Commission in Nairobi said Mr Hague will address and field questions from journalists at 3 pm.
patrick pella: Bharti Airtel has unveiled a mobile money platform in Uganda , which now completes the technical process of linking its Tanzanian and Kenyan outfits and set the stage for cross-border money transfer. Mr Michael Okwiri, the vice president for Corporate...
Zambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon and Ghana will start likely favourites for the 2012 Caf Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals across central Africa this weekend. | The football feast begins on Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea - Zambia and Sudan in the mainland port city of Bata, followed by the co-hosts against Côte d'Ivoire in the island capital Malabo.
UGANDAN Davis Ssenono shocked Kenya's John Mburu in the qualifiers of the Uganda International Badminton Open tournament at Kampala Club on Thursday. | The main draw action starts Friday with the men's singles in the morning, followed by the women games in the afternoon at Sharing Youth Centre, Nsambya.
BATA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, Feb 2 (NNN-ZNBC) -- The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has suspended midfielder Clifford Mulenga ahead of the Chipolopolo Boys' quarter-final match in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN2012) against Sudan this Saturday.
REHOBOTH - Speaker of Children's Parliament, Giovanni Britz, says 45 percent of children acknowledge that they do not feel safe in classroom... WINDHOEK- With many students running around going through the hassles of registering into an institution...
Global payments solutions firm MasterCard on Thursday launched its official East African regional headquarters in Kenya's capital Nairobi, bringing the number of the firm's offices across the African continent to five. | "We are pleased to welcome MasterCard to East Africa and in particular to Kenya, as we see the region's growth path continue," Odinga said.
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With presently three flights a week between Entebbe to Mombasa and on to Zanzibar, Uganda€™s quasi-national airline, U7, is clearly intent to fill those 50 seats in the CRJ 200 they use on the route. These flights open up the Kenyan...
Marketplace News 02.02.2012 South Africa-Iran oil boycott in limbo By: ALEX TARR NAMIBIA is holding its breath as South Africa considers its position regarding the Iranian oil embargo being encouraged by the United States and European Union. | The two global power blocs have spearheaded various economic sanctions on the Middle Eastern state since last Monday and are applying pressure on other countries to follow suit.
Notable Quotes AFRICA is able, and we have the capacity to sort out our problems, instead of bringing other forces from elsewhere. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has described the just-ended African Union (AU) 18th Heads of State and Government Summit in Addis Ababa as successful.
Peter: He said that South Africa had also embarked on a major project of repatriating illegal immigrants to their countries and some were from Tanzania. | €œIt€™s true that we have received a group of 108 Tanzanians who were living illegally in South Africa. They were repatriated to Dar es Salaam in a hired flight,€ he said.
NAIROBI: Kenyan mobile services provider Cellulant has inked a deal with UK€™s Barclays Bank in order to provide digital services across the African continent, a press release from the companies published by Telecom Paper reported. | "For corporate clients, this offers an efficient and cost-effective channel to bill and receive payments from their customers,€ he added. | If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it."
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Mwazipeza Chanda: By NDUBI MVULA THE 7th Africa Mining Congress being held at Livingstone's Zambezi Sun Hotel has barred journalists from covering the event with strict instructions given to security officers to keep away all media personnel. The hotel's conference hall...
Zambia coach Herve Renard says he will not be pressured into playing El Merreikh striker Jonas Sakuwaha against Sudan on Saturday. | Sakuwaha inspired Sudanese outfit El Merreikh to the 2011 Sudan league crown after scoring 18 goals to also win the gold boot award. | €œSakuwaha is more important than Zambia?" Renard said. | "Me, I don€™t care about the name of the player.
DR Congo President Joseph Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy and its allies won an absolute majority in November's contested legislative elections, results showed Thursday.
Post-revolution Egypt has emerged as a hotspot for illegal ivory trading aided by a surge in Chinese buyers and a lack of reprisals against sellers, conservation agency Traffic said. | A report by the not-for-profit body said the rise in trade had been aided by new airline routes passing through Dubai and on to Africa and the wider region, inadvertently carrying ivory.
NORAN Abdul Majid (centre, in blue top) spends a day on a Cape Peninsular tour of Cape Town, South Africa. | Hotel in a park THE Putrajaya Shangri-La, a five-star hotel with 118 rooms, is one of Putrajaya€™s top luxury hotels. Overlooking Malaysia€™s innovative garden city, it is both a hotel in a park and a park inside a hotel.
31 January 2012 €“ The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting and defending the freedom of the press today condemned the murder of a journalist in Somalia and called for measures to improve the safety of media professionals in the Horn of Africa country.
Twenty-nine Chinese workers were kidnapped from their construction site in Sudan on Saturday. Initial reports suggested the Sudanese Army had rescued some of them, but the Chinese government has denied this. Although there is some confusion around the identity of the hostage-takers, all signs point to involvement by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, a rebel group wanting the downfall of the regime in Khartoum.
Matsoake, who previously lived in Virginia Beach, is being held on a $2 million bond at the Dare County Detention Center in Manteo, N.C., where he faces two counts of first-degree rape. | Matsoake was extradited from South Africa to the United States after a four-year effort by police, the FBI, the U.S. Marshal's Service and the U.S. State Department, authorities said.
China has developed strong economic ties in volatile nations in Africa and elsewhere, in large part to meet its growing needs for energy and other raw materials. At the same time it is facing growing pressure at home to protect citizens who fall into harm's way abroad.
Ms. Irina Bokova, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday condemned the murder of a journalist in Somalia and called for measures to improve the safety of media professionals in the Horn of Africa country.
THE Kenya Private Sector Alliance has launched a campaign to educate Kenyans on the importance of holding peaceful elections. | Patrick Obath, the chair of the alliance, yesterday said Sh2 billion will be spent in the three-phase strategy. "The 2007/08post election violence was not unusual because previous elections have had their own violence experiences."
On Saturday I was at my rural home in Chikwaka communal lands for a funeral, Chigodora village to be specific. A mere 70km from the CBD if one takes the Shamva turnoff, just after Umwinsdale down to Musiyiwa Shopping Centre, or 75km, if one proceeds down Mutoko Road to Juru Growth Point (KwaBhora) before taking the left turn at Zvevatsunga Supermarket towards Dzvete.
Urban groovers have positioned themselves as a formidable force to reckon with regionally and internationally with a young group called Multi-Personality. | Multi-Personality, better known as Multi-P, is the latest to set up a base in South Africa where they are making waves on television and radio stations.
South Africa's police force is facing criticism for refusing to help a Zimbabwean man, who was beaten by security guards at a refugee reception office in that country last week. | The man, Lucky Dube, was trying to sort out his asylum documents at the Maitland Refugee Reception Office in the Western Cape, after making an application late last year.
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hisham Qandeel is to inaugurate in Cairo on Tuesday 31/1/2012 a regional workshop on the occasion marking the launch of the water sector monitoring project of North African countries. | Qandeel said the project is a significant step to upgrade the competence of water sector at the national and regional levels by the optimum management of water resources.
Sudan won their first match at the Africa Cup of Nations for 42 years, beating Burkina Faso 2-1 in Bata to reach the quarter-finals. | They made it to the last eight thanks to Ivory Coast's 2-0 win over Angola in the other Group B match in Malabo. | Mudather El Taib scored in each half for the 1970 African champions, with Issiaka Ouedraogo replying late on.
Impromptu celebrations broke out all over Sudan as the national team upset the odds to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. | Queues of cars serenaded the streets of the capital Khartoum with discordant choruses of car horns. | Fans leant out of the windows of many cars to proudly fly the Sudan flag.
Addis Ababa – The heads of state summit of the African Union (AU), which ended in Addis Ababa early on Tuesday morning, has endorsed a plan to set up a continental free trade area by 2017. | Other requirements for improving trade were mobility of labour across the continent, better education and training facilities, and investment in infrastructure such as roads and railways. | Baloi said the summit drew up a road map for free trade.
South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar on Wednesday and could keep a firmer tone on the back of high metal prices but sentiment is still fragile. | Another reading below 50 would suggest interest rates may have to remain lower for longer and be supportive of bonds. | The rand was trading at 7.81 to the dollar at 0640 GMT, not far from Tuesday's New York close of 7.82.
EVENTS: * MPC rate decisions in Kenya and Uganda . * Botswana budget to be released * Kenya offers 3 billion shillings of 182-day Treasury bills GLOBAL MARKETS US equities and the euro slid on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected US economic data added...
Exploration interest in Kenya and its neighbours in eastern Africa has risen in recent years after hydrocarbon deposits were found in Uganda and natural gas in Tanzania and Mozambique. Kenya itself is yet to strike any oil or gas despite sinking...
The 1970 African champions went through after after Cote d€™Ivoire beat Angola 2-0 in the other Group B clash in Malabo, in a game the Palancas Negras needed at least a draw to march on. | The Burkinabes had a positive start but yet again were let down by defensive errors. | Eltaib scored the opener on 33 minutes after robbing Burkina Faso defender Mohammed Tall off the ball before shooting beyond the reach of goalkeeper Daouda Diakite.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 31, GNA - Alhaji Mohamed Mumuni, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Tuesday discounted criticisms that China was endeavouring to re-colonise Africa with its increased interest in the economies African...
South African poultry producers want the import duty on Brazilian chicken to be increased by 3 rand ($0.38) a kilogram (2.2 pounds), Business Day reported, citing David Wolpert, chief executive officer of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters...
A task team set up by South Africa€™s Department of Mineral Resources to investigate hydraulic fracturing will submit its report to Cabinet on March 31, Business Day reported, citing court documents filed on behalf of Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. | It was impossible to say when the report would be released to the public as the department has no control over the Cabinet process, the Johannesburg-based paper said, citing Shabangu.
Kenya€™s central bank rejected demands from borrowers to follow neighboring Uganda in lowering interest rates from a record high, threatening to undermine growth in East Africa€™s largest economy. | Policy makers in Uganda and Kenya have struggled to combat inflation after the worst regional drought in 60 years boosted food prices in both nations and their currencies slumped.
The capture of 54 Chinese citizens in Egypt and Sudan signals growing concern for China as its economic power expands abroad and it sends more people to work on infrastructure projects in dangerous places overseas. | Rebels in Sudan seized 29 Chinese hostages Jan.
Mike Eldon,: Keywords: €œWhere were you on December 31, 2007?€ asked Kenya Private Sector Alliance ( KEPSA) chairman Patrick Obath at the launch of the €œMy Kenya€ campaign. | It is a question that brought the CEOs and others in the packed Serena Hotel ballroom back to those dreadful days when Kenya descended into violence. | The year 2007/8 was not the first time we had witnessed dreadful things around election time.
At the foot of the Ngong Hills, a million miles from frenetic Nairobi, Gillian McLaren finds a peaceful hide-away that overflows with 'Out of Africa' romance.
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The plan is an ambitious one, and if continental leaders can keep their egos aside long enough for it to succeed, it could be the catalyst for Africa€™s economic freedom. The estimated cost of developing Africa's infrastructure is around $60-billion over the next 10 years.
The incident in Sinai, which followed the abduction of 29 Chinese workers by rebels in south Sudan at the weekend, serves as a reminder of how China's rapid penetration of developing markets has left growing numbers of its citizens living and working...
Africa Exchange, an organisation working to promote regional and international trade and investment will be hosting an ICT event on the 10th of February (about a week from now) dubbed the €œMeeting of Minds€. The event will be held in Harare and aims to bring together the ICT Ministry representatives and private players in the industry to discuss development strategies for the sector.
Keywords: by Anne Woodman Apex High School students are working with fellow students in China to raise awareness of famine and genocide in Africa. After taking a class on the Holocaust and genocide last year, Apex High students Matt Bigelow and Collin Gibbons...
Okuttah Mark,: Bharti Airtel has unveiled a mobile money platform in Uganda, which now completes the technical process of linking its Kenyan and Tanzanian outfits and sets the stage for cross-border money transfer.
By Kim Jong-chan During my schooldays, I learned about Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) who helped poor and sick people in Africa . I remember that our primary school textbook set aside sizable space to introduce his activities in sleeping Africa .
More than a million condoms ordered for delegates attending the African National Congress centenary celebrations have been recalled after claims that they are faulty. The 1.35 million government-issue contraceptives were delivered to guesthouses...
Davies M.M Chanda: ZAMBIA midfielder Clifford Mulenga has been expelled from the Chipolopolo squad camp here at the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for alleged serious breach of the team€™s code of conduct. | FAZ communications manager, Erick Mwanza confirmed the expulsion of Mulenga from the team yesterday. | Mwanza said Mulenga had to be sent home because of some disciplinary reasons.
Bytes Systems Integration has announced that it will sponsor the Manufacturing Enterprise Solution Association (MESA) Global Education Program (GEP) Certificate of Competence (CoC) course that will run in Johannesburg between 28 February and 2 March...
It was shortly after midnight on Monday September 18, 1961, that a DC-6B aircraft crashed near the airport of Ndola, a town in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) not far from the Congo border. The plane had flown from Leopoldville...
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Following the execution of an Heads of Agreement in early December 2011, the formal agreement was executed on 28 December 2011 with Korea Resources Corporation ("KORES"), for KORES to invest in the Mkuju (South) uranium project in Tanzania. The Agreement was executed at a formal signing ceremony convened in Seoul, Republic of Korea and attended by KORES President Kim Shin-Jong and East Africa Resources Chairman Louis Coetzee.
The Pharaohs, Super Eagles and Indomitable Lions have a dozen Nations Cup titles between them. "These three countries may have been heavyweights in the past but they're not on current form," says Nyantakyi. The absence of the former Nations Cup-winning sides has dominated numerous conversations among football fans since the tournament kicked off on 21 January.
Coastweek Kenya: Keywords: click this banner to return to http:/ / www.coastweek.com . | "Since the completion of Mombasa-Kisumu railway line and the extension to Kampala, Kenya has never build an extra rail. | The prime minister’s statement comes a week after the east African nation signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan for construction of an oil pipeline connecting the two countries."
By Nyasa Times Repoter A Malawian man in his early 20s was shot dead in South Africa at his Zozo hut on Thursday last week in Mnandi suburb, Midrand, Nyasa Times has learnt. The victim is identified as Daimon Kanyinji from Zombe village T/A Kaluluma...
The new warranty programme, covering Kenya , Uganda or Tanzania, avails a combination of online, 24-hour care exchange and repair services to customers across East African borders. "Customers can now benefit from expanded care support at any of our care...
IN SESSION: Christine Lagarde, centre, managing director of the IMF, on the panel of 'Global Economic Outlook 2012'. Picture: AFP Consensus to provide infrastructure development, the removal of trade barriers and creating more diversified economies...
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IN BONDAGE: Patrice Lumumba under arrest after he was deposed as prime Minister of Congo , through a coup. Damning evidence of alleged foul play in the fiery death of UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld in a plane crash in Zambia more than 50 years...
Listen Up!, the official 2010 Fifa World Cup album featuring chart-topping hits such as Shakira's “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, has raised more than $2.5m (about R19.6m) for African causes through worldwide sales of the album and its singles.
Kenya's Kongonis beat Uganda's Nile Knights by 84 runs in the final of the inaugural Crown Berger East Africa Cup at Nairobi Gymkhana. The Ugandans sides had dominated the two East Africa competitions, and the Twenty20 final the previous day had been...