• Rape toll grows in DRC

   » ‎News24 Africa

  UN peacekeepers say they have stepped up patrols in a region of DRC where the number of mass rape victims has increased to more than 240.

• Riots, chaos grip Mozambique

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Protesters have rampaged through Mozambique's capital, throwing stones, looting shops and drawing police fire that has killed at least seven people, as police fear the unrest will continue.

• S.Africa civil workers' wage offer to hit budget

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African government's latest wage offer to striking public sector workers will lead to increased state borrowing and may put the country's sovereign credit rating under threat.

• SAfrica state workers' verdict looms, strike widens

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - One of South Africa's largest state workers' unions said on Wednesday it had rejected a new pay offer from the government aimed at ending a three-week strike by about 1.3 million workers in Africa's largest economy.

• ICT for Decision Makers: Some Mobile Applications

   » ‎NGOConnect Africa

  From: Blogs>>Afif's Blog
  Mobile technologies helped people or organisations to jump into information technology bandwagon especially in rural Africa where there was little or no previous infrastructure. As mobile phones and related technologies are gaining more and more popularity, innovative people are finding more ways to benefit from them. There are so many applications in this area that are worth to mention that this article wouldn’t be enough to cover. So we are going to look into a few common mobile application examples [More]

• S.Africa miners' union threatens strike on Thursday

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest union threatened on Friday to bring gold and platinum mining and other industries to a halt next week in a strike to support a labour stoppage by 1.3 million state workers.

• UN discovers possible DRC genocide

   » ‎News24 Africa

  UN investigators have uncovered mass human rights abuses in the DRC in the 1990s, including the possible genocide of Hutu refugees by Rwandan forces, a French newspaper has reported.

• Is the African Peer Review Mechanism a success?

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  The Organization of African Unity (OAU) has, over time, acknowledged that what happens internally in countries and how governments rule, regulate and ...

• S.Africa's COSATU says ties with ANC near rupture

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest labour federation COSATU said on Thursday its decades-long alliance with the ruling African National Congress was in a state of paralysis and could rupture.

• 2 million Somalis need food aid

   » ‎News24 Africa

  A UN agency says strong rains have cut the number of hungry people in Somalia by 25%, but that an estimated 2 million people still need food aid.

• Is it possible to transform, moving out of victim dependency?

   » ‎NGOConnect Africa

  From: Blogs>>Lawrence's Blog
  On the 16 th of June I attended a youth celebration gathering in Philippi, Lower Crossroads at The Beautiful Gates. The youth were presenting different performing acts in drama, acting, singing and dance under the auspices of Community Connections, a local NGO based at the Philippi Business Place. One of the performances involved school teenage pregnancies. It involved a teacher, headmaster; both parents and the girl impregnated by the teacher. What struck me as the play went on was [More]

• Event: Event: NGO Week 2010 - Cape Town, SA

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  NGO Week 2010 - building solidarity to fight poverty and inequality www.sangocowc.org 20th- 25th September 2010 NGO Week is a powerful civil society advocacy campaign which provides us with an opportunity to come together to: raise issues of common concern, share skills, knowledge, work and insights. promote and strengthen civil society’s role re-claim education and ‘learn our way out’, collectively share our collective experiences, knowledges, works and views foster ongoing working relationships; and devise strategic and practical ways to address poverty and inequality.

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• September 03, 2010
• 18:24

  Egypt censors spy chief's presidency campaign

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Cairo, Egypt, Hosni*Mubarak, Omar*Suleiman, Politics 

  CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President Hosni Mubarak's son as the next leader.

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• 19:16

  Guinea rivals promise to respect final poll result

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  OUAGADOUGOU, Guinea, Politics 

  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The two rivals in Guinea's September 19 presidential run-off agreed in writing on Friday to respect the final result of the landmark election intended to bring civilian rule to West African state.

• 18:13

  West Africa’s aerial shuttle busses

   » ‎Africa News blog

  Tags:  Dakar, LOME, Monrovia, ABIDJAN, Nairobi 

  Try and get from Dakar to Monrovia, a hop of 1,000 km down the West Africa coast, and you are likely to find yourself passing through any number of the region’s airports before getting there over 12 hours later, and at least $1,000 poorer. One suggested flight route is, in all seriousness, go on Kenya Airways via Nairobi and back.

  West and Central Africa was once served by Air Afrique, a much-cursed but vaguely-reliable French-backed outfit which provided links within the region and abroad before going bust in 2002. Now getting around the region hinges on a patchwork of smaller airlines with hit and miss connections that make travel slow and extortionately expensive.

  Senegal claims to be a regional hub but its own airline went under after a row with partners. Mauritania’s national carrier is suffering after one of its planes crashed in Guinea and split in two earlier this year. Despite its crisis, Ivory Coast’s Air Ivoire still plies some routes, though flights are frequently cancelled or long-delayed.

  Some steps are being made to improve things. ASKY, a Togolese company that has backing from Ecobank and Ethiopian Airlines, has started running some routes out of Lome but apparently is having trouble securing landing rights in Dakar and Abidjan, making it a less viable option for travelers.

  The IFC, the World Bank’s private sector lending arm, has provided a $25 million loan to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development for lending to Air Burkina and Air Mali to help develop Africa’s regional aviation networks

  Senegal is seeking to reinvent its national carrier, this time to be called Senegal Airways, potentially with help from Emirates, the Gulf airline that has just secured landing rights in Dakar.

  And regional body ECOWAS has for years been trying to fill the void left by Air Afrique’s going bust. 

  So why is air travel in West and Central Africa so difficult, when eastern and southern Africa appear to have well-established airlines?

  Will these new carriers be any more reliable or less costly than their predecessors? Will they last any longer?

  How much is this hurting business in the region?

  Should each of the countries seek to have a national carrier, or would the region do better by clubbing together to have a fewer, but more reliable carriers?

• 18:09

  Key Zambia opposition leader seeks low mine taxes

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Lusaka, Zambia, Politics 

  LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's main opposition leader on Friday said the government should restore mining agreements with foreign investors which it cancelled and reinstate tax concessions, in a major u-turn from his previous position.

• 17:56

  Congo-Kinshasa: Rape Cases Rise to 242, Says NGO

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic*Republic*of*Congo, Social*Issues, War*Conflict 

  Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity. Rapes and beatings took place at the end of July and the beginning of August.

• 17:56

  Court in Kenya to scrutinise electoral violence

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Nairobi, Kenya, International*Criminal*Court, Politics, War*Conflict 

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) signed an agreement with Kenya on Friday to set up an office in the country to pursue the masterminds of Kenya's post-election violence, officials said.

• 17:26

  Ghana: 32 PWDs Benefit From Nyep

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Ghana, Labor 

  Thirty-two physically challenged persons in the Bole District of the Northern Region have benefited from the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).
• 17:26

  Ghana: CSOs Call on Government to Make Practical Its Commitment to Water Sector

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Ghana, Politics, Business*Finance 

  Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the water and sanitation sector of the economy have vowed to continue to engage government until a substantial amount of the country's budget is channeled into the development of water, sanitation and hygiene.

• 17:03

  Senegal frees arrested beggars

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Dakar, Senegalese*government, Law*Crime, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Almost 200 beggars arrested in Dakar last week, after the Senegalese government banned begging, have been freed, while 39 foreigners have been repatriated.
• 16:00

  Riots spotlight world food prices

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambique, Industry*food*prices, Industry*spotlight*world*food*prices, Social*Issues, War*Conflict 

  The devastating riots in Mozambique have put a spotlight on rising food prices around the world, especially in poor countries.

• 15:58

  Senegal arrests 7 Koranic teachers over child begging

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Dakar, Senegal, Religion*Belief, Education 

  DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.
• 15:29

  Zimbabwe tobacco output rebounds, up 100 percent

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  HARARE, Zimbabwe, Environment 

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe produced 119 million kg of tobacco in the 2009/10 season, double the previous year's output, an official said on Friday, as the sector recovers from the damage to commercial farming associated with land seizures.

• 15:14

  Riots flare up again in Moz

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Industry*rubber*bullets, Mozambique*police, War*Conflict, Social*Issues 

  Mozambique police have fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators as rioting flared in the capital following two days of deadly protests over high prices.

• 14:59

  New website to track climate aid, key to UN talks

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Geneva, United*Nations, Environment, Technology*Internet, Politics 

  GENEVA (Reuters) - A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a "golden key" to progress in talks on global warming.
• 14:00

  S.Africa miners return to work at Rio-BHP JV

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Johannesburg, South*Africa, BHP*Billiton, Rio*Tinto, Business*Finance 

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton titanium joint venture, on Friday resumed full production after workers ended a week-long pay strike, a company official said.
• 13:59

  Rebels say dozens killed in raid in Sudan's Darfur

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Khartoum, Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men killed dozens of people in attacks on a busy market and surrounding villages in rebel-held territory in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, rebels said.

• 13:47

  Rebels: Dozens killed in Darfur

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Armed men have attacked villagers in a rebel-held area of Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, leaving dozens dead, the rebels say.

• 13:42

  Opportunities and Constraints in Agriculture: A gendered analysis of cocoa production in Southern Cameroon

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Cameroon, Business*Finance, Environment 

  Cocoa is one of Cameroon's most important agricultural commodities and exported cash crops, and women are particularly active in the sector. In ...
• 13:29

  Climate Change and Gender Justice

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Environment, Social*Issues 

  Awareness of the complex and dynamic links between gender relations and climate change is growing fast in gender and development (GAD) circles and among ...

• 12:28

  Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Khartoum, Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.

• 12:20

  Long queues in Moz as calm returns

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambique, Industry*food, War*Conflict 

  Long queues for food and fuel have formed in the streets of Mozambique’s capital as shops reopened after two days of violent protests over rising prices.
• 12:20

  Kenya allows ICC to open office

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Kenya, International*Criminal*Court, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Kenya is allowing the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country as the court’s prosecutor investigates top Kenyan leaders and business people for their roles in the 2007-08 political violence.

• 12:12

  Rwanda: Locals Tired of Being 'Mapped' By Others

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Rwanda, United*Nations*Organisation, Politics 

  The United Nations Organisation and many international non-governmental organisations have never got along well with today’s Rwanda and most likely never will. It should, therefore, not come as a surprise when the organisations make it their habit to periodically poke needles at the government of Rwanda.

• 12:07

  S.Africa gov't, strikers brace for new wage talks

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Johannesburg, South*Africa, Striking*South*African, Politics, Labor 

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week walkout by about 1.3 million.

• 11:44

  Uganda: World Vision in Child Health Campaign

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Uganda, Stella*Ayo, Politics, Social*Issues 

  World Vision and Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN) have started a campaign about Child Health Now. The campaign recently launched at Hotel Africana is to be used to craft a policy on issues of child health rights. The Executive Director Uganda Child Rights NGO Network, Stella Ayo, said Child Health Now, was handed over to the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Kenya Mugisha.

• 11:40

  Mozambique says 7 killed in riots, calm restored

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Maputo, Mozambique, War*Conflict 

  MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators on Friday as rioting flared in the capital following two days of protests over high bread prices that saw seven people killed and hundreds wounded.

• 11:24

  Nigeria: Agency Seeks Support for Trafficked Children

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Nigeria, Universal*Basic*Education*Commission, National*Agency*for*the*Prohibition*of*Traffic, Disaster*Accident, Education 

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) has called on the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to assist in giving child victims of trafficking in its shelters access to education.

• 11:00

  Zim deportations will 'endanger lives'

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Social*Issues, Politics 

  A human rights organisation has condemned SA's decision to withdraw the special status granted to illegal Zimbabweans, saying deportations will endanger their lives.

• 10:59

  Sierra Leone: Making the National Youth Commission Work for the Nation

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  Sierra*Leone, Natural*Sierra*Leone, Ernest*Bai*Koroma, Religion*Belief, Politics 

  Sierra Leone recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building; it is believed that President Ernest Bai Koroma is ready to promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being.

• 10:40

  Zim deportations will 'endanger lives'

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Social*Issues, Politics 

  A human rights organisation has condemned SA's decision to withdraw the special status granted to illegal Zimbabweans, saying deportations will endanger their lives.
• 10:31

  Mozambique says calm restored

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Maputo, Mozambique, War*Conflict 

  Mozambique’s capital Maputo has gone back to work after two days of rioting, triggered by a sharp hike in bread prices, which the government says left seven dead.

• 9:41

  IEA exec says dependency on OPEC oil to rise

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  New*Delhi, Industry*oil, International*Energy*Agency, Organization*of*Petroleum-Exporting*Countries, Nobuo*Tanaka 

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dependency on oil produced by OPEC countries is set to rise in the next 5-10 years as non-OPEC supplies are set to decline, Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Friday.

• 9:32

  Sudan's faultline worries about war

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Just four months before Southern Sudan is to hold a referendum, tensions are already rising in the region that sits on the expected future border.

• 9:22

  Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  ABIDJAN, Cote*d'Ivoire, Ivory*Coast*commission, Politics 

  ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said on Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in five years might go ahead.

• 9:16

  Guinea vote: Doubts grow

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Guinea, Politics, War*Conflict 

  A dispute over arrangements for the decisive second round of Guinea’s September 19 presidential election is raising concern that the outcome of the landmark poll could trigger unrest.
• 7:00

  Moz cops deny using live rounds

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambique, Industry*food, War*Conflict, Religion*Belief 

  Fresh clashes have erupted between police and protesters in Mozambique on the second day of violent protests over food and fuel prices that have left seven dead and hundreds injured.
• 6:55

  UN to release DRC report in Oct

   » ‎News24 Africa

  A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in DRC over a 10-year period won’t be released until October, the UN top rights official says.
• 6:55

  I Coast: Final voter list produced

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Cote*d'Ivoire, Politics 

  Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says it has produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in five years might go ahead.
• September 02, 2010
• 21:32

  Moz cops deny using live rounds

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambique, Industry*food, War*Conflict, Religion*Belief 

  Fresh clashes have erupted between police and protesters in Mozambique on the second day of violent protests over food and fuel prices that have left seven dead and hundreds injured.
• 21:32

  E Guinea opposition slams executions

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  MALABO, Guinea, Equatorial*Guinea, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Equatorial Guinea's opposition in exile has expressed its "revulsion" at the execution of four men implicated in an attack on the presidential palace in the capital, Malabo.
• 21:32

  UN: Somalia showing progress

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Somalia, United*Nations, Politics, War*Conflict 

  The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior UN official has said.
• 21:32

  Sudan referendum deadlock broken

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Sudan's referendum commission has agreed on a key post, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the southern vote on independence from the north.
• 21:32

  Togo's Fabre claims cop brutality

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Togo, Politics, Law*Crime, War*Conflict 

  Togo's opposition leader claims police have tried to stop him from leading protesters through a police blockade in an attempt to protest the alleged rigging of this year's presidential election.
• 21:32

  Ravalomanana sentence 'won't help'

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Madagascar, South*Africa, Marc*Ravalomanana, Maite*Nkoana-Mashabane, Politics 

  The sentencing of Madagascar's former president Marc Ravalomanana will not help resolve problems in Madagascar, South African International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has said.
• 21:32

  Moz deploys troops as riots persist

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambican*government, War*Conflict 

  The Mozambican government has deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital, as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on the second day of riots caused by soaring bread prices.

• 21:04

  Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  London, Medical*malaria, Medical*killer*diseases, Medical*malaria*infection, Novartis 

  LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
• 20:37

  Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Addis*Ababa, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Industry*gas*firms, Industry*oil 

  ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebel claims that Malaysia's Petronas has stopped oil and gas exploration in Ethiopia are lies and three more firms are in negotiations to start exploration in the country, its mines minister said on Thursday.
• 19:41

  UN delays publication of Congo report til October 1

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Kigali, Geneva, Congo, Rwanda, Africa 

  GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations decided on Thursday to delay publication of its report on atrocities in Congo until October 1, letting Rwanda address genocide allegations while urging Kigali to keep its peacekeeping troops in Africa.
• 19:40

  Taxi price rise likely to spark protests in Angola

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  LUANDA, Angola 

  LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan taxis will raise fares in the coming weeks due to a sharp rise in fuel prices, a move that could trigger protests from impoverished Angolans who rely on thousands of 14-seater taxi vans to go to work each day.

• 19:04

  Uganda: 2 more charged for SWC blasts

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Uganda, Ugandan*court, Law*Crime, War*Conflict 

  A Ugandan court has charged two additional suspects in connection with the SWC bomb blasts that killed 76 people.

• 18:13

  Ethiopia rejects dam criticism, targets 10,000 MW

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Addis*Ababa, Ethiopia, Environment 

  ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years.

• 18:04

  UN delays DRC report publication

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Democratic*Republic*of*Congo, United*Nations, Politics, War*Conflict 

  The United Nations is delaying publication of its report on atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to give concerned states a chance to comment, the UN has said.

• 17:56

  Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Khartoum, Sudan, Politics, War*Conflict 

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.
• 17:56

  Doubts grow over Guinea readiness for key vote

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Conakry, Guinea, Politics 

  CONAKRY (Reuters) - A dispute over arrangements for the decisive second round of Guinea's September 19 presidential election is raising concern that the outcome of the landmark poll will be challenged and could trigger unrest.

• 17:41

  The relevance of Supreme Audit Institutions

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Religion*Belief, Law*Crime, Business*Finance 

  Consensus is growing within the global community on the relevance of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), their transparency and the need to be open to ...
• 17:19

  Enhancing the profile of the Pan African Parliament

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Pan*African*Parliament, African*Union, Social*Issues, Politics 

  Parliament Speakers at a 2009 conference convened by the African Union's (AU) Pan African Parliament (PAP) sought to acquire greater legislative powers ...

• 17:16

  Somalia showing signs of progress: UN official

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Nairobi, Somalia, United*Nations, Politics, War*Conflict 

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday.

• 17:11

  Women's Leadership and Participation: Case Studies on Learning for Action

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Education, Social*Issues 

  What are the barriers to women's leadership and participation and how could they be encouraged to take up leadership positions? Once they are leading, ...

• 16:59

  Sirleaf seeks advice on sanctions

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Liberia, Ellen*Johnson*Sirleaf, Human*Interest, Politics 

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is seeking legal advice on a truth and reconciliation commission report which recommends she be banned from occupying public office for 30 years.

• 16:49

  Comparing citizenship laws in Africa

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Africa, Social*Issues, Law*Crime, Environment, Politics 

  Laws and practices governing citizenship in too many African countries effectively leave hundreds of thousands of people without a nationality. These ...
• 16:36

  The pursuit of integrity in customs

   » ‎Eldis Latest Research

  Tags:  Politics, Social*Issues 

  Fighting corruption in customs administration is a major challenge for many African governments, as well as for development agencies providing technical ...

• 16:09

  EU blacklists 2 Ghanaian airlines

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Europe, European*Union 

  The EU says it has added two Ghanaian-registered cargo companies to its list of airlines whose aircraft are barred from flying to Europe.
• 16:08

  DRC: Aid workers safe after attack

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Disaster*Accident, Labor, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Six aid workers who came under fire from militia in the DRC and were forced to flee into the bush are safe and unharmed, their employer says.

• 15:44

  South Africa: Rounding Down for a Charitable Cause

   » ‎AllAfrica News: NGOs and Civil Society

  Tags:  South*Africa, Social*Issues, Human*Interest 

  STRATE Charity Services (SCS) recently handed over cheques worth R400 000 to four charities. This is not an unduly rare event for the section 21 company, but what makes it significant is that this money was essentially fashioned from nothing; created from where previously there was nothing but incurred costs.

• 15:23

  Rio-BHP JV in SAfrica sees end to wage strike

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Johannesburg, BHP*Billiton, Rio*Tinto, Politics, Labor 

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton joint venture, said it had agreed a final wage deal with workers to end a week-long strike and will resume full output on Friday.

• 14:48

  E-Guinea denies abducting officers

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Guinea, Equatorial*Guinea, Politics, War*Conflict, Law*Crime 

  Equatorial Guinea has denied that it abducted four former military officers it subsequently convicted of a coup attempt and executed last month.

• 14:05

  S.Africa ends special deal for Zimbabwe migrants

   » ‎Reuters: Top News Africa

  Tags:  Cape*Town, South*Africa, Zimbabwe, Africa, Social*Issues 

  CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will stop at the end of the year a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter Africa's largest economy without documents, a cabinet spokesman said on Thursday.

• 13:46

  Gunfire continues in Mozambique

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Mozambique, War*Conflict, Social*Issues 

  Price protests are continuing in Mozambique, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters.
• 13:46

  EU blacklists 2 Ghanaian airlines

   » ‎News24 Africa

  Tags:  Europe, European*Union 

  The EU says it has added two Ghanaian-registered cargo companies to its list of airlines whose aircraft are barred from flying the Europe.

• 13:25

  Rwanda: Six Youth Picked for Commonwealth Programme

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  Tags:  Kigali, Rwanda, Religion*Belief, Labor 

  Six Rwandan youth have been invited to the 2010 Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Program which is slated for September 5-15 in Kigali.

• 12:42

  Long road ahead for Sudan debt relief: World Bank

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  Tags:  Khartoum, Sudan, Africa, World*Bank, Business*Finance 

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan needs structural reforms to broaden its economy and encourage private business to reduce a 46 percent poverty rate and qualify for relief on its $35 billion external debt, the World Bank's vice president for Africa said on Thursday.

• 12:30

  Stability returns to Zim, SA says

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  Tags:  Zimbabwe, Zim*SA, South*African*Government, Politics 

  The South African government says it believes some form of stability has returned to Zimbabwe and therefore, all Zimbabweans will now be treated like any other foreign national.
• 11:39

  SA re-opens embassy after Moz riots

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  Tags:  Maputo, Industry*security*services, South*African*Government, Social*Issues, War*Conflict 

  The South African government has re-opened its embassy after the Mozambican security services took control of the situation following price riots in Maputo.

• 11:37

  Deadly Mozambique price riots enter second day

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  Tags:  Maputo, Mozambique, War*Conflict 

  MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second day of riots caused by soaring bread prices.

• 10:55

  Special deal for Zim citizens to end

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  Tags:  SA's*Cabinet, Themba*Maseko, Politics, Business*Finance 

  SA's Cabinet has approved a proposal to end the special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals introduced in April 2009, government spokesperson Themba Maseko says.

• 10:39

  Uganda: NGO to Train Women Candidates

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  Tags:  Uganda, Women*Democracy*Group, Education, Politics, Social*Issues 

  Women Democracy Group, an NGO, has launched a campaign to train 3,000 women who are to contest for various seats in the forthcoming general elections.

• 10:09

  Islamists tell Sharif to step down

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  Tags:  Politics, War*Conflict 

  A Somali rebel group has told the country’s embattled president to resign, saying hardline Islamists have succeeded where government has failed.
• 10:09

  Ponzi scheme shakes Benin

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  Tags:  Benin, Social*Issues, Business*Finance 

  More than 100 000 people in Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the country’s president.

• 9:57

  Cameroon president sacks police, intelligence heads

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  Tags:  YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Industry*local*media*reports, national*police*force, Politics 

  YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's president replaced the heads of the national police force and the intelligence service in a security shakeup that follows local media reports of a coup plot.
• 9:54

  E. Guinea says executed officers weren't abducted

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  Tags:  Guinea, Equatorial*Guinea, Politics, War*Conflict, Law*Crime 

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea denied on Wednesday that it had abducted four former military officers it subsequently convicted of a coup attempt and executed last month, saying they had returned voluntarily to their country.
• 9:43

  Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack

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  Tags:  Kinshasa, Congo, War*Conflict 

  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo on Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said on Wednesday.
• 9:41

  S.Africa state workers reject new pay offer

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  Tags:  Johannesburg, South*Africa, Africa, Business*Finance, Labor 

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers staged a protest march on Thursday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labour movement at loggerheads.
• 9:40

  Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: UN

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  Tags:  Congo, Democratic*Republic*of*Congo, United*Nations, Social*Issues 

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

• 8:54

  Maputo quiet after price riots

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  Tags:  Maputo, Mozambican*police, War*Conflict, Social*Issues 

  Maputo is quiet after price riots left two Mozambican police officers and several other people dead.
• 8:32

  1st office for S Sudan referendum opens

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  Tags:  Sudan, United*Nations, Politics, War*Conflict, Sports 

  The United Nations has opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudan’s scheduled January referendum on independence.
• 7:55

  Uganda ready to send troops to Somalia

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  Tags:  Mogadishu, Somalia, United*States, Uganda, Politics 

  Uganda says it is ready to send 10 000 more troops to Somalia if the US provides the funding, a move that would see the AU force in Mogadishu more than double in size.
• 7:55

  Kibaki rejects bill to control prices

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  Tags:  Kenya, Industry*food, Mwai*Kibaki, Politics 

  Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has refused to pass into law a bill that would have turned the country to fixing essential food and fuel prices.
• 7:48

  Riots, chaos grip Mozambique

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  Tags:  Mozambique, War*Conflict, Religion*Belief 

  Protesters have rampaged through Mozambique's capital, throwing stones, looting shops and drawing police fire that has killed at least seven people, as police fear the unrest will continue.
• 6:36

  IPI: Probe Somali journo killing

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  Tags:  Somalia, Industry*media*watchdog, Politics 

  Media watchdog IPI has expressed concern over curbs on press freedoms in Somalia’s breakaway Puntland state, as it calls on authorities to investigate a journalist’s stabbing.
• 6:36

  Rape toll grows in DRC

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  Tags:  United*Nations, Social*Issues, Environment, Politics, War*Conflict 

  UN peacekeepers say they have stepped up patrols in a region of DRC where the number of mass rape victims has increased to more than 240.
• September 01, 2010
• 21:28

  Riots, chaos grip Mozambique

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  Tags:  Mozambique, War*Conflict, Religion*Belief 

  Protesters have rampaged through Mozambique's capital, throwing stones, looting shops and drawing police fire that has killed at least seven people, as police fear the unrest will continue.
• 21:28

  Congo: UN begged to protect villagers

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  Tags:  Congo, United*Nations, War*Conflict, Environment 

  Congolese community leaders begged local UN officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people.

• 20:34

  SAfrica: no fault in two disputed prospecting rights

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  Tags:  Johannesburg, South*Africa 

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's mining ministry has examined the granting of two disputed prospecting rights and found no evidence of maladministration or irregularity, the minister said on Wednesday.

• 20:24

  Cosatu to lead Swazi march

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  Tags:  Swaziland, Politics 

  Cosatu has announced that it will lead the "biggest march ever seen in Swaziland" next week in support of the unbanning of political parties in that country.

• 18:59

  Two killed in Algeria suicide bombing: sources

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  Tags:  Algiers, Algeria, War*Conflict, Social*Issues 

  ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several wounded in Algeria on Wednesday when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy, a newspaper and a local resident said.
• 18:59

  World trade grows by 25 pct in 2nd quarter

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  Tags:  Geneva, World*Trade*Organization, Business*Finance 

  GENEVA (Reuters) - World trade continued to rebound strongly in the first half of this year, rising by over a quarter from year-ago levels, with emerging economies showing particularly powerful export growth, World Trade Organization figures showed on Wednesday.

• 18:26

  Angola: Youth Associations Support Government in Retrieval of Moral Values

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  Tags:  Angola, Youth*Associations*Support*Government, Ana*Maria*M'vuayi, Politics 

  Youths associations are associated with the government in the actions aiming the retrieval of moral, civic ethics and patriotic values, said Wednesday in Kuito city, the deputy governor of central Bié province for social affairs, Ana Maria M'vuayi.

• 18:08

  Kenya: 'Haemorrhage' SMS stirs panic

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  Tags:  Kenya, Industry*telecommunications*regulator, SMS, cellular*telephone, Health*Medical*Pharma 

  Kenya’s telecommunications regulator has told mobile phone users to ignore swirling rumours that receiving calls from some numbers appearing in red can cause brain haemorrhage.

• 17:48

  Liberia: More U.S. Peace Corps Resume Duties Here

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  Tags:  Liberia, U.S.*Peace*Corps, Business*Finance, Social*Issues, Religion*Belief 

  A new group of fourteen U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers have been sworn-in, bringing to 20 the number of Peace Corps Volunteers currently serving in Liberia.
• 17:48

  Liberia: Weeks Urges Muslims to Pray for 2011 Elections

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  Tags:  Monrovia, Liberia, Religion*Belief, War*Conflict 

  The Executive Director of the Youth Action International (YAI) Kimie L. Weeks has donated 120-25kg bags of rice for distribution among mosques in Monrovia, urging Muslims to pray for the country's 2011 general and presidential elections.

• 17:00

  Cameroon leader sacks police chief

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  Tags:  Cameroon, Paul*Biya, Politics, War*Conflict 

  Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has sacked a top police chief and the head of internal security, just a month after rumours of an attempted coup in the capital.