From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 30th May 2010From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa.
Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too.
Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & GruesomeS.Africa: My Personal messages to readers of Government by Deception: The ANC's Silence = Declaration of RACE WAR ON WHITES...
Tuesday 25-May-2010: I started a practise in recent years whenever I sell copies of Government by Deception of writing a little paragraphin the front of each book - with a short personal message showing my thoughts at the (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: TOP SECRET: THE SUBVERSION OF THE MDC: The Two White men Mugabe fears the most - One out of action, One to MURDER...
Sunday 30-May-2010: I am going to ask folks to please make an effort to spread this email around, including to news outlets but more importantly to any embassies, Govt officials, military/intelligence people in any count (By Jan)...[Audio] S.Africa: My Interview with pro-ANC Channel Islam over my Open Letter to President Zuma: Do you want Race War with Afrikaners right now?
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Here, in 4 parts is my 20 minute interview with Zahid Asmal of Channel Islam. I am not going to make many comments at this stage, but I want to revisit this interview because there is a lot to tak (By Jan)...Africa: Amnesty International Reports on State of Human Rights
Thursday 27-May-2010: The regional overview for Africa, published in "The State of the World's Human Rights," Amnesty International's report for 2010:"No one ever asked the Sudanese themselves if they want the arrest warra (By News Poster)...S.Africa & Zimbabwe: The ANC war on Whites & capitalism continues - Black strike like mad - The MDC TOTALLY SUBVERTED by Mugabe
Saturday 29-May-2010: I'm rather tired and want to have a meal and crawl into bed. Let me digress a bit before diving into the things I want to draw your attention to:- I've been catching up a bit after a generally (By Jan)...[Pic] S.Africa: City Press: Julius Malema's Empire crumbles... But Kill the Boer lives on... Viva Genocide of the Whites...
Monday 24-May-2010: The article below is from a major black newspaper, THE CITY PRESS on 23rd May 2010. I wouldn't get too excited about the article, but what is interesting is that it quotes surveys which suggest a m (By Jan)...Africa: Africom and the ICC - Enforcing International Justice in Continent?
Friday 28-May-2010: By Samar Al-Bulushi and Adam BranchNearly eight years since its establishment in July 2002, and with its first major review conference just around the corner, the International Criminal Court (ICC) fa (By News Poster)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World Cup - Strikes, strikes, strikes - is NOBODY in South Africa working any more?
Monday 24-May-2010: Just a few weeks back I was lucky to see my garbage being collected after not having it collected for about 2 weeks in a row. Phew! I was glad that they were back at work. Today I see the garbage in m (By Jan)...USA: President Obama - The Deep Debate: Liberalism Versus Conservatism - Which way best defeats Communism?
Thursday 27-May-2010: In my chats with the former CIA agent in America, we discuss the issue of communism. Most of my close circle of friends have some sort of military/intelligence background or interest. And we all h (By Jan)...A Black Zimbabwean tells me: Zimbabwe is FINISHED - Zim destroyed beyond all redemption - The MDC's rule is a TOTAL FAILURE
Monday 24-May-2010: I recently met a black Zimbabwean from the Bulawayo area who has been living in SA for 4 years but who visits there regularly. He told me that Zimbabwe is FINISHED. He said the country is TOTALLY (By Jan)...White Americans are learning from White South Africa: The Obama aspirin tax joke
Monday 24-May-2010: [JoAn in Oregon sent me this one. Then she said they do learn things from whites in SA! Jan] Subject: Fwd: aspirin tax See, we CAN and DO LEARN things from SA:-) I'm convinced we will NEED our Asp (By Jan)...South Africa: Undertone of Xenophobia to Soccer World Cup
Thursday 27-May-2010: Johannesburg - South Africa is hosting the continent's first soccer World Cup but the mounting anticipation is not drowning out a vicious whispering campaign calling for the expulsion of foreign natio (By News Poster)...East Africa: Two Decades and Counting But Stability Still Eludes Somalia
Monday 24-May-2010: By Patrick GatharaNairobi - The fighting for control of Somalia is now between hardline Islamists and the more moderate factions within the government, writes PATRICK GATHARAOver the course of nearly (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Deposit Rates Should Not Be Zero, It is Not Good for the Economy
Monday 24-May-2010: Mr. Akinsola Akinfemiwa is the outgoing Managing Director of SkyeBank PLC. He has seen many days in the banking industry traversing from IMB, Chartered Bank, Barclays, Prudent Bank to Skye Bank climax (By News Poster)...South Africa: Troops Reinforcing a Porous And Dangerous Border
Thursday 27-May-2010: Musina - South African special forces troops have begun a six-month deployment along the troubled border with Zimbabwe, where rape, robbery and other crimes are commonplace, and the flow of desperate (By News Poster)...South Africa: Troops Reinforcing a Porous and Dangerous Border
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Musina - South African special forces troops have begun a six-month deployment along the troubled border with Zimbabwe, where rape, robbery and other crimes are commonplace, and the flow of desperate (By News Poster)...S.Africa: DA Official Opposition leader, Helen Zille now says what Jan Lamprecht said for a long time...
Saturday 29-May-2010: A friend of mine pointed out that Helen Zille is now agreeing with me. She said recently, that as the ANC loses support, that the ANC will turn more and more to violence and other undemocratic met (By Jan)...South Africa: TAU Bulletin: Ditching The Pebble Bed Reactor - Another Scandal Looming
Thursday 27-May-2010: Contributed by K. Nel: Subject: International Bulletin from TAU SA May 26, 2010 DITCHING THE PEBBLE BED REACTOR – ANOTHER SCANDAL LOOMING? Has it become par for the course that South Africa is b (By JoAn)...Africa: Victims of Rights Violations Turn Their Eyes to Kampala
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Olivier Kambala wa KambalaStarting in Kampala on Monday, representatives of governments, the United Nations and civil society groups will meet for the first time to review the workings of the Inter (By News Poster)...Somalia: U.S. Militarisation - the Tragedy of Somalia
Friday 28-May-2010: By Explo Nani-KofiWhen Barack Obama was elected president of the US, it was supposed to be the end of the bad old days of George W. Bush. But in Somalia, the 'war on terror' continues.March this year (By News Poster)...My Advice to my Niece regarding investing in Mutual Funds in South Africa - Steer clear of mines the ANC wants to nationalise
Monday 24-May-2010: [Here is an email I wrote to my one niece about investing in Mutual funds. This might be of interest to some of you. BTW, Jason Kelly reckons property is the best investment of all, especially if (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: American Veteran from Vietnam, who fought in Rhodesia comments on my MDC Subversion article...
Sunday 30-May-2010: [I had some terse interactions with someone who took me to task for the article about the MDC. This is the article: Zimbabwe: TOP SECRET: THE SUBVERSION OF THE MDC: The Two White men Mugabe fears the (By Jan)...Nigeria: Scrapping of Universal Banking - Echoes From the Industry
Monday 24-May-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - Recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) jettisoned the universal banking system which had been in operation in the country. Expectedly, there have been reactions for and (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Seeing Through American Sheepskins
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Obi EgbunaOn May 10, 2010 the National Democratic Institute presented Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with the annual Averell Harriman Democracy Award.Recipients of this honour must mee (By News Poster)...USA: A Pilot's story - An incredible aerial battle between Eagles & Crows...
Friday 28-May-2010: [This is a stunning story as told by a former USAF pilot. How wild. This came from an email exchange between friends. Jan] Grant, Crows can be noisy and mean, but they are also VERY smart. They (By Jan)...[10 Graphs] Stock Markets: My Technical Indicator - Gold to $1600 NEXT - Extensive analysis of crash, possible rallies of: Stock Markets, Gold, Oil & the US Dollar... before the next BIG CRASH...
Monday 24-May-2010: I have been meaning for quite some time to point out some new smaller trends amidst the larger trends... while watching where the larger trends are going... Let's take a look at the DOW Jones inde (By Jan)...Central Africa: President Obama Should Act to End Lord?s Resistance Army Violence in Region
Tuesday 25-May-2010: President Barack Obama should move swiftly to implement landmark legislation he signed today committing the US to help civilians in central Africa threatened by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Chauque Also Wanted by South African Police
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Maputo - Agostinho Chauque, the criminal shot dead in Maputo on Sunday night, was also wanted by the South African police, according to Raul Freia, spokesperson for the general command of the Mozambic (By News Poster)...South Africa: Not Even Mugabe Did This Intimidation!
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Submitted by Wise Woman and K Nel: Please remember Readers,at times some news is late in coming up due to volunteer overload, etc. We still try to consider the importance of articles posted to this s (By JoAn)...S.Africa's Criminals move really fast... When Standard Bank tried to improve security...
Monday 24-May-2010: A friend was telling me something the other day which shows how extremely fast South African criminals are. He is a Standard Bank customer. Standard Bank put out a link from where you could downloa (By Jan)...Uganda: NGOs Call on Obama to Move Swiftly Against LRA
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Jim LobeA coalition of nearly 50 Western and African human rights and humanitarian groups is calling on President Barack Obama to "move swiftly" in implementing a law he signed Monday committing Wa (By News Poster)...Oh WOW! The old AfricanCrisis website which had been shut down by Readyhosting.com - is now back up!!!!
Sunday 30-May-2010: My goodness... I couldn't believe my eyes this morning when I was studying my web statistics and saw that AfricanCrisis.org is back up!!! I had written to Readyhosting.com asking them to prove to (By Jan)...Africa: Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations
Thursday 27-May-2010: Cape Town - The failure of African states to hold violators of human rights accountable for their actions has been pin-pointed as a major problem across the continent by the respected advocacy group, (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Genocide Fugitive Arrested in France
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - The Government of Rwanda has commended the French police for arresting top Genocide fugitive, Eugene Rwamucyo, a few days after the Rwandan doctor participated in a conference (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Tension in Jos Over Death of Three Fulani Herdsmen
Monday 24-May-2010: By Onoja AuduJos - More soldiers are on patrol in Jos as renewed fears grip the residents over the death of three Fulani headsmen on Saturday at Tusung village on the Plateau, a state returning to the (By News Poster)...Rhodesia: Ron Reid-Daly, founder of the Selous Scouts is on his death-bed...
Monday 24-May-2010: [I'm running behind schedule on this one. This is from an email from Robb Ellis who is monitoring it. This is sad for Rhodesians. Ron ran the most fabulous unit in the Rhodesian army... socking it to (By Jan)...African Financing Partnership Launched By Leading Development Financial Institutions (SPONSORED_ROS)
Thursday 27-May-2010: Earlier today 8 development finance institutions, who last year invested over USD 8.8 billion in projects across the continent, formally launched the African Financing Partnership (AFP). This collabor (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Brutality And Human Rights
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Lagos - Reminiscent of a recurring ugly decimal in the nation's justice system, the Open Society Justice Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, indicted the Nigeria Police, in its recent report, (By News Poster)...Namibia: Russian Killers Jailed for 50 Years
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Werner MengesTHE two young men who murdered a Russian farming couple in a brutal panga attack near Okahandja two years ago were sent to prison for an effective 50 years each on Friday.On each of th (By News Poster)...Africa Day - Fulcrum of Continent's Future
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Phyllis JohnsonHarare - The day of Africa. What does that mean to most people too young to remember its origins 47 years ago?This was the time before internet and cell phones, not so many cars or a (By News Poster)...Africa: A Tale of Three Cities - the Global Struggle over Who Will End Hunger
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Eric Holt-GiménezDublin was unusually sunny and warm last week when the High Level Task Force on the global food security crisis held a consultation at the Malahide resort just north of the city. D (By News Poster)...VERY IMPORTANT: Don't miss this - My Interview with MASSIVELY PRO-ANC Channel Islam going up tonight - but take note...
Tuesday 25-May-2010: I have run out of time this morning with my Channel Islam radio interview. When one listens to it and studies it, it is a fascinating exercise, and you'll be fascinated by what came of it. And how it (By Jan)...[Pic] Photos from a S.African in Australia - Sydney Opera house
Friday 28-May-2010: This is a photo from a friend who just moved to Australia. (Photo) (By Jan)...South Africa: African Renaissance Conference Underway
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Kemantha GovenderDurban - The 12th African Renaissance Conference got underway at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre today with much enthusiasm emanating from the upcoming 2010 FIFA World (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Country at the Crossroads of History
Friday 28-May-2010: By Alemayehu G. MariamThere is an old morality tale of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' about a king who is so self-absorbed, vainglorious and obsessed with his appearance that he hired two suit-makers and (By News Poster)...South Africa: Transport Strike Threatens Fuel Supply
Monday 24-May-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - THE petroleum industry and other key sectors are bracing for disruption after SA's largest transport union, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Corruption - Time for General Amnesty?
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Jideofor AdibeThe fight against corruption - the abuse of public office by officials - predates Nigeria's independence and has always been embroiled in politics. Corruption was thought to be so per (By News Poster)...South Africa: We backed the wrong horse
Thursday 27-May-2010: "We backed the wrong horse" Reuters 26 May 2010 Reuters says Jacob Zuma's position in question after one year in office JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The not-so-private life of President Jacob Z (By JoAn)...Nigeria: Politics of Identity - the Jos Conflict
Thursday 27-May-2010: Jos - Reverend Zang Tengong is certain a religious war is under way for the soul of Nigeria and believes the central city of Jos is the frontline where Islam's expansion southwards will be stopped.The (By News Poster)...Liberia Can Be Self-Sufficient in 10 Years, Says Sirleaf
Monday 24-May-2010: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is visiting Washington this week for talks with Congressional leaders and a White House meeting on Thursday with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary C (By News Poster)...South Africa/Sudan: Arrest Threat for Sudan's Al-Bashir
Friday 28-May-2010: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - Sudan's recently re-elected President Omar al-Bashir faces arrest if he visits SA for the World Cup after President Jacob Zuma 's pledge yesterday to abide by internation (By News Poster)...Africa: Second Green Revolution Taking Root in Africa
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Charles W. CoreyA second Green Revolution is starting to take root in Africa, says Cameroonian-born agriculture specialist A. Namanga Ngongi. And that is important because agriculture is the larges (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets... another day starts with a nightmare...
Tuesday 25-May-2010: I noticed that the markets opened a short while ago and the day started with Wall St falling 210 points like a rock at opening... The panic is getting worse as I mentioned... Another 1,200 points (By Jan)...Liberia: 'The Role of Agriculture in Post-Conflict Recovery - The Case of Liberia'
Monday 24-May-2010: By Ellen Johnson SirleafStatement byHer Excellency Ellen Johnson SirleafPresident of the Republic of Liberia"The Role of Agriculture in Post-Conflict Recovery:The Case of Liberia"Symposium on Global A (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Police Kill Robber and Seize Guns in Mocodoene
Thursday 27-May-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police shot dead on Monday a member of a group of armed robbers who attacked the catholic mission of Mocodoene, in Morrumbene district, in the southern province of Inhambane, a (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Officials Intimidated Voters, Says Rights Group
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Nairobi - Ethiopian government and ruling party officials intimidated voters and unlawfully restricted the media ahead of the May 23, 2010 parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch said today.In ass (By News Poster)...South Africa: Public Sector Union Mulls Strike
Monday 24-May-2010: By Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - PUBLIC servants may strike during the World Cup if their wage dispute with the government is not resolved within a month.The outcomes of strikes by municipal and tra (By News Poster)...Africa: Banking on Continent's Diaspora - Institutionalising Finance
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Sanou MbayeAlthough locked out of borrowings on capital markets for most of the past five decades, African countries have been spared the twin woes of financial turmoil and economic downturn that h (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Renamo Boycotts Electoral Legislation Debate
Wednesday 26-May-2010: The parliamentary group of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Wednesday walked out of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, thus boycotting a debate and vote on amending (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Frelimo Promises Openness in Revising Electoral Laws
Thursday 27-May-2010: Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Thursday declared that it is committed to revising the country's electoral legislation "in an open spirit".Speaking at the closing session of a sitting of the Moza (By News Poster)...Rwanda: US Lawyer Held for 'Denying Genocide'
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Kezio-Musoke DavidKigali - Rwanda has said an American lawyer intending to represent the embattled opposition politician Victoire Ingabire was arrested for "negating and denying" the 1994 genocide. (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cross Boundaries
Saturday 29-May-2010: CROSS BOUNDARIES - white Supremacists chose to meet with Black supremacists. This event brought back memories of 1994 Mandela Rainbow Nation - it did take place for 5 years and it WAS GOOD. People (By JoAn)...South Africa: Youth Leader Calls for Halt to Mining Licences
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Linda EnsorCape Town - Mineral rights vested in the state should be transferred to the proposed state-owned mining company, which would use them to enter into partnerships with private companies, A (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Shock As Mugabe Set to Handpick Land Audit Team
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Alex BellThere has been a shocked reaction to media reports that Robert Mugabe will be handpicking a team of 'agricultural economists' to conduct a land audit, despite him being the architect of Zi (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Should Take Lessons from China - IFPRI
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Julio GodoyThe model of agriculture applied by the People's Republic of China during the last 30 years is an example that the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa should follow in their quest fo (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Names Team to Probe Karamoja Killings
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - President Museveni has ordered an inquiry into alleged killing of Karimojong civilians by UPDF soldiers. Daily Monitor has been told Lt. Col. Abdul Rugumayo and UPDF director (By News Poster)...Israel Offered To Sell South Africa Nukes
Monday 24-May-2010: Newly-declassified minutes from a 1975 meeting show Israeli offered to sell South Africa nuclear warheads, a fascinating detail of Cold War history that is the first hard evidence proving Israel has n (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Africa: Annan Slams Leaders for 'Personal Enrichment', 'Authoritarian Behaviour'
Friday 28-May-2010: By Kofi AnnanFormer United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued on Tuesday that while a number of African leaders stand out as "champions of development," they are still a mino (By News Poster)...Uganda: Rebels Still Blocking Access to Thousands of IDPs
Thursday 27-May-2010: Nairobi - Thousands of people displaced from their homes in the Central African Republic (CAR) cannot be reached by aid workers because of insecurity caused by the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) (By News Poster)...Mugabe Set to Appoint SA Ambassador Without Consultation?
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Lance GumaMore unilateral appointments by Robert Mugabe are said to be on the way, with speculation suggesting Zimbabwe's current ambassador to Russia, Phelekezela Mphoko, will be moved to South Af (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets: Stocks Tumble, Dow Ends Worst May Since 1940
Saturday 29-May-2010: [We are indeed experiencing wild times. Strangely, the P&F charts seem to indicate quite a hell of a bear market rally. I'll keep watching it and will discuss it later. Jan] U.S. stocks slid, cappi (By Jan)...Uganda: 1.5 Billion Children in Conflict Areas Are Victims of Violent Crimes
Friday 28-May-2010: By Rudo KwarambaKampala - Globally, millions of the 1.5 billion children in conflict areas are victims of violent crimes that do not only destroy their well being but also severely injure their physic (By News Poster)...South Africa: SANDF, Farmers Join Forces
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Irene NaidooPretoria - South African farmers have pledged their support to the South African Defence Force (SANDF), saying they are willing to assist the SANDF as it patrols the country's borders.F (By News Poster)...South Africa: Tension Over Strike Own-Goals at World Cup
Monday 24-May-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE week will be dominated by intense efforts to end the strike by transport workers, which is threatening to spread to other sectors, including workers at power utility (By News Poster)...Kenya: New Police Device to Put Kidnappers Out of Business
Monday 24-May-2010: By Dominic WabalaNairobi - A mobile phone tracking technology that the police have acquired is promising to put kidnappers out of business.With the assistance of mobile service providers, detectives a (By News Poster)...Liberia: U.S. Congressional Leaders Applaud Govt
Friday 28-May-2010: Liberia is no doubt on a critical bridge to self-fulfillment – to peace, security, and economic development. But she lacks the wherewithal to match aspirations and plans to tangible programs and (By News Poster)...South Africa: Rand May Be Key to Bank's Next Rates Move
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - NEWS that inflation is falling faster than anticipated has revived speculation that the Reserve Bank may cut interest rates again this year, particularly if the rand keeps (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Dismissed Soldier, Policeman Nabbed Over Robbery
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Femi OgbonnikanLagos - They were four in their gang. Two of the gang members are ex-servicemen who were dismissed from the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police Force (NPF) respectively, over various of (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Life is Just Not Getting Any Better
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Harare - The death of Zimbabwe's secretary for agriculture, Renson Gasela, and two other senior officials from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a car accident recently has highlighted the c (By News Poster)...Uganda: Expatriates and Crime in Dubai
Monday 24-May-2010: Kampala - ALTHOUGH not all law-breakers get deported, a bad decision could land you in jail, cost you a hefty fine or even end your career.Moses Okuraja tells the story of one Ugandan who thought he h (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Why Adequate Power Will Remain Elusive!
Monday 24-May-2010: By Les LebaInadequate power supply has chocked the development and growth of Nigeria's economy, particularly in the last two decades.The Punch Newspapers editorial of 22/3/2010 explicitly paints this (By News Poster)...South Africa: Will Soccer World Cup Attract Human Traffickers?
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Miriam MannakCape Town - A fierce debate has erupted over claims that the 2010 Soccer World Cup will fuel the trafficking of women from African and other countries to South Africa for sexual exploi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Bippas Boost Investor Confidence
Thursday 27-May-2010: Harare - THE ratification of the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with South Africa is a major step that will consolidate efforts to make Zimbabwe a more attractive investment d (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Coalition Governments Take Root
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Levi MukaratiHarare - ON Tuesday the continent commemorates Africa Day to mark 47 years since the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was formed. On this day, lead (By News Poster)...Uganda/South Africa: You Could Start Your Death Next Month
Monday 24-May-2010: Kampala - This is one of the campaign slogans in South Africa as the country gets ready for next month's FIFA World Cup. Traditionally, South Africans and many other people, celebrate victory and feas (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Most Banking Industry Crises, Internally Generated - Salako
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Sylvester EnoghaseSunday Olusoji Salako, First Deputy President, Association Of Senior Staff Of Banks, Insurance And Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), at the Nigerian Industrial Relations Associati (By News Poster)...2010 - is It Really Africa's World Cup?
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Enock MuchinjoIF truth be told, is this Africa's World Cup, as it has been dubbed? Will any African country outside host nation South Africa, Zimbabwe in particular, salvage any 2010 Fifa World Cup (By News Poster)...Mauritius: HIV a Health, not Moral, Issue
Friday 28-May-2010: By Allyn GaestelMauritius is the first African country with a government regulated syringe exchange program.A rarely discussed aspect of the HIV epidemic in Africa is transmission through needle shari (By News Poster)...Uganda: Massive Rains Disrupt Farming And Transport
Monday 24-May-2010: Kampala - Whereas the rainy season is approaching an end, the damage it has caused countrywide is big. The biggest casualties have been the mountainous areas of eastern and southwestern Uganda, where (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Three Die in Another Ethnic Killing in Jos
Monday 24-May-2010: By Agency NewsFresh violence between Muslims and Christians in Jos left three persons dead and another seriously wounded yesterday, a day after three others were killed, witnesses said.The attack in t (By News Poster)...Central Bankers Predict Bright Future for East Africa
Monday 24-May-2010: By Mcadams MichaelNairobi - With a forecast of an average growth rate of 6.1 per cent for East African economies, the region's future looks bright, even after the global economic crisis.The growth rat (By News Poster)...World Cup Terror Threat "Serious": US Expert
Saturday 29-May-2010: An American Navy expert on African security issues cautions fans going to the 2010 World Cup Games in South Africa that possible terrorist events are a high possibility. "Those Americans who stay h (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...South Africa: Agriculture Minister to Push for Support for Farmers
Friday 28-May-2010: By Wyndham HartleyJohannesburg - FARMERS have not received support from the state for 10 years, but Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson intends to change this. She will push World Trade Organi (By News Poster)...Uganda: West Interested in Our Politics Because of Our Oil
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Karooro OkurutKampala - The discovery of petroleum resources in Uganda and the newfound potential with which it clothes the country has captured widespread attention across the globe. Many commenta (By News Poster)...Kenya: Oil Search Shifts to Top Gear as Gas Deposits Found
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Zeddy SambuIn the plains of Isiolo - a wide stretch of arid waste in Kenya - the sun bakes the gangs of oil hunters that have pitched tent here as the scouting for the first successfully oil well i (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Warns Land Officials Over Graft
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Cyprian MusokeKampala - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned corrupt officials in the lands registry of arrest if they do not stop extorting money over land titles.Opening the national land policy (By News Poster)...Sudan: Govt Forces Clash With Rebels in South Darfur, Says UN
Monday 24-May-2010: The security situation in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur remains tense and unpredictable due to ongoing clashes between Government forces and rebels, the joint African Union-United Nations (By News Poster)...Zambia: Police Shoot Dead Suspected Bandit
Thursday 27-May-2010: POLICE in Lusaka have shot dead a suspect who was in a group of four others trying to stage a robbery in Lusaka's Olympia Township.And a 39-year-old man on Tuesday died after being stabbed with a kitc (By News Poster)...BA Crush Pirates
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Conrad AngulaBLACK Africa displayed probably their best performance of the season after they ran circles around their bitter foes Orlando Pirates 5-1 in a Namibia Premier League derby match contest (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Banks' Result Sheet Positive - Sanusi
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Isaac Aimurie And Ese AwhotuTo keep interest rates low || Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said that the result sheet of Nigerian banks is positive, an (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Controversy Over Banking Reform
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Emeka NwosuLagos - The reforms in the banking sector being pursued by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi came under a stinging attack recently by no less a p (By News Poster)...Nigeria: OPEC to Summon FG, Others to Emergency Meeting - As Oil Crashes to 10-Month Low
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Lagos - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the weekend said it would "has no choice but to summon members to an emergency extraordinary meeting," if oil continues with its slide.O (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Man Rapes, Impregnates Daughter-in-Law
Monday 24-May-2010: By Chakanetsa Chidyamatiyo and Lorraine MandebvuHarare - POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a Dotito man who allegedly raped and impregnated his 19-year-old daughter-in-law with his son's ful (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Robbers Kill Two Luxury Bus Drivers in Edo
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Samuel OyadonghaBenin - BARELY 24 four hours after dare-devil armed robbers allegedly killed three police officers along the Benin-Lagos highway, the robbers struck again yesterday, killing two lux (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fresh Tension Ruptures in Jos
Monday 24-May-2010: By Raymond GukasJos - •President Goodluck Jonathan cuts the tape to commission a road named after him by Gombe State government. With him from left is Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State, Gov. Danj (By News Poster)...Regulator's Legal Threat Risks Mobile TV Promise to Fifa
Friday 28-May-2010: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - THE Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) could face legal action if it did not reconsider its decision to give companies just three weeks to apply for (By News Poster)...Country Set to Be Cleared for Diamond Sale, Despite Ongoing Abuses (news)
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Alex BellAn international diamond expert tasked with monitoring Zimbabwe's diamond industry, is set to recommend that the country be allowed to sell the gems, despite reports of ongoing abuses at t (By News Poster)...Africa: Gambia Stands Agog for Nigeria, 54 Others
Monday 24-May-2010: Over 700 participants from Nigeria and 54 other countries within and outside Africa, are already seated at the Sheraton Hotels, Gambia for the commencement of the 37th African Insurance Organisation ( (By News Poster)...East Africa: Region to Destroy 2600 Illicit Arms
Monday 24-May-2010: By Irene V. Nambi and James KaruhangaKigali - The East African Community is set to destroy 2600 illicit arms and weapons in Bukoba, Kagera region of the United Republic of Tanzania.According to the Mi (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Will the Vatican Ever Accept That Genocide is Also a Crime?
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Tom NdahiroKigali - This church's lack of courage and humility made it develop what philosopher Bertrand Russell, in his book "The Conquest of Happiness" termed "persecution mania" which he says is (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Detained Gay Activists Beaten and Tortured By Police
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Violet GondaA lawyer representing the two employees arrested Friday from the group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, said his clients have been beaten and tortured in custody as part of an orchestrate (By News Poster)...Nigerian Power Sector Reform Comes Back On Stream
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Onyebuchi EzigboAbuja - Worried about the poor state of electricity generation in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the ministry of power and other relevant agencies to immediat (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Opposition Senator Charged With Insulting President
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Makusha MugabeMovement for Democratic Change Senator, Morgan Komichi, is being charged with undermining the authority of, or insulting, Robert Mugabe.Police from the Bindura Law and Order Section c (By News Poster)...Kenya: Health Foods Spawn Industry, But are Consumers Safe?
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Immaculate KarambuThe rise of diet-related illnesses is informing the rise of a whole new industry of natural and fortified foods manufacturing companies.But as consumers seek nutritional supplemen (By News Poster)...Namibia: Country Stands Up to EU 'Bullying'
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By David CroninTensions between the European Union and Africa have once again erupted, with Namibia accusing the Brussels elite of resorting to bullying tactics in trade negotiations.In official state (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Govt Warns Firms Against Abuse of Expatriate Quota
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Onyebuchi EzigboAbuja - The Federal Government has said it would not condone any abuse of expatriate quotas by multinational companies.The expression of resolve by government came on the heels of a (By News Poster)...'Bullet' to Dance At Fifa 2010
Friday 28-May-2010: By Tuwilica Jessica KahuikaWindhoek - Being told by the South African FIFA 2010 organising committee that no foreign artist will perform at the FIFA 2010 World Cup opening ceremony did not discourage (By News Poster)...Nigeria: World Bank to Create 100,000 Jobs from Nigerian Entertainment
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Daniel GummFor three days, early his month -- Tuesday, May 4, Thursday, May 6, and Monday, May 10 -- the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), World Bank, National Film & Video Censors Board (N (By News Poster)...Africa: Donor Money for HIV/Aids Treatment Running Dry
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Anso ThomDonors are disengaging from the fight against HIV/AIDS leaving behind millions who are still in dire need of lifesaving treatment in South Africa and other hard-hit Sub-Saharan African cou (By News Poster)...South Africa: HIV and Child Mortality
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Khopotso BodibeThe HIV and AIDS epidemic is largely responsible for the increase of child mortality rates in South Africa, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said at a media briefing early this we (By News Poster)...South Africa: Big Bank Helps Small Farmers Grow
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - ONE of SA's four big banks is taking steps to build the capacity of some of SA's small farmers by forming partnerships with private companies that want to buy agricult (By News Poster)...Africa: A Stronger Voice for Continent at the World Bank
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Carlos BragaOngoing tectonic shifts in the global economy raise many questions about international governance. The recent emergence of the G20 as the key body for international policy discussions, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Preliminary Tests Detail Infant Deaths
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - Preliminary laboratory tests have confirmed that a lapse in infection control and overcrowding were just some of the factors that contributed to the death of babies at Charlotte Maxeke (By News Poster)...Somalia: Attack on Presidential Palace Highlights Urgency of Solving Somali Crisis, Ban Warns
Monday 24-May-2010: Fresh from sponsoring an international conference aimed at forging a new approach to bring peace to war-torn Somalia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said yesterday's attack on the presidential pa (By News Poster)...Namibia: BoN, Banks Cross Swords
Monday 24-May-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHERE is no active competition between banks in Namibia and changing the existing Banking Institutions Act to allow foreign banks to open up branches in the country will lead to "reaso (By News Poster)...Skills Gap Has IT Firms Worried Over Survival
Friday 28-May-2010: By Sue BlaineJohannesburg - THE shortage of South Africans with information technology (IT) skills is so acute it is making some South African businesses worried that they will be unable to survive, r (By News Poster)...South Africa: I call the shots - Malema
Friday 28-May-2010: Submitted by Old Owl: YOUR BRAINS - YOUR CAPITAL - YOUR LABOUR - to receive 10 % of profit - called Malema Maths! The Baboon was treated like Royalty by Parliamentarians (Your senate) who kow towed (By JoAn)...Zimbabwe: Monitor Wants Army Out of Diamond Fields
Friday 28-May-2010: By Paul Nyakazeya, Feluna Nleya and Wongai ZhangazhaKIMBERLEY Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) monitor Abbey Chikane has urged government to put in place proper security measures at Chiadzwa diamon (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cabinet Targets 'Must Include Youth Jobs'
Monday 24-May-2010: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - PERFORMANCE agreements between President Jacob Zuma and his ministers had to include targets for job creation, Young Communist League secretary Buti Manamela yesterday to (By News Poster)...Somalia: 26 Killed in Mogadishu Clashes
Monday 24-May-2010: At least 26 civilians have been killed and several others injured in heavy battle that rocked Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu in the last twenty four hours, Radio Garowe reports.The clashes starte (By News Poster)...Kenya: This Draft Talks About Land Management, Not Reform
Thursday 27-May-2010: By John B. OsoroWhenever a discussant accuses another of being theoretical or academic in an argument, be alarmed. In most cases, the accused would be fronting a more researched or informed opinion on (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bank Exposure to Euro Crisis 'Tiny'
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - SOUTH African banks had direct exposure of 0,2% of total assets to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, but possible long-term effects could not be ignored, registrar of b (By News Poster)...Kenya: Development Bank Funding to Power Wind Energy Farm
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Allan OdhiamboThe planned 300 megawatts wind power project in Turkana, northern Kenya, is set for a major boost this week when member states of the African Development Bank (AfDB) endorse proposals (By News Poster)...Namibia/South Africa: Ministry Conducts Human Trafficking Workshops
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Windhoek - To prevent any form of human trafficking that may be associated with the soccer World Cup in South Africa, 45 government officials last week completed a five-day training workshop in Tsumeb (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alarm Grows Over Spreading Transport and Energy Strikes
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - BUSINESS yesterday warned of the "damaging" effects of the prolonged strike at Transnet as industrial action spread to other sectors, including Eskom.Last night, the (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Assembly Debates General State Accounts
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Monday debated the General State Accounts from 2008, and the discussion was eerily familiar to anyone who has followed similar deba (By News Poster)...South Africa: World Cup Opera Singer Dies of Meningitis
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Steve KretzmannAn opera singer who was dubbed the next Pavarotti and had been chosen by Nelson Mandela to sing at the World Cup has died suddenly of meningitis.South African Siphiwo Ntshebe, 34, wa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'Prevention Better Than Cure'
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaMOST anti-retroviral drugs are now considered for research trials seeking to reduce the risk of passing the deadly virus that causes Aids to others, a leading HIV researcher said (By News Poster)...Liberia: President Reports Progress Amid Problem to U.S. Backers
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Reed Kramer and Tami HultmanWashington, DC - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Washington this week with a message that the country's post-conflict recovery, while still fragile, can b (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Country to Top Agenda at International Diamond Talks
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Alex BellThe sale of Zimbabwe's controversial diamonds is set to top the agenda at a meeting of diamond trade regulators in Israel next month, when a deadline for Zimbabwe to fall in line with inte (By News Poster)...Live Animal Export Ban Still in Place
Monday 24-May-2010: By Denver KistingLIVE animals may still not leave the country, even though the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) ban in Hardap and Karas has been partially lifted.The outbreak of RVF in these two regions has th (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Ingabire 'Lawyer' Not Accredited
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - Peter Erlinder, the American lawyer who is in the country to defend Victoire Ingabire, the embattled leader of the yet-to-be-registered political party, FDU-Inkingi has not ye (By News Poster)...Africa: Canada and the Conflict - A Responsibility to Atone
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Gerald CaplanThe conflict in Congo presents a complex challenge not only militarily but also morally. With a disturbing presence of Western - including Canadian - resource giants and a history of ' (By News Poster)...Africa: AfDB President Donald Kaberuka Re-elected for a Second-Term
Thursday 27-May-2010: The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Thursday, 27 May 2010 in Abidjan re-elected Donald Kaberuka to serve a second term as President of the institution. Mr. Kaberuk (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police Shoots Three Robbers in Jinja
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Esther MukyalaKampala - Three suspected armed robbers were yesterday shot dead in Jinja. The thugs, one of whom was identified as Farouk Mugabi, were killed at around 6:30am at Mailo Mbili on the J (By News Poster)...S.Africa: KILL THE BOER!! Guerilla Journalism: If they try to suppress the AfricanCrisis Farm murders pages... Frank of Queens responds...
Monday 24-May-2010: [Frank of Queens, the radio show host of THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, sent this email to me with this comment. They can try to shut us up on the web... but he says... Jan] -----Original Message----- Fro (By Jan)...Landmark AfDB Annual Meetings End in Abidjan (sponsor wire)
Sunday 30-May-2010: Triples Bank Group's CapitalRe-Elects President for Second TermExpands Board Chairs from 18 to 20Lisbon to Host 2011 Annual MeetingsThe 45th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and (By News Poster)...Invest in SA's Economy- Motlanthe
Sunday 30-May-2010: Pretoria - The strengthening and enhancement of South Africa's political, economic and commercial relations with Turkey is critical for the advancement of national priorities, says Deputy President Kg (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: High Expectations As Chamber of Mines Meets
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - THE 71st Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Mines opens in Victoria Falls today amid high expectations that indigenisation, funding and power shortage issues will take (By News Poster)...Kenya: Cheap Maize Imports Tilt Trade Balance for SA
Thursday 27-May-2010: By George OmondiKenya's hope of checking its trade imbalance with South Africa faces a major setback as demand for cheaper unmilled maize imports grows, despite the bumper short season harvests in the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Finance Minster Sees Deficit Dip
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Linda Ensor And Simon MundyJohannesburg - Careful management of government finances could cut the budget deficit to 4,1% over the next three years, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday - (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Jailed for Allegedly Insulting Mugabe
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Violet GondaTwo staff members of the pressure group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) are still in police custody after their arrest last Friday.The two are being charged under the Criminal Law (By News Poster)...South Africa: Power Promise Keeps Country on Edge of Seat
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - IF THERE is one thing that can turn the World Cup euphoria that has engulfed SA into despair, it is power interruption.If that happens, no number of explanations will r (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gas Flare - Oil Majors in Race to Beat 2012 Deadline
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Adeola YusufLagos - Oil multinationals operating in the Nigeria's multi-billion-dollar industry are in a race to beat the 2012 deadline to stop gas flaring, Daily Independent gathered at the weeken (By News Poster)...Kenya: Special Team Probes Mystery Millions
Monday 24-May-2010: By Jaindi KiseroNairobi - A special team has been set up to investigate the source of billions of shillings flowing into the country in recent months. The team has been formed by the Central Bank of K (By News Poster)...Advancing Africa's Voice in Global Economic Debates - the Committee of Ten (sponsor wire)
Sunday 30-May-2010: Never before was the need for a strengthened and unified African voice on key economic policies so crucial than when the financial and economic crisis hit.Clearly, the issue of a stronger African voic (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (30-05-2010)
Sunday 30-May-2010: Howzit I am sorry that yesterday's posting was abruptly cut short, but sometimes a change is as good as a holiday. We were home by five thirty and the weather didn't help. This time last wee we h (By The BeardedMan)...Africa: Donor Retreat Widens HIV/Aids Treatment Gap in Continent
Thursday 27-May-2010: Backtracking by international donors in funding HIV/AIDS risks undermining years of positive achievements and will cause many more unnecessary deaths, warns humanitarian aid group Médecins Sans (By News Poster)...Uganda: Obama's Statement On the LRA Disarmament
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Barack ObamaWashington, DC - Today, I signed into law the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. The legislation crystallises the commitment of the US to (By News Poster)...Namibia: Caprivi Power Link to Kick Off on June 11
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE new Caprivi electricity power line, which will add at least 300 megawatt of power imports for Namibia, will be tested from today and will be switched on the same day as the Fif (By News Poster)...Uganda: Obama Endorses Anti-Kony Legislation
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Barbara Among and AgenciesKampala - US President Barack Obama on Monday signed a law aimed at helping Uganda and its neighbours fight Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.Accordi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Robbery Gang Raids Three Banks in Anambra
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Charles OnyekamuoOnitsha - A 20-man robbery gang yesterday raided three new generation banks in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government area of Anambra State carting away huge sums of money estimated at ov (By News Poster)...Uganda: Power Output Boosts Economy
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Ibrahim KasitaKampala - UGANDA'S power output has almost doubled in the past five years as the country tries to satisfy increasing demand that is driven by robust economic growth.The third largest (By News Poster)...Nigeria: LG Vice-Chairman Escapes Attempted Assassination
Monday 24-May-2010: By Ola AjayiFOR allegedly daring to oppose his boss who was quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for corruption-related issue, the Vice Chairman, Ona Ara Local Government, Mr (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Africa Day - Time to Reflect
Monday 24-May-2010: Harare - TOMORROW people across Africa celebrate the 47th anniversary of the founding of the predecessor of the African Union, the Organisation of African Unity that was formed on May 25 1963, to spea (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: MDC MP Summoned to Court over a Case Dating Back to 2002
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Tichaona SibandaMDC-T MP for Makoni South in Manicaland, Pishai Muchauraya, has been summoned to appear in court over a case the state claims took place eight years ago.Police officers from the Law (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Experts Commend Financial Sector Progress
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Berna NamataAbidjan - Rwanda's financial sector is small but growing, a partnership of development partners for African countries coordinated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) dubbed "Making F (By News Poster)...Kenya: Militia 'Turned Well Into a Mass Grave'
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Erick NgobiloNairobi - Nightmares haunt a man in whose water well 16 people were thrown after being killed by militias.Mr David Ndiwa would want to abandon the land but he has nowhere else to call (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Most Wanted Man Shot Dead
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police have shot dead the country's most wanted man, Agostinho Chauque, accused of a string of armed robberies and murders of police officers.The spokesperson for the Maputo Ci (By News Poster)...South Africa: Youth Military Solution Misses the Mark
Monday 24-May-2010: By Patrick BurtonJohannesburg - A RECENT proposal by Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to enrol unemployed young people for two years of national service is in itself a sound and promising initiative.In (By News Poster)...Gang Boss Dies in Shootout At Soccer Game
Monday 24-May-2010: A Hanover Park gang leader was mowed down in a shootout between police and gangsters after two gangsters were shot in what police fear could be the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the area.A m (By News Poster)...Kenya: Sugar and Arms Barons Rule Somali Border
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Sammy CheboiNairobi - A porous border with lawless Somalia and rough terrain continue to drive sugar and arms smuggling in northern Kenya, threatening to cripple the local sugar industry and increa (By News Poster)...Burundi: Trading Accusations over Poll Results
Friday 28-May-2010: Bujumbura - Eight opposition parties in Burundi have demanded a repeat of communal elections, held on 24 May, claiming the ruling party - which won a landslide victory - was involved in massive fraud (By News Poster)...Commercial Banks Warn Clients About New Scams
Friday 28-May-2010: By Clemencia JacobsWindhoek - Phishing scams seems to have become an increasing problem in the country after two commercial banks were forced to issue warnings against these scams within the space of (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Security Council Agrees to Convert UN Mission in Country into Stabilization Force
Friday 28-May-2010: The Security Council today extended the current mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by one month and agreed to transform the operation so tha (By News Poster)...Namibia: Get Rid of R200 Notes Soon
Friday 28-May-2010: By Adam HartmanA DECISION by the South African Reserve Bank to withdraw the old series of R200 notes and replace them with a new series due to rampant counterfeiting in that country may catch Namibian (By News Poster)...Mozambique: 200 Vehicles Powered by Natural Gas
Thursday 27-May-2010: Maputo - Autogas, the Mozambican company that specialises in converting vehicles so that they can run on natural gas instead of petrol or diesel, announced on Wednesday that at least 200 vehicles in M (By News Poster)...Kenya: Wako and Gicheru First to Go If New Law is Passed
Monday 24-May-2010: By Oliver MathengeNairobi - Chief Justice Evan Gicheru and Attorney-General Amos Wako will be the highest-ranking public officials to be sent home if the new constitution is passed at the August 4 ref (By News Poster)...South Africa: State Still Sees a Role for Itself in Nuclear Industry
Monday 24-May-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - THE state will continue to play a role in the nuclear industry, even if its involvement is minor, Department of Energy director-general Nelisiwe Magubane said on Friday (By News Poster)...South Africa: Trade Unions May Strike During World Cup
Friday 28-May-2010: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday said it could not guarantee that next month's Soccer World Cup would not be disrupted by strikes, including (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: PM Urges World to Accept Election Result
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Argaw AshineAddis Ababa - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has urged the international community and Ethiopian political opponents to recognise his party's overwhelming landslide election vict (By News Poster)...Africa: Aid Campaigners Call for New Plans for Development Goals
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By John AllenCape Town - Industrialized countries have delivered an historic increase in development aid to Africa in the past five years, but they have gone only three-fifths of the way towards meeti (By News Poster)...Kenya: Abortion Activists Threaten Citizens
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Francis MureithiNairobi - AN American extremist Christian group has been threatening people it claims are promoting abortion and homosexuality.ProjectSEE, an acronym for Project Stop Exporting Evil (By News Poster)...Province's Long-Term Plan for the President
Monday 24-May-2010: By Anthony ButlerJohannesburg - JACOB Zuma 's first year as state president has threatened to turn the African National Congress (ANC) into an object of ridicule. Unfortunately, however, the country a (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Conservationists Slam Mugabe's 'Ark of Death' Bound for North Korea
Monday 24-May-2010: By Alex BellConservation groups, elephant experts and biologists around the world have united in their condemnation of Zimbabwe's plan to ship an 'Ark' of wild animals to North Korea.The plan, handed (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Poland Conducts Autopsy On Slain National
Thursday 27-May-2010: Lagos - Poland has commenced autopsy on the body of a 36 year-old Nigerian identified by witnesses as Maxwel Itoyan who died from a bullet wound after a fight broke out between African market traders (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: When Giving Life Brings Death
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaHarare - They are supposed to be giving life, but sadly more and more women are dying in this very sacred act of giving birth.Statistics from two United Nations agencies show that (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Govt Pledges to Provide Land to Uniformed Forces
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Harare - Government has pledged to provide land for resettlement to members of the uniformed security services who are yet to benefit from Zimbabwe's agrarian reforms, whenever such land becomes avail (By News Poster)...Group Accuses Police of Extra-Judicial Killings, Rape (NEWS)
Monday 24-May-2010: By Innocent AnanaOPEN Society Justice Initiative and Network on Police Reform in Nigeria has accused the Nigeria Police of committing extra-judicial killings, torture, rape, and extortion with relativ (By News Poster)...Somalia: 13 Killed As Residents Clash With Ethiopia Troops in Puntland
Monday 24-May-2010: At least 13 people, mostly civilians have died in a clash between Somali residents and Ethiopian forces that had crossed the border, Radio Garowe reports.Irritated residents armed with rifles violentl (By News Poster)...Uganda: I Am Not Authoritarian and I Have Nothing to Apologise for - Kagame
Sunday 30-May-2010: By Daniel KalinakiPresident Paul Kagame of Rwanda, in the second and last part of his exclusive interview with Monitor Managing Editor Daniel Kalinaki, speaks about his son joining the army, denies be (By News Poster)...Liberia: Even with Peace, Country's Women Struggle
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Michael FleshmanFour years after voters in Liberia, battered by decades of dictatorship, economic ruin and civil war, elected a no-nonsense former banker and UN official, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, as (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Iwawa Island - Giving Opportunities in Life
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Edmund KagireA lot has been said about Iwawa Island, some have referred to it as an island of no return, isle for the unwanted or even 'Rwanda's Alcatraz'.Speculation has been rife about the purpos (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Polish Envoy Summoned Over Killing of Nigerian in Poland
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Ben AgandeThe Polish Ambassador to Nigeria has been summoned by the Nigerian government for consultation on the circumstances that led to the brutal murder of a Nigerian in Poland by Polish police. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 75 Cars Held in RBZ Probe
Monday 24-May-2010: By Sandra MandizvidzaTHE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has stopped a Harare car dealer from disposing of 75 cars as part of investigations into allegations that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe did n (By News Poster)...Thumbing Their Noses At the Law - Defence of Simelane Appointment Insults Public
Monday 24-May-2010: Johannesburg - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's latest attempt to justify his appointment of Menzi Simelane as national director of public prosecutions, this time in an answering affidavit to the Democratic Al (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 15 Arrested Over Jos Killings
Monday 24-May-2010: By Agency NewsSecurity forces yesterday arrested 5 suspects after three people were killed in a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence near the flashpoint city of Jos, the army said yesterday.The Muslim (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Job Sikhala Charged With Insulting Mugabe
Monday 24-May-2010: By Caiphas ChimheteFORMER St Mary's legislator Job Sikhala who was arrested on Friday for launching his MDC99 party without informing the police is now facing additional charges of insulting Presiden (By News Poster)...Agencies Say Sovereign Risk Assessment of Country is Positive
Sunday 30-May-2010: Luanda - The Angolan government has ordered the three major world risk assessment ('rating') agencies, Ficht, Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S & P), to conduct the assessment of sovereign risk of Ango (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Apologizes for Hospital Baby Deaths
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Khopotso BodibeThe Department of Health has apologized for the deaths last week of six babies at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and 10 at Natalspruit Hospital on the East Rand. The (By News Poster)...Somalia: Peacekeepers Will Resist Insurgents' Attacks
Thursday 27-May-2010: The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is not taking the recent war rhetoric gesture from Islamist hardliners slightly, says spokesman.Major Barigye Bahoku, the AMISOM spokesman, said that the (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: South African Newspaper Fights for Release of 2002 Election Report
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Alex BellOne of South Africa's leading newspapers, the Mail & Guardian, is trying to force Jacob Zuma's government to release a hidden report on Zimbabwe's 2002 presidential election.Judge Sisi Kha (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Dismisses Idle Land Tax
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Alfred NyongesaPresident Museveni has disagreed with the National Land Policy Working Group's recommendation that a punitive tax be imposed on idle land. Owners of such land, President Museveni sai (By News Poster)...Tsvangirai to Confront Mugabe over Appointment of Judges
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe recent appointment of George Chiweshe to head the High Court has caused a major uproar within MDC ranks.A senior MDC-T official told us their assumption was that Chiweshe had be (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Bank to Extend U.S.$1,3 Billion for Major Road Project
Monday 24-May-2010: By Michael ChidemeHarare - THE Development Bank of Southern Africa has agreed to extend a US$1,3 billion loan for the construction of the Beitbridge-Chirundu dual carriageway.The loan will be repaid t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Winding Up Rural Electrification
Friday 28-May-2010: THE Rural Electrification Agency, REA, was set up in 2005 to: promote rural electrification in Nigeria; set up and manage the Rural Electrification Fund as well as to coordinate rural electrification (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PIB - FG Orders Submission of Final Recommendations - Fixes June for Oil Bid Round
Friday 28-May-2010: By Adeola Yusuf And Obas OsiedesaAbuja - Abuja has called on oil majors, host communities, and other stakeholders to submit their final recommendations before it closes shop on the Petroleum Industry (By News Poster)...Sudan: UN Relief Chief Alarmed by Rising Violence
Thursday 27-May-2010: The top United Nations humanitarian official arrived today in southern Sudan and expressed alarm at the threats to vulnerable people in the area posed by food insecurity, displacements and inter-triba (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Fuel Prices Rise
Thursday 27-May-2010: Maputo - Mozambican Energy Minister Salvador Namburete announced on Thursday that, as from midnight, fuel prices will rise by between 10 and 19.1 per cent.The steepest rise, of 19.1 per cent, is for p (By News Poster)...Kenya: Small Banks Pay More to Plug Cash Gap
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Geoffrey IrunguDeep-seated mistrust among banking executives is causing an artificial shortage of cash in the financial sector, with smaller players failing to reap the benefits of an emergency len (By News Poster)...Namibia: RVF Forces AGRA to Cancel Auctions
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Denver KistingAGRA has cancelled all its auctions that were scheduled for today, tomorrow and on Friday as a result of the outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF).The outbreak of this deadly disease on (By News Poster)...Kenya: Investment Banks Win Edge in Rush for Corporate Deals
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Kevin MwanzaInvestment banks have won a clear advantage over audit firms in the battle for a share of lucrative private and public deals.This follows a Capital Markets Authority directive that comp (By News Poster)...East Africa Shows Highest Growth
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Berna NamataIn Abidjan - East Africa, which best weathered the global economic crisis, is yet again projected to achieve the highest growth on the Continent at an average of more than 6 percent in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Time Cope Had an Election
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - CONGRESS of the People (COPE) president Mosiuoa Lekota is adamant that the similarity between the buildup to his party's belated elective conference, scheduled for this weekend, and the (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: KP Diamond Monitor Jets in
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Harare - KIMBERLEY Process Certification Scheme diamond monitor Mr Abbey Chikane arrived in Harare yesterday on a five-day tour and immediately held closed-door meetings with senior Government officia (By News Poster)...South Africa: Farm Crisis Looms As Transport Strike Bites
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Wyndham HartleyJohannesburg - The agriculture sector has already sustained losses of more than R1bn and further job losses are likely as a result of the Transnet strike.The Department of Agricultur (By News Poster)...South Africa: Lack of Quality Health Care Causes Rise in Orphans
Friday 28-May-2010: By Kristin PalitzaCape Town - Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni townsh (By News Poster)...Dax Group Wants Richter Out
Friday 28-May-2010: By Catherine SasmanRehoboth - A petition was yesterday handed to current Rehoboth Mayor, David Richter, calling for his removal from that position, and for the reinstatement of former mayor, George Da (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: RBZ-Owned Mine Facing Collapse
Friday 28-May-2010: GOLDEN Kopje mine, a mine owned by the Reserve Bank, could be headed for collapse amid reports that government is failing to court a new investor due to stringent investment conditions and a sharp dec (By News Poster)...South Africa: Malema Finesses, But It's Still a Mess
Friday 28-May-2010: Johannesburg - SOMETIMES pointing out obvious folly feels like a pointless exercise. Those who recognise the folly don't need to be convinced; those that don't recognise obvious folly will not be conv (By News Poster)...Kenya: M-Pesa Deals With Banks Push Agents Into a Tight Corner
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Victor JumaSafaricom's tie-up of its money transfer service M-pesa with commercial banks is set to diminish the earnings of commission agents while lowering the cost for consumers and the firm.Whil (By News Poster)...Africa: ARVs for Prevention? Proceed with Caution, Say Researchers
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - Two new studies have confirmed fears that the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent HIV could lead to drug resistance if inadvertently used by people who were already infected.Th (By News Poster)...Assessing Effects of U.S.-Africa Trade Law
Monday 24-May-2010: By Kevin KellyNairobi - Congratulations abounded on Capitol Hill in Washington at a 10th birthday celebration for the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act."By opening the American market to almost all go (By News Poster)...Africa: Africans Should Maintain Peace
Sunday 30-May-2010: By Albertina NakaleWalvis Bay - The Minister of Defence, Charles Namoloh, has called on African countries to maintain peace and stability, saying it is only with peace and stability that African count (By News Poster)...Nigeria: N2 Million Swindle - Corps Member's Family Fault Police Investigation
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Ogechi OhaleeThe family of a corps member who was swindled of N2 million by suspected fraudsters on Friday faulted the manner in which policemen from Life Camp Police Station handled her case.Spoke (By News Poster)...Econet Shares Surge
Friday 28-May-2010: Harare - MOBILE phone operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's share price jumped US40c on Monday to close at US539,99c on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after the firm posted a record US$113 million after-ta (By News Poster)...Africa: AU Should End Conflicts in Africa - Museveni
Friday 28-May-2010: By Milton OlupotKampala - President Yoweri Museveni has said the African Union (AU) must work towards ending armed conflicts in Africa if it is to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).He said (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Rivers Electoral Commissioner's Guard Killed
Thursday 27-May-2010: By George OnahPort Harcourt - Following three failed attempts about eight weeks ago on the life of the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Austin Okojie, the security guard a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Football World Cup in Country Underlines 'African Renaissance' - UN Envoy
Wednesday 26-May-2010: This year's football World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa in two weeks, presents the country and the rest of the continent with an opportunity to harness the power of the international event to (By News Poster)...Resign Or Face the Sack, Tsvangirai Tells Officials
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Takunda MaodzaHarare - MDC-T president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly told party leaders behind the recent violence at their Harvest House headquarters to resign immediately or face the humili (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Diamond Bank Tasks Entrepreneurs on SMEs' Loans
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Peter EgwuatuDespite the credit crunch in the banking industry , Diamond Bank Plc has called on its customers and other entrepreneurs to take advantage of its Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SM (By News Poster)...South Africa: Softer Rand Would Be Very Hard Work
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - THE odd thing about the different poles in the debate about the rand is that both sides agree on one thing: that the rand is overvalued. The extent of this overvaluation and the reason (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bank Reforms - We Are Not Out of the Woods Yet
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Sanusi AbubakarIt is not surprising that Daar Communications, owners of AIT and Raypower 100 FM, announced last week that it lost N381.02m in 2008. This is the first annual report that this one-man (By News Poster)...Nigeria: HIV - Victimisation of Citizen Anyiaka
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Lagos - THE scandalous revocation of the cabin crew license of Miss Vera Emmanuel Anyiaka by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) simply because she is living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (By News Poster)...Kenya: Eucalyptus Tree Courts Controversy as Demand for Power Poles Grows
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By James KarugaFarmers have gone bust over it, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company needs it for electricity poles, the Green Belt Movement is fighting against it being planted in the Mau forest, even (By News Poster)...Africa: Europe Subsidizes Fishing in African Waters, Says Official
Monday 24-May-2010: The European Union has for years been paying subsidies to the tune of one billion euro annually to industrial fishing companies based in its member states, including companies that have been caught fi (By News Poster)...Uganda: Nation Eyes Nuclear Power by 2018, to Cover Hydro Shortfalls
Monday 24-May-2010: By Michael WakabiNairobi - Uganda could see its first nuclear power station as early as 2018, as the country drifts farther from donor influence in an effort to assert more control over strategic sect (By News Poster)...Kenya: Anti-Terror Police Hold Two Over 'Militant Training'
Monday 24-May-2010: By Philip MuyangaNairobi - Police in Coast Province are investigating two men over allegations of recruiting and training Kenyan youth for militant duties outside the country.The duo was arrested duri (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Central Bank Outlines Bail-Out
Monday 24-May-2010: By Omoh GabrielThe Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that industries operating in the country which seek to refinance or restructure their operations can access a maximum of N1 billion from its s (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Exxonmobil, Oil Communities Meet Over Oil Spills
Sunday 30-May-2010: By Okon BasseyUyo - The expected stakeholders meeting between Akwa Ibom State Government, Mobil and the core host communities of Ibeno, Eket, Esit-Eket and Onna local government areas over the recent (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Militancy Hindered Development in Bayelsa
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Samuel OyadonghaWhen the nation return to civil rule in 1999 expectations were high in Bayelsa State, the only homogenous Ijaw speaking state known to have suffered the worst form of violent confli (By News Poster)...Liberia: Sen. Taylor's 'Escort' to Be Deported On Fraud Charges
Friday 28-May-2010: By Joe K. RobertsMr Melee Kermue, the man above escorting Bong County Sen. Jewel Howard-Taylor at the Inaugural church Service of President Sirleaf, will be deported tomorrow from the United States af (By News Poster)...Liberia: Obama Praises Sirleaf - Pledges More U.S. Aid
Friday 28-May-2010: US President Barack Obama said at the White House yesterday that Liberia has overcome most its difficulties due to the heroism of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, media reports from Washington D.C. sa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Constitution-Making - the Talking Points
Friday 28-May-2010: Harare - AFTER countless delays to get the constitution-making process underway, the resources to sustain the critical stage of gathering the people's views have finally been found.The Constitutional (By News Poster)...South Africa: Soldiers to Get Zuma Wage Hike at Last
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - MORE than 50 000 soldiers would receive five months' back pay in July, six months after salary increases were announced by President Jacob Zuma, the South African Nationa (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Building the Peace in Jos
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Jos - The angry mobs that terrorized the central Nigerian city of Jos at the beginning of the year have returned to their neighbourhoods, but it is hard to find many people who believe the peace will (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Insurance Act - NIA Says No to Workman's Compensation Bill
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Leo AligwoLagos - The controversial Employee Compensation Bill has continued to attract criticisms and condemnation from Nigeria's Insurance Industry practitioners. The latest opposition to the Bil (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: UN Peacekeeper Killed in Clash in East
Tuesday 25-May-2010: An Indian soldier from the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was killed today when his patrol went to the aid of national army forces caught in an ambush (By News Poster)...East Africa: East Africa to Take Part in 10-Year Research On Boosting Food Security
Monday 24-May-2010: By Cosmas ButunyiNairobi - East Africa has been earmarked for a global research programme that seeks to strike a balance between food production and environment conservation.Faced with the new threat (By News Poster)...Namibia: Women Want Forced Sterilisation Busted
Monday 24-May-2010: By Catherine SasmanWINDHOEK - Women's organisations and a coalition of civil society organisations from southern Africa will host several events that coincide with the dates of a High Court case in wh (By News Poster)...Namibia: No Bail for Stoop Murder Suspects
Monday 24-May-2010: By Werner MengesA BAIL application by the three suspects charged with murdering and robbing the father of two of Namibia's rugby stars of yesteryear, Koos Stoop (Snr), at his home in Windhoek eight an (By News Poster)...Uganda: Kalangala Oil Palm Farmers Move to Curb Fuel Shortage
Thursday 27-May-2010: By David SsempijjaKampala - A consensus has been reached by the oil palm farmers in Kalangala to have their own petrol station to mitigate fuel shortages, one of the biggest challenges hindering the s (By News Poster)...Namibia: South African Rail Strike Cripples TransNamib
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Denver KistingTHE already troubled national transport company, TransNamib, is losing up to N$500 000 per day as a result of the Transnet wage strike in South Africa.This strike is expected to have (By News Poster)...South Africa: UK Tabloid to Print Locally During World Cup
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Gill MoodieThe Poms don't really like to leave home, which is why you'll find them seeking out home comforts such as bacon and eggs in exotic climes the world over. And where the Brits go, their ne (By News Poster)...Nampower Plans More Power Hikes
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichWHILE consumers already face an electricity tariff increase of some 18 per cent from July onwards, they must also prepare for more hikes over the next two years, according to NamPo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Welder's Fire Guts 20 Tankers in Lagos
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Mohammed ShosanyaLagos - Twenty petrol trucks belonging to the Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD), a subsidiary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) were gutted by fire yest (By News Poster)...Uganda: Revisit Law On Rape - Refugee Activists
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Francis EmorutKampala - REFUGEES advocates have asked the Government to revisit the law on rape such that both sexes can be perpetrators and victims of rape."The law only considers women to be vict (By News Poster)...Uganda: Clinton's Report is 'Biased and Unfounded', Says Police Head
Monday 24-May-2010: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has criticised US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for saying Uganda police brutalise civilians and block enjoyment of civil liberties in the countr (By News Poster)...Uganda: Election Thieves Face Jail in the Hague - Ocampo
Sunday 30-May-2010: By Emmanuel GyezahoKampala - The International Criminal Court will prosecute politicians who rig elections and those who use the power of incumbency to fraudulently stay in power, a top prosecutor of (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mawere, Makamba Despecified
Friday 28-May-2010: By Paul NyakazeyaGOVERNMENT has revoked the specification of businessmen Mutumwa Mawere, John Moxon and James Makamba.Home Affairs co-ministers Giles Mutsekwa and Kembo Mohadi signed the order revokin (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: RBZ Owes Farmers U.S.$20 Million - CFU
Friday 28-May-2010: COMMERCIAL farmers evicted during the land reform programme say the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe owes them close to US$20 million taken from their accounts during the foreign currency crunch.Commercial Fa (By News Poster)...Uganda: Beggars in Kampala City
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Chris KiwawuloKampala - About five years ago, Kampala city streets had mainly the sight of people with disability as beggars. The able-bodied persons would beg secretly by 'ambushing' potential don (By News Poster)...Libya: Libya Enlists Dutch Forensic Experts to Help Identify Crash Victims
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe Libyan government has enlisted the help of Dutch forensic experts to identify victims from the recent plane crash that claimed the lives of two Zimbabweans in Tripoli.The Dutch (By News Poster)...Africa: World Bank Scores Region Low in Power Generation
Thursday 27-May-2010: The World Bank has said that only 24 per cent of the Sub-Saharan Africa population could access electricity in spite of the various intervention to address energy power crisis on the continent by vari (By News Poster)...Uganda: UN Relief Chief Welcomes U.S. Move Against Rebel Group
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Citing the horrors he himself witnessed during a recent African tour, the United Nations humanitarian chief today praised United States legislation seeking to protect civilians from the Lord's Resista (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Botswana Wants More HCB Electricity
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Maputo - Botswana wants to import more Mozambican electricity, produced at the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi, to minimize a power shortfall now estimated at 380 megawatts.The company that operates t (By News Poster)...West Africa: Delta Expands Commitment to Africa with New Liberia Service
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced new service between Atlanta and Monrovia, Liberia, expanding the airline's position as the leading U.S. carrier operating flights to Africa.The new service, (By News Poster)...Central Africa: Security Council Votes to End UN Mission in Chad and Central African Republic
Tuesday 25-May-2010: The Security Council today voted to end the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic by the end of the year, with a military withdrawal starting this week, after th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Local Content Law - is This the One?
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Dayo OkusamiLagos - The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill (Local Content Law) was signed into law on April 22 2010 by then Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan. The Act applies (By News Poster)...South Africa: Motlanthe Calls for Unity Among Africans
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says Africans should use the celebration of Africa Day to unite in their hearts and minds and renew their commitment and dedication to the principles of t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Party Infighting Raises Questions over Finance Minister
Monday 24-May-2010: By Tendai MugabeHarare - MDC-T has diluted secretary-general Mr Tendai Biti powers and given greater authority in the party's day-to-day affairs to his deputy, Mr Tapiwa Mashakada.The move is understo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'Disputes Won't Affect KP'
Friday 28-May-2010: Harare - Ongoing diamond legal disputes in the country's courts will not affect Zimbabwe's attainment of Kimberly Process Certification, visiting KP monitor Mr Abbey Chikane said yesterday.His remarks (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Genocide Suspects Can Run But They Can't Hide
Friday 28-May-2010: Kigali - It is Good news that the French police arrested top Genocide fugitive, Eugene Rwamucyo, a few days after he participated in a conference, in Brussels, organized and attended by Genocide denie (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Apostolic Sect Accuse Zanu PF of Abducting Prophet in Mozambique
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Lance GumaA prophet from the Jowani Masowe we Chishanu Apostolic church, who fled state sponsored political violence in 2006 and relocated to Mozambique, was allegedly abducted Tuesday morning by Z (By News Poster)...Uganda: Investment Authority Invites Libya to Invest in the Oil Sector
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Ismail Musa LaduKampala - Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority, has asked Libyans to invest in oil exploration and drilling.While meeting the Libyan Ambassado (By News Poster)...Nigeria: ICPC Recovers N27 Billion Mortgage Bank's Debt
Wednesday 26-May-2010: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has recovered N27 billion owed the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, by debtors.ICPC been embarking on system revie (By News Poster)...Africa: UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth Commends African Leaders for their Renewed Commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Wednesday 26-May-2010: “This year’s Africa Day Commemoration in Washington, D.C. featured a proclamation worthy of world attention. African leaders resident in the U.S. Capitol re-committed to mobilize all of t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Police Raid Gays
Tuesday 25-May-2010: POLICE in Harare on Friday raided the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (Galz) offices in Milton Park.In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said police officer (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Task Before NNPC's New CEO
Monday 24-May-2010: Lagos - With the recent presidential directive - while confirming the appointment of Austin Oniwon as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission - for the accounts o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Whatever Governor Sanusi Can Do
Monday 24-May-2010: By John AkpanFinancial industry husbandry here has successfully taken a typical bad tinge that the dark underbelly of global capitalism can offer. To become more Nigerian, therefore, the industry has (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Arrest Two PDP Chieftains Over Attack On Governor Shema
Monday 24-May-2010: By Abdulsalam MuhammadKano - The police authority, weekend, arrested and detained two top People's Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains, Jamilu Dahiru Saude and AbdulKadir Musa, in connection with securi (By News Poster)...Malawi: Ban Welcomes Pardoning of Gay Couple
Sunday 30-May-2010: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded the "courageous" decision announced on Saturday by the leader of Malawi to pardon a gay couple recently sentenced to 14 years in prison, voicing hope that the Afri (By News Poster)...Zuma Explains States Position On Al-Bashir
Saturday 29-May-2010: Pretoria - Government will not act outside the framework of the international laws which South Africa had ratified, should Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir set foot in the country said President Jaco (By News Poster)...Angola: Armed Forces Get Equipment From China
Friday 28-May-2010: Luanda - The Angola Armed Forces (FAA) Thursday in Luanda received a kit of computing equipment, symbolising a donation by the Peoples Republic of China, within the framework of a visit of a military (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: GNU Parties Clash On Mugabe Appointments
Friday 28-May-2010: By Leonard MakombePARTIES to the Global Political Agreement have clashed on which "key" appointments the president should make in consultation with the prime minister, further straining the government (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cosatu Keeps Faith in 'Workers Bank' Plan
Friday 28-May-2010: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is pushing ahead with plans to establish a workers bank, with a committee looking into the possibility of using minewo (By News Poster)...Kenya: Farmer's Experiments That Give Hope of Food Security
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Macharia MwangiNairobi - He is a small-scale farmer with a difference. As many of his ilk struggle to buy a bag of fertiliser for their farms, 54-year-old Stephen Muthemba is producing his own.Thro (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Dar Lags Behind in Business-Friendly Reforms - World Bank
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Alvar MwakyusaTanzania's performance on creating business-friendly reforms continues to lag behind other East Africa Community member states, a newly released report by the World Bank reveals.The D (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Allied Timbers, Villagers Clash
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Wonai MasvingiseHarare - TIMBER producing giant, Allied Timbers Zimbabwe, has engaged the government to try and resolve a long-standing dispute with farm invaders who occupied one of the parastatal (By News Poster)...Israel Denies South African Nuke Offer
Tuesday 25-May-2010: The office of Israeli President Simon Perez has blasted a UK Guardian report that claims Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975. Israel "has never negotiated the exchange o (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Liberia: Liberian President Meets President Obama Before Bilateral Meeting
Saturday 29-May-2010: The following is full text of remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf before their bilateral meeting at the White House's Oval Office in Washington, DC.PRES (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Govt Approves New Price for Gas
Friday 28-May-2010: By Isaac Aimurie and Nkechi Isaac AbujaThe Federal Government yesterday approved a new price regime for gas supply to the power sector, a development that it said would operationalise the gas master p (By News Poster)...South Africa: Petrol Price Drops By 27 Cents
Friday 28-May-2010: Johannesburg - The price of all grades of petrol will drop by 27 cents a litre next week, the energy department said Today.The wholesale price of diesel with a 0.05% sulphur content would decrease by (By News Poster)...Namibia: Nampower Pushes for 2011 Hikes
Friday 28-May-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - Next year, NamPower would again push for an increase in electricity tariffs until it achieves cost-recovery levels. The national energy utility insists that it does not make a (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Brazil Tie On Wednesday
Friday 28-May-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - IT is now confirmed! Zimbabwe's Warriors will face world football heavyweights Brazil in easily their biggest international game at the National Sports Stadium next Wednesday (By News Poster)...Namibia: Confusion Reigns About Rift Valley Fever Vaccination
Friday 28-May-2010: By Denver KistingCONFUSION about which animals should be vaccinated against Rift Valley fever (RVF) is rife in the panic-stricken Namibian farming community.At the same time, the little vaccine that h (By News Poster)...South Africa: Transport Strikers Threaten to Widen Action
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Striking Transnet workers are threatening to broaden the industrial action to include airline workers, truck drivers and a host of other sectors as management hardens its attitude.That follows the tor (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: State Must Process, Sell Own Goods
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Harare - Government and diamond firm Canadile Miners should be commended for taking the bold decision to invest in the construction of a diamond technology centre to process diamonds in Zimbabwe.Given (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Govt to Process, Sell Diamonds
Monday 24-May-2010: Harare - Government and diamond firm Canadile Miners have established a joint venture for the construction of a multimillion-dollar Diamond Technology Centre for processing of the gems in Zimbabwe.The (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Analysts Fear Chiweshe's Appointment May Influence Next Election
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Makusha MugabeThe unilateral appointment by Robert Mugabe of ZANU PF sympathizer George Chiweshe as Judge President, has been extremely controversial.Some analysts are concerned that Chiweshe has b (By News Poster)...Kenya: Flying Squad Tracking Gang
Friday 28-May-2010: By George MuneneNairobi - Flying squad police officers have been sent to Kirinyaga Central District to track down a terror gang that had been killing women.The officers have been combing Kerugoya town (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Australia Demands Removal of Mugabe Before Aid for Country
Friday 28-May-2010: By Alex BellThe Australian government has insisted that Robert Mugabe must be out of Zimbabwe's political picture, before international aid will be available to help rebuild the country.In an intervie (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Firm Suspends Tobacco Sales
Friday 28-May-2010: Harare - THE Zimbabwe Industry and Tobacco Auction Centre yesterday suspended auctions after farmers refused to sell their crop owing to "poor" prices being offered by merchants.Merchants were offerin (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Invest in Energy - Minister
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Ivan R.mugishaKigali - The State Minister in Charge of Energy and Water, Eng. Colette Ruhamya, has urged East African countries to prioritize investment in the energy sector and facilitate easy acc (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Central Bank May Reduce Euro Holdings
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Emele OnuLagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may reduce its euro holdings in the nation's foreign reserves as a cushion against the depreciation of that currency.This development came hours b (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Tells Cultural Leaders to Keep Off Land Disputes
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Alfred Nyongesa WanderaKampala - President Museveni has condemned the use of cultural elders in resolving land disputes in the country and instead called for involvement of surveyors.Speaking at a (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Assembly Approves General State Accounts
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday approved the General State Accounts for 2008, with the main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, voting agai (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Because of Crude Oil
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Ikechukwu AmaechiIn his award-winning bestseller, The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University, provid (By News Poster)...Namibia: Kudu Gas Project in Limbo
Monday 24-May-2010: By Jo-Mare DuddyTHE development of the Kudu gas field remains obscure as its new partners, combined majority shareholders Namcor and Gazprom, as well as Tullow Oil and Itochu have not reached an offic (By News Poster)...Namugongo Guilty On Corruption Charges
Monday 24-May-2010: By Werner MengesFORMER Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo became the most high-profile victim of the Anti-Corruption Act to date on Friday, when he was convicted in the Wind (By News Poster)...Someone from Zimbabwe is ENRAGED with my article about MDC subversion... I'll get people killed...
Sunday 30-May-2010: I got a note which gave me serious heat over this article: Zimbabwe: TOP SECRET: THE SUBVERSION OF THE MDC: The Two White men Mugabe fears the most - One out of action, One to MURDER... The man, whom (By Jan)...Columbian World Cup Team Robbed In SA
Sunday 30-May-2010: Safety concerns for footballers attending the 2010 World Cup Games have been raised after the Columbia national team was robbed a day after arriving in South Africa. The South African Times reports (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...South Africa: Sars Cracks Whip on Corruption
Saturday 29-May-2010: Benoni - Corruption within the South African Revenue Service (SARS) will not be tolerated.Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 625 new Customs Border Control Unit (CBCU) officers following six weeks (By News Poster)...Kenya: Rapists Now Target Younger Women
Friday 28-May-2010: By Samwel KumbaNairobi - Women aged between 20 and 30 have become the latest targets for assault and rape.The crime has also been on the increase. Between 2005 and 2008, 37 per cent of rape and assaul (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Rwanda Tells Off U.S. on Human Rights Claims
Friday 28-May-2010: By Josh KronKigali - The Rwandan government has told off the United States over the human-rights situation in the country, saying that America does not understand Rwanda.In an email exchange with loca (By News Poster)...Namibia: World Attention Falls On Nam Sterilisation Case
Friday 28-May-2010: By Denver KistingALL eyes will be on Namibia next week when the case of HIV-positive women, allegedly sterilised in State hospitals without their consent, goes to court.The three women are suing the M (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Food Security - NAEEP Partners American Farmers, Traditional Rulers
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Kenny OdunukanLagos - The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian American Agricultural Empowerment Programme (NAAEP), Chief Mrs. Temitope Ajayi, said American seasoned farmers will be coming to train (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Govt Bans Diamond Exports From All Mines
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Takunda MaodzaHarare - GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, banned the export of diamonds from any mine operating in Zimbabwe until the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme certifies the sale o (By News Poster)...Battle Lines Drawn for 'Judgement Day'
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Sheefeni NikodemusNAMIBIA'S World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses and his Venezuelan challenger, WBA interim champion Miguel Acosta, came face to face for th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Malaria Drug Proves Effective
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Isaac ZuluChina has come up with a drug that is performing wonders in the treatment of malaria in some countries.The drug, Artequick, has slashed malaria cases in The Comoros to less than two perce (By News Poster)...Kenya: Power Thefts Cost KPLC Sh4 Billion
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Nairobi - Kenya Power and Lighting Company loses more than Sh4 billion annually due to illegal power connections and vandalism.According to the firm's customer service manager Joshua Mutua, the amount (By News Poster)...Chad: Lack of Funding Threatens Relief Efforts in Country, Warns UN Agency
Tuesday 25-May-2010: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that a lack of funding is threatening its emergency operations in Chad, where two million people are at risk of hunger.Drought a (By News Poster)...Kenya: Start-Ups Turning Plastic Waste into Gold in Kariobangi
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Moses MichiraFor the four years Charles Kalama was at the University College London, he never came across a waste polythene bag lying on the ground.The clean university environment, however, only s (By News Poster)...Angola: Police Commander Calls for Fiercer Fight Against Drug Trafficking
Monday 24-May-2010: Luanda - The deputy commander of the National Police for Public Order, chief commissioner Paulo de Almeida, Friday in Luanda urged the staff of the Fiscal Police to reinforce their effort in the fight (By News Poster)...West Africa: U.S.-Liberia Ties Remain Strong, Multifaceted
Friday 28-May-2010: By Charles W. CoreySecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the State Department May 27 to discuss the U.S.-Liberia relationship."Part of our goal (By News Poster)...Uganda: Museveni Meets Opposition
Friday 28-May-2010: By Jude KafuumaKampala - Political parties in Africa should focus on national issues, promote democratic dialogue and the common good, President Yoweri Museveni has said.In addition, Museveni said, th (By News Poster)...Kenya: Putting HIV-Positive People at the Centre of Prevention
Friday 28-May-2010: Nairobi - People living with HIV must take their place at the forefront of HIV prevention efforts in Kenya if they are to be truly successful, senior government officials said at the launch of a set o (By News Poster)...Kenya: Branchless Banking Eases Service Costs
Friday 28-May-2010: By Kevin MwanzaBranchless modes of banking that target the low end market, like Mpesa and Zap, are 19 per cent cheaper than traditional banking and 54 per cent cheaper than informal forms of banking.A (By News Poster)...Namibia: Good to Know Your HIV Status
Friday 28-May-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithNAMIBIA launched its third annual HIV testing day yesterday, with an emphasis on increasing male participation in the fight against the pandemic."We call on men to show strength and (By News Poster)...Liberia: Remarks By President Obama And President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Of Liberia Before Bilateral Meeting
Thursday 27-May-2010: Oval Office 3:26 P.M. EDTPRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I want to officially welcome President Sirleaf to the Oval Office. I have been an extraordinary admirer of her work for many years now. I fondly reca (By News Poster)...Africa: Lost Funding Means Lost Lives
Thursday 27-May-2010: Johannesburg - As donors retreat from funding HIV and AIDS programmes, years of progress in HIV treatment are under threat and the lives of HIV-positive people are increasingly on the line, according (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Reps Lament Killing of Nigerian in Poland
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Innocent Anaba and Tordue SalemThe Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has lamented the killing of another Nigerian in PolandDabiri-Erewa, in a (By News Poster)...Namibia: ACC Probes Swapo Women Food Tender
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Tileni MongudhiTHE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating the Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) and their estranged South African business partners, Independent Site Services (ISS).The (By News Poster)...South Africa: Whole Companies Can Be Hijacked
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Sanchia TemkinJohannesburg - "BUSINESS hijackings" in which companies or their business secrets are stolen lock, stock and barrel under the noses of their owners appear to be on the increase in SA. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Beyond Shell's Apology On Niger Delta
Monday 24-May-2010: By Daniel KanuLagos - After about two decades of denial, Royal Dutch Shell Company only recently decided to do a volte-face, by tendering an apology to people of the troubled Niger Delta, and by exten (By News Poster)...Rwanda: BPR to Roll-Out Mobile Banking
Monday 24-May-2010: By Saul ButeraBanque Populaire Du Rwanda (bpr), the Largest Bank By Branch Network in the Country, is Set to Roll out Mobile Banking by the end of August, Business Times has learnt.The new product wil (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Unity Govt to Meet After Six-Week Gap
Monday 24-May-2010: By Faith ZabaHarare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara are expected to meet next Friday for the first time in more than si (By News Poster)...Angola: ECCAS Official in Nation for Military Exercise
Monday 24-May-2010: Luanda - The director of certification committee of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) armed forces, general Charles Richard Mondjo, arrived Sunday in Cabo Ledo locality, norther (By News Poster)...South Africa: No More Mine Failures, Union Warns New BEE Group
Monday 24-May-2010: By Luphert ChilwaneJohannesburg - THE National Union of Mineworkers yesterday welcomed a consortium of black investors into a newly established uranium mining company, Shiva Uranium, led by President (By News Poster)...Togo: UN Refugee Agency Dispatches Aid to Assist Ghanaians Fleeing Violent Clashes
Friday 28-May-2010: The United Nations refugee agency is rushing aid to about 3,500 Ghanaians who have fled into neighbouring Togo after their homes and belongings were destroyed in an ongoing land dispute between two vi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG Fixes New Price for Gas
Friday 28-May-2010: By Yemie Adeoye and Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - FEDERAL Government, yesterday, announced a new price regime for gas to power, even as it also indicated that the much-awaited and controversial Petroleu (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Ombudsman, Risd to Host National Land Dialogue
Friday 28-May-2010: By Ivan R. MugishaKigali - The Office of the Ombudsman, in partnership with Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development (RISD), a local Non Governmental Organisation will, next month, host a nationa (By News Poster)...South Africa: Gold Fields Methane Project to Net R200 Million Carbon Credits
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - GOLD FIELDS will capture methane from its Beatrix mine in the Free State and sell 1700 certified emissions reductions (CERs) in a R200m deal that will run until 2016, i (By News Poster)...S.Africa: One of my Emails to a former CIA Agent about Obama - What is Obama's game?
Thursday 27-May-2010: [I thought I'd pop you this quickly. This is stimulating a lot of interest among my closest friends as we try to get into the mind of a CIA agent - the guy has a Phd I might add. He's no fool. This wi (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Cell Insurance Topples Giants
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Harare - NICOZDIAMOND and Zimnat have surrendered their dominance in the short-term insurance business to little known Cell Insurance, which last year snatched a 15,4 percent share of the US$69 millio (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Two Looters of Floating Dock Arrested
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police have arrested two men for looting the floating dock which is currently grounded on a sandbank off the coast of the southern province of Inhambane, reports Tuesday's issu (By News Poster)...Africa: PMTCT Could Be Key to Cutting Child Mortality
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing child mortality but with greater access to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMT (By News Poster)...Namibia: Burglar Shot in Prosperita
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Tanja BauseA BURGLAR was shot dead in Windhoek's Prosperita suburb early yesterday morning.Exactly a week earlier, burglars had tried to break into Petzetakis Africa Namibia but they fled when the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Power Plants - Minister Pledges Commitment to Gas Supply
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Hopes of power supply stability in the country have brightened with the assurances from the new Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, that gas supply to thermal (By News Poster)...South Africa: We Are Ready for the World Cup - Eskom
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Johannesburg - Eskom said today that they are confident that they will provide enough power for the World Cup next month."We are confident that Eskom will be able to deliver sufficient bulk electricit (By News Poster)...Nigeria: What Jonathan Should Learn From LBJ
Monday 24-May-2010: By Sam AkpePresident Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has settled down to business. In other words, he is fast becoming more presidential than estimated. The hitherto quiet, hardly seen Jonathan is not only ba (By News Poster)...Angola: Kwanza'2010 Military Exercise Inspectors Attend Training Programme
Monday 24-May-2010: Cabo Ledo - A seminar designed for the inspectors that will supervise the military exercises dubbed "Kwanza'2010", which will involve armed forces and police effectives of the Economic Community of Ce (By News Poster)...Uganda: Increased Security for By-Election
Monday 24-May-2010: By Moses Mulondo and John SemakulaKampala - AT the end of the Mukono North byelection campaigns yesterday, President Yoweri Museveni ordered for heavy Police deployment to avert any violence."I have h (By News Poster)...Sudan: Funds Urgently Needed in Southern Region to Prevent Crisis Turning into Disaster - UN
Friday 28-May-2010: The top United Nations humanitarian official today called on the international community to provide more funding to prevent the crisis in southern Sudan, a region already beset by food insecurity, dis (By News Poster)...Kenya: Man Kills His Wife and Four Children
Friday 28-May-2010: Nairobi - A man has hacked to death his wife and their four children at Maliku village in Kitui.The 33-year-old then strung up his wife's body from a tree in a nearby thicket, ostensibly to suggest th (By News Poster)...West Africa: Needs Growing for Millions Facing Hunger in Sahel Region, UN Agency Warns
Friday 28-May-2010: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned of growing needs in the Eastern Sahel region of West Africa, one of the most destitute regions in the world, where some 10 million people are (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Capitalisation - Unity Bank Shops for N23 Billion
Friday 28-May-2010: By Kingsley IghomwenghianThe board and management of Unity Bank Plc, on Wednesday got regulatory approval to shop for N23.9 billion by way of rights to existing shareholders.Parties to the offer, on a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Food Crisis Looms in the North
Friday 28-May-2010: By Sunday IsuwaAbuja - If adequate measures are not taken, 12 million people in seven states of the northern part of Nigeria are at risk of food insecurity and nutrition crises.The Director-General, N (By News Poster)...Angola: Police Detain Alleged Viana Penitentiary Vandals
Friday 28-May-2010: Luanda - Four elements alleged to have participated in the riot of Wednesday in front of the Viana Penitentiary, in Luanda, were arrested by the National Penitentiary.The information was released by t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Post-Amnesty Programme
Thursday 27-May-2010: Lagos - News that the Niger Delta post-amnesty programme would take off in earnest in June is heartwarming, and nothing must be allowed to slow or stop the process again, in the overall interest of Ni (By News Poster)...Kenya: Companies Target Rural Businesses With Portable Solar Panels
Thursday 27-May-2010: By Paul WafulaThe slow pace of rural electrification, rising oil prices, and need for energy security has opened a niche for solar energy solutions in Kenya.Manufacturers and importers have noted the (By News Poster)...Uganda: Animal Diseases On the Rise - Audit Exposes the Vices
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Joshua KatoKampala - Fred Kamujuni from Bukanga in Isingiro district could not sit his S.4 exams in 2007 because he had not paid up his school dues. His father, a peasant cattle farmer and trader f (By News Poster)...Bank Gives Deadline for Exchange of Older Notes
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - CONSUMERS had until the end of the month to exchange old R200 notes at commercial banks, Reserve Bank spokesman Hlengani Mathebula said yesterday.After that date, anybody (By News Poster)...Namibia: Legal Centre Warns Professionals Against Revealing HIV Status Without Consent
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Windhoek - "We continue to hear stories of people whose doctor or employer reveals their status. But simply revealing a person's HIV status can also have both legal and social consequences."The Legal (By News Poster)...Low Interest Rates to Prevail
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE current low interest rates might prevail for another six to nine months and only rise again next year, an investment expert has predicted.It is expected that the current repo r (By News Poster)...Uganda: Forces Kill Three Tepeth Warriors
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Daniel EdyeguKampala - The special forces killed three Tepeth warriors and captured three others on the Uganda-Kenya border over the weekend . The warriors had raided 30 head of cattle from Kenya.F (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Hwange Seeks U.S.$90 Million
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Martin KadzereHarare - MOST of the equipment and machinery owned by Hwange Colliery Company Limited is now too old and requires a major overhaul.The giant coal mine is among the five utilities that (By News Poster)...Sentencing Awaits Fire Killer Husband
Monday 24-May-2010: By Werner MengesTHE sentencing of Aroab resident Paul Steenkamp, who this week admitted that he murdered his wife five years ago by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire, is scheduled to tak (By News Poster)...Grip of Racial Politics Loosens
Sunday 30-May-2010: Johannesburg - IT SEEMS African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president Julius Malema outed the wrong "bloody agent" at the infamous press conference several weeks ago that proved the final str (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Student Leaders Hospitalised After CIO Assault
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Alex BellTwo student leaders from the Zimbabwe National Student's Union (ZINASU) were hospitalised on Friday after they were abducted and severely assaulted by Central Intelligence Organisation (CI (By News Poster)...South Africa: Technical Problems Hit World Cup Ticket Sales
Saturday 29-May-2010: By Nthambeleni GabaraPretoria - Significant delays are being experienced at the 2010 FIFA World Cup ticketing sales channels, including ticketing centres and First National Bank branches, says FIFA.To (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Mozambicans Complain Against Chinese Employer
Friday 28-May-2010: Maputo - Mozambican workers involved in building the new international passenger terminal at Maputo International Airport have accused their Chinese employers of violating Mozambican labour legislatio (By News Poster)...Somalia: 17,000 Displaced by Recent Clashes, Reports UN Agency
Friday 28-May-2010: Renewed fighting between Government troops and armed opposition groups have displaced over 17,000 people from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, over the past month, with more than 14,300 fleeing in the l (By News Poster)...Parliament Approves Laws On Central Bank And State Budget
Friday 28-May-2010: Luanda - The National Assembly (Parliament) today approved unanimosly the laws of the State Budget and of the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA), the central bank, during its 13th ordinary session chaired (By News Poster)...South Africa: Must Back Africa's Gays
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Johannesburg - THE South African government earned the respect of enlightened and tolerant people the world over when it became the first, and still the only, country on the African continent to expli (By News Poster)...Uganda: Obama Signs New Law On LRA Rebels
Wednesday 26-May-2010: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - US President Barack Obama yesterday signed a new law requiring high American involvement in ending the Lord's Resistance Army rebel menace and warned the rebel commanders to (By News Poster)...Health Systems Reform Debates in the Eastern Cape
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Anso ThomDrug shortages and lack of ambulances emerged as some of the most pressing health system issues in the Eastern Cape following a recent meeting of community based organisations.Organised by (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fines, Falling Prices and Low Sales Plague Pioneer Foods
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Michael BlebyJohannesburg - THE share price of Pioneer Food Group jumped almost 5% yesterday and then fell back to the opening price after the company said it widened its gross profit margin even a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation Eyes Stronger Ties With Turkey
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will today kick off his three-day state visit to Turkey with the aim of strengthening economic and commercial relations with that country.The South Africa (By News Poster)...Somalia: Somali Rebels Vow to Capture Presidential Palace
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Abdulkadir KhalifMogadishu - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels said today their next target, after capturing the north of the capital, is to seize the presidential palace.The UN-backed administration of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: N5 Billion Scam - EFCC Accuses Elumelu, Ugbane of Delaying Trial
Tuesday 25-May-2010: By Yemi AdebowaleLagos - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused the Senate Committee chairman on Power, Senator Nicholas Ugbane and Hon. Ndidi Elumelu of the House of Representatives (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: If No EPA Solution, SACU Might End - Hage Geingob
Monday 24-May-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichSIGNING or not signing the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union would have consequences for Namibian trade either way, but no agreement was better t (By News Poster)...Chief of Staff Assures Army's Readiness to Keep Continent's Stability
Monday 24-May-2010: Luanda - The chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), gen. Francisco Pereira Furtado, Friday in Luanda, stressed Angola's readiness to help secure stability in the country, region and continent, withi (By News Poster)...Biden, Not Obama, To Attend World Cup
Monday 24-May-2010: Safety concerns have prompted the White House to have Vice President Joe Biden attend the opening ceremonies at the 2010 World Cup Games in South Africa this June instead of Barack Obama. Islamic t (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...160,000+ World Cup Tickets Still Unsold: FIFA
Friday 28-May-2010: Football governing body FIFA is left scrambling to fill more than 160,000 unsold seats for the 2010 World Cup Games in South Africa, which are planned to start in two weeks. FIFA secretary general (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...S.Africa: Johannesburg: 2010 FIFA World cup - small trial run causes massive mayhem - Rolling Electricity blackouts at night...
Friday 28-May-2010: For 2 nights in a row my power was cut off at 11pm on the dot. Last night it went off and stayed off until 01:35am this morning. There is no question that what we are seeing is rolling blackouts. I (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (25-10-2010)
Tuesday 25-May-2010: Howzit Please remember that there will be no posting tomorrow or Thursday as I am travelling to London on a personal mission and will only return very late tomorrow night, so will take Thursday off (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa Mulls Porn Ban
Sunday 30-May-2010: South Africans may not be able to watch porn on television, the Internet or their mobile devices, if one lawmaker there has his way. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has proposed a ban (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...South Africa: Selling of babies' widespread'
Monday 24-May-2010: Submitted by K. Nel: 2010-05-24 15:39 Hlengiwe Mnguni, News24 Cape Town - Although Johannesburg is a flash point, selling babies or renting them out is a widespread phenomenon across the country, (By JoAn)...South Afrca: DNA tests to help identify corpse
Monday 24-May-2010: Submitted by K. Nel: 'K' said, Nice place these hospitals of ours!', heavily laced with sarcasm and I have to agree with him on that. It is SAD, SO SAD to be constantly reminded that the praise wor (By JoAn)...My fascinating discussion with a former CIA agent about President Obama...
Tuesday 25-May-2010: This evening, inbetween other things I was trying to press a former CIA agent into talking to me and answering some deep questions about President Obama. Some of my military friends were pretty st (By Jan)...Africa & America: More Deep Politics coming... we're debating like crazy... what's the real motive?
Saturday 29-May-2010: I've been running around doing other things. However, inbetween I have been having some serious debates with friends, and we're throwing ideas around. My Liberal friend remarked to me last night: " (By Jan)...Science: Teleportation has Arrived
Saturday 29-May-2010: [This is well...extraordinary! I bet some sci-fi junkies are going crazy...but then I suppose it's no longer sci-fi but reality! Sure, ol' Scotty won't be beamed up any time soon, but I think that eve (By JanOlifant)...[Pic][Humor] S.Africa: Jacob Zuma and the Queen of England, er... getting along rather well...
Friday 28-May-2010: [Here is a headline from a South African newspaper about Zuma's visit to England. Below are some comments from my friends. This is a play on words. The word "pomp" (spelled this way, but pronounced (By Jan)...Blast from the Past: The Top 10 most dangerous cities in America are 'black'...
Monday 24-May-2010: This article from 2006 is worth revisiting. This article drew a positive response from recent readers despite being posted so long ago. Americans need not worry about the coming descent of their c (By Jan)...America: Stock Markets: Incredible - Apple is now bigger than Microsoft!!!!
Sunday 30-May-2010: [I nearly fell on my back when I read this analysis by Jason Kelly in his recent financial newsletter!!! WOW! I never imagined that Apple would finally catch up to Microsoft in size. Wild! Jan] On (By Jan)...NYC Approves Ground Zero Mosque
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Despite an outpouring of protest by 9/11 survivors, first responders, and their families, the New York City Community Board 1 has voted 29-1 in favor of building a mosque at Ground Zero, the site wher (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...S.Africa: Lessons from my work... a stroke of genius by a manager...
Wednesday 26-May-2010: Last night I was busy on AC and other things at home. I was tired when I got home, snoozed a bit for half an hour and then started taking care of tasks. I had to get the Channel Islam interview up and (By Jan)...[Pic] Photos from a S.African in Australia - The Opera house & bridge in background
Friday 28-May-2010: This photo is from a friend who just moved to Australia. (Photo) (By Jan)...USA: Stock Markets - My Technical Indicator - The Markets are rallying as I predicted...
Thursday 27-May-2010: I see that Wall St is up 224 points today. In the past few days it fell to 10,000 and is now rallying from there. I had pointed to this a few days ago saying that it would probably bounce from the 10, (By Jan)...[Joke] USA: Gynecologist's Assistant
Friday 28-May-2010: [I received this from a friend in California. Hillarious. Jan] Subject: Gynecologist's Assistant A man laid off from work went into the Job Center in Downtown Denver and saw a card advertising (By Jan)...Join Jan Lamprecht on Facebook...
Saturday 29-May-2010: Just for fun I'd like to try a little experiment. A friend of mine urged me to open an entry for myself one Facebook several months ago. I thought I'd alert people to the face that I do have an entry (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (28-05-2010)
Friday 28-May-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- As planned, I travelled to London by train on Wednesday morning, and amongst other things, I got to see the 4D Experience - if ever you get t (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-05-2010)
Monday 24-May-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Please be advised that there will be no postings on Wednesday and Thursday this week as I am travelling to London on Wednesday and will onl (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (29-05-2010)
Saturday 29-May-2010: Howzit I had a very interesting discussion with a family member yesterday. It was suggested to me that the carving that I was given early last week is not a gondo, but a hungwe. What do you think? (By The BeardedMan)...
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