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U.N. office in Mogadishu attacked by al Qaeda-linked Somalia militants
Somalis carry on June 19, 2013 an injured person after al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in ...
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South Africa Equal Education Vs Motshekga Gets Nasty
The struggle between Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, and activist organisation Equal Education, is getting nasty. The Department has accused EE of using whites to mislead black people and EE has accused the Department of racism. EE held Youth Day marches on Monday 17 June in Cape Town and Pretoria. The marches were part of EE's campaign to get Minister Motshekga to publish a ...
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Nigeria Boko Haram Declares War On Borno Yobe Youth Over Vigilante Activities
A spokesperson for the Boko Haram, Abu Zinnira, has said his group will launch a manhunt for youth in Borno and Yobe states who partake in vigilante activities to identify and arrest members of the terrorist group. Some youth in both states have formed vigilante groups to assist the Nigerian military to identify and arrest the terrorists in the towns. Their activities have been commended by the ...
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Uganda Court to Hear Lukwago Petition On Tribunal Today
Justice Vincent Zehurikize of the High Court in Kampala is today expected to hear a petition filed by Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seeking to block the tribunal instituted to review a petition by city councillors calling for his sacking. Lukwago filed the petition on Monday through his law firm. The tribunal is scheduled to start seating tomorrow at Metropole Hotel in the upscale city ...
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Uganda Uganda South African Army Chiefs Discuss Security
Visiting South African Special Forces Commander, Brigade General Rudzani Maphwanya has held talks with the Chief of Defense Forces, General Edward Katumba Wamala. The meeting took place at the ministry of defense headquarters, at Mbuya in Kampala. Brigadier General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Commander Special Forces Command also attended. According to Capt. Edison Kwesiga, the spokesperson, ...
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Nigeria Jonathan Drags Tambuwal Before Journalists
"Why are you hiding?" the president asked the speaker. A mild drama occurred at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Tuesday night as President Goodluck Jonathan dragged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, before television cameras, shortly before the commencement of the closed-door meeting of the National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ...
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South Africa Orange Extends South Africa Footprint
French telecommunications operator Orange and South Africa's Nashua Mobile have signed an agreement to expand the firm's South African footprint by opening several local retail outlets. Orange entered the South African market in January when it launched an e-commerce store and online portal. The new agreement will extend Orange's reach to a fully-fledged in-store service ...
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Uganda MP Dragged to Court Over SH40 Million Bad Debt
The Kalungu woman MP, Florence Kintu who was recently dragged to court for defaulting payment of sh40m debt has admitted to borrowing sh25m and asked court's indulgence on the interest rate. Through her lawyer, Silas Mugabi, the MP told Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court that she borrowed sh25m but failed to repay because she had financial problems, and yet the interest rate was inflated by ...
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Cameroon Maritime Securit - US Promises Support For Summit
The US Ambassador to Cameroon says his country will send experts to the country. Experts from the US are expected in Cameroon in the days ahead to share experiences with those of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) when Cameroon hosts the first-ever ECCAS, ECOWAS and Gulf of Guinea Commission summit on maritime safety ...
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Angola Mbanza Kongo to Benefit From 220 Kw of Energy
Mbanza Kongo - Mbanza Kongo city, capital of the northern Zaire province, will benefit in three years a 220 KW-power supply line from the gas combined cycle station, under construction in Soyo district. This was said to Angop on Tuesday here by the Secretary of State for Energy, Joaquim Ventura, in the meeting with local government, as part of his few-hour visit that he paid to Zaire province, ...
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Angola Capital Flight Amounted At Over One Billion Kwanzas
Luanda - Capital flight in Angola, in 2011, was amounted at 1.7 billion kwanzas, according to the director of the Studies and International Relations Office of the Finance Ministry, João Boa Francisco Quipipa. The official provided the information in Luanda, during a conference on "Capital flight and development policy to favour the poorest in Angola", promoted by Norwegian ...
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Africa African Govts Told Deepen Democratic Processes
African Parliamentarians have urged governments to deepen democratic processes and to sustain efforts to curtail recurrent pockets of instability and poor governance in the region. At the same time, the legislators are recommending for linkages of democratic governance with the provision of basic needs of the citizens, a move they say shall stabilise countries. The commitments emanate at the ...
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Africa Sudan Egypt Told to Reconsider Position On Nile Waters
Juba-The South Sudanese Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hon. Paul Mayom Akec has urged Sudan and Egypt to reconsider their position in the affairs of the Nile Waters and membership to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). "I want to appeal specifically to Sudan and Egypt to reconsider their positions and become effective members of the NBI that they participated in founding. They ...
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Africa Pepfar Marks 10 Years 1 Million Healthy Babies
Washington - One million babies are alive today because their HIV-infected mothers received medication to prevent them from transmitting the virus to their infants. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted that landmark June 18 in a State Department ceremony recognizing the 10th anniversary of the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which launched large-scale U.S. ...
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Africa Homosexual Community At Increased Risk for HIV - Study
One of the challenges of fighting HIV around the world is the difficulty of reaching those at risk. A new study from South Africa indicates that the homosexual community is at increased risk for HIV, and that widespread homophobia may keep these men from receiving the information and care that they need. Gay men in Africa face extreme homophobia and violence within their communities, and in ...
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Africans hunted down in liberated Libya
As defected army units and civilians in "liberated" eastern Libya are eager to demonstrate unity, "African mercenaries" are increasingly singled out as the enemy. Africans are systematically hunted ...
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SA to represent Africa at emerging markets
The recent invitation to South Africa to join the BRIC group of emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China is to "offer opportunities for Africa to strengthen ties with the ...
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Africa Europe set out cooperation priorities
The Action Plan 2011-2013 was adopted at the recent Africa-EU Summit held in Tripoli, Libya. It replaces the First Action Plan 2008-2010 that was approved at the last summit three years ago. Both plans of action are based on eight partnerships defined as "strategic". These focus on energy, climate change, peace and security, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), trade and ...
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Africa showed off well at London travel fair
The hall housing African stands was constantly crowded during the World Trade Market (WTM) in London this week. Tasteful stands and modern design showed visitors a new a confident image of African ...
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Al-Qaida-linked fighters attack UN base in Somalia
Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi ...
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In Germany Obama Defends US Surveillance Programs
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, June 19, ...
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Sth Africa struggle to 175 against England
David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt smashed a record ninth-wicket stand to lift South Africa to 175 in the Champions Trophy semi-final against England at the Oval on Wednesday.Miller hit an unbeaten 56 and Kleinveldt chipped in with a career-best 43 during a 95-run partnership after South Africa were reduced to 8-80 in the 23rd over.The stand was South Africa's highest for the ninth wicket, ...
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FEATURE-Security risk clouds Libyas tourism ambitions
Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:00am EDT * Libya looking at diversifying revenues via tourism * Industry professionals say sector neglected under Gaddafi * Precarious security keeps foreign visitors away By Marie-Louise Gumuchian SABRATHA, Libya, June 19 (Reuters) - The ruins of a grandiose Roman theatre behind them, two foreigners taking pictures in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha make a rare sight ...
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Miss Algeria contest resumes after 10 years
ALGIERS: After an absence of 10 years, the Miss Algeria beauty contest is to resume on Friday in the western city of Oran, organisers said.A total of 20 women aged between 18 and 26 have been carefully selected from Algeria's main cities to line up for the beauty pageant, co-organiser and jury member Hamza Ameziane ...
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UN compound in Somalia attacked
Security agents arrive to secure the United Nations compound following a suicide bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Faruk MOGADISHU - Islamist militants carried out their first major assault for years on a U.N. compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and ...
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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