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2010-03-18: Headlines

• AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Gaddafi is a Mad Man -- Mark 2010-03-18

  Nigeria is not the only country that has crisis, what will he say of Sudan? What solution will he give to Sudan where religious crisis has been ravaging ...

• Business Wire: Announcing the Speaker Line-up at West & Central Africa's Only Dedicated ... 2010-03-18

  LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following 2 exceptional years in Nigeria, West & Central Africa Com (www.comworldseries.com/wcafrica) telecoms conference ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Metal Detectors Keep Weapons Out of School 2010-03-18

  The principal of a Mitchells Plain school says searches with hand-held metal detectors are deterring pupils from bringing weapons to school.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Country Intensifies Aids Case Findings - Living With Aids 2010-03-18

  Within a few days, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, will launch a massive campaign aimed at encouraging millions of South Africans to test for HIV.

• AllAfrica.com: Ethiopia: Seacom, ETC to Sign High-Speed Undersea Connection Agreement 2010-03-18

  SEACOM is the first company to offer broadband services to countries in East Africa and has its landing point already installed in Djibouti.

• AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Onsando, Ahamya are Bamburi Coaches 2010-03-18

  Rwenzori finished third last year after a 30-20 defeat by Kenya's Rhinos. Meanwhile, the Nile Special Premier Rugby League continues today with Hima Imp ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Baby Girl Found Alive in Bag 2010-03-18

  Nurses at Victoria Hospital have named her "Vicky Unknown Monday" because they know nothing about the baby girl who was found in a tog bag under a pile ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Skwatsha Denies Hindering Arrest of Jackson Mthembu 2010-03-18

  ANC MP Mcebisi Skwatsha has denied metro police allegations that he interfered with the arrest of ANC national spokesperson Jackson Mthembu on Thursday.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Child Killing Case Held Over for Birth 2010-03-18

  The trial of a Hanover Park couple, accused of the assault and murder of their three-year-old son, has come to an abrupt halt because they are about ...

• AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Why the US Has Joined the Rush for East Africa 2010-03-18

  Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi have a combined Gross Domestic Product of about $70b. Any single investor entering the region has the multiple ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Less Than 1 Million Country Domain Sites - Survey 2010-03-18

  A country domain is an Internet 'top level' code assigned to a country, for example .za (South Africa), .uk (United Kingdom), .de (Germany), .fr (France)

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Eradicating Poverty Starts with Youth Development - Dlamini 2010-03-18

  Pretoria — Reducing poverty among children and the youth can contribute towards the reduction of intergenerational transmitted poverty, says Deputy Minister ...

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: The Death Has Occurred of Mrs Africa Media Freedom 2010-03-18

  Zimbabwe has seen some shockingly draconian press laws in recent years. All the East African countries, for example, have passed or plan to bring laws th ...

• AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Trainers Learn How to Improve Negotiating Skills of Public Servants 2010-03-18

  ... can take back to their respective training institutions, based in seven countries; Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Cosatu Has High Hopes for New Spin Doctor 2010-03-18

  Cosatu leader S'dumo Dlamini said he hoped the appointment of seasoned spin doctor Zizi Kodwa as special advisor to President Jacob Zuma would "solve ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Sweden to Help SA Develop Clean Energy 2010-03-18

  Cape Town — The Swedish government has promised to help South Africa develop more renewable energy sources as the two countries vow to fight the devastating ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Southern Africa Seeks CITES Approval for Sale of Ivory Stocks 2010-03-18

  CITES, which banned the international commercial ivory trade in 1989, later permitted Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to sell some stocks ...

• Radio Netherlands: Moderate Sufi Muslims join Somali government 2010-03-18

  I think the people in Somalia are more convinced of Ahlu Suna's agenda for the country than al-Shabaab's.” “Ahlu Suna have become the targets of ...

• Radio Netherlands: Pirates apprehended by Dutch navy 2010-03-18

  ... taking part in Operation ATALANTA, an EU operation aimed at deterring, preventing and repressing acts of piracy and armed robbery in the waters off Somalia.

• Radio Netherlands: South Africa moves to mediate in Zimbabwe 2010-03-18

  South African President Jacob Zuma is visiting Harare in an attempt to reduce tensions within the Zimbabwean government. A year ago former rival partie ...

• Radio Netherlands: Sudan opposition demand probe into ballot printing 2010-03-18

  UNDP did award two other contracts for printing ballots for the national and state parliaments to South African and British firms the source, who declined ...

• Radio Netherlands: Dutch frigate again captures pirates 2010-03-18

  On Tuesday, nine pirates were captured and detained aboard the Tromp. All captured pirates will be put ashore in Somalia soon.

• In These Times: Stop Feeding the Vultures 2010-03-18

  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected Africa's first female president and donor nations, including the United States and Britain, agree to pay off Liberia's old ...

• Washington Post: Alternative spring breaks connect with college students 2010-03-18

  ... sloth and excess in Florida to study post-election violence in Kenya, help public defenders in New Orleans or teach English in the Dominican Republic.

• London South East: African Markets - Factors to watch on March 18 2010-03-18

  Reuters will publish three separate foreign exchange polls for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania at 1315 GMT. * The average price of Kenya's Broken Pekoe Ones te ...

• Reuters South Africa: World Bank sees Africa economies rebounding in 2010 2010-03-18

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan African economies will rebound this year, growing by about 3.8 percent, but their recovery will be slower than in other ...

• Reuters Namibia: S.Africa c.bank's Mokate warns on carry trade 2010-03-18

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand has gained partly because of carry trade and this could be a big challenge in the future if not properly ...

• Reuters India: FACTBOX - Foreigners held in Africa 2010-03-18

  REUTERS - Aid worker Gauthier Lefevre, kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region, was released on Thursday after 147 days in captivity, a spokesman for ...

• Inter Press Service: WORLD CUP: But South Africa Will Win 2010-03-18

  JERUSALEM, Mar 17, 2010 (IPS) - Less than a hundred days to go, and the world looks on, often more with scepticism ...

• Aljazeera.net: Sudan to sign pact with small group 2010-03-18

  The conflict in Darfur has pitched ethnic African tribesmen against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government, claiming the lives of up to 300000 lives - ...

• Systems: Horn of Africa Seabees Build Cafeteria for Students 2010-03-18

  CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Students of Djibouti's Douda Primary School showed their appreciation for a new cafeteria provided by US Navy constructi ...

• BBC News: UK-French aid worker freed in Darfur after five months 2010-03-18

  An aid worker with joint UK-French nationality has been freed in Sudan's Darfur region after five months. Gauthier Lefevre, 35, who works for ...

• San Francisco Bay View: Only Congolese will initiate and bring change to DR Congo 2010-03-18

  Despite extremely challenging conditions in this refugee camp in Kibati, north of Goma in eastern Congo, this strong Congolese wom ...

• This is Local London: LEE: Man, 28, arrested over Boone Street flat murder 2010-03-18

  ... had promoted human rights in Sudan for 30 years. He also worked closely with Human Rights Watch, the Sudan Human Rights Organisation and Justice Africa.

• Media Update: Sobukwe: The day that changed South Africa 2010-03-18

  For many South Africans, the events at Sharpeville on 21 March, 1960 are an important and painful reminder of the hardships and injustices suffered ...

• DefenceWeb: US has no plan to 'Americanize' Somalia conflict 2010-03-18

  Carson said the United States had provided about $185 million over the last 19 months to support African Union peacekeepers and about $12 million in direct ...

• Winnipeg Free Press: Apartheid week fuelled discourse, not distortion 2010-03-18

  On that basis apartheid South Africa could have claimed that its blacks were better treated than in Angola and Mozambique (both with brutal civil wars) ...

• CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM: DR National Among Women of Courage Honorees 2010-03-18

  `From striving to give more voice to politically underrepresented women in Afghanistan to documenting human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, these heroic ...

• Sutton Borough Guardian: adventurer to raise money for Ugandan children 2010-03-18

  They will then head down through Libya, Egypt, Sudan and Kenya before arriving in Uganda. The trio plan to set off on May 8 and expect to arrive in ...

• St Albans & Harpenden Review: Park Street couple take to west Africa on charity mission 2010-03-18

  A CHARITY launched in aid of a Park Street couple currently in west Africa supporting disadvantaged children is holding a fundraiser ...

• Look Local: Mrs Ackroyd's adventure in Africa 2010-03-18

  STOCKSBRIDGE Junior School's 'Stocky's Scrawlers' group have once again submitted an article for Look Local. Here is their contribution this month.

• Comparecarhire.co.uk: Drive South Africa offers World Cup car hire tips 2010-03-18

  The Football Wold Cup in June will see an unprecedented level of international tourism visit South Africa for the largest ...

• Interactive Investor: DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - March 18 2010-03-18

  CAIRO - Large Scale Farming in Africa conference starts (until April 21). CAIRO - Court to issue verdict in Hezbollah cell trial.

• DeHavilland: Commons Second Reading - Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill 2010-03-18

  A great deal of de-mining is needed in much of Latin America—large chunks of Colombia, for instance—and in nearly every African country, but we cannot take ...

• Zawya: Zain launches award winning mobile commerce service 'Zap' in Ghana 2010-03-18

  ... Zain mobile operation to launch 'Zap' following the successful implementation of the service in Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

• CricInfo.com: South Africa domestic: Imran Tahir leaves the Titans 2010-03-18

  Legspinner Imran Tahir has left the Easterns Titans, the franchises board of directors has confirmed. His pending move to Durban will allow him to play ...

• Financial Times: State oil groups call on Delhi to join assets race 2010-03-18

  It has also been seeking to expand its investments in Africa by developing oilfields in Angola, Nigeria and Sudan. "India has a lot to learn from China ...

• 4Hoteliers: Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - Feb 2010. 2010-03-18

  He was most recently serving as General Manager at the Al Salam Rotana in Khartoum, Sudan. Fathi Khogaly has returned to the Grand Hyatt Dubai as Hotel ...

• Storage Networking Solutions: Kroll Ontrack partners with Computer Aid International 2010-03-18

  ... over 160000 PCs and laptops for use in charities, schools and hospitals in over 100 developing countries, including Zambia, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

• Ethiopian News Journal: Somali gov't signs power sharing agreement with Islamist group 2010-03-18

  ... forces between the two sides and the power sharing. The armed Sufi group has been fighting the Al Shabaab group and controls large parts of central Somalia.

• Australian Food: GM Bananas: first harvest shows promise 2010-03-18

  ... in Uganda in collaboration with Uganda's National Agricultural Research Organisation. The project then plans to expand to Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.

• China Economic Review: Giles Chance, professor at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University 2010-03-18

  Q: The issue with the blue water navy plays into a larger phenomenon where China has said it will develop naval bases near Somalia to potentially play ...

• Medical News Today: NIH Partners With PEPFAR To Strengthen Medical Education In Africa 2010-03-18

  The National Institutes of Health has announced a new initiative to strengthen medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with ...

• Business Day: SecureData Africa 'stable and ready for growth' 2010-03-18

  SOFTWARE firm SecureData Holdings said yesterday that its SecureData Africa division was now stable and well positioned to seek additional revenue growth.

• Daily News & Analysis: South Africa's Cipla lifts FY profit, to add cancer drugs 2010-03-18

  Johannesburg: South African generic drugs group Cipla Medpro posted a 26.8% rise in full-year profit helped by its relationship and product pipeline ...

• Calgary Herald: Britons charged after narcotics seized at airport 2010-03-18

  Khat is grown mainly in Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Somalia. Police said demand for it here is fuelled mainly by immigrants from those countries.

• Ethiopian News Journal: Somali president hails agreement with Islamist group 2010-03-18

  The group controls several major towns in central Somalia and commands substantial number of militia force who are due to be part of the Somali government ...

• BusinessDay: Kagame at Marlborough House 2010-03-18

  My interlocutor even mentioned Sudan and Yemen as possible candidates (drawing attention to the huge absence of any Arab countries, unlike La Francophonie)

• The Citizen Daily: Terms for $8.5bn Zain loan 2010-03-18

  In Africa, Zain operates in Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar ...

• Sunday Standard: Death by natural causes? Not in Africa! 2010-03-18

  by Angela Mdlalani There are a lot of illnesses that doctors can cure by just scribbling a prescription on a pad (or your clinic card)

• Thaindian.com: Republic of Congo backs India for UN seat 2010-03-18

  Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo Brazzaville, is a French-speaking country in central Africa with a population of 3.7 million people.

• Afrique en Ligue: Al-Shabaab accuses Somali radio director of abetting 'negative' reports 2010-03-18

  In what was seen as a change of tactics to silence journalists in Somalia, rebel group Al-Shabaab on Wednesday took to court the head of a private radio ...

• Daily Nation: Project on Africa media coverage launched 2010-03-18

  An ambitious initiative that seeks to transform how African Journalists cover development issues has been launched in the country.

• The Citizen Daily: State of nutrition 2010-03-18

  ... 2.4 million malnourished children, making it the third worst affected country in Africa. Only Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo are worse off.

• Zimbabwejournalists.com: Sam Mtukudzi, Owen Chimhare laid to rest at Warren Hills 2010-03-18

  Youth and Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said it was tragic that Sam Mtukudzi died in yet another accident on Zimbabwe's crumbling highways.

• Bizcommunity.com: Quality speakers offer a competitive edge at The Star Workplace exhibition 2010-03-18

  Capsicum Culinary Studio - Chad Humby will teach the audience how to make truffles during his demo talk Cooking is a Gas on Saturday.

• Zawya: Said Irfan, Research Manager, Telecommunications for IDC Middle East, Turkey ... 2010-03-18

  The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect Zawya. Read our Comment Policy. Zawya encourages you to add a comment ...

• ESPN STAR Sports: Reds omit Turinui from Africa tour 2010-03-18

  Reds coach Ewen McKenzie has surprisingly left Morgan Turinui out of his 26-man squad to tour South Africa. Turinui started the first four matches of ...

• The Epoch Times: Irish Charity Seeks Unemployed Workers to Volunteer in Africa 2010-03-18

  Irish housing charity Respond! has put out a call for unemployed construction workers who would like to volunteer to build communities in the Kwa-Zulu Natal ...

• The Handy Shipping Guide: Bulk Freight Experts and Logistics Charity Combat Road Deaths In Africa 2010-03-18

  UK / ZAMBIA – Transport development charity Transaid and bulk and tank transport specialists the Hoyer Group have collaborated to give professional driver ...

• Business Report: South Africa's Aspen up after oncology deal 2010-03-18

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• RUSI: The Horn of Africa: A Changing of the Guards? 2010-03-18

  The Horn of Africa is the place to watch in 2010. Elections in Sudan, Ethiopia and Somaliland could herald a changing of the guards.

• 9NEWS.com: Revolutionizing medical care in Africa, one test at a time 2010-03-18

  BOULDER - Taking lessons learned while crafting optics for lasers, this week's Colorado Company to Watch is launching a new venture, which they say could ...

• RTT News: Red Cross Worker Freed From 5-Month Captivity In Darfur 2010-03-18

  (RTTNews) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday that one of its employees kidnapped last October in Sudan's restive Darfur ...

• Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA Rangy rand keeps tabs on softer euro 2010-03-18

  The South African rand was range bound in the morning session on Thursday, but eyeing a softer euro following news that Greece may seek help from ...

• IT News Africa: Zain Ghana launches mobile money service 2010-03-18

  Zap is currently available in several African “Zap-enabled” countries, namely Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Niger and Sierra Leone.

• Media Update: News24 partners with Opera Mini in South Africa 2010-03-18

  Opera Software has announced its partnership with News24.com, South Africa's leading digital news brand. Moving forward, users of Opera Mini in South Afric ...

• The Observer: INTERVIEW: Rwanda neighbours close media houses, says Paul Kagame 2010-03-18

  Secondly, there are so many journalists who have fled Rwanda to neighbouring countries like Uganda and Kenya and Tanzania. Furthermore, before you left ...

• Bernama: IFJ Condemns Arrests Of Two Radio Journalists In Somalia 2010-03-18

  This climate of terror against the journalists is unacceptable," declared Gabriel Baglo, director of IFJ Africa Office. "Urgent measures are needed urgently ...

• The Detroit News: The inside story of terror on Flight 253 2010-03-18

  The St. Louis native, heading home to see his family, had lived in Uganda since June. There, he operated a startup business selling inexpensive ...

• Newstime Africa: Eritrea Denies Supporting Militant Groups in Somalia 2010-03-18

  The country suspended its membership of the African Union in protest at the call for sanctions in April. In a report that is before the United Nati ...

• Business Day: ELB recovering after 'torrid' period 2010-03-18

  “We had some good successes in Angola, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo; mainly in equipment related to infrastructure development.

• Goal.com: Cruzeiro 0-0 South Africa: Itumeleng Khune Stars In Goalless Draw 2010-03-18

  Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Ithumeleng Khune earned high praise in Brazil last night with a brilliant display that earned Bafana a goalless draw against ...

• Media Update: Seacom connects Ethiopia 2010-03-18

  Kenya has seen bandwidth supply grow by 700% whilst Mozambique and Tanzania experienced increases of 850% and 1 000% respectively.

• Modern Ghana: Knowledge, Power and Anonymous Africans 2010-03-18

  All the five East African countries, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are all creations of the gunpowder technology.

• Fromtheold: Scouts Movement of South Africa (Verkenners) challenges Julius Malema 2010-03-18

  Julius Malema's threat to shoot white people angered many, including the Verkenners movement of South Africa. Here is a translated statement ...

• AfricaNews: Sudan: Two hanged for murder 2010-03-18

  The two people were convicted for killing the workers and looting their vehicle in 2004 at Heglig in Kordofan state in south Sudan, the official news agency ...

• The Africa Report: S.Africa rand weakens, stocks should open flat 2010-03-18

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• Bikya Masr: Christians launch Morocco appeal 2010-03-18

  Sudan executed two people convicted of killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, in one of the country's most energy-rich regions, state media reported ...

• New Vision: Calm descends on Makerere University 2010-03-18

  CALM has descended on the main university campus in Kampala, following clashes between the police and students following the killing of two Kenyan students.

• The Diplomat: Welcome The Dragon? 2010-03-18

  Zanu-PF National Chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo told Xinhua that China's relations with Africa were founded on mutual trust (translation: 'they don't ask us any ...

• Sudbury Star: Sudan executes men who killed foreign workers 2010-03-18

  Sudan executed two people convicted of killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, in one of the country's most energy-rich regions, state media reported ...

• African Manager: India, Africa reinforce commitment to strengthen business partnership 2010-03-18

  Ministers, business people and experts gathered here for the sixth India-Africa project partnership conclave ended their meeting with a commitment ...

• ISRIA: South Africa - Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to host the 8th Session of ... 2010-03-18

  The International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will hold the 8th Session of the Joint Bilateral Commission with Egypti ...

• Sunday Standard: Zebras disappoint the nation 2010-03-18

  South Africa's Thabo Moleko gave the first try for his camp on the 15th minute but his effort was thwarted by the Zebras defense.

• Moneyweb: Seacom seals agreement with ETC 2010-03-18

  Kenya has seen bandwidth supply grow by 700% whilst Mozambique and Tanzania experienced increases of 850% and 1000% respectively.

• Kelowna.com: Narcotic khat seized at Calgary airport 2010-03-18

  Khat is grown mainly in Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Somalia. Melinda Zsuzsanna Meszaros, 36, and Katalin Racsko, 56, both of London, have been charged ...

• EMC Perth: Two local nurses to volunteer to fight AIDS in Africa 2010-03-18

  A non-profit organization based in Brockville, Afri-Can has provided support to people in South Africa, as well as Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia by sending ...

• THISDAY: Good Morning, General Gusau 2010-03-18

  The fear that the 2011 transitional elections in Nigeria could ignite widespread unrest reminds the world of the recent experience of Kenya and Zimbabwe ...

• PR Web: International Workshop Endorses Principles of Security Incident Response ... 2010-03-18

  FIRST and ICANN held a four-day joint cyber-security workshop for African incident response teams in conjunction with the 37th ICANN meeting in Nairobi ...

• Daily Nation: NMG's golden jubilee kicks off 2010-03-18

  Among the Nation's major headlines were its publication on Kenya's independence, the assassination of Tom Mboya, Nyandarua North politician JM Kariuki ...

• Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA JSE flat ahead of futures closeout 2010-03-18

  The JSE was flat at its opening on Thursday amid mixed global markets, and ahead of a local futures closeout at midday. By 9.23am the JSE all share index ...

• ISRIA: Maldives - Finland visit updates: President Meets Finnish Parliament Speaker ... 2010-03-18

  more The US Department of Defense Africa Command (AFRICOM) told both the western and eastern coasts continue to be troubled by piracy, specifically ...

• Breaking World Cup News: South Africa World Cup News 2010-03-18

  Here is the latest South Africa World Cup news, updated on Thursday, March 18 2010. We've tried to include all of the latest South Africa new ...

• News & Observer: AIDS orphans' advocate speaks at Duke fundraiser 2010-03-18

  ZOE Ministry helps orphaned children in Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe by training them in farming, animal husbandry and other vocational skills as ...

• Mineweb: Gulf Resources strengthens African focused industrial minerals strategy 2010-03-18

  With exploration and development assets in Uganda, Kenya and Madagascar, Gulf is targeting opportunities for expansion within the industrial mineral sect ...

• Gaea Times: South China drought worsens, threatening crops and livestock 2010-03-18

  In war-ravaged Somalia, it is the sixth failed rainy season and the worst drought for 20 years. December 6th, 2009 Wolf recovery at crossroads in ...

• Ghana Business News: Ghana's economy said to be worth $35b 2010-03-18

  Sudan, Angola, Libya, Tunisia and Kenya were ranked 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively with economy sizes of $107.8, $80.95, $78.79, $77.16 and $57.65 ...

• OfficialWire: South Africa Mining Report Q2 2010 - New Market Report Published 2010-03-18

  by Press Office Mine Nationalisations Seem Unlikely In February 2010, mines minister Susan Shabangu told local media that the government will ...

• Namibia Sport: Bank Windhoek renews athletics sponsorship 2010-03-18

  Now our athletes can qualify at home for upcoming international events like the African Championships in Nairobi, Kenya at the end of July and ...

• Sunday Standard: Mugabe and Tsvangirai: the struggle for Power (III) 2010-03-18

  It is not so in Africa. In Africa, elections hardly produce credible governments. Frequently, 'democratically' elected governments notoriously p ...

• Ghana Business News: Ghana committed to West Africa Power Pool – Fuseini 2010-03-18

  Ghana is firmly committed to the goal of linking various national transmission grids in the sub-region to create a wholesale power market in West Africa.

• Daily Monitor: Lectures resume as calm returns to Makerere University 2010-03-18

  ... on Tuesday morning when students took to the streets and engaged police in running battles as they demonstrated the death of the two Kenyan students.

• ICRC: Sudan: ICRC confirms that kidnapped staff member is free at last 2010-03-18

  ... the release of Gauthier," added Daniel Duvillard, the ICRC's head of operations for East Africa, in Geneva. The ICRC began working in Sudan in 1978.

2010-03-17: Headlines

• AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: It's a Football Fiesta 2010-03-17

  DeMbare who had a bye in the preliminary round after being seeded by Caf -- are scheduled to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo to face St Etienne ...

• Huffington Post: Student Volunteers Map Crisis Points To Help Chile Earthquake Victims 2010-03-17

  The software program, Ushahidi -- "testimony" in Swahili -- was originally developed to map reports of violence and tragedy in Kenya after the country' ...

• Bloomberg: Commuter Dies as S. Africa Strike Overcrowds Train, Sowetan Says 2010-03-17

  March 17 (Bloomberg) -- A man died when he fell from an overcrowded train in Soweto, South Africa, as a strike by minibus taxi driver ...

• Bloomberg: S. Africa Banks Reject 50% of Mortgage Applications, BusRep Says 2010-03-17

  March 17 (Bloomberg) -- South African banks are rejecting 50 percent of home loan applications even as the lenders loosened credit criteri ...

• BusinessWeek: S. Africa to Publish CPI Data at 9 am Local Time on March 24 2010-03-17

  March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Statistics South Africa will publish the consumer-price inflation data at 9 am local time on March 24, earlier th ...

• St. Cloud Times: Taste of Africa event celebrates diversity, local, organic foods 2010-03-17

  As those in attendance feasted on organic foods from Ghana and Somalia, they heard drumming from Buddy King and the Beats on the Block drumming group ...

• Press Trust of India: Of Gandhi, South Africa and plight of bonded labourers! 2010-03-17

  New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Mahatma Gandhi could do little as a barrister in India after studying law in London but his stint in South Africa where he had ...

• BusinessWeek: South Africa Doubles Family Budget for Polygamist Leader Zuma 2010-03-17

  March 17 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's government has almost doubled the budget for President Jacob Zuma's wives and children to 15.5 ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Parties Say Failure to Take Malema to Task Undermines Constitution 2010-03-17

  Cape Town — A parliamentary debate on human rights in SA yesterday degenerated into a slanging match as African National Congress (ANC) MPs praised ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Consumer Confidence Surges but Spending May Lag 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — CONSUMER confidence jumped at its fastest pace in five years in the first quarter, as South Africans became more positive about spending.

• AllAfrica.com: African Award Sponsor Optimistic over Continent's Progress 2010-03-17

  The problems with elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe receive a lot of coverage. There are a lot of problems, there is no doubt about that.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Cost of Zuma's Wives, Children Nearly Doubles 2010-03-17

  Cape Town — The cost to the taxpayer of support for President Jacob Zuma 's wives and children almost doubled in 2009-10, soaring to more than R15m from R8m ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Charities Denied Funds Sue Lotteries Board 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — TWO non profit organisations whose applications for funding from the National Lotteries Board have been consistently refused will today argue ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Authority Seeks More Structured .za Domain 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — THE .za Domain Name Authority (.zaDNA) is lobbying the communications minister to amend the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: MPs Query Return of Military Titles for Police Officials 2010-03-17

  Cape Town — The South African Police Service's (SAPS's) new rank structure - in which national commissioner Bheki Cele will be called "general" - w ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: No Shut Down At RK Khan 2010-03-17

  Durban — KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has quashed rumours that certain sections of the RK Khan Hospital will be closed down, after making ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Report Moots R43 000 Grant for Poor Students 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — STUDENTS qualifying for state funding could get R43 000 a year from the National Students' Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) if a proposal made ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: No Mean Task Managing Africa's Largest Democratic Organ 2010-03-17

  The Nigerian House of Representatives is by far the single largest democratic institution on the African continent, comprising 360 members elected ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Promoting African Commodity Exchanges 2010-03-17

  Among these, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and Uganda are considering replicating, customizing and scaling up the ECX model. UNDP's support towards th ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Court Makes Costs Orders in Failed Pardons Case 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — THE Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that each party in the case between the 384 prisoners belonging to the Inkatha Freedom Party ...

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: City MP Asks Court to Halt Poll Petition 2010-03-17

  Nairobi — Kamukunji MP Simon Mbugua on Wednesday asked the High Court to stop a petition challenging his election to enable him to pursue an appeal.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Department Plans to Expand its Service for Job Seekers 2010-03-17

  Cape Town — The Department of Labour plans to expand its employment-seeking service significantly as a counterweight to commission-charging private-sect ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Country's Land Reforms is Inspiring to Africa's New Land Reform Agend ... 2010-03-17

  For instance in Kenya where the underlying reasons that led to the post election violence such as land has not been addressed to date.

• AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Simba Sports Club in Town 2010-03-17

  "We got professionals from Kenya and Uganda but every player is equally important, the foreigners have added in a new dimension. "We would like to set a new ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Rail Capacity Still Falling Short of Country's Needs, Says Survey 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — TWO years after Transnet started with its multibillion-rand capital investment, rail capacity is still insufficient to offset SA's high ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Transnet to Spend More to Fight Theft 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — TRANSNET Freight Rail yesterday said it spent about R1,2bn over five years to increase its security in the wake of rampant cable theft ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Pityana to Move on from Unisa 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — UNIVERSITY of SA (Unisa) vice-chancellor Prof Barney Pityana is to retire at the end of the year, the university says.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Post Office Sees Profit Falling in Hard Times 2010-03-17

  Cape Town — The South African Post Office was expected to produce a much lower net profit in the year to March than the previous financial year ...

• AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: Call for Southern Africa's National Oil Companies to Collaborate 2010-03-17

  Johannesburg — THE Department of Energy has mooted collaboration between national oil companies in southern Africa to ensure security of fuel supply in ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Restoring Continent's Innate Self-Confidence 2010-03-17

  Harare — AFRICA is still to record a balance sheet that answers the spirit of seeking a better life and economic independence, more than half a century ...

• Antiwar.com: Making Unneeded Enemies in Somalia 2010-03-17

  Although the Clinton administration's debacle in Somalia in the early 1990s is most famous – as depicted in the Hollywood ...

• Peace fm Online: OPINION: 'Slow But Sure' Route To Destruction 2010-03-17

  Countries such as Egypt, Sudan and Ghana, among others, had higher GDP (Gross Domestic Product) than many countries in Asia. But 50 years after self-rule ...

• ReliefWeb: Sudanese Journalists Learn How to Report on the Aftermath of War 2010-03-17

  A specialist trainer from an Internews sister program in Kenya recently led a workshop for community radio reporters in the south of the country;

• The News International: 'Africa should harness Chinese oil interest' 2010-03-17

  Beijing also has been criticised for befriending pariah regimes in Sudan and Zimbabwe in a cynical bid to lock up supplies of resources needed to fuel ...

• Inter Press Service: Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat 2010-03-17

  Government delegates from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger assembled to formulate a cohesive strategy to fight the extremist ...

• Episcopal News Service: LOS ANGELES: International Women of Courage honoree visits diocesan refugee ... 2010-03-17

  ... Ann Njogu (Kenya), Jansila Majeed (Sri Lanka), Sister Marie Claude Naddaf (Syria), and Jestina Mukoko, a Zimbabwe Anglican and human rights activist.

• African Press Agency: South Africa stages road show in Lagos on readiness to host World Cup 2010-03-17

  APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The South African High Commission in Nigeria on Tuesday staged a road show in Lagos to demonstrate the country's readiness ...

• Mobile Africa: Zain launches award winning mobile commerce service 'Zap' in Ghana 2010-03-17

  ... Zain mobile operation to launch 'Zap' following the successful implementation of the service in Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

• www.worldbulletin.net: Turkey, Cameroon sign visa deal, protocol 2010-03-17

  Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Turkey would keep providing humanitarian aids to Africa. President Gul, who is paying a formal visit ...

• Ma'an News Agency: Israel army: Egyptian smuggler shot dead at border 2010-03-17

  The vast majority of those killed are from sub-Saharan Africa, in particular from Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia, the UN says.

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: Turkish President Gul Attends Dinner Hosted by His Cameroonian Counterpart 2010-03-17

  Turkey is eager to enhance its ties with African countries in several areas, he said. The peoples of Turkey and Cameroon would benefit from sound ...

• Chicago Daily Herald: Fifth graders study Africa, follow their teacher's trip to Nigeria 2010-03-17

  Students in Brenna O'Hearn's fifth grade classroom at St. James School in Arlington Heights love to incorporate ...

• Liberian Daily Observer: Cultural Policy in Liberia Part XV 2010-03-17

  A station run by the Sudan Interior Mission, the Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), broadcasts on medium and short waves and reaches all parts of Liberia;

• Liverpool Echo: England will flop at World Cup - Everton & South Africa's Steven Pienaar 2010-03-17

  STEVEN PIENAAR has cranked up the psychological pressure on his team-mate and potential South Africa 2010 rival Leighton Baines by declaring that Engl ...

• Pocket Gamer: Benoit Sokal's Last King of Africa coming to iPhone 2010-03-17

  Last King of Africa, an adventure created by lauded Syberia mastermind Benoît Sokal, is coming to iPhone and iPod touch.

• Reuters South Africa: Sun goes down on Stoichkov's coaching job in South Africa 2010-03-17

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former European Footballer of the Year Hristo Stoichkov has resigned as coach of South African club Mamelodi Sundown ...

• Reuters UK: Engaging the Afghan Taliban: a short history 2010-03-17

  ... the Taliban in the hope it would modify their behaviour, and that they would be persuaded to expel Osama bin Laden who had by then relocated from Sudan.

• Reuters South Africa: Sahara states say agree joint action against Qaeda 2010-03-17

  "We have reached a full consensus to tackle terrorism in the region," Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's Minister Delegate for African and Maghreb Affair ...

• Reuters South Africa: Financiers urge reform to launch Africa power deals 2010-03-17

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Red tape and lack of well-structured projects, rather than external funding crimped by ...

• Reuters South Africa: Average price of top Kenyan tea edges higher 2010-03-17

  Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries lent strong support while Egyptian Packers were active at lower levels, ATB said, adding that Sudan maintained ...

• Free Internet Press: Taliban-Linked Militants Tighten Grip Over Southern Somalia 2010-03-17

  "They called me on the telephone and threatened me," says Egal, now living in a variety of safe houses in neighboring Kenya. "They said, 'You are working ...

• Sudan Tribune: Somali government, militia sign deal in the Ethiopian capital 2010-03-17

  He promised a continued IGAD support to maintain peace in Somalia. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Dr. Jean Ping on his part said that the latest ...

• Free Malaysia Today: Petronas caught in Sudan oil scandal 2010-03-17

  The division of oil revenues is a sensitive issue in Sudan, Africa's largest country, which was torn by a 1983-2005 civil war in which nearly two milli ...

• News24: Africa's child refugees 2010-03-17

  News24 looks at the struggles of child refugees in Africa, a continent which has civilians fleeing their homes due to conflicts in various states.

• Manila Bulletin: South Africa's budget airline doles out humor to entice passengers 2010-03-17

  ''Please be aware that when you enter the terminal building you will be strip-searched for dangerous weapons. Don't worry. If you don't have any ...

• Sudan Tribune: Chinese firm given land deal in Sudan 2010-03-17

  ZTE is a technology company but it has invested agriculture in Sudan, Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa. Last June the company signed two memoranda ...

• Times LIVE: DRC invites Belgian king to independence celebration 2010-03-17

  The Democratic Republic of Congo has invited Belgium's King Albert II to visit its former star colony for its 50th independence anniversary.

• Winnipeg Free Press: Khat nabbed; police in Calgary seize 31 kg of drug familiar in Africa 2010-03-17

  Khat is a plant common in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malwai, Uganda, Tanzania, Arabia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The leaves are normally chewed or if dried ...

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: City council to waive billboard fees 2010-03-17

  He added that several countries had sent provisional entries including Nigeria, Benin, Ethiopia and Sudan among others. The championships are scheduled ...

• News24: N African states meet on terror 2010-03-17

  An al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), along with other criminal groups, has exploited the vast spaces of the Sahar ...

• Las Vegas Sun: Somali government signs deal with powerful militia 2010-03-17

  AP Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return ...

• defpro: Pirates Release MV Theresa VIII Upon Ransom Exchange 2010-03-17

  EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA's main tasks are to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the 'World Food Program' (WFP) and vessel ...

• Business Day: Coal of Africa stock falls on dismal interims 2010-03-17

  COAL of Africa 's (CoAL's) losses widened significantly in the six months to December largely due to impairments, knocking the coal mining developer's sh ...

• Sudan Tribune: Rats, cats, boats, and the President 2010-03-17

  March 16, 2010 — I was in Juba when Government of South Sudan Presidential Candidate, Salva Kiir Mayardit, launched his election campaign ...

• DimeWars: Oprah Winfrey Lambasted By Defamation Suit In South Africa 2010-03-17

  Talk show host and all-around media mogul, Oprah Winfrey is currently under fire in South Africa from a head mistress who wants Oprah to pay up for defaming ...

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Kenya to host judo Championships 2010-03-17

  ... be done on the 27th of this month in Ruiru. Tanzania, Zanzibar, Burundi, Uganda and hosts Kenya are among the countries which have confirmed participation.

• AFP: Sudan's capital sways to hip hop 2010-03-17

  He spent his childhood fighting in his native southern Sudan before ending up in the care of a British aid worker who took him to Kenya when he was in h ...

• Today's Zaman: Gül: Non-colonialist past an asset for Turkey in Africa 2010-03-17

  Gül was speaking with Turkish journalists accompanying him during an official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Turkey has relationship ...

• Las Vegas Sun: Somali official to residents: Flee battle zones 2010-03-17

  Hundreds of heavily armed fighters from Somalia's most dangerous insurgent group, al-Shabab, moved through northern Mogadishu in 10 gun-mounted vehicle ...

• Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA JSE follows world markets firmer 2010-03-17

  The JSE opened firmer on Wednesday, in line with other world markets, as stocks were lifted by the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave rates unchanged ...

• ShareCast: Hikma sees low teens sales growth in 2010 2010-03-17

  Markets in Iraq, Sudan, Libya and Lebanon also performed well. Gross margins in 2010 are expected to be broadly in line with better levels seen in 2009.

• Dispatch Online: Talent abounds in pools 2010-03-17

  They are the KwaZulu-Natal duo of Chad le Clos and Murray McDougall, and Dylan Bosch from Gauteng. All have been in scintillating form, putting in time ...

• Goal.com: CAF Champions League: ASEC Mimosas Set To Face Zanaco FC 2010-03-17

  But host team Zanaco may not be an easy adversary having valiantly climbed to this phase of the competition by beating Uganda's Revenue Authority SC 4:1 ...

• Tadias Magazine: The African Diaspora Marketplace Awards $1.4 Million in Matching Grants 2010-03-17

  ... Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.”

• Bizcommunity.com: Africa: less than 1 million country domain sites - survey 2010-03-17

  The latest revelation that Africa has less than 1 million country domain websites is a sign that the continent still favours priorities such as poverty ...

• Mareeg: Somalia: Worst humanitarian crises face IDPS 2010-03-17

  ... March this year when fierce fighting between Islamist insurgents and government soldiers backed by African Union troops fought the area near his house.

• Screen Africa: SA Premiere of Darfur 2010-03-17

  ZenHQ's powerful drama about the conflict in Sudan, Darfur, will have its South African premiere at the Cape Winelands Film Festival on Thursday, 18 March.

• The Namibian: Quiet corruption hurting Africa 2010-03-17

  NAIROBI – A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fuelling “quiet corruption” throughout Africa that ...

• Helena Independent Record: Around the world in 7 years 2010-03-17

  “There were several runners from Kenya there, who took the top places,” she said. “They travel around the world winning money to support their families ...

• New Era: Climate Change: Africa, Southern Africa and Namibia - by Dr Rigmar Osterkamp 2010-03-17

  WINDHOEK - Monthly inflation went down four percentage points as prices for clothing, shoes and recreational related activities took a dive .

• Ethiopian News Journal: India to establish 19 institutions to help Africa 2010-03-17

  March 17, 2010 (Ethjo) - The Indian government has said it will establish 19 in stitutions to develop human resources and capacities in Africa.

• Nazret.com: Approaching Reciprocity: The border issue as a symptom 2010-03-17

  Sudan, Djibouti and Yemen do not need Eritrean port services, because all of them have their own access to the sea. In that regard, Eritrea has few opti ...

• Zawya: Citadel Capital Reports Full-Year 2009 Results 2010-03-17

  New investments in 2009 included Wafra (agriculture in Sudan, representing 2.2% of new investments), Rift Valley Railways (transportation in Kenya ...

• BusinessWeek: Bharti Said to Plan Agreement on $8.5 Billion Loan This Week 2010-03-17

  15 that it entered exclusive talks to sell Bharti its African operations, excluding those in Morocco and Sudan, for $10.7 billion including assumed debt.

• New Vision: Heathens goes for history 2010-03-17

  The Lugogo team is a strong contender having produced one of the most outstanding club performances in Uganda. Coach Peter Magona's side, with talents like ...

• Arirang News: Somali Pirates Release Tanker with North Korean Crew 2010-03-17

  The vessel had been moved to the pirates' stronghold the coastal village of Harardhere in northern Somalia. The European Union naval force said they ...

• Tehran Times: Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests 2010-03-17

  ... said last year that bacterial wilt disease had been found in bananas in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Yahoo! Eurosport: South Africa fear Smith KO 2010-03-17

  Fears are growing in South Africa that captain Graeme Smith could miss the World Twenty20 tournament in West Indies due to a finger injury.

• TODAY Newspaper: Polio immunization drive reaches 361154 children 2010-03-17

  The campaign organized by the World Health Organization flagged off in Mali where the WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo flagged the campaign ...

• Microfinance Focus: An account of the Microfinance and New Technology summit in Marrakech 2010-03-17

  Hans Verkoijen, CEO of Crystal Clear Software in Uganda, developers of Loan Performer Microfinance software, indicated that Technology is not an end ...

• The Daily News of Newburyport: Thanks for having a heart for Africa 2010-03-17

  On behalf of the Small Solutions team, I extend our heartfelt thanks to all the Newburyport restaurants and businesses that contributed to Have a Heart ...

• Botswana Press Agency: Into Africa Safaris reduce wages, avoids retrenchment 2010-03-17

  GABORONE - Into Africa Safaris reduced its employees wages by 25 per cent for some months in 2008/09. The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Mr Peter Siele ...

• The Observer: Strikers on the loose 2010-03-17

  On the other hand, during the December 2009 CECAFA Cup in Kenya, Sentongo showed he can score anytime after coming off the bench and scoring the goal th ...

• New Vision: UOC to host Daimler Cup 2010-03-17

  UGANDA Olympic Committee under the branch of Olympique Africa Foundation is set to host the second edition of the Daimler Cup April 17 in Busia at ...

• Sudan Tribune: LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections 2010-03-17

  Kony has since then instead continued with the cross-border international rebellion which affects Southern Sudan, DR Congo, Central Africa Republic and ...

• eTurboNews: Fly540 set to expand flights in Eastern Africa 2010-03-17

  ... operations in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, is now all set to go continental in the wider sense, when they commence flight operations later this month.

• Press TV: Somali pirates release chemical tanker, crew 2010-03-17

  The vessel was released after they were paid a ransom of about $3.5 million, said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance ...

• Total Buzz: 'Birther' lawyer Taitz to run for secretary of state 2010-03-17

  Taitz told me this morning that she's running “to clean up the fraud we all have seen in the 2008 election. It is important to bring legitimacy to electi ...

• Global Voices Online: Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns 2010-03-17

  The Daily Monitor reports two versions of the events: Police say many students had gathered at the Hostel for the final leg of the Guild election campaign ...

• Novinite.com: Bulgaria's Stoichkov Resigns Coach Job in South Africa 2010-03-17

  Legendary Bulgarian footballer Hristo Stoichkov has resigned as the coach of South African team Mamelodi Sundowns. Stoichkov is leaving offended because ...

• MyNews.in: Algeria Summit States Should Urge End to Murders, Kidnappings 2010-03-17

  The organization also called on foreign ministers from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, meeting today in Algeri ...

• Creamer Media's Mining Weekly: Sangqu joins Xstrata as director of S Africa operations 2010-03-17

  JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Diversified miner Xstrata has appointed Andile Sangqu as executive director of its South African operati ...

• Israel Diamond Portal: IMF diamond smuggling Africa 2010-03-17

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it would be launching a technical assistance project in Africa, meant to help countries whose GDP ...

• New Vision: Govt mourns Kenyan students 2010-03-17

  He assured Kenyans living in Uganda of Government protection. At 5:30pm, the hospital issued the duo's death certificates and the education ministry' ...

• ISRIA: Cuba - Prague Dances to the Music of Los Van Van 2010-03-17

  more The US Department of Defense Africa Command (AFRICOM) told both the western and eastern coasts continue to be troubled by piracy, specifically ...

• afrol News: Central African ivory main problem 2010-03-17

  The ivory trade was banned in 1989, but Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe have been given one-time permissions by CITES to sell off ...

• eTurboNews: Agents advise clients to change carriers due to British Airways strike 2010-03-17

  Now that the strike dates have been announced in London, travel agents in Uganda have reacted swiftly and started ...

• The Observer: Is that all African Union can do? 2010-03-17

  Examples of this include Omar al-Bashir's International Criminal Court (ICC) case, Mwai Kibaki after the disputed Kenya elections, and Zimbabwe's Robert ...

• Bella Naija: The stars come out to play! MTV Base Africa celebrates its 5th Anniversary ... 2010-03-17

  By Nolita On Friday 12th March 2010, MTV Base Africa celebrated its 5th Anniversary. The channel which launched in 2005 has played a crucial role in ...

• Peninsula On-line: Total eyes Congo JV with Tullow Oil 2010-03-17

  Among competitors for Congo's blocks is Divine Inspiration Group (DIG), part of a South African consortium that paid $4.5 million in signature bonuses ...

• NTDTV: Somali Pirates Release Tanker 2010-03-17

  Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance Program says the vessel was released after a ransom of about US$3.5 million was paid.

• Proactive Investors Australia: Gulf Resources: a burgeoning industrial minerals force in Africa 2010-03-17

  "Our vermiculite operation and expansion project in Uganda combined with our emerging exploration and development projects in Kenya and Madagascar ...

• Media Update: A media first for Africa – Standard Bank Video Page Peel 2010-03-17

  apurimac media in close collaboration with OMG; Standard Bank; and TEAMtalk media (publishers of www.Football365.co.za) recently created a unique Home Page ...

• Gaea Times: Facebook Surpassed Google as the Number One Site for this week 2010-03-17

  RWRCIII Goin to Africa! Social networking a must. mrreplay Replay OK PHPfox-Social Networking Software at its Best: With so many new social networking site ...

• Salmon Arm Observer: Rapper returning to R & B 2010-03-17

  As a child in Somalia, K'NAAN was witness to unbridled destruction and ruthless terror at the hands of merciless warlords. It was a place where nobody ...

• Business Intelligence Middle East: Citadel Capital strong rise in net asset value, revenues and profits in Middle ... 2010-03-17

  New investments in 2009 included Wafra (agriculture in Sudan, representing 2.2% of new investments), Rift Valley Railways (transportation in Kenya ...

• Daily Monitor: Fresh riots at Makerere 2010-03-17

  “The government of Uganda wishes to extend condolences to the bereaved families, government and the people of Kenya, the Kenyan Community in Uganda and ...

• NEXT: Police seal off National Assembly from youth protesters 2010-03-17

  You can't go to Congo or Gabon to do that. Go on with one Nigeria! kool as our representatives are now afraid of the leaders of 2morow, nawa oh God dey bcoz ...

• The Citizen Daily: State of nutrition 2010-03-17

  Kenya and Uganda have already fortified cooking oil and flour. In Tanzania, millers are reportedly not allowed to fortify because standards have not been ...

2010-03-16: Headlines

• BusinessWeek: Intel Venture Arm to Boost Africa, Middle East Deals 2010-03-16

  March 16 (Bloomberg) -- The European division of Intel Corp.'s venture capital arm may double the share of its investments in Afric ...

• BusinessWeek: South Africa Consumer Confidence Jumps to 3-Year High 2010-03-16

  March 16 (Bloomberg) -- South African consumer confidence climbed to its highest level in three years as the economy's recovery from ...

• BusinessWeek: S. Africa Awaits Verdict on Wheat Imports, Beeld Says (Correct) 2010-03-16

  March 16 (Bloomberg) -- South African Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies must make any final decision on tariffs on wheat imports ...

• CNN: EU: Pirates release ship after ransom paid 2010-03-16

  (CNN) -- A ship held captive by pirates in the Indian Ocean since November was released Tuesday after a ransom was paid, the EU's Naval Force Somali ...

• MWC News: America's Secret Prisons 2010-03-16

  ... revealed Eastern European detentions, prisoners were allegedly moved from Europe to other undisclosed black sites, possibly in war zones or Africa.

• AllAfrica.com: Uganda: LRA Rebel Chief Not in Darfur-Sudan Army 2010-03-16

  ... LRA fighters have been moving around the jungles of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, south Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: BRT Rides Along Amid Taxi Strike 2010-03-16

  Pretoria — The situation in Joburg and the surrounding areas is calm with the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system operating normally despite the continued strike ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Zuma to Embark On Zimbabwe Working Visit 2010-03-16

  Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma will later today undertake a working visit to Zimbabwe to assess the progress made in the implementation of that country' ...

• AllAfrica.com: Cameroon: Atilay Ersan - «A Good Augur For Better Days Ahead» 2010-03-16

  President Abdullah Gül is on a whirlwind tour of Africa. What are the specific objectives of this visit? I would first of all like to thank Cameroon Tribune ...

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: CAN Begin 2010 - Lionesses Begin Preparation 2010-03-16

  In view of the upcoming qualifiers for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in female football, some 32 players of the national female selection have been called ...

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Kabogo Calls for Scrutiny of Juja Votes 2010-03-16

  Mr Kabogo told an election court that the accuracy of the results announced after the December 2007 polls was unknown. The application was, ...

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Annoying Games with Draft Law 2010-03-16

  Wags reckon that we are seeing a repeat of the infamous delayed election results of 2007; that the tribal arithmetic implied by the census is unfavourable ...

• AllAfrica.com: Tanzania: Okwi, Nyosso Out of Lengthens Tie 2010-03-16

  Dar Es Salaam — THE newly-crowned premier league champions, Simba depart this morning for Harare, Zimbabwe, ahead of their Confederation Cup first round ...

• AllAfrica.com: The Nation (Nairobi) 2010-03-16

  I found out that NMG has always had ambitions of streching its reach in the East African region in general and Uganda in particilar.

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: WB Approves Sh2 Billion Grant for Kenya Farmers 2010-03-16

  ... June 2009 for Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Kenya has experienced significant food shortfalls due to the impact of the 2008 post-election cri ...

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Split Town into Three Voting Areas, Says MP 2010-03-16

  ... in the past two years as a result of an influx of people who fled Eldoret, Kisumu, Timboroa, Koibatek, and Kericho during the post-election violence.

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Weaker Ugandan Shilling Poses Threat to Exports 2010-03-16

  "The weakening of the Ugandan shilling makes products made in Uganda slightly cheaper compared to those made in Kenya," Mr Vimal Shah, the managing direct ...

• AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Zaramba Bows Out of Health Ministry 2010-03-16

  Kampala — Dr Kenya Nathan Mugisha, the director of clinical and community health services in the Ministry of Health, has been appointed acting permanent ...

• AllAfrica.com: Uganda: 'Oil Money for Roads, Science' 2010-03-16

  "If donors want to help Africa, why don't they fund railways linking East African with the DR Congo and Southern Sudan?" He said the Government would fund ...

• AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Three Die in Jinja Road Accident 2010-03-16

  Jinja — At least three people died instantly and scores were injured on Tuesday morning in a road accident along the Jinja-Iganga highway when a Keny ...

• AllAfrica.com: East Africa: Technology Can Help Boost Regional Unity 2010-03-16

  All the five EAC member countries, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are all creations of the gunpowder technology.

• AllAfrica.com: Africa: Turkey, A Giant In Its Own Right 2010-03-16

  Talk of Turkey and numerous high school students in Cameroon quickly link it to the exploits of Mustafa Kemal aka Atatürk, the father of modern Turkey ...

• CounterCurrents.org: American Democracy: No More Illusions 2010-03-16

  Is it really a surprise then, when the uber slick, but ultimately jejune Senator Scott Brown was able to win election in the blue sea of Massachusetts!

• The Guardian: Kenya's constitutional headache 2010-03-16

  Soon after the 2007 general election, a constitution-making body, the Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review, was constituted to work on ways ...

• Real News Network: Bush and Africa's baby boom 2010-03-16

  In some countries that received substantial PEPFAR funding, such as Uganda and Kenya, health surveys have found that fertility rates remained constant ...

• IRINnews.org: DRC: Bicycles needed to fight "tied legs" syndrome 2010-03-16

  KINSHASA, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for funds to combat a tropical disease associated ...

• AlterNet: The rights of a gay person are human rights. 2010-03-16

  Gay rights activism has reached a point of no return even in Africa, events in Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, and Mtwapa notwithstanding.

• Common Dreams: Despite Recession, Global Arms Race Spirals 2010-03-16

  The countries of northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia) are also continuing to put more and more money into defence investment.

• Peace fm Online: Somali Sufi Group Joins Government To Fight Al-Shabab 2010-03-16

  A powerful Sufi Muslim group has joined Somalia's government to tackle the al-Qaeda-inspired al-Shabab insurgents who control large parts of the country.

• BBC News: Kenya theft linked to riot probe 2010-03-16

  Thieves have stolen computers from a Kenyan charity helping with an inquiry into election-related violence. Ndung'u Wainaina, of the International Centre ...

• BBC News: Somali pirates free chemical tanker and N Korea crew 2010-03-16

  International naval patrols have failed to stop attacks on shipping, although the French navy said it captured 35 suspected pirates off Somalia's coast ...

• CBBC Newsround: David Beckham is out of the South Africa World Cup 2010-03-16

  David Beckham's had a successful operation to fix his injured foot - but doctors reckon he won't be fit in time to play in the World Cup.

• BBC News: Simba to play in Champions League 2010-03-16

  Under Zambian coach Patrick Phiri, Simba can now focus on the African Confederation Cup where they face Lengthens of Zimbabwe in the first leg in Har ...

• Citywire.co.uk: Africa Invest bids to rescue business with £6 million rights issue 2010-03-16

  The board of the Africa Invest fund has proposed a £6 million rights issue in a bid to save Jon Maguire's former ...

• Interactive Investor: BRIEF-Foster Wheeler wins EPCm contract for Sasol project in South Africa 2010-03-16

  Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

• The Zimbabwean: US award for Mukoko 2010-03-16

  Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko was among nine women human rights defenders who were last week awarded the US Secretary of State's 2010 ...

• IBTimes: Coal of Africa pre-tax losses rise 2010-03-16

  Coal of Africa posts a full year pre-tax loss from continuing operations of A$38.7m - up from A$1.3m in 2008. The after-tax loss for the year to the end ...

• Interactive Investor: Senegal holds former boss of telco watchdog 2010-03-16

  (Reporting by Diadie Ba; writing by Mark John; Editing by Andrew Callus) (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issue ...

• Interactive Investor: S.Africa ratings safe while policy intact -Moody's 2010-03-16

  By Phumza Macanda JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's credit ratings look safe for the medium term, Moody's said on Tuesday, though they might ...

• Travolution: Destinology launches South Africa mini-site 2010-03-16

  Luxury operator Destinology has launched a website to raise awareness of holiday options to South Africa to coincide with the Fifa World Cup.

• London South East: African Markets - Factors to watch on March 16 2010-03-16

  Kenyan parliament due to start debating a draft constitution. * Nigerian Stock Exchange Director-General to give keynote speech at Thomson Reuters event.

• Nouse: Presidents from the past 2010-03-16

  Croker has recently moved to the Africa and Middle East Consular Department of the FCO and hopes to be posted to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya or Zimbabwe ...

• Inter Press Service: AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says 2010-03-16

  WASHINGTON, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) - Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten ...

• Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: IGAD SAYS AIDS IS A MAJOR THREAT TO AFRICA 2010-03-16

  The programme, which was launched in 2007 in Kampala, Uganda, is funded by the World Bank and is aimed at reducing HIV infection and mitigating ...

• Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: KENYA ASKS EU TO CONDUCT MID-TERM REVIEW OF REGIONAL STRATEGY PAPER 2010-03-16

  This will enable Kenya's development partners to encompass the recent developments both locally and internationally that require a re-organization of ...

• Reuters AlertNet: Refugee camp is icon of past and present African crises 2010-03-16

  Children play in stagnant waters at Kakuma Refugee camp, which houses over 60000 refugees in northwestern Kenya March 2, 2010.

• Reuters: RPT-UPDATE 1-Egypt's Citadel Capital posts 2009 net of $38.6 mln 2010-03-16

  New investments in 2009 included the Wafra agriculture project in Sudan, a stake in the Rift Valley Railways in Kenya and Uganda and the Tawazon solid waste ...

• Reuters South Africa: S.Africa cbank: challenge from small group of s'holders 2010-03-16

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank faces a challenge driven by a small group of shareholders trying to make profit at the expense of ...

• Reuters South Africa: S.Africa land nationalisation threat to investment 2010-03-16

  By Muchena Zigomo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's plan to nationalise all farmland and limit the amount of land owned by farmers will seriously harm ...

• Reuters South Africa: S.Africa consumer confidence jumps: FNB/BER survey 2010-03-16

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Confidence among South African consumers jumped sharply in the first months of 2010, a survey showed on Tuesday ...

• Reuters South Africa: Smith back in S.Africa's ODI squad for West Indies trip 2010-03-16

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa have recalled captain Graeme Smith to their one-day squad for the tour of West Indies in May and June.

• Reuters South Africa: Somali pirates free chemical tanker, official says 2010-03-16

  Somali sea gangs have plagued the busy shipping lanes off Somalia for several years earning ransoms worth millions of dollars from most vessels captured.

• Reuters India: Egypt's Citadel Capital posts 2009 net of $38.6 mln 2010-03-16

  ... stock exchange in November, invests mainly in the Middle East and east Africa. New investments in 2009 included the Wafra agriculture project in Sud ...

• Washington Post: GOP to force vote on 'deem and pass' strategy 2010-03-16

  SOMEWHERE IN KENYA, A VILLAGE IS MISSING ITS IDIOT Ah, yes. This is the caliber of the opposition. Just do us a favor and stop being a closet racist.

• NatGeo News Watch: Water harvested from clouds in rural South Africa 2010-03-16

  In the past, if the children of Tshanowa junior primary school in Venda, South Africa, wanted a sip of water at school, they had to bring it from home ...

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: President of Democratic Republic of Congo Kabila Pays Farewell Visit ... 2010-03-16

  KINSHASA (AA) - President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, paid a farewell visit to the Turkish President Abdullah Gul who will proceed ...

• Uganda Online: Makerere Students on Strike after 2 Killed 2010-03-16

  Students at Makerere University are paralyzing areas around Wandegeya after two Kenyan students were killed by a guard at God is Able hostel at Makerere ...

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: Cameroon's President Welcomes Turkish President 2010-03-16

  Earlier in the day, Gul had completed his meetings in Democratic Republic of Congo, and proceeded to Cameroon. Turkish state ministers Faruk Nafiz Ozak ...

• www.worldbulletin.net: Visa issue major obstacle to Turkey-Africa ties, official says 2010-03-16

  Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board organized meetings for Turkish and African businesspeople in Istanbul on Tuesday. Chief Coordinator of ...

• Catholic Weekly: The Church needs them - Sunday 2010-03-16

  In South Sudan thousands of Christians, persecuted by the Muslims from the North, are killed. The followers of Muhammad want to change the Christian state ...

• The News International: South Africa braces for protests during World Cup 2010-03-16

  JOHANNESBURG: South African protesters could take to the streets during the football World Cup, but authorities will not tolerate any violence ...

• Somaliweyn: Somalia: UN envoy welcomes peace pact between Somali Government and rebel group 2010-03-16

  Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS)

• Africa Science News Service: Africa Rural Connect Kicks Off 2010 Ideas Competition 2010-03-16

  After successful first year, National Peace Corps Association program to help rural Africa launches its second annual contest to generate online discussion.

• Ennahar: Terrorism: 7 countries to consult in Algiers on security in the Sahel 2010-03-16

  security and peace is a prerequisite for development" of the Sahel-Saharan Africa and "that terrorism and its alliances with organized crime are real ...

• RedOrbit: African Ivory Still Making Its Way To Asia 2010-03-16

  The ban started in 2008, after South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe had a one-time sale of their ivory stockpile to Japan and China.

• Daily Nation: Kenyan students shot dead in Makerere riots 2010-03-16

  The campaigns for the University's student's presidency has attracted candidates from all leading parties in Uganda with two Kenyans also battling it out ...

• Emerging Markets: Kenya's biggest retail store by turnover, Nakumatt, buys four Woolmatt stores - ISI 2010-03-16

  Nakumatt has 19 stores in Kenya and one each in Uganda and Rwanda and plans to eventually list its shares on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

• Daily Nation: Karatekas set sights on Kampala 2010-03-16

  Joyce Juma (right) of Kenya Utalii strikes Caroline Nduta of Prisons during the Kenya Open Karate Championship at the Kenya Prisons Training College, Ruiru ...

• Channel News Asia: China working to rescue Cameroon kidnap victims 2010-03-16

  Separate figures for workers in Africa were not available. In October 2008, nine Chinese oil workers were kidnapped in Sudan. Five of them were killed ...

• NTDTV: French Aid Workers Freed in Darfur 2010-03-16

  Two kidnapped French aid workers were released in Sudan's Darfur region after 100 days of captivity. Released hostage Olivier Denis of the Triangle aid ...

• Business Day: 'Quiet corruption' scourge of poor 2010-03-16

  They showed that life expectancy in the country fell by eight years between 1985 and 2005 — in Zimbabwe, it plunged by more than 18 years.

• Emirates News Agency: Ministry of Health Begins Workshop on Applications '&' Implementations ... - WAM 2010-03-16

  ... Oman, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Algeria and South Africa.

• Politicsweb: Quiet corruption of non-delivery pervasive in Africa - World Bank 2010-03-16

  WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2010 -"Quiet corruption" - the failure of public servants to deliver goods or services paid for by governments - is pervasive ...

• Troy Media Corporation: Better a broken UN than no UN at all 2010-03-16

  Similarly, the UN has been severely criticised for its failure to intervene in the Second Congo War, the 1995 Srebrenica (Bosnia) massacre, failure to help ...

• VSO International: Young Christian teaches prisoners in Sierra Leone 2010-03-16

  The Christian has also supplied over 60000 books and other educational materials to Kenya and Uganda, where he helped refurbish health centre ...

• People's Daily Online: Chemical tanker set free by Somali pirates 2010-03-16

  Hijackings off the coast of East Africa are a cause of growing international concern, spurring a number of international navies to patrol the pirate-wracked ...

• Business Report: BP divestment in Southern Africa 'a massive blow' 2010-03-16

  The fact that BP is planning to divest from downstream assets in Southern Africa "has serious consequences for our neck of the woods," according to ...

• Hotel News Now: STR Global: Middle East/Africa hotel pipeline for Feb. 2010 2010-03-16

  LONDON—The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline includes 457 hotels comprising 124142 rooms, according to the February 2010 STR Global Constructi ...

• The Bostwana Gazette: Zebras fail to shine again 2010-03-16

  If the performance of the Zebras is anything to go by, then it is going to be extremely hard to beat the unknown, underrated and lowly ranked Chad in ...

• Zambian Watchdog: Glencore Energy wins $1 bln Zambia oil supply deal 2010-03-16

  I see Frank Bwalya as a prototype of northern Uganda's sect leader John Koni now holed up in Central Africa. But unfortunately for these counterfe ...

• Kaiser Family Foundation: Intergovernmental Committee Meeting Focuses On E. Africa Food Security 2010-03-16

  Experts meeting at the 14th Intergovernmental Committee meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, which kicked off on Sunday, are focusing on food security in East Afric ...

• Plus News: AFRICA: Mapping truckers' route to the health centre 2010-03-16

  NAIROBI/DAR ES SALAAM, 16 March 2010 (PlusNews) - New maps pin-pointing the exact location of “wellness centres” in sub-Saharan Africa are improving truck ...

• Sierra Express Media: Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa 2010-03-16

  “In 25 years, Africa will be blank of brain.“ That is a dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

• AngolaPress: Political motive seen in Sudan murder - police 2010-03-16

  South Sudan's democratic credentials will be scrutinised during the elections as it may become Africa's newest state in 2011 when southerners choose whether ...

• Modern Ghana: Congrats:Ameyaw Debrah Appointed As Coptic's Manager For Ghana/Africa 2010-03-16

  By ghanacelebrities.com - Ghana Celebrities Ghanaian celebrity/showbiz reporter and publicist, Ameyaw Debrah has taken up a new job of managing Billboard ...

• Online PR News: New Website Hosting, Website Design and Domain Registration Services in South ... 2010-03-16

  In Mediations.co.za now you can find excellent website hosting and design solutions for beginners and professionals, as well as many other related service ...

• NTDTV: Somali Government Signs Framework with Militia 2010-03-16

  Somalia has a rich Sufi tradition going back more than five centuries. Sufis have been angered by the desecration of graves, the beheading of cleric ...

• Africasia: Spousal budget doubled for S.Africa's polygamous Zuma 2010-03-16

  South Africa nearly doubled its presidential spousal budget after polygamous leader Jacob Zuma took office with three wives and 20 children, a minister ...

• Ratio Magazine: Tanzania Country Brief: February 2010 2010-03-16

  However, as also seen in the case of Uganda, a wholesale withdrawal of aid funding is unlikely. On the flipside, under the settlement of the BAE System ...

• The Richmark Sentinel: Pirates Thrive Even As EU Navy Makes Inroads 2010-03-16

  Observes are united in the view that piracy will not be effectively contained as long as Somalia remains a state wracked by internal conflict and ...

• Golf Channel: Bunker Shots: Tiger news looms large, South Africa looks to repeat 2010-03-16

  Blasting into the week ahead with Tiger's potential D-Day awaiting and South Africa's quest for a double-double . . . Tiger Woods isn't playing ...

• just-drinks.com: SOUTH AFRICA: Winelands in the dark over mining threat 2010-03-16

  Confusion reigns in South Africa's winelands, over claims that the country's African Exploration and Mining Finance Corp (AEMFC) has withdrawn ...

• Cameroon Radio Television: Abdullah Gül in Cameroon: A great retrouvaille with President Paul Biya 2010-03-16

  The plane belonging to Turkish Airlines Company left the Democratic Republic of Congo where the President of Turkey had just ended a 72 hour visit.

• Times LIVE: Jessica Alba enjoyed her visit to South Africa 2010-03-16

  Jessica Alba working with children of Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Pic By Alon Skuy The dotting mother of a 20-months-old daughter ...

• The Richmark Sentinel: Artists mobilise against Crime in South Africa 2010-03-16

  If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal.Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: No ferry charges for commuters says PM 2010-03-16

  On Matuga Raila said the party will marshal its troop to campaign for party flag bearer Hassan Mwanyoa a head of yet announced by election.

• The Citizen Daily: Silent corruption causes huge losses 2010-03-16

  A 2004 report found that 20 per cent of teachers in rural western Kenya primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Ug ...

• AFP: North African states meet on Qaeda terror threat 2010-03-16

  An Al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), along with other criminal groups, has exploited the vast spaces of the Sahar ...

• The Africa Report: S.Africa ratings safe while policy intact: Moody's 2010-03-16

  Your current web browser must be updated to version 7 of Internet Explorer (IE7) to take advantage of all of template's capabilities.

• Orissadiary.com: Knowledge and access to new technologies are key to India-Africa partnership 2010-03-16

  New Delhi: Access to knowledge and latest advancements in science and technology will determine the quality and sustainability of India-Africa partnerships.

• CNN International: African teen king lives dual life 2010-03-16

  So was the post-election violence in neighboring Kenya that left more than 1000 dead in 2008. In Uganda, the central government outlawed kingdoms in 1967 ...

• Yahoo! Eurosport: World Cup 2010 - Lescott targets South Africa 2010-03-16

  Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott has twin ambitions going into the final phase of the season - to help the club secure a top four finish and in ...

• ITWeb: Epson, Sizwe Africa IT Group partner 2010-03-16

  By Staff writer, ITWeb Epson has partnered with local technology service provider Sizwe Africa IT Group to strengthen its presence in SA's corporate market.

• Sierra Express Media: Ambassador Bangali requests Diamond Campus in West Africa 2010-03-16

  Sierra Leone's ace envoy to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) recently made a humble ...

• DefenceWeb: “Quiet Corruption†undermining development in Africa: World Bank 2010-03-16

  ... a 2004 research report that found that 20% of teachers in rural western Kenyan primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Ug ...

• ScienceBlogs: Tutu on Anti-Gay Persecution in Africa 2010-03-16

  Ed Brayton is a participant in the Center for Independent Media New Journalism Program. However, all of the statements, opinions, policie ...

• ThisDay: President Kikwete nudges EAC on railway modernisation 2010-03-16

  The British colonial government built the line running from Mombasa port in Kenya to Kampala, Uganda, between 1896 and 1931. That's why the president ...

• Leadership Magazine: Democracy at a crossroads 2010-03-16

  In Britain, the US, France, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya – the list goes on and on. Small wonder that the public is disillusioned ...

• Business Mirror: NAM opposes foreign aggression 2010-03-16

  NAM member-countries sending deputy ministers are Bahrain, Cameroon, Cuba, Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Maldive ...

• Business Daily Africa: Top rugby teams battle it out for finals slot in Kenya Cup 2010-03-16

  Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO By EMMANUEL WERE (email the author) The country's top four rugby teams go into the penultimate round of Kenya Cup, seeking to secure ...

• The Citizen Daily: Bouyant Simba off to face Zimbabweans 2010-03-16

  A contingent of 25 people of the newly crowned Vodacom champions, Simba Sports Club leaves today for Zimbabwe ahead of their Afric ...

• Javno.hr: Kenya vote violence data stolen 2010-03-16

  "We have been doing some work for the ICC ... and we do a lot of engagement around the post-election violence issues..," said Ndung'u Wa ...

• The Herald: Nemadire, Sibanda out Cheetahs squad 2010-03-16

  Zimbabwe will play in Group F in the Hong Kong tournament where they will face defending IRB Sevens Series champions South Africa, Kenya and Korea.

• New Vision: Minister commends private clinics 2010-03-16

  Mallinga made the remarks last week while commissioning Uganda Martyrs Hospital Namugongo in Wakiso district. He said there was no need for Ugandans to fly ...

• Lloyd's List: Somali pirates free Theresa VIII 2010-03-16

  SOMALI pirates have today released a hijacked chemical tanker with a crew of 28 held for five months, a statement from EU Navfor has confirmed.

• New Vision: Bamburi injects sh275m in rugby 2010-03-16

  The super series is a competition that brings together teams from Kenya, Tanzania and hosts Uganda. This year's edition will run from April 24-May 22.

• Ghana News: Zain Ghana introduces Zap mobile money service 2010-03-16

  The award winning service has helped to improve business transactions in some African countries, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Niger and Sierr ...

• IDEX Online: IMF to Battle Diamond and Gold Money Laundering in Africa 2010-03-16

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a technical assistance project to help countries where precious mineral exports account for a high share ...

• THISDAY: World Bank Laments Quiet Corruption in Africa 2010-03-16

  ... 20 percent of teachers in rural western Kenyan primary schools could not be found during school hours, while in Uganda, two surveys found teacher ...

• Vancouver Sun: Cost of 'quiet corruption' is huge in developing world 2010-03-16

  In Kenya and Uganda, 20 to 27 per cent of teachers couldn't be found during school hours. - In West Africa, 43 per cent of the fertilizers sold in the 1990 ...

• New Vision: Police should fight power thefts 2010-03-16

  Power losses in Uganda are among the highest in the region and the world. They stand at 35%, of which 19% are connected with theft. In comparison, losses ...

• The Swazi Observer: Sam Mtukudzi dies in car crash 2010-03-16

  This was confirmed by his family, when narrating the ordeal to New Zimbabwe.com yesterday. Saxophonist Sam, who was due to join his father on a tour of ...

• AFP: Somali pirates free vessel with N.Korean crew 2010-03-16

  The ship had been moved between the pirates' stronghold coastal villages of Garaad and Harardhere in northern Somalia. Its captain, whose nationality w ...

• CNN International: Race against time for South Africa's World Cup organizers 2010-03-16

  By Nkepile Mabuse, CNN Editor's note: Watch CNN's latest South Africa 2010 show on March 19, see Fact Box below for full details.

• Capital FM: Kenyan NGO burgled 2010-03-16

  NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 16 - Police on Tuesday said they are investigating the theft of computers that officials of a local human right ...

• New Vision: Fatal shooting sparks riots at Makerere 2010-03-16

  By Francis Kagolo, Andante MAKERERE University students, mainly from Kenya, yesterday rioted after their two colleagues were shot dead at a hostel on ...

• Africasia: Africa should harness Chinese oil-interest: analyst 2010-03-16

  Beijing also has been criticised for befriending pariah regimes in Sudan and Zimbabwe in a cynical bid to lock up supplies of resources needed to fuel ...

• ITWeb: Clean the horizon, save money: use tower sharing 2010-03-16

  Remarkable disparity between countries exists: South Africa almost reaching 100%, whereas countries like Zimbabwe and Malawi are below 20% of mobile density ...

• RTT News: Somali Pirates Release Chemical Tanker And Crew After 4-Month Ordeal 2010-03-16

  Piracy is rampant in war-ravaged Somalia which has not had a functioning government since 1991 with youngsters attracted to it by the prospect of easy money ...

• Before It's News: Pirates Release Chemical Tanker off Somalia 2010-03-16

  EU NAVFOR, which had not been asked to assist in this case, also confirmed the release as did the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.

• TransWorldNews: Somali Pirates Release Chemical Tanker and North Korean Crew 2010-03-16

  Despite efforts from the international community to stop such attacks Somali pirates have continued to seize ships sailing off the Horn of Africa and ...

• Medscape: A Clear and Present Danger: Tick-borne Diseases in Europe 2010-03-16

  Epidemiologic and clinical features of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southern Africa. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 36(1),120–132 (1987). Duh D, Saksida ...

• The Associated Press: Somali pirates free North Korean chemical tanker 2010-03-16

  Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia's lawless shores.

• Augusta Free Press: Cuccinelli: 'We gotta have proof' that Obama is US citizen 2010-03-16

  Later in the exchange, Cuccinelli says it is not “beyond the realm of possibility” that Obama was born in Kenya, as has been suggested consistently ...

• The Citizen Daily: Kenya group plans to buy BP property 2010-03-16

  The company has marketing operations in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.Early this month, BP Africa's chief executive ...

• AfricaNews: More Burundians obtain Tanzanian citizenship 2010-03-16

  African inventors wanted at Maker Faire15/03Maker Faire Africa is looking for makers across Africa for the upcoming event in Nairobi, Kenya. Uganda accuse ...

• Sify: India, Africa push for bigger global voice, focus on skill sharing 2010-03-16

  The curtains came down on the two-day India-Africa business conclave here Tuesday, with the two sides pitching for greater collaboration in knowledge ...

• Tunisia Online News: Tunisia to host pan- African postal conference “Technopost Africa 2010” 2010-03-16

  TUNISIAONLINENEWS- From March 16 to 18, Tunisia will host the works of the Pan-African Technology Conference on the “Role of Information and Communicati ...

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: 2 kenyan students shot dead in Kampala 2010-03-16

  The campaigns for the MUK guild presidency has attracted candidates from all leading parties in Uganda with two Kenyans also battling it out for supremacy ...

• Advocate.com: UNAIDS Head Worried by Rising Antigay Tide 2010-03-16

  In countries such as China, Kenya, and Malawi, said Sidibé, around 33% of new HIV infections occur in men who have sex with men. He said that in the United ...

• Proactive Investors USA & Canada: West Africa's significance as a gold producing region is rising 2010-03-16

  A new report from Ambrian, West African Gold Sector: Growth and Merger Opportunities, highlights the increasing ...

• Africa Intelligence: Tokyo Offers South a Pipeline 2010-03-16

  Sudan is one of the African countries receiving the most assistance from Japan, getting USD 162 million in 2009. But Japan's footprint in Africa is still ...

• The Africa Report: Eric Wainaina sets Nairobi on “Faya” 2010-03-16

  Kenya is still recovering from the bloodletting that followed a disputed election in December 2007. Around 1300 people were killed and some 300000 people ...

• Walta Information Center: Experts meet over looming water crisis in Africa 2010-03-16

  Tension has been rising between Egypt and Sudan, on the one hand, and other Nile basin countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Keny ...

• Cameroon Radio Television: Diplomacy: Abdullah Gül begins 48 hour working visit to Cameroon 2010-03-16

  The President of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül comes to Cameroon for a two day official visit on the invitation of Cameroon's Head of State ...

• Syracuse.com: Status of Women: Links between women's progress and human progress are clear - The Post-Standard 2010-03-16

  Njogu helped pass Kenya's Sexual Offences Act, and she continues to expose corruption and advocate for women, even after enduring arrests and beatings.

• Economist: While stocks last 2010-03-16

  Most recently, in 2008, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were allowed to make such sales to China and Japan. Now, as the triennial CITES meeting ...

• The Canadian Press: Algeria calls for increased border co-operation to help fight terrorism acro ... 2010-03-16

  In a meeting Tuesday with representatives of Libya, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso, Medelci called the threat posed by terror groups ...

• GiveMeFootball.com: David Beckham still has role to play in South Africa, says Gordon Taylor 2010-03-16

  PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor supports the view that David Beckham should still have a role to play at the World Cup final ...

• Capital FM: Nakumatt opens hyperstore in Eldoret 2010-03-16

  With a total of 25 operational outlets in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, Nakumatt Holdings now has nine hypermarkets, 14 supermarkets and 2 convenience stores.

• Episcopal-Life: Zimbabwe Anglican Jestina Mukoko honored by US Department of State for hum ... 2010-03-16

  "In the election-related violence that blanketed Zimbabwe in mid-2008, women often suffered particularly harsh abuse at the hands of security agents ...

• New Vision: Slain Makerere students identified as Kenyan 2010-03-16

  Among the contestants is a Kenyan National. Mulago hospital spokesperson Elphaz Sekabira says a third student is in critical condition.

• Business Daily Africa: World Bank faults absentee teachers 2010-03-16

  Studies show that students in Kenya and whole of Africa have been losing as some teachers stay away from school without permission.

• The Lacombe Globe: Local bovine will provide a big benefit overseas 2010-03-16

  The money raised from the donated bovine will help further the mission of ending hunger in countries like Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, Bangladesh, and Nicaragu ...

• Daily Monitor: Lakes George and Kyoga to be closed 2010-03-16

  ... how the closure would be implemented, the State Minister for Fisheries, Mr Fred Mukisa, said the ban would help revamp the fishing industry in Uganda.

2010-03-15: Headlines

• Bloomberg: South Africa's Malema Found Guilty of Hate Speech, SAPA Says 2010-03-15

  March 15 (Bloomberg) -- A South African court found Julius Malema, the head of the ruling African National Congress's youth league ...

• Autochannel: Volkswagen Unveils New Polo Vivo in South Africa 2010-03-15

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 15 March, 2010 -- For the last 25 years the entry ticket to the Volkswagen brand was the much loved Citi Golf which retired ...

• BusinessWeek: Nigeria, Tanzania: Sub-Saharan Africa Bond, Currency Preview 2010-03-15

  March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today.

• Marketwire: Mwana Africa PLC: Application to Cease to Be a Reporting Issuer in Canada 2010-03-15

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Mwana Africa PLC ("Mwana") (AIM:MWA) today announced that it has applied to the securitie ...

• BusinessWeek: Astral, BHP, First Uranium, Hosken: South Africa Equity Preview 2010-03-15

  March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa.

• ReliefWeb: Sudan reopens railway line to Wau 2010-03-15

  "This is our special gift to the people of Wau in particular and to the people of Southern Sudan in general." For his part, GoSS President Kiir declared h ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Presidency Mourns Passing of Struggle Icon 2010-03-15

  Pretoria — The Presidency has sent condolences to the family and friends of anti-apartheid struggle icon Professor Fatima Meer who passed away on Friday.

• AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Mercedes-Benz SA to Expand Bus Sales 2010-03-15

  The targeted markets include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mauritius, as well as Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

• AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Warriors in Flying Start 2010-03-15

  Meanwhile, CHAN holders DR Congo began the defence of their title with an impressive 2-1 qualifying win over Gabon in Libreville on Saturday.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: SA Drops Further Down Gold Producer Rankings 2010-03-15

  Johannesburg — A 5,8% drop in production last year saw SA slip further down the global rankings to be the fourth- largest gold producer in the world ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Govt Urges Unions Not to Use 2010 As Leverage 2010-03-15

  Durban — The South African government has appealed to trade unions not to use the 2010 FIFA World Cup as leverage should a strike within the health sect ...

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: NW Hands Over 200 Houses to Deprived Families 2010-03-15

  Pretoria — The North West Human and Settlement Department has handed over 200 houses to deprived families in Mogwase in the Moses Kotane Municipality.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Allegations to Honour Zuma's Wife Dismissed 2010-03-15

  Pretoria — Reports that the Sedibeng municipality plans to honour President Jacob Zuma's first wife Sizakele Khumalo are false, says the Presidency.

• AllAfrica.com: South Africa: President Jacob Zuma to Undertake Visit to Zimbabwe 2010-03-15

  President Jacob Zuma will travel to Harare, Zimbabwe on 16-18 March 2010 to meet with political parties that are signatories of the Global Political ...

• AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: SADC Regional Bourse Harmonisation On Course 2010-03-15

  Harare — THE Committee of Sadc Stock Exchanges has stepped up efforts to harmonise regional listings, which will enable investors to trade stocks across ...

• Radio Netherlands: French hostages freed in Darfur 2010-03-15

  The resistance group Freedom Eagles of Africa has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The group is fighting against France's political interference ...

• BBC News: Darfur rebel row jeopardises Sudan peace deal 2010-03-15

  A row between Darfur rebel groups has thrown into doubt a peace deal between the rebels and Sudan's government. One rebel group signed a preliminary deal ...

• Reuters South Africa: Two French aid workers held in CAR released 2010-03-15

  Olivier Denis and Olivier Frappe were seized in the town of Birao on the border with Chad and Sudan on November 22, while working for the French aid ...

• Reuters South Africa: S.Korea utilities seek S.Africa coal for Q2,Q3-KOSEP 2010-03-15

  PERTH/SEOUL (Reuters) - Four South Korean utilities will issue a joint tender to buy about 1.13 million tonnes of South African coal, aiming to diversify ...

• Reuters South Africa: South Africa rand seen rangebound against dollar 2010-03-15

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand softened against the dollar early on Monday, and was likely to be constrained within a narrow trading range ...

• Reuters UK: S.Africa's Zuma to assess Zimbabwe unity govt pact 2010-03-15

  President Robert Mugabe and his old rival Morgan Tsvangirai formed a unity government last year to end a stalement over disputed electi ...

• San Francisco Chronicle: GOLF ROUNDUP Els tops countryman to end long drought 2010-03-15

  Schwartzel, a 25-year-old who took part in Els' junior program in South Africa and was his mentor's houseguest the last two weeks, never backed down.

• Ghana News Agency: West Africa will not meet MDGs 2010-03-15

  Accra, March 14, GNA - Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, immediate-past President of the ECOWAS Commission has said that the sub-region would not meet the Millennium ...

• The Voice: Children of war 2010-03-15

  The novel is based in a generic Africa, it's not specifically in Liberia, Congo, or Uganda – it's somewhere in Africa. For these child soldier ...

• Interactive Investor: DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - March 15 2010-03-15

  CAIRO - Large Scale Farming in Africa conference starts (until April 21). CAIRO - Court to issue verdict in Hezbollah cell trial.

• Diamond World Magazine: IMF to develop programme for African countries to regulate diamond ... 2010-03-15

  These are Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo. The programme will be funded ...

• www.worldbulletin.net: Turkey's President in Congo for meetings 2010-03-15

  Turkey attached a great importance to its relations with Africa, the Turkish president said. Gul recalled the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Council meeting th ...

• www.worldbulletin.net: TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MARCH 15 2010-03-15

  President Abdullah Gul, accompanied by a 210-member delegation, departed from Turkey for a formal visit to Congo and Cameroon yesterday.

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: DIARY - Political and General News Events 2010-03-15

  (11:30 am) 2- Turkish President Abdullah Gul is in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a state visit. - He will receive Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe ...

• Boston Globe: Mines' harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret 2010-03-15

  “Central Africa is a black hole in the earth for most people.'' McDermott's legislation highlights problems that have long plagued Congo, a country th ...

• Atlanta Journal Constitution: Learning Curve: A haven full of hope 2010-03-15

  The girls around the circle range in age from 13 to 25 and come from Burma, Kenya, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and Eritrea.

• News Trends: Summary of Farm Celebrities in Africa Sunday, March 14 2010-03-15

  Zulu Nyala home for a few days of visitors! Indeed, the mother of Greg and fiance Velvet are the firm to raise the spirits of their loved one.

• Sify: India-Africa business conclave opens with large African participation 2010-03-15

  Making a strong pitch for scaling up trade and investment with Africa, India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Monday inaugurated a two-day conclave ...

• Economist: Burying myths, uncovering truth 2010-03-15

  Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ethiopia are other examples of African states where ex-rebels have imposed new versions of history. But Kenya stands out as a country ...

• Seattle Times: Ernie Els ends his 2-year victory drought | Golf 2010-03-15

  RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman before third-round play ...

• BikeRadar.com: Lance Armstrong competes in South Africa 2010-03-15

  By AFP Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong finished in the lead group in the Cape Argus cycle tour around the Cape Peninsula on Sunday.

• Business Report: IMF helps Africa stamp out illicit resources trade 2010-03-15

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it was helping 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that produce and deal in diamonds, gold and precious mineral ...

• New Vision: Weekly Round up 2010-03-15

  He indicated that last year, Uganda's neighbours Kenya was able to save $81m, Tanzania $30m and Zambia $73m because of their vibrant shipper councils.

• Peninsula On-line: Sahara states to hold talks on tackling Qaeda 2010-03-15

  Foreign Ministers from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger will attend the one-day meeting tomorrow on the outskirts of ...

• ITWeb: Pinnacle Africa now designated distributor of HP Point of Sale products 2010-03-15

  Pinnacle Africa and Hewlett-Packard (HP) proudly announce the appointment of Pinnacle Africa as the designated distributor of the HP Point of Sale range ...

• The Epoch Times: Israel to Construct Barrier Wall on Egypt Border 2010-03-15

  Many have come from Africa through Egypt to Israel seeking asylum, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, but also from other African countries.

• Bizcommunity.com: Ericsson, MTN Ghana roll-out UMTS 900 MHz in Africa 2010-03-15

  According to Ericsson and MTN Ghana, the companies have successfully trialled UMTS 900 MHz for the first time in Africa. UMTS 900 MHz extends mobile ...

• Afrique en Ligue: Burundi, Uganda play 1-1 in CHAN qualifiers 2010-03-15

  The second leg match will be played in two weeks in Uganda, while the finals of the championship is slated for January 2011 in Sudan.

• Australian Food: Africa organic export drive 2010-03-15

  Nearly 5 000 West African farmers are now able to take advantage of the growing popularity of organic foods in industrialized countries thanks to a $2.4 ...

• SME Times: 'Govt. to set up incubators in Africa for SME skill development' 2010-03-15

  The Ministry of MSME is planning to set up incubators in Africa, which would costs around Rs. 5 crore, said the Secretary of Ministry of MSME, Dinesh Rai.

• New Vision: American coach to handle Mugabe 2010-03-15

  Mugabe has just won the Uganda Open and Kenya Open tennis championships. His management team, Kinetic management group, are looking beyond Afric ...

• Sudan Tribune: French aid workers freed in Darfur after months captivity 2010-03-15

  ... hostage since their abduction at Birao town in Central African Republic (CAR) on November 22, 2009. The town is at the nexus of Chad, Sudan and CAR.

• Peninsula On-line: Sudan's east rumbles with discontent ahead of polls 2010-03-15

  Kassala: Overshadowed by unrest in the south and war in Darfur, Sudan's neglected and impoverished east rumbles with discontent ahead of next month' ...

• Independent Online: Mbeki returns to Sudan talks after break caused by illness 2010-03-15

  Mbeki, who heads an African Union panel on Sudan, was forced to cut short his mission last week and return to South Africa.

• Bizcommunity.com: Innscor Africa relaunches brands 2010-03-15

  Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed fast food giant, Innscor Africa, is to spend a substantial sum on re-launching its popular fast food brands.

• Press TV: French aid workers 'freed in Darfur' 2010-03-15

  The two aid workers were seized on 22 November by a gang of unknown gunmen in the town of Birao, on the CAR border with Chad and Sudan.

• Independent Online: Volunteers put through their paces 2010-03-15

  A few hands shoot up but it takes a French-speaking Democratic Republic of Congo native to get the title of the Swiss-based global football body exactly ...

• The Citizen Daily: Tanzanians won't lose jobs, says report 2010-03-15

  The survey found out that only Tanzania and Rwanda had employment policies in place while Kenya and Uganda had draft policies and Burundi has none.

• Minnesota Public Radio: Somali population, cultural tension rising in St. Cloud 2010-03-15

  Apollo sophomore Fadumo Adan said she's been the target of those comments ever since she moved to Minnesota from Somalia two years ago.

• GulfNews: UAE retail environment ranks first in Middle East and Africa region 2010-03-15

  A store window entices shoppers in Dubai. A report by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce forecasts higher retail growth in ...

• Afrique en Ligue: South Africa: Madikizela-Mandela salutes struggle hero 2010-03-15

  Anti- apartheid struggle stalwart Winnie Madik izela-Mandela was among the hundreds of mourners who paid their last respects to liberation hero Fatima Meer ...

• Maryville Daily Times: Journey into Africa: Two from Blount have life-altering experience in Kenya 2010-03-15

  Two women from Blount County who had previously never been on a medical mission trip boarded a plane headed for Kenya Feb.

• Ethiopian Review: Ethiopia: “Grow up!” Bob Geldof 2010-03-15

  As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United ...

• African Manager: BIDC, Bank of Africa finance hotel project in Benin 2010-03-15

  The Development Investment Bank of the Economic Communit y of the West African States (BIDC) and the Beninese branch of the Bank of Afric a will jointly ...

• Stock Markets Review: Indian stock market and companies daily report (March 15, 2010, Monday) 2010-03-15

  Godrej Consumer has entered into an agreement to acquire the African (Nigeria) company Tura from the Tura Group. Tura is a leading African beauty company ...

• AFP: N.Korea 'helps S.Africa prepare' for World Cup 2010-03-15

  SEOUL — North Korea has sent around 1000 workers to South Africa to help build or renovate stadiums hosting the upcoming World Cup football tournament ...

• SteelGuru: South Africa steam coal prices seen at USD 81 a tonne FOB on average 2010-03-15

  According to a survey of 12 coal producers, traders and end users attending an industry event in Mumbai this week, prices of South African coal cargoes ...

• Calgary Herald: Kidnapped French aid workers freed after four months in Darfur 2010-03-15

  Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were freed in Darfur on Sunday. Olivier Denis and Olivier Frappe ...

• Stockhouse: Tiger Resources Limited Issues December 2009 Interim Financial Report 2010-03-15

  This comprised payments totalling US$8.2 million to the vendors of Congo Minerals sprl (the company which owns 60% of SEK sprl, which is the holder ...

• Macauhub: Brazil wants to encourage production of biofuels in West Africa, particularly ... 2010-03-15

  Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 15 March – Brazil wants to encourage production of biofuels in West African countries via studies and raising production lo ...

• MinnPost.com: Foster parents deported in Morocco's tough new stance on foreign Christians 2010-03-15

  Those expelled come from the Netherlands, Britain, the Congo, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and the United States. "We were disheartened and distressed ...

• New Vision: Prisons chiefs meet in Arusha 2010-03-15

  ... general of Burundi prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the inspector general of prisons in Uganda and Isaiah Osugo, Kenya's commissioner of prisons.

• Chicago Sun-Times: 4 local teens earn trip South Africa to perform Diski 2010-03-15

  Dancers in the Joffrey Community Engagement program dance the Diski at half time during a Chicago ...

• The Citizen Daily: The weakest link in legislation against graft in elections is … 2010-03-15

  Remember the December 27, 2007 presidential elections in Kenya that eventually led to tragic consequences in early 2008? But, no matter…] As I was saying ...

• The Citizen Daily: Moshi in the race for a city status 2010-03-15

  Naivasha, also in Kenya came fifth with 17 per cent coverage ahead of Iringa (15 per cent), Mombasa (12 per cent), Kericho (9 per cent) while Kisumu shared ...

• Providence Journal: Stanley M. Aronson: A people beset by fiery serpents in their dirty waters 2010-03-15

  Nonetheless dracunculiasis has now been confined to only six African nations (Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan), with every hope of global ...

• Creamer Media's Mining Weekly: Satya Capital invests £2,1m in Namakwa Diamonds 2010-03-15

  Namakwa Diamonds' portfolio of projects included projects in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

• Dispatch Online: Mining links to be monitored 2010-03-15

  The countries that will lead off taking part are: Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo.

• African Manager: IMF develops project to help Africa deal with illicit trade 2010-03-15

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come up with a project to help 16 Sub-Saharan Africa countries that produce and deal in diamonds, gold ...

• People's Daily Online: Turkish president pays working visit to DR Congo 2010-03-15

  Turkish exports to DR Congo reached 10.7 million US dollars in 2008 while its imports from the central African country stood at 888000 dollars.

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: IGAD terms AIDS a threat to Africa 2010-03-15

  Aids pandemic has been termed a major threat to mankind and more so in Africa where the disease has wiped out millions of people. According to IGAD Regional ...

• Press Trust of India: Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur 2010-03-15

  Khartoum, Mar 15 (AFP) Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were freed in Darfur, the Sudanese regi ...

• Tech Leader: SXSW South Africa Series #5 - Lynette Kloppers and Andy Hadfield chat Banking 2.0 2010-03-15

  Just attended the Banking 2.0 panel with my colleague from FNB, head of digital strategy in the personal banking segment at FNB.

• Equitymaster.com: Infosys' non-linear plans 2010-03-15

  It may be noted that the company has already invested around US$ 10 bn across the globe with few of its large investments in Russia, Kazakhstan, Sudan ...

• road.cc: Armstrong (kindly) finishes ninth in Africa's biggest race 2010-03-15

  Lance Armstrong took part in Africa's biggest bike race – and finished ninth after helping a mate to a podium finish.

• SouthFloridaGayNews.com: Desmond Tutu Denounces African LGBT Policies 2010-03-15

  “Uganda's parliament is debating legislation that would make homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, and more discriminatory legislation has been ...

• Monterey County Herald: Els wins at Doral for 2nd world title 2010-03-15

  Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman just before third-round play was suspended ...

• Daily Monitor: The fight against corruption shouldn't be tribalised 2010-03-15

  It is common knowledge that the Luo and the Kikuyu of Kenya are like young brothers or sisters who always want to ...

• New Vision: EA forms lake control unit 2010-03-15

  The unit is comprises members from the three states that share the lake; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The election of committee members to the unit took ...

• Afrique en Ligue: Libya: 200 students attend University Leaders' Forum in Tripoli 2010-03-15

  ... Kenya, Namibia, Madagascar, Lesotho, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Uganda and Libya.

• SouthFloridaGayNews.com: Out in Africa 2010-03-15

  In light of the recent Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, SFGN spoke with Stefan M. of Zurich, Switzerland. As he travels often in Africa he would prefer ...

• Online Athens: Els ends drought at CA Championship 2010-03-15

  Puerto Rico Open: At Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Chad Collins birdied the par-5 fifth hole for a share of the Puerto Rico Open lead with Kevin Streelman just ...

• Calgary Herald: Sinking of ship and skiing out of bounds not similar 2010-03-15

  The equivalent of "out of bounds" for the Concordia would have meant sailing in the pirateinfested waters off the Horn of Africa (Somalia) and ...

• The Citizen Daily: Africa: New Website to provide fertilizer information to farmers 2010-03-15

  Food insecurity on the African continent is severely aggravated by a depletion of nutrients in the soil that leads to a decrease in soil ...

• TravelMole: Kenya confirms visa fees to stay low 2010-03-15

  Economic Zone is Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. She expected agreement on a system for issuing this new unified visa by July this year.  ...

• New Vision: Fish stocks threaten economy 2010-03-15

  He disclosed that Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania had agreed to raise $600000 (sh12b) to clean up fisheries on operations out of Lake Victoria.

• Australia.TO: STATUS OF SEIZED VESSELS AND CREWS IN SOMALIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN 2010-03-15

  Then it sailed around the tip of the very Horn of Africa to Garacad on the Indian Ocean side. The vessel has been moved from Garacad - because local elder ...

• Business Report: SOUTH AFRICA JSE tracks Asia into the red 2010-03-15

  The JSE opened in negative territory on Monday tracking softer markets in Asia, with US futures also slightly lower. At 9.18am the JSE all share index shed ...

• Mineweb: South Africa now only world's No.4 gold miner 2010-03-15

  For many years the world's largest gold producer by far has fallen to No'4 in the global gold production league. According to figures produced by South ...

• Bizcommunity.com: EMRC announces 7th Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission 2010-03-15

  BRUSSELS: Brussels-based EMRC has announced the upcoming Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission in which a group of 35 - 40 African entrepreneurs ...

• Sudan Tribune: Mbeki's panel flirting with failure in Sudan 2010-03-15

  March 14, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The former South African president and head of the AU High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki sent a letter ...

• DefenceWeb: Rising piracy may prompt more joint naval action: NATO 2010-03-15

  Commodore Hans Christian Helseth said attacks around the Horn of Africa will become more frequent in the coming months due to less stormy weather and likely ...