Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
Southern Africa in Crisis
| From 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 & Gruesome |
Central Africa: Reporting and Collection Needs - African Great Lakes (DROC, Burundi, Rwanda) Monday 29-Nov-2010: A document, described by WikiLeaks, as a secret U.S. State Department cable issued under the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton:Reporting and Collection Needs - African Great Lakes (DROC, Burun (By News Poster)... | Guinea: Witnesses Describe Security Force Excesses Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Dakar - Security forces in Guinea used excessive force and displayed a lack of political neutrality when responding to election-related violence, Human Rights Watch said today.The violence, between su (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: White Boer Farmers head for Georgia (Former Soviet Union) - The Secret of History that EVERYONE has missed... Friday 03-Dec-2010: [Jeff Rense sent me this lovely article that comes from the UK. Of course, the British speak with a forked tongue. These are the same people who had a lot of nasty satire in the 1980s about President (By Jan)... | S.Africa: A Deeply Disturbing Dinner: A Successful Businessman tells me: S.Africa is almost like Zimbabwe Friday 03-Dec-2010: I had arranged dinner in an Italian restaurant with a good friend of mine this evening. The restaurant we had dinner in had been owned by a very dynamic man who had died about 2 years ago. His widowed (By Jan)... |
| Africa: U.S. Diplomat Cites 'Notable Stumbles' in French Africa Policy Thursday 02-Dec-2010: A 2008 assessment of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy by the American Embassy in Paris says a policy review yielded positive results for both French and Africans, but that Sarkozy underestima (By News Poster)... | West Africa: Reporting and Collection Needs - West Africa Sahel Region Monday 29-Nov-2010: A document, described by WikiLeaks as a secret U.S. State Department cable issued under the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton:Reporting and Collection Needs: West Africa Sahel RegionSECRET ST (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Arms Proliferation - Signs of Things to Come? Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Chizoba OgbecheAbuja - Election years in Nigeria are often tumultuous and unpredictable. This is more so in recent times when politics is largely perceived as a quick means to an end leading to the (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: WikiLeaks Reveals Confidential, Blunt U.S. Assessment of Political Leaders Monday 29-Nov-2010: Cape Town - A confidential 2007 diplomatic cable from the outgoing American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, is among the U.S. State Department documents released online by the website WikiL (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Elite Control Half of Seized Land, Says Report Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Alex BellA select group of Mugabe's ruling elite and other party loyalists is in control of about 5 million hectares of Zimbabwe's most profitable land, totalling the size of a small country.These (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Land Reform Unlocks Growth Potential Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sifelani TsikoNOT long ago, someone asked the question, "Where are the African intellectuals?"The question did prick my interest, especially given how Europe and America's secret societies or intel (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Law School Exam Leakage, a National Shame, Says Legal Practioner Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Jude IgbanoiLast Thursday, this newspaper broke the news of the scandalous leakage of examination question papers in the Bar Final examinations at the Nigerian Law School. With the future of would- (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: What's Aiding Drug Trafficking? Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Davidson IriekpenReports have it that in the last three months, officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have impounded hard drugs valued at N5billion. Is the drug trade gettin (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Controversy in Niger Delta Over Govt Raid on Community Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Emma AmaizeSURVIVORS of the December 1 invasion of Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, code-named Operation Restore (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Another Container From Iran Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Shehu AbubakarLagos - A few weeks after containers which originated from the Republic of Iran were intercepted at Lagos seaport, with a large consignment of explosives, another container also origi (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: First Witness in Long-Awaited Trial Recalls Murders and Rapes Committed by Bemba's Troops Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Wakabi WairagalaThe war crimes trial of the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, opened on Monday, with the first witness recalling the rapes and murders co (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Militants Lose More Territory to Govt and UN Forces Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Joshua KatoMogadishu - THE al-Shabaab Islamist insurgents fighting the Somali government are slowly losing control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as the Transitional Government Forces, backed by (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: No Racism in South Africa But Strict Compliance With the Rules Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Jon QwelaneI respond to the article "Apartheid in post-apartheid South Africa" by Andrew M. Mwenda (The Independent, November 12-18, 2010).Mwenda's piece is much like the proverbial curate's egg - (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: No Stability in Kivu Despite Rapprochement With Rwanda Friday 03-Dec-2010: The plan to resolve the conflict in the Kivu by emphasising a military solution is failing. Two years after the rapprochement between Congolese President Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart, Pau (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: AfDB Calls for Shared Economic Proceeds Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Costantine SebastianTunis - Africa's ongoing economic recovery will be meaningless if it fails to create a terrain for strong, shared and sustained growth in the future, the chief economist and vic (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Lessons from my work - Taking my hits alone - Passionate people in Western history Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: If you look at Western history, you will see that in our past, a lot of our white ancestors were actually pretty passionate people. If you will look closely at history, a lot of wars involved people o (By Jan)... |
| Egypt: Anti-Piracy Flotillas Rattle Arab Security Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-OmraniCairo - Representatives from states bordering the Red Sea met in Cairo last week to forge a common policy against the threat of maritime piracy. But some loca (By News Poster)... | Lessons from my Work: Getting ready for the fight of my Life... Friday 03-Dec-2010: I freaked out some of my friends recently who have been trying to coach me in improving my "social profile" in life in general. According to their advice this means pleasing people; being seen with th (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Nelson Mandela - a Man Made of Steel Sunday 05-Dec-2010: Precious Gems of Wisdom: Nelson Mandela; Compiled By Karishma Bajaj; Mumbai, Magna Publishing Company, 2008.111 Pages.ISBN: 81-7809-355-3 (Paperback)Most world leaders have their admirers and those th (By News Poster)... | Uganda: People Resort to Witchdoctors to Catch Rampaging Robbers Monday 29-Nov-2010: By John SemakulaThe Police in Buikwe said people are flocking to their offices looking for the phone contacts of a witchdoctor who allegedly catches thieves using charms.When thieves stole two cows fr (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Police Declare War on Crime Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Francis XoagubWindhoek - The Namibian Police have launched a "holistic approach to crime combating in Namibia", with the aim to effectively deal with and combat robberies and other forms of crimes. (By News Poster)... | Africa: Why Ethiopia Should Ratify the Maputo Protocol Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Fana Hagos BerhaneEthiopia is one of the few countries that have not ratified the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. Fana Hagos Berhane discusses why it ought to.The Protocol to the African (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Illegal Leases to Cost Farmers Land Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Obert ChifambaGOVERNMENT could, at the conclusion of investigations, repossess land from farmers found guilty of leasing farms to white former commercial farmers in Hurungwe District, Mashonaland W (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity Looms As Tanker Drivers Begin 7-Day Warning Strike Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Victor Ahiuma-Young and Yemie AdeoyeLagos - THERE are strong indications that another round of fuel scarcity is imminent as the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the National Union of Petrol (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cosatu - 25 Years Well Worth Celebrating, But Will It Stand the Test of Time Going Forward? Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Ebrahim-Khalil HassenAs workers celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the whisper of "back to basics" is gaining momentum. This is reassuring, as th (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Psychology, with a Wolf's teeth - Jan Lamprecht... I am rocking on my first day... Monday 29-Nov-2010: That course I did on the weekend was really good. For months I have had different friends giving me input with regard to dealing with people and dealing with women. About 7 months after the de (By Jan)... |
| USA: Military: USAF: Unmanned US spacecraft returns after 7-month trip Saturday 04-Dec-2010: [Wild! Jan] VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Air Force's secrecy-shrouded X-37B unmanned spaceplane returned to Earth early Friday after more than seven months in orbit on a classi (By Jan)... | Sudan: South Africa's Mbeki And the Inappropriate Domestication of Darfur Conflict Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Mahmoud A. SuleimanPrescribing Same Medication of the former Apartheid South Africa to address Sudanese Crises in Darfur is waste of time at best and unattainable at worst!The root of the problems (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: A Microbicide Critical Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Lungi LangaHuge strides are being made in HIV prevention, but despite the good news there remains an urgent need for an intervention that addresses the higher infection rates among women and curren (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Nation's Mercenary Legislation Remains Toothless Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Fadela SlamdienCape Town - South Africa remains a major exporter of mercenaries and security contractors, say security industry sources, yet legislation signed by Thabo Mbeki in 2007 to prevent thi (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa May Favour Development at Climate Talks Monday 29-Nov-2010: Johannesburg - South Africa is Africa’s largest economy and the continent’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. The country’s emissions per capita are on par with those of the Unite (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Eye On the Bankers' Bank ; No Intervention Fund for Fuel Marketers Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Jerry UwahThese are not the best of times for refined petroleum product marketers in Nigeria. Their trouble is mounting by the day. In fact petroleum products marketers in Nigeria do not have many (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Kampala Robbers Strike With New Tricks Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Paddy NsobyaWhen Mrs. Eva Kyaligamba woke up on October 10, she saw more daylight in the bedroom than she was used to. After blinking and rubbing her eyes she realised the window was open."My husba (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Illegal Lessors Must Lose Farms Sunday 05-Dec-2010: Government embarked on land reform about a decade ago to empower the majority of Zimbabweans with their primary resource that had for a long time remained in the hands of a few white farmers and absen (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Anger As Mugabe Prepares to Attend EU Summit Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Alex BellThere has been an angry reaction to Robert Mugabe's planned attendance at a European Union (EU) summit in Libya next week, with the EU coming under fire for continuing to host a known huma (By News Poster)... | [Pic] President Obama the NAZI... Friday 03-Dec-2010: I received this from Jennifer in the USA. In the USA Conservatives do things with a certain style and talent I wish we had in South Africa. Here is Obama as Hitler with the Obama campaign symbols. (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] Humor: Funny: Obama and Palin... Friday 03-Dec-2010: Here is another excellent image I got. This one if from Roger in the USA. Again... good quality stuff. I wish we in Africa did things as nicely as this. The Americans, especially the Tea party folks " (By Jan)... | Africa: Lessons Learned in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: On this World AIDS Day, perhaps the most encouraging news for Africa is that HIV prevalence among young people has fallen by more than 25% between 2001 and 2009 in 22 countries and AIDS-related death (By News Poster)... |
| [8 Pics] Humor: Only in Africa... Friday 03-Dec-2010: A friend sent me this. A bit of humour about blacks and Africa.. (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) (Photo) Click or Right-Click on the link below to view or download th (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Allows Ongoing, Unlawful, Farm Invasions Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Alex BellThe Supreme Court has effectively given the all clear for unlawful land invasions to continue across the country, after dismissing an urgent application for a moratorium on farm seizures t (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: African Troops Seize Insurgent Strongholds in Capital Saturday 04-Dec-2010: African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) have established new bases in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after seizing several areas from Al Shabaab insurgents, Radio Garowe reports.The announcement follows seve (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Puntland Security First, U.N. Whining Later Friday 03-Dec-2010: Those same jokers say Garowe Online opinion represents Puntland government opinion.What did they say? U.N. Security Council arms embargo?The joke of the century! Any logical mind will refuse such a gr (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Understanding the Nigerian Power Problems (1) Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Chief Lawrence AmuIn the first of a two-parts analysis, Chief Lawrence Amu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and before that, AGM. Engineering, (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Resurgence of Criminality in N'delta Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Emeka NwosuIt was widely believed that the amnesty programme instituted by the late President Umar Musa Yar'Adua in 2008 in which all former militant leaders and their army of supporters in the Nig (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: Imprint of American Heritage in a Resilient Nation Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Teresa WiltzMonrovia - I’m zipping around Liberia in a turbo-charged tour of the West African country, ricocheting from public hospital to presidential digs to rubber plantation to rape clini (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: An Economy Without an Organised Transport Sector Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Peter Onochie-IgbiduThe economies of the world are undoubtedly metamorphosing from one stage of growth to the other and at different rates, depending on the structures directly or indirectly put in (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Plans Launched for Strategic Grain Reserves to Serve Region Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Allan OdhiamboArusha - Regional farmers hard hit by low return on investment due to price volatility and inefficient market systems are planning for a common strategic grain reserve (SGR) to help c (By News Poster)... | Homegrown Think-Tanks Key for Development Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Sindiso NgwenyaIN reviewing the role of think-tanks and other institutions, it is advisable that the issue is examined from two angles - - the nation state level and the regional level.Anecdotal co (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Seven Killed in Fresh Attack in Jos Saturday 04-Dec-2010: By Seriki AdinoyiJos - Seven people have again been killed in a fresh attack on Nwachukwu village in Kwal, Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, the Commander of the Special Task Force (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Intergroup Conflict Leads to Murder Trial Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Bongani MthembuDurban - A man who was stabbed and beaten during an attack at Durban's Kennedy Road informal settlement last year bust into tears in court on Tuesday when he recounted what happened. (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Were Mandela a Brand, He Would Soar Over Coca Cola Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Mwaura SamoraNairobi - Nelson Mandela is known globally as a symbol of the struggle for justice, equality and democracy; and is an icon of resilience in the face of adversity and suffering.But whil (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Libraries Role in Fight Against HIV Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Nevermore SitholeDebate on media coverage of HIV and Aids in Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa has been both extensive and intensive but mostly centering on modes of transmission, testing, trea (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Seven Killed As Robbers Unleash Terror On Uyo Saturday 04-Dec-2010: By Okon BasseyUyo - Wednesday was a bloody day in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, as seven persons were killed in the metropolis in an encounter between unidentified gang of armed bandits and the police (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Arms Shipment - Any End in Sight? Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Akoma Chinweoke and Udeme ClementRecently, 13 containers of arms and ammunition, including rocket launchers, mortars, live cartridges and grenades were intercepted at the A.P. Moller Terminals in A (By News Poster)... |
| MDC Fights Back to Reclaim Market Stalls 'Grabbed' By Zanu Pf Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Tichaona SibandaMDC activists and supporters have reclaimed market stalls violently taken away from them on Tuesday when ZANU PF youths invaded the Bloom Gate flea market in Mbare, Harare.The ZANU (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: New Farmers in Land Lease Deals Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Isdore GuvamombeKaroi - More than 30 beneficiaries of the Government's land reform programme and on old resettlement schemes in Hurungwe District are allegedly leasing land to white former commerci (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: To Become a Middle Income Country by 2030 Growth Must Have a Broad Reach - Planning Minister Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Reed KramerWashington, DC - Amara Konneh recently returned to his post as Liberia's minister of planning and economic affairs and a member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's economic management t (By News Poster)... | Smugglers and African Migrants Friday 03-Dec-2010: Haradh - The vast inequalities of wealth on either side of the invisible boundary between the Arab world's richest and poorest countries - Yemen and Saudi Arabia - have come to define the small town o (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: 35 Killed As Insurgents Fight Govt And Each Other Friday 03-Dec-2010: At least 35 people were killed Thursday as intense violence continued in the Somali capital Mogadishu, with reports saying two insurgent factions fought each other in Bay region northwest of Mogadishu (By News Poster)... | Uganda: 'Why Waste ARVs On Sex Workers?' Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Evelyn Matsamura KiapiKampala - Sex workers, among the populations most at risk of HIV infection in Uganda, say they are yet to realise their right to health.Sex workers say they have been left out (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Bracing for a 'Bad Christmas' Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Abyei - As international mediators struggle to resolve a row over who will govern Abyei, residents in the troubled and increasingly militarized region of Sudan are growing impatient. Analysts fear the (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Why Obama's Pacification Plan Against the LRA is Bound to Fail Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Zachary OchiengNairobi - US President Barack Obama's plan to disarm the Lord's Resistance Army rebels is bound to fail.The plan, presented to the US Congress recently, came hot on the heels of a la (By News Poster)... |
| Southern Africa: Zuma, Banda Stand By Mugabe On Sanctions Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Alex BellSouth Africa's and Zambia's leaders have again shown their support for Robert Mugabe, calling for targeted sanctions against the regime to be dropped on Thursday.South Africa's Jacob Zuma (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Expert Describes Trauma Among Central African Rape Victims Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Wakabi WairagalaAn expert on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on Monday described to the Jean-Pierre Bemba trial the trauma patterns among the Central African individuals who were victims of s (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Debate on Food Export Ban Continues Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Bernard LugongoThe country's agricultural sector will still be in a dilemma should the government continue to implement a temporary ban on food crop exportation.The government has stuck to its guns (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Honeymoon Over for Banks Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Shame MakoshoriZimbabwe's banking sector, which for close to a decade enjoyed unlimited access to deposits at no cost for on-lending at punitive interest rates, is set to kiss goodbye to the practi (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Strangler Jailed for 25 Years Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Werner MengesKOËS strangler Berendt Both, who murdered a woman during an attempt to rape her almost four years ago, was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for his crimes yesterday.Both (35) c (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Top Post-Election Violence Suspects Try to Block Charges Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Mugumo MuneneNairobi - Powerful people suspected to be on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's list of the six most wanted over the 2008 post-election violence have la (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Gaddafi Warns Europe Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Tripoli - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Monday warned European countries that, if they did not engage in a partnership with Africa on a footing of equality, then Africa may consider other options - (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: 2011 Poll Now Doubtful Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Njabulo NcubeHarare - PRESSURE is being brought to bear on Zimbabwe's top leadership to reconsider the decision to go to the polls next year in order to give the country's economy sufficient time t (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: We Are Tired of Coping With Counterfeit Medicines - Okwor Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sola OgundipeTHE menace of fake and counterfeit medicines in African countries has been a worrisome point to governments across the region for several decades.Last week, in the bid to implement and (By News Poster)... | Toast remarks by the President Jacob Zuma, at the State banquet in honour of the President of Zambia during his state visit to the Nation Saturday 04-Dec-2010: It is a great honour to welcome you to our country, your Excellency my brother and friend, President Rupiah Banda and your dear wife as well as your distinguished delegation.Your Excellency, President (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Community Protests as JTF Continues Bombardment Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Emma AmaizeWarri - THE people of Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have protested Wednesday's bombardment and burning of their community by men of the Joint Task F (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Gender-Based Violence - 'Police Officers Forget Themselves' Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Ignatius BandaBulawayo - Tasha Ncube* has no kind words for the police. Early last month, the 31-year-old mother of two was beaten several times by her husband over what she says were small argumen (By News Poster)... |
| Côte d'Ivoire: Deadly Raid on Local Opposition Headquarters Condemned Saturday 04-Dec-2010: Amnesty International has condemned an armed raid led by a paramilitary force (gendarmerie) on an opposition party headquarters in the city of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire on 1 December, which (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Gender-Based Violence Doesn't Only Affect Heterosexuals Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Doreen GauraCape Town, South Africa - Gender-based violence (GBV) has sadly almost always been viewed from a hetero-normative point of view. In other words, a lot of people fail to see the link bet (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Militarism and Violation of Women's Rights Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Amii Omara-OtunnuStorrs - The facts are grotesque and chilling. Violence against women, who constitute more than a half of the human population, is a pervasive and cold reality of social life in mo (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: U.S. Scorns 'Inept' MDC Leadership Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: THE United States failed to effect regime change in Zimbabwe because it was working with a weak MDC party with an inept leadership, leaked classified documents have revealed.Among 250 000 leaked docum (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: No Need to Discuss Mugabe's Successor, Says Ruling Party Chair Friday 03-Dec-2010: Former ruling party Zanu PF will hold its annual conference in Mutare between December 15 and 18 amid President Robert Mugabe's pronouncement that the country will go to the polls mid-next year. The Z (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Civilian Casualties Rise in Mogadishu Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Nairobi - Civilian casualties of fighting between government forces, backed by African Union peacekeepers, and Islamist insurgents are rising in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with civil society source (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Nation Considers Nuclear Power Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Pretoria - Generating electricity with the use of nuclear power technology is an option being considered by government, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters."The acute need to secure reliable energy supp (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Police Kill Two Robbers in Gun Battle Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Yahaya IbrahimMaiduguri - Policemen in Borno State at the weekend killed two armed robbers during a gun battle with armed bandits who had for some time been terrorizing villagers at Kushi district (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Fish Farming Without Breaking the Bank Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Efforts to stimulate growth in the aquaculture sector are beginning to pay off as more African countries embrace technology to boost yields. To attain maximum productivity often means the establishmen (By News Poster)... | Africa: Hospitality Industry Stands At the Threshold of Growth Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Nelly NyagahCape Town - Africa is fast becoming more attractive for business and leisure activities and many big hotel operators are embracing the market, which currently lacks enough rooms and bra (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: 16 Firms Express Interest in Coal Mining in Kitui Monday 29-Nov-2010: Nairobi - At least 16 international coal mining companies have expressed interest to extract coal in the Mui Basin, Kitui county.The Ministry of Energy last week closed bid invitations to firms intere (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa's Poll Threat Sparks Debate Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Levi Mukarati"If you disagree with what is being said here, then there is nothing I can do about it and if you don't vote for us in the next elections, this country is huge, we will rule even if yo (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Gender Equality, HIV-Aids Launched Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sheriff JankoThe vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, Thursday morning presided over the official launch of the 'Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Sixteen Days of Activism Not for All, Say Police Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Zenzele NdebeleBulawayo - Hundreds of residents from civil society organisations marched in the streets of Bulawayo on Dec. 1 to mark the 16 days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and Girl (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: 'Rescued' Banks Closed Positive in November, Despite Heavy Profit Taking Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: The basic indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange failed, once more, to close on the blue side, at the end of November. At the end of trading on Monday, and with one more session to the end of Novem (By News Poster)... | No to EU Supremacy - President Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Caesar ZvayiTripoli, Libya - President Mugabe has rapped the West for making noise over allegations that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir committed crimes against humanity while remaining mum on s (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Newspaper Editor Arrested in Harare, Shortwave Radio Sets Seized in Rural Areas Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by yesterday's arrest of Nevanji Madanhire, the editor of the Harare-based weekly The Standard, and calls for his immediate release.The press freedom organi (By News Poster)... | Mortality Rate is Decreasing Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Ayanda YeniThe mortality rate in South Africa is decreasing. But more men than women continue to die due to natural causes, with Tuberculosis and pneumonia being the two leading causes of death. Th (By News Poster)... |
| Southern Africa: Regional Leaders to Meet on Zimbabwe Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe SADC Troika's aborted meeting on Zimbabwe will now be convened in Lusaka, Zambia, after South African President Jacob Zuma's latest mediation efforts to resolve the crisis.The S (By News Poster)... | USA: Stockmarkets: The Gold Market Is Becoming More Volatile - - Is the Bubble About to Burst? Monday 29-Nov-2010: [Oh please! The long term outlook for Gold is more positive than in the history of the world. All these clowns who say this is where Gold ends or will end? I think they're insane. Gold will be the bes (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Food Security - is Fadama Programme a Success? Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Tina A. HassanThe quest for food security may be a genuine dream of the Nigerian government but what might have gone wrong could be in the area of execution or implementation of policies, as it is (By News Poster)... | Malawi: Get Legislation Into the Hands of Those Who Need It Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Dingaan MithiLilongwe - The gendered status of the HIV and AIDS pandemic is obvious when we look at countless statistics showing that more women than men are infected - and many more women than men (By News Poster)... |
| Cattle Rustlers Hit Again at Okahandja Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithThe killing of eight more pregnant cows on a farm east of Okahandja has brought the farmer's total loss since October to 17 cattle, valued at more than N$100 000.Volker Thieme, who h (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Expatriate Quota - FG, Oil Firms On Collision Course Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Ejiofor AlikeThe Federal Government and International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the country are on a collision course over abuse of expatriate quota by these multinational firms, THISDAY ha (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Mugabe Speaks on Democracy at Africa-EU Summit Friday 03-Dec-2010: THIS is the full text of an intervention made by President Mugabe on the occasion of the 3rd Africa-EU Summit in Tripoli, Libya, on November 20, 2010.ON this occasion of the 3rd Summit of leaders of o (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: Locals Wanted in Uganda on Terror Claims Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Ephraim KasoziKampala - A Uganda Court has put three Tanzanians in a wanted list in connection with blasts which killed 74 people in July, this year.The list of wanted Tanzanians was released by th (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Mobile Phone Banking Slows Down Branch Expansions Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By David MugweThe expansion of Kenyan banks through new branches has dropped sharply this year, a situation the Central Bank attributes to growth of mobile phone banking and launch of the agency banki (By News Poster)... | Africa: HIV/Aids - Does the World Need More Aids Targets? Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Johannesburg - With just a month to go before the deadline for achieving the targets of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care expires, it is clear very few countries will reach them.W (By News Poster)... |
| Burundi: Parties Call on Govt for Dialogue Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Bujumbura - Political parties in Burundi, which is striving to move on from years of civil war, have called on the government to engage in dialogue and cease what they regard as a policy of oppression (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: CBN - Only One Bank Rates Above 'C' Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Constance Ikokwu, Emele Onu And Obinna ChimaAbuja/Lagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that only one out of the nation's 24 banks has a rating that is above 'C,' when put on five poin (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Another Woman Murdered Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Helvy ShaanikaOshakati - Barely two weeks after a girl was brutally murdered, another shocking murder hit Oshana Region when yet another man killed another young woman.The accused is the father of (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: What the Bemba Trial Means to Victims Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Sisonke MsimangAs the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba gets underway this week, political analysts will go into overdrive about what the case means for the fragile peace in the Democratic Republic of Con (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Land Reform a Threat to Political Stability - Pohamba Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Denver KistingThe slow pace of land reform could threaten the political stability in the country. So said President Hifikepunye Pohamba at the opening of the eighth congress of the Namibia National (By News Poster)... | South Africa: World Aids Day 2010 Equals HIV Prevention Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Khopotso BodibeThis World AIDS Day, South Africans are reminded that many of us continue to acquire HIV infection on an annual basis, hence the focus is on renewing HIV prevention efforts this year (By News Poster)... |
| Trophy Smuggling Probed Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithA major international investigation led by US authorities, Interpol and South African authorities is continuing into claims of cross-border smuggling of hunting trophies between Nami (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: National Assembly Drains the Economy, Says Sanusi Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Simon EbegbulemCENTRAL Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido, weekend, raised alarm over the high cost of maintaining the National Assembly which he put at 25 per cent of the nation's expenditure, saying if (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Koës Strangler Asks Court for Mercy Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesMERCY and forgiveness - that is what Koës strangler Berendt Both wants from the judge who will be sentencing him on counts of murder and attempted rape at the end of this month."E (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Body Plans to Carpet Security Chiefs Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Brian ChitembaHarare - THE Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) will soon summon service chiefs to deal with alleged selective application of the law as well as the use of the poli (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Bilateral Meeting Between Deputy Minister Ebrahim and the United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Mr Henry Bellingham Friday 03-Dec-2010: International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim I Ebrahim had bilateral discussions with the UK Minister for Africa Mr Henry Bellingham, which took place on Wednesday, 1 December 2010, (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Understanding the Nigerian Power problems (2) Friday 03-Dec-2010: On completion NDA was to sell electricity to ECN for onward distribution, but ECN requested to take over transmission system built by NDA under the loans, and indeed refused to pay for power already d (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Trial of Alleged Casamance Rebels Begins at the SCC Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sidiq AsemotaThe criminal trial of 17 alleged rebels from the Senegalese southern region of Casamance charged with two counts of unlawful possession of firearms and illegal entry into the Republic (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Presidential Challenger Promises to Cut Income Tax Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Ayodele AminuLondon - If elected president in 2011, former Vice-President and consensus candidate of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Odinga's Threats Over Gays Will Set Back Aids Fight, Say Activists Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Nairobi - Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: U.S. Saw Mbeki as Biased Towards Mugabe Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Lance GumaThe United States former ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, highlighted what he felt was former South African President Thabo Mbeki's bias for Mugabe and ZANU PF during his mediati (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Banks to Confiscate Over N250 Billion Tank Farms Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Adeola YusufLagos - Commercial banks and other lenders may takeover over N250 billion worth of assets belonging to tank farm owners in Nigeria, Daily Independent gathered at the weekend.Jetty and P (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (02-12-2010) Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Howzit It didn't snow much yesterday, but it did try. The temperature has hovered about the zero mark for days, and at night, even with the heating on, it is very cold! I did crack a huge grin w (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Zuma Presses Principals for Election Roadmap Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Nqaba Matshazi and Kholwani NyathiHarare - South African president Jacob Zuma on Friday night pressed the three Zimbabwean leaders to come up with and implement a roadmap ahead of elections likely (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Many Babies Die After Forced Removals, Says Rights Group Thursday 02-Dec-2010: The Zimbabwean government should urgently investigate the deaths of newborn babies at a settlement it created to re-house people made homeless by its mass forced eviction program five years ago, Amnes (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: President Off to Libya for Africa-EU Summit Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: President Mugabe left Harare yesterday for Tripoli, Libya, to attend the third Africa-European Union Summit that begins in the Libyan capital today.The President, who was accompanied by several senior (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: The Economy Suffers Huge Losses Yearly- New Power Reform Will Reverse Trend - BPE Boss Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Ms. Bolanle OnagoruwaProtocol,BackgroundThis workshop on power sector reforms for members of Labour Writers Association of Nigeria celebrates the visible cordiality and cherished partnership existi (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Libya Asks Bashir to Skip Africa-Europe Summit Monday 29-Nov-2010: Khartoum - The Sudanese government on Sunday issued a strongly worded statement after president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir was forced to cancel his attendance at the 3rd Africa-European Union (EU) summit t (By News Poster)... | Libya: President Off to Libya for Africa-EU Summit Monday 29-Nov-2010: PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare yesterday for Tripoli, Libya, to attend the third Africa-European Union Summit that begins in the Libyan capital today.The President, who was accompanied by several senior (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Policemen Abducted And Raped Girl, Hisbah Alleges Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Lawan Danjuma AdamuKano - The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has commenced investigation into the alleged kidnap and rape of a 16-year-old girl by three policemen and three civilians.The Secretary (By News Poster)... | Somalia: 10 People Killed in Mogadishu Clashes Monday 29-Nov-2010: Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 10 people dead and 20 others wounded in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.Seven pe (By News Poster)... |
| Puntland President Defends Anti-Piracy Force (news) Friday 03-Dec-2010: The president of Somalia's Puntland government has met with Kuwait's emir, while defending the establishment of an anti-piracy force, which is currently undergoing military training in Puntland State (By News Poster)... | Africa: WikiLeaks Reveals Candid Description's of Continent's Leaders Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Lee Mwiti"Whatever it is that government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy." - - P J O'Rourke, US author and s (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Continent on Collision Course With Europe Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Tripoli - Africa squared up to fight for a better economic deal with the European Union yesterday as Libyan leader Muammer Gaddaffi opened a key summit warning the continent was ready to do business e (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Defence Minister Raises Alarm Over Arms Proliferation Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Sukuji Bakoji And Harris-Okon EmmanuelWarri/Kaduna - Defence Minister Adetokunbo Kayode has decried the proliferation of arms in Nigeria, saying it is worrisome particularly in the run up to the el (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Congolese Students Abducted, Fear Forlife Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Caiphas ChimheteTwo Congolese student leaders in Harare were last week allegedly abducted by suspected State security agents, and grilled about their relationship with Democratic Republic of Congo (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Armed Forces Should Be Prepared for New Challenges Friday 03-Dec-2010: Nacala - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Wednesday, in the northern port city of Nacala, that the armed forces should be prepared to face the new threats to security that now face the (By News Poster)... |
| Food vs Biofuels Debate Continues Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Mantoe PhakathiMbabane - "We're going to Cancún no better off than we were in Copenhagen," said Thuli Makama, the director of Friends of the Earth Swaziland, as she prepared to leave for the (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Deadly Clash During Darfur Protests Warrants Investigation - Ban Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a probe into an incident on Wednesday in which at least one person died and several were wounded when protesters clashed with Sudanese security forces at a (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: Reconciliation, Gender Equality Key to Becoming Middle-Income Nation, Says Planning Minister Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Reed KramerWashington, DC - Amara Konneh recently returned to his post as Liberia's minister of planning and economic affairs and a member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's economic management t (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Atbu Lecturer Killed By Assassins Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Segun AwofadejiBauchi - Yet to be identified men believed to be hired assassins recently shot and killed a 45 years old Senior Lecturer with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Ma (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Endless Battle Between Police And Bus Drivers Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Michael Oche And Rose AdejohKnown to bus drivers as 'Ekelebe', police officers have become a thorn on the flesh of commercial bus drivers popularly called 'Araba' in Abuja. While the drivers accuse (By News Poster)... | Foreign Aid Inflows for Africa in Decline, Says Expert Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Jibrin AbubakarTunis - Foreign aids inflow from donor countries are drying up and in the next 15 years, many poor African countries may not be able to access the window, Chief Economist of the Afri (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Power Output to Rise Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Tawanda MusarurwaZIMBABWE'S power generation capacity will next year rise to at least 1 650 megawatts in 2011 following impending budgetary interventions to beef up the energy sector.Energy deficie (By News Poster)... | South Africa: 'Not Just Another Sob Story' Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Mona HakimiCape Town - What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.- Muriel Rukeyser, 1968The world is beginning to split open. As you read this, women (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Reclaiming Cape Town Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Nicola DanielsCape Town - As I get out the taxi I hold my bag very close. By now, I've learned that a small bag attracts less attention and a sling bag is not easy to grab.After the recent story of (By News Poster)... | IMF Blames South African Job Losses on Pay Demands Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Stuart GrahamCape Town - Inflexible wage demands by SA's workers are the likely reason for massive job losses since the start of the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund's missi (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: World Aids Day Commemorated Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sheriff JankoThe Gambia yesterday joined the rest of the globe in celebrating the World AIDS Day 2010, with the theme: "Universal Access and Human Rights".Presided over by the vice president and mi (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Public Has Magic Bullet Against Terrorism Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Idi SsenkumbiTHE fact that terrorism is real in Uganda deserves not much emphasis, especially after the infamous 7/11 bomb attacks in which 79 lives perished and hundreds were left maimed, disabled (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Call for MSM to Be on Aids Agenda Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Khopotso BodibeAs World AIDS Day approaches, activists and service providers in the non-governmental health sector have warned government that it will never turn the tide of AIDS if high risk group (By News Poster)... | Angola: Head of State Reshuffles Government Monday 29-Nov-2010: Luanda - The Angolan president, José Eduardo dos Santos, Friday carried out a government reshuffle, under the country's Constitution.According to a communiqué released by the president's (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Business Challenges Govt Over Early Polls Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaHarare - Local business executives this week confronted Vice-President Joice Mujuru and bluntly told her they did not want early elections next year as that would upset the current p (By News Poster)... | Africa: U.S. and EU Subsidies Still Out of Bounds Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Isolda AgazziGeneva - The United States' policy to double agricultural exports shows that its government "has learnt nothing" from the last food crisis, a problem reflected in the dramatic increase (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: More Sanctions On the Way! Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Ken MufukaWhile the last week of November is a thanksgiving period, and I would have normally devoted my time to that subject, I fear that there are more scary things that concern me as a Zimbabwea (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Nujoma Jr Calls for Law On Bee Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Werner MengesLAWS to facilitate and enforce the economic empowerment of Namibians should be a first priority of Namibia's new Law Reform and Development Commission, the former chairperson of the co (By News Poster)... |
| Southern Africa: Watchful Eye on Deadly Stock Disease Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Deodatus MfugaleDar Es Salaam - Government spokesperson Dr Mohamed Bakari says Tanzania has contained an epidemic of viral disease that had affected the northern part of the country, mainly around (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: Africans in Diaspora Invest More in Countries of Origin Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Nairobi - At a time of renewed focus on the power of entrepreneurship to lift people out of poverty, a study by a George Washington University researcher finds that strong feelings of accomplishment, (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Fighting HIV Stigma Are We There Yet? Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Ayanda YeniSouth Africa has broken barriers to fight HIV/AIDS and the stigma attached to it, yet but the battle is not yet over. As World AIDS Day is observed almost 30 years on, Ayanda Yeni of Hea (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Infrastructure Key to Exports Growth, Says World Bank Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Geoffrey IrunguThe devaluation of the shilling is not likely to speed up growth of Kenyan exports unless it is matched by investment in infrastructure, the World Bank chief economist for Africa, Sh (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Standard Editor Bailed As State Ordered to Probe Police Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Alex BellThe editor of the weekly Standard newspaper has been released on bail, with the same magistrate who heard the case ordering the state to probe the abuse of power by the police.Harare magis (By News Poster)... | Côte d'Ivoire: U.S. Warning Hits Ivorian Dailies Thursday 02-Dec-2010: This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. A statement issued yesterday by Secretary Clinton u (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: JEM Fighters Buried in Mass Graveyard in North - Rebel Spokesperson Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Khartoum - The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) accused the Sudanese security of executing prisoners of war detained after an attack carried out by the rebel group on the Sudanese capital in May 20 (By News Poster)... | Africa: Economic Boom Worsened De-Industrialisation of LDCs Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Isolda AgazziGeneva - Least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa did not use the commodity export boom of the mid-2000s to diversify their economies from commodity dependence to manufacturing value (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Mid-Sized Banks Drive Growth of Lending to SMEs Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Geoffrey IrunguMedium banks cut their lending rates by higher margins than large and small ones between May and October, giving small businesses cheaper access to credit.The medium sized banks redu (By News Poster)... | HIV Prevention Drugs Raise More Questions Than Answers (news) Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Johannesburg - Recent studies have shown that antiretroviral [ARV] drugs can reduce the risk of HIV-infection but for researchers and governments - the research raises more questions than answers abou (By News Poster)... |
| Tsvangirai a Liability Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Nancy LovedaleMORGAN Tsvangirai is an embarrassment to the people of Zimbabwe. It has to be categorically stated and the time for diplomacy regarding this man is simply over.When I heard that he wa (By News Poster)... | Kenya: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights? Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Suleiman MbatiahNairobi - Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children los (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: HIV Infection Declines Globally - UNAIDS Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Yinka ShokunbiLagos - The global cases of new HIV infection is reportedly on the decline around the world by some 20 per cent in the last ten years, but the gains in terms of investment is regarded (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (29-11-2010) Monday 29-Nov-2010: Howzit As I indicated in my last posting, it has been bitterly cold in the East Midlands of the UK, and on Saturday morning we woke up to a 2 to 3 inch blanket of snow. And it doesn't look like it (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Zuma Holds Talks With Principals Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Tendai Mugabe and Zvamaida MurwiraPrincipals to the Global Political Agreement will resume their Monday meetings following talks brokered by South African President Jacob Zuma in Harare yesterday.T (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Recognising Reality, Lacking Resolve Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Eric BlochIN presenting his 2011 budget to parliament last week, the Minister of Finance Tendai Biti demonstrated that he clearly has his finger on the pulse of the Zimbabwean economy, with conside (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: 2011 - Riggers Must Be Sanctioned Heavily, Says Nwanti Saturday 04-Dec-2010: By Clifford Ndujihe And Gab EjuwaDr. Sam Nwanti is a presidential aspirant on the platform of Chief Anthony Enahoro-led National Reformation Party, NRP. With 18 years experience as a detective in the (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: Kikwete Warns of Hard Times Ahead Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Zephania UbwaniArusha - President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday warned fellow Tanzanians to brace themselves for harder times, saying dependence on rain-fed agriculture would be the country's undoing.He (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Airline Manager, NAHCO Staff Over Drug Trafficking Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Anthony OmohA manager with South African Airline (SAA), Adebulehin Michael and a baggage officer with the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (nahcoaviance), Olude Hakeem have been arrested at the Mu (By News Poster)... | Southern Africa: MDC Say They Are Not Relying On SADC for Change Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Lance GumaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party says it will not rely solely on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deliver a free and fair election in the country. Speaking to (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: HIV/Aids - Gains of Partnership With the U.S. Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Salisu DambattaFaced with the ugly situation, the Nigerian government is right to seek for, and obtain, the co-operation and support of friendly countries and international donors in the struggle t (By News Poster)... | Africa: Global Report Confirms Essential Role of Social Security During Crisis Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: A new report by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) confirms the essential role of social security systems as a social and economic stabilizer, and points to the need for heightened i (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: U.S. Retail Giant Offers U.S. $2.3 Billion Investment in Africa Monday 29-Nov-2010: Cape Town - Massmart has received written notice from US firm Walmart of its firm intention to make an all cash offer to acquire a 51 percent stake in the SA retailer.The board said on Monday it was " (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Journalist Finally Released From Custody Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaStandard Newspaper journalist Nqobani Ndlovu was released from Khami Prison in Bulawayo on Friday, after the High Court dismissed an appeal by the state against the granting of bail (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Throws Out White Farmers' Application Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Daniel NemukuyuThe Supreme Court has dismissed an application by white former commercial farmers who were challenging the constitutionality of Government's compulsory acquisition of land under the (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Stockmarkets: Where is the Rand headed? Our collapsing infrastructure - why we need a strong Rand... Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [This is a very interesting article, but the writer does not venture to predict what will happen even in the long term. Take note of his assessment of why we need a stronger Rand. No doubt the exporte (By Jan)... |
| Untangling Sanac Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Anso Thom And Kerry CullinanThe South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has become a "talkshop" that is failing to lead the country's fight against AIDS because it is poorly resourced, lacks le (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Residents Flee as Mosogar Boils Again Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Emma AmaizeWarri - HUNDREDS of residents have fled Mosogar community in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, following resumption of hostilities between two rival youth factions, whic (By News Poster)... |
| Newborn Deaths Must Be Investigated (press release) Thursday 02-Dec-2010: The Zimbabwean government should urgently investigate the deaths of newborn babies at a settlement it created to re-house people made homeless by its mass forced eviction program five years ago, Amnes (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Obstacles Beyond the Referendum Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By J. Peter PhamNew York - Last Friday the South Sudan Referendum Commission extended by one week the time which southerners, both inside Sudan and abroad, have to register for the poll. It is schedul (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: South Africa Denies Reports That Locals Need Visas Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: South Africa's Home Affairs has completely rejected reports that appeared in the Herald newspaper which claimed it had re-introduced visas for Zimbabweans.On Monday, Zimbabwe's state-run Herald claime (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: Plot to Kill Justice of Peace Exposed Friday 03-Dec-2010: Freetown - The practice of hiring witch doctors to cause harm to others is still not a thing of the past despite the fact that traditional healers have now been issued with licenses to practice their (By News Poster)... |
| World Bank Hopeful on Kenya's Economic Growth Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Paul RedfernLondon - Kenya's growth rate will be up to six per cent next year. The World Bank said this year's rates would be between 4.9 and 5.3 per cent, with next year's hitting six per cent "if (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Uganda Extradites Genocide Suspect Friday 03-Dec-2010: By By Bosco R. AsiimweKigali - The government of Uganda, on Wednesday, extradited to Rwanda a genocide fugitive who was arrested last month.Jean Pierre Kwitonda alias Kapalata was arrested by the Ugan (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Another Young Woman Killed Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Oswald ShivuteA young woman, Johanna Lazarus (20) from Uuthilindindi village east of Oshakati, was allegedly killed with a hoe by her boyfriend in the early hours on Sunday.Police in the Oshana Reg (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Legislators Condemn Central Banker Over Pay Packets Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Kunle Akogun, Onwuka Nzeshi and James EmejoAbuja - Tempers rose on the floor of the Senate yesterday as senators after senators stood up in vehement condemnation of the statements credited to the C (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: NUPENG Suspends Strike - FG Warns Oil Marketers Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Adeola YusufLagos - Fuel queues returned to Lagos on Tuesday, and the federal authorities reacted by warning marketers to desist from feasting on the warning strike by the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Treasury to Link Power Investors to Financiers Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Moses MichiraNairobi - The government will link investors in the energy sector with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for funding.Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta said Treasury was (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Piracy, Russia Grain Export Ban Hurting Wheat Millers Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Samuel KamndayaDar Es Salaam - Piracy in the Indian Ocean and Russian grain export ban are to blame for skyrocketing wheat flour prices in the market according to Tanzania Grain Millers Association (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Central Bank Governor Ready to Quit Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Ben Agande and Inalegwu ShaibuAbuja - GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday, defied all entreaties to apologise to the National Assembly over statements cred (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Insurance Industry Makes Headway Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By John KulekanaThe insurance industry maintained a robust growth of 21.2 per cent last year, registering 231.2bn/- in market premiums, it has been revealed."The performance is satisfactory and pleasi (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Militants to Be Treated As Criminals - Chief of Defence Staff Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Tom MosesCalabar - Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin has warned that any body or group in whatever guise caught disturbing the peace in the area would be treated as crimina (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Over One Ton of Drugs Destroyed Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Omar WallyOfficials of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), recntly embarked on a drug destruction exercise at Old Cape Road along the Cape Point Road in Bakau.Speaking at the occasion, Ben (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Army Will Enhance Election Security, Says Defence Minister Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja - Ahead of the 2011 general elections, Defence Minister, Adetokumbo Kayode, yesterday said the armed forces would not wait for the Independent National Electoral Commission, I (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Claims of Money Laundering in Biggest Banking Scandal Monday 29-Nov-2010: By John NgirachuNairobi - Allegations of irregular activities at Charterhouse Bank came to the surface in a series of media reports from March 2006, and a perfect storm of adverse publicity on the ban (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Pope's Stance On Condoms Welcome Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Catherine MwauyakufaTHE church's role in the daily living of people cannot be dismissed. The church has been silent or talked in hashed tones when it came to condom use. It was viewed as promoting (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Increased Volumes, Efficiency Lift Hwange Colliery Friday 03-Dec-2010: Hwange Colliery Ltd's capacity utilisation has risen to around 60%, but the company needs around US$110 million in capital to lift output to full capacity, company CEO Fred Moyo.Zimbabwe Independent c (By News Poster)... | Africa: Countering the Discrimination of Those With HIV Friday 03-Dec-2010: On World AIDS Day the former Executive Director of UNAIDS, Professor Peter Piot, told staff at the Commonwealth Secretariat that tackling HIV will be twice as difficult if HIV-positive people continue (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Aids-Based Discrimination Still Rife Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Khopotso BodibeThe case of Gary Allpass, which is currently being heard in the Labour Court in Johannesburg, is an unfortunate reminder of the discrimination that people living with HIV and AIDS st (By News Poster)... | Africa: Looking to Continent for Aids-Free Generation Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Desmond Tutu and Anthony LakeNairobi - A generation born free of HIV and Aids is within the world's reach - - and Africa is at a tipping point.Today, paediatric HIV and Aids is virtually a thing of (By News Poster)... |
| Policy Inconsistency Impacts On Economy Monday 29-Nov-2010: ZIMBABWE's economy suffers from the effects of residual uncertainty of policy inconsistency regarding foreign investors, the Minister of Industry and Commerce Professor Welshman Ncube has said.He was (By News Poster)... | West Africa: Western Union Joins the Fight Against Cybercrime in Region Saturday 04-Dec-2010: Abuja, 2 December 2010. The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, reaffirmed its commitment to consumer protection today at the close of the First West Africa Cybercrim (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Civil Service Salary - Spinoffs to the Broader Economy Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Kumbirai MakwembereLast Thursday saw the Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti, presenting what can arguably be labelled a robust Fiscal Policy Statement highlighted by projections of strong economic gr (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Editor Arrested And Released On Bail, Faces 20 Years in Prison Friday 03-Dec-2010: Madanhire was detained overnight at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare. The offence carries a 20-year prison term or the option of a fine. The charges arise from a story written by journalist Nqoban (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Assembly Rejects Renamo Resolution On Mozal Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday rejected a resolution moved by the former rebel movement Renamo, that would have ordered the government to cancel the aut (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Mogadishu Death Toll Hits 40 Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: At least 15 people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu during the third consecutive day of fighting Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.The fighting was between Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam insurgent (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Wheat Farmer-Cum-Speed Master Zooms Off to South Africa Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Abdul SidiNairobi - Former National and Safari Rally champion Lee Rose bid farewell to the Kenya National Rally Championship last week after decades at the helm of the competition.A career that sta (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Piracy of Music Rife in SA Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Carter ChapwanyaMidrand, South Africa - THE problem of piracy of intellectual property is serious in South Africa, contrary to reports that the cancer was more widespread in Zimbabwe than anywhere (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Culture Shock for Many Southern Returnees Friday 03-Dec-2010: Abyei - Sudanese are returning from the north of the country to their homeland in the south or the border region of Abyei in growing numbers in the run-up to key referendums on 9 January, but many are (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Focus On Children Key in Aids Fight Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Joy WanjaNairobi - Focusing on preventing HIV infection among children could hold the key to an Aids-free generation.The move is one of the strategies targeting high-risk groups in a bid to lower H (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Shell Petroleum and Ifeanyi Amakor Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Emmanuel OnwubikoIn Ogoni land and the entire Niger Delta oil-producing communities, the multinational crude oil company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), limited has a notorious image.M (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: Gold Exports Rise by 59 Percent in Year - BoT Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Al-Amani MutarubukwaGold exports rose by 59.2 per cent in the year to September 2010 due to an increase in both export volumes and gold prices on the world market, according to the Central Bank.The (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: IOC Probes Hayatou Over Secret Payments Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Peter Edema With Agency ReportsThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) will open an ethics investigation into Issa Hayatou over allegations that the CAF president took kickbacks from FIFA's forme (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: SA Not Serious About Documentation of Migrants Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Alex BellThe South African authorities are being accused of not being serious about documenting illegal Zimbabweans in the country, as pressure continues to build on the government to extend its do (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Four Degree Rise 'Would Scupper African Farming' Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Yojana SharmaA widespread farming catastrophe could hit Africa if global temperatures rose by four degrees Celsius or more, according to a study that calls for urgent planning for a much warmer fut (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: NDLEA Vows to Expose Drug Barons in Politics Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Wisdom PatrickLagos - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is set to give a shocker to political office seekers in next year's general election, as the anti-drug agency has compiled a l (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Company Realises U.S.$5 Million Gold Sales Monday 29-Nov-2010: Central African Gold realised more than US$5 million in gold sales during the quarter ended September 30, as the company began to yield positive results since its takeover by New Dawn Mining.According (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: CBN Can't Midwife Sale of Rescued Banks, Says Labour Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungASSOCIATION of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, has declared that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has no moral ground to midwife the sale o (By News Poster)... |
| Ethiopia: Awash Bank Sends President on Forced Leave Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Hailu Teklehaimanot and Girum GetachewLeikun Berhanu faces an uncertain future at AIB, pending the results of an investigation on his role during the LC debacle that engulfed one of bank's branches (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Timely Care And Treatment Are What is Needed Most in the Fight Against HIV/Aids Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Asunta WaguraNairobi - Today (Wednesday) is World AIDS Day. The theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights". Global leaders have pledged to work towards universal access to HIV and Aids treatment, (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Accused in U.S. Oil Bribery Scandal Freed Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Joseph Ushigiale and Kingsley NwezeLagos and Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said employees of United States oilfield services group Halliburton arrested last week i (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Farming Surest Way of Busting Illegal Sanctions Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: The success of A1 farmers is the surest way of busting illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe, the councillor for Ward 26 in the Zvimba Rural District Council, Cde Francis Mukwangwariwa (Zanu-PF), has (By News Poster)... |
| USA: Gold rises as hostilities flare in Korea Monday 29-Nov-2010: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - - Gold futures rose 1.5% Tuesday after military hostilities on the Korean peninsula gave investors more reason to seek safety in the metal. Gains in gold for December (By Jan)... | Hate Speech by Swapo Shows It Fears Opposition - All People's Party Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichCALLING some sectors of the political opposition "Satan" and "enemy" 20 years after Independence is bad for Namibia's democracy and shows that the ruling Swapo party fears the oppo (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mutasa Warns NGOs Against 'Cooked Stats' Monday 29-Nov-2010: GOVERNMENT has put in place measures to ensure production of statistics to tackle challenges brought by illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Didymus Mutasa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: HIV is Everyone's Responsibility Saturday 04-Dec-2010: THE fight against HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe is not, and never can be, some great national battle.What it is, and will remain, is a collection of millions of personal battles, with each person taking ul (By News Poster)... |
| Côte d'Ivoire: Fear, Mayhem as Officials Reverse Poll Results Saturday 04-Dec-2010: Dakar - People across Abidjan shuttered shops and offices and rushed home fearing violence after the Constitutional Council on 3 December declared Laurent Gbagbo winner of Côte d'Ivoire's presid (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: CBN Okays Etranzact for Mobile Money Friday 03-Dec-2010: Aq leading mobile and electronic payment company in Nigeria, eTranzact International PLC, has received approval to launch its Mobile Money solution in Nigeria . The Mobile Money approval was granted t (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Somali Migrants Enter Country by Sea Friday 03-Dec-2010: Maputo - Recently Somali illegal migrants have changed their tactics, and are entering Mozambique by sea, as well as by land, according to the spokesperson for the General Command of the Mozambican po (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Oil Workers Seek Bail -Out for Operators Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Rasheed KomolafeLagos - Workers in Nigeria's oil and gas industry have called on the Federal Government to grant special financial bail- out to the indigenous operators in the downstream sector to (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: HIV Vaccine Remains Elusive, But Some Progress Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Kerry CullinanWhen all is said and done, the ultimate tool needed to control the most devastating infectious disease in the world's history, is an HIV vaccine.Antiretrovirals, condoms, microbicides (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Thanks, Wya for Improved Darkness Monday 29-Nov-2010: NOBODY will bear you a grudge if you do not know Nuhu Somo Wya. He is the Minister of State for Power (electricity). Last Thursday, Wya, an architect, reminded Nigerians that they needed to be gratefu (By News Poster)... |
| Chihuri's Reckless Utterances Instructive Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Constantine ChimakureUtterances by Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri last Friday gives substance to calls for immediate security sector reforms if President Robert Mugabe continues to p (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Police and Okahandja Farmers Join Forces Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithThe Nampol chief was reacting to reports this week and last month of mass slaughter of cattle by rustlers at farms in the Okahandja vicinity. Inspector General Ndeitunga said stock t (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Fighting Among Rebel Groups Kills Two, Injuries Five Others Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Sh. M. NetworkBurhakaba - At least 2 people have been killed and 5 others wounded after heavy fighting between Al-shabab and Hizbul Islam forces flared up in Bur-hakaba town of Bay region, witnesse (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: ACR Set to Ramp Up Gold Resource Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: AFRICAN Consolidated Resource plans to advance its gold resource to 2 million ounces at the Giant and Blue Rock mines on the Gadzema gold belt.ACR chief executive Mr Andrew Cranswick made the remark a (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Govt Seeks U.S.$150 Million Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - Government is negotiating with regional financiers to raise about US$150 million in the next fiscal year to support the productive sectors of the economy.Africa Export and Imp (By News Poster)... | Africa: Archbishop's Video Message for World Aids Day 2010 Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: In his message for 2010 World AIDS Day, the Archbishop of Canterbury celebrates the good news that can be found in examples of local responses to HIV and the impact of global action reflected in the l (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: New Investors Take Over SGBN Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Festus AkanbiStrong indications emerged at the weekend that troubled Societe Generale Bank will commence business in the first quarter of next year as negotiations with new investors have reached t (By News Poster)... | Kenya: What Citizens See As Important in Land Reforms Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Mwenda MakathimoNairobi - Last Tuesday, I had an opportunity to participate in a forum convened by the Land Development and Governance Institute to launch a scorecard on implementation of land refo (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: President Optimistic About Her Nation's Future Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Sunni KhalidShe's known as the "Iron Lady." And with her direct gaze and no-nonsense demeanor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has commanded respect from both friend and foe over the years, long before she b (By News Poster)... | Senegal: High-Powered U.S. Delegation Heading For World Festival Of Black Arts In Senegal Thursday 02-Dec-2010: African-American Artists, Mayors, Senators, Scientists To Participate For only the third time in 50 years, an unprecedented gathering of black artists, writers, filmmakers, academics, scientists, an (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Motlanthe Commemorates World AIDS Day Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Johannesburg - More than 4.6 million South Africans have taken an HIV test since April, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said at a World Aids Day event in Mpumalanga on Wednesday.Of this number 800, (By News Poster)... | Sudan: UN's Ban Calls for Darfur Protest Death Probe Thursday 02-Dec-2010: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "full investigation" on Thursday after two people were killed and several students wounded in clashes with Sudanese troops at a protest in Zalingei, West (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Thieves Steal Fuel From Mobile Phone Masts Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Maputo - Thieves are vandalizing mobile phone masts belonging to Mozambique largest mobile phone operator, the publicly owned M-Cel, in order to steal the diesel they use, Radio Mozambique reported on (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: How NIMASA DG Wasted Billions, by Auditors Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Habeeb I. PindigaDirector-general of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency [NIMASA] Mr. Temisan Omatseye and the agency's board circumvented due process by splitting, overpricing an (By News Poster)... |
| Ethiopia: Dashen Bank to Share Dividends of 175.5 Million Br Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Hailu TeklehaimanotAfter announcing a profit of 324 million Br after taxes in the 2009/10 fiscal year to shareholders during a meeting at the Sheraton Addis on November 7, 2010, Dashen Bank propose (By News Poster)... | Ethiopia: Wegagen Bank Shows 223.3 Million Br Profit Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Hailu TeklehaimanotWegagen Bank earned a net profit of 223.3 million Br after tax in the 2009/10 fiscal year, a 23.7pc increase over its performance of the previous year, the bank announced at its (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Chinese Accused of Exploiting Villagers Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Jennifer DubeVillagers in Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe area in Mashonaland East province have expressed concern over mining activities by a Chinese company, which they accuse of endangering their lives a (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: How NIMASA DG Wasted Billions, By Auditors Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Habeeb I. PindigaDirector-general of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency [NIMASA] Mr. Temisan Omatseye and the agency's board circumvented due process by splitting, overpricing an (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Leaders Agree on Need to Work Together, Says South Africa Monday 29-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Zimbabwe's top leaders are said to have acknowledged the need to work together to resolve disputes in that country's power-sharing government."They realise that they all need to help in mov (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: SA Reintroduces Visa Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Itai MazireTHE South African government has reintroduced a visa for Zimbabweans who stay in that country for more than 90 days.The new measure, however, does not affect students who have study perm (By News Poster)... |
| MDC-T Clashes Over National Executive Representative Saturday 04-Dec-2010: By Brian ChitembaA fierce clash has erupted among MDC-T officials in Matabeleland North over the election of the party's provincial representative to the national executive.According to high level sou (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Genocide Suspect Denied Bail in U.S. Friday 03-Dec-2010: By by Edwin MusoniKigali - A genocide suspect, imprisoned in the United States, since June, has been denied bail by a judge who argued that the suspect is likely to flee before trial.Beatrice Munyenye (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: FDLR in Nuclear Material Deals Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - A United Nations Investigative Report in the DRC has unearthed information that the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels possess large portions of the (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Poll Post Mortem - Disunity Costs Opposition Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Magreth NunuheWindhoek - Opposition parties' failure to form a strong alliance or coalition against the ruling party, Swapo, has led to their dismal performance in this year's regional and local au (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Customs Tighten Security At Lagos Port Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Godwin OritseThe Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has employed stringent security measures following threats by protesting clearing agents to burn down the Customs P (By News Poster)... | Zambia: President on State Visit to South Africa Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Pretoria - The President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Jacob G. Zuma will receive His Excellency Mr Rupiah Banda, President of the Republic of Zambia, on a state visit to South Af (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: EAC Leaders Pledge to Save Regional Bank From Collapse Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Zephania UbwaniArusha - East African leaders on Friday promised to step in and save the East African Development Bank (EADB) from a likely collapse.The bank, one of the oldest institutions under th (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: World Food Programme Hails Nation as Crucible of Innovative Hunger Solution Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Mozambique was today hailed for its pioneering role in supporting the UN World Food Programme’s innovative Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative that helps connect small scale farmers to market (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Obasanjo, Kingpin of Electoral Fraud - Bakare Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Ladi KayodeAbeokuta - General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare yesterday described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo as the kingpin of electoral fraudsters, saying that the P (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: MEND's Resurgence, Amnesty, Future of Niger Delta Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: A LITTLE over one year after the amnesty programme of late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua went into effect, with hundreds of ex-militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Tibaijuka - We Will Repossess Open Spaces Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Hellen NachilongoDar es Salaam - The government yesterday ordered individuals who have grabbed public land, including open spaces, to surrender it or risk eviction and legal action.The newly appoin (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: Tibaijuka - We Will Repossess Open Space Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Hellen NachilongoDar Es Salaam - The government yesterday ordered individuals who have grabbed public land, including open spaces, to surrender it or risk eviction and legal action.The newly appoin (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: South Africa Marks World Aids Day Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Gabi KhumaloDriefontein - Red ribbons and t-shirts carrying HIV and Aids messages are expected to be seen on every corner of Driefontein in Mpumalanga today where Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Outcome of Referendum to Affect Business in the Region Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: It could be the world’s newest country in January and the government there is busy trying to woo potential investors.Southern Sudan’s minister for energy and mining Garang Diing promises (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Zuma Tables Ways to Fight Poverty Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has challenged African countries to transform their agricultural industries into engines for economic growth and poverty eradication.Speaking at the Third Africa-Europe (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: FG Charges Charles, Henry Okah for Kidnapping Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Tobi SoniyiAbuja - The federal government has charged Charles Okah and his brother Henry Okah for the abduction of nine expatriate oil workers in the restive Niger Delta this year.According to pape (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Exploded 'Grenade' Compartments Not Found in GAF Arsenal Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Musa NdowThe spokesman of The Gambia Armed Forces, Lt. Omar B. Bojang has confirmed that the compartments that were gathered for ballistic analysis in the New Yundum 'grenade' explosion shows that (By News Poster)... | Côte d'Ivoire: Election Chaos Keeps Ivoirians on Edge Friday 03-Dec-2010: Abidjan - More than a month after a long-overdue presidential election, Ivoirians still do not know who their president is, trapped in a post-election limbo marked by violence, the tearing up of ballo (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Activists Want HIV Prevention Bill Reviewed Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Raymond BagumaTHE HIV Prevention and Control Bill is a threat to the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, especially women and children, activists have said.Dorah Musinguzi, the executive directo (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Nation Must Not Surrender Her Food Security to Monsanto Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Dr Opiyo OloyaTHERE is a popular saying in North America that goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". The saying captures the sentiments of Canadian wheat farmers who successfully fought the intro (By News Poster)... |
| Algeria: Islamist Fighters Clash With Troops Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Two Islamist fighters reportedly died during a clash in northern Algeria on Sunday. Local press reports say the Algerian army launched an operation against an armed group with back-up from helicopters (By News Poster)... | 2011 National Budget is Conservative - Biti (news) Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Golden SibandaFINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has said his US$2,7 billion 2011 National Budget was conservative pointing out that revenue could top US$3,5 billion next year while the economy had poten (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: RDC Attacks Police Over Land Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Rajab MukomboziKiruhura - The out going Kiruhura Resident District Commissioner has accused the police land protection unit and private security firms of fuelling land grabbing from poor and disadv (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: NUPENGASSAN Urges FG to Bailout Operators in Downstream Sector Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Sylvester EnoghaseOil workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers/ Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (NUPENGASSAN), have called on (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Region Set to Receive Special Arms-Marking Machines Monday 29-Nov-2010: Arusha - The East African Community (EAC) will tomorrow receive vehicles with special arms-marking equipment.They have been procured in order to speed up the small arms marking exercise in the five pa (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Christians Join Blood Donation Exercise Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Gloria IribagizaKigali - Hundreds of church goers from Christian Life Assembly, Nyarutarama,, yesterday, donated blood, with the aim of refilling the National Centre for Blood's blood bank.Andrew M (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: U.S. Prepares Dossier On Drug Lords Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Patrick MayoyoNairobi - A report prepared by the US Department of State details drug trafficking and money laundering activities in Kenya.The report could have formed the basis for the banning of f (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Textile, Car, Cassava Imports - Committee Points Right, FG Veers Left Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Jibrin Abubakar, Sunday Williams and Mohammed ShosanyaAbuja and Lagos - Recommendations made by the Presidential Committee on the Review of Tariffs and Fiscal Incentives in Nigeria were near comple (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: The Imprisonment of Mrs Nkoyo Ibori Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Mrs Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, the former first lady of Delta State was last week sentenced to five years in prison by a Crown Court in London. She had been convicted on a two counts charge relating to mone (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: State Extradites Ugandan Suspects Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Bosco R. AsiimweKigali - Two Ugandans, Simpson Mpirirwe and Didas Ndamiye, who were, on September 24, arrested on Rwandan territory at Cyanika border, for involvement in criminal activities, were, (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: SPLA Disabled War Veterans Encouraged to Participate in the South Sudan Referendum Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Bonifacio Taban KuichBentiu - Disabled war veterans from the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) have been encouraged to participate in the south Sudan's referendum on independence in January.The s (By News Poster)... | Liberia: "Would I Be Arrested?" Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: With his cane, he limped into the offices of this paper, a piece of paper folded into his palms. "I want to make a publication," he said, his voice shaking and barely audible. "Advertisement?" he was (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: FG, Oil Majors May Clash Over U.S.$10 Billion Foreign Expenditure Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Adeola YusufLagos - Abuja on Monday talked tough to major oil companies on the implementation of the local content policy, ordering them to retain at least $10 billion annual expenditure in the oil (By News Poster)... | Africom Launch Zim Open Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Takudzwa ChitsigaAfter playing their last golf event of the season, Zimbabwe's professional golfers got another timely boost when their major sponsors, Africom, unveiled a massive package for the 2 (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: How to Improve Civilian Protection Monday 29-Nov-2010: London/Nairobi - UN peacekeepers could improve their protection of civilians if roles and priorities were clarified, political support were increased, resources boosted and a comprehensive protection (By News Poster)... | Africa: Region Needs Adequate Food to Boost Progress Friday 03-Dec-2010: Self-sufficiency in food remains a big challenge for many African countries nearly 50 years after attaining independence. This has hampered the continent's socio-economic progress, as resources that c (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Halliburton Bribery Scam - EFCC to Charge Former U.S. Vice President Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Isaac Aimurie And Charles Onunaiju With Agency ReportsThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intends to file charges against former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, over a bribery scanda (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Joint Task Force Captures Militant Camps in Niger Delta Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Harris-Okon Emmanuel And Rotimi AkinwumiAbuja/Warri - There was heavy fighting on Wednesday between Joint Military Task Force (JTF) and renegade militants under the aegis of Niger Delta Liberation (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Willbros - Police Flout Court Order On Extradition Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Davidson IriekpenLegal and diplomatic circles in Lagos are baffled by the unfolding drama involving the Nigerian police, the American FBI, the Nigerian judiciary and an American businessmen the Uni (By News Poster)... | SA Reintroduces Visa Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Itai MazireThe South African government has reintroduced a visa for Zimbabweans who stay in that country for more than 90 days.The new measure, however, does not affect students who have study perm (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: More Than Four Million Tested for HIV Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Gabi KhumaloDriefontein - More than four million people have taken an HIV test since the launch of the HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign (HCT) in April this year.Addressing hundreds of Driefonte (By News Poster)... | Africa: Children Must be Prominent on the AIDS and HIV Agenda Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: The global decline in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths by 20% over the past 10 years is positive step towards reducing the impact of the disease among families, especially children, says Sav (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Zuma Disappointed At Europe-Africa Partnership Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says the economic partnership that Africa entered with Europe 10 years ago has not produced the intended results for both regions."We are concerned that after ten years (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: SABMiller Accused of Avoiding Taxes Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: London - The London-based charity ActionAid has accused the world's second largest brewer, SABMiller, of using transfer pricing to avoid paying taxes in many countries including Mozambique.According t (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Spotlight On Africa's Tourism Investment Opportunities Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: TradeInvestAfrica has showcased potentially lucrative investment opportunities in Africa's tourism sector, which is rebounding phenomenally this year buoyed by among other factors, South Africa's succ (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Bank Customers Get Deadline to Update Data Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Sunday WilliamsThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday gave a one month period beginning from December 1 to 30, 2010 for commercial bank customers to update their account details in line with t (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Opposition Candidate Accuses President's Cronies of Stealing Funds Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Yazid Yolisigira and Gerald BareebeNamutumba/Kampala - A political clique surrounding President Museveni is banking billions of shillings abroad while Ugandans are living in abject poverty, Dr Kizz (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Rejects Report Saying No Stability in East Monday 29-Nov-2010: By James KaruhangaDemocratic Republic of Congo has rejected the content and conclusions in a recent International Crisis Group (ICG) report which alleges there is no stability in eastern DRC, two year (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Nafdac Impounds 30 Cartons of Fake Drugs at Seme Sunday 05-Dec-2010: By Godwin OritseThe National Agency for Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), Seme Border Command has impounded 360 cartons of fake drugs concealed as baby milk at Ashipa quarters.The coo (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Strike - Tanker Drivers Warn Again Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Zakariyya AdaramolaPetroleum Tanker Drivers branch of National Union of Petroleum Employees of Nigeria (NUPENG) yesterday warned of an impending industrial action that may arise from failure of gov (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Cement War Looms Kenya Firm Plans Local Factory Thursday 02-Dec-2010: Kenyan-based East African Portland Cement, makers of the popular Portland cement, is planning a factory in Uganda.The KShs10 billion (Approx. Shs 220 billion) plant is expected to take-off next year a (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: 30,000 HIV Test Kits for World Aids Day Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Freetown - The National HIV and AIDS Secretariat (NAS) has together with development partners worked out modalities to ensure that Sierra Leoneans come out in their numbers to take the HIV test on fro (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Raising a Child in Prison - Double Sentence Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Pretoria - For Moepone Nkwane, a mother of a beautiful five-month-old baby boy, life behind bars is very challenging.Nkwane - an inmate at the Johannesburg Prison, commonly known as Sun City - found o (By News Poster)... | Africa: HIV Infections Declining, Says UN Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Chioma Obinna and Emmanuel ElebekeAS Nigeria joins the world to celebrate World AIDS Day, the United Nations has said that the number of new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS are falling globally (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Guebuza in Libya for Africa-Europe Summit Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Tripoli - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza arrived in Tripoli on Sunday afternoon to take part in the third Africa-European Union summit, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.The summit is being held (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Fuel Prices to Go Down With Arrival of NOC Oil Imports Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Justus OndariNairobi - Consumers will this week access the fuel just imported by the National Oil Corporation of Kenya.The company defended the cost of procuring the fuel as "competitive."The vesse (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: BOT Raises Capital for Banks Monday 29-Nov-2010: Arusha - Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has raised the minimum capital requirements for commercial banks from Tsh5bn to Tsh15b aimed at consolidating the strength of the banking industry and enhance financial (By News Poster)... | Gambia: GIABA Trains Bank Officials Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Lama S JallowThe Inter Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), in collaboration with Datapro Limited recently organised a three-day training for bank officials at (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Kibaki - Allow Free Movement of Food in EA Friday 03-Dec-2010: President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya suggested yesterday that one way to address the food shortages in East Africa was by allowing the movement of food from surplus areas to deficit regions.He said concerte (By News Poster)... | Zambia: Govt Must Fulfill Promises to Children Living With Aids Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Brian MoongaLusaka - Less than one in four Zambian children who should be on life-saving anti-retroviral drugs is receiving them. The country planned to increase the number of children on ARVs from (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: CBN Threatens to Sack More Bank MDs Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Omoh GabrielLagos - THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has threatened to remove managing directors of banks found to have allowed their predecessors and some key shareholders to meddle with the day (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Health System 'Needs Overhaul' Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Nairobi - Every year thousands of Kenyans go without essential medicines because of poor supply chain management, corruption and insufficient funding of the health service, say civil society members." (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Heavy Fighting Causes Deaths of About 10 Civilians in Mogadishu Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Mogadishu - Heavy fighting between the troops of the transitional government backing by the African Union troops AMISOM and Al-shabab forces broke out in the several districts in the Somali capital Mo (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Oil Find Mired in Controversy Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Even before the first drum of oil drops out of the Jubilee Fields, red-hot controversy is threatening the welcome news. The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) apparently, believes that the oil (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: NUPENG Begins Strike Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Rasheed Komolafe and Juliet AlohanLagos and Abuja - The Petroleum Tanker Drivers, a branch of the National Union of Petroleum and National Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday commenced a nationwide stri (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: U.S. $180 Million Halliburton Scam - 12 Suspects Still in EFCC Detention Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Erasmus AlanemeAbuja - Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said the 12 persons arrested in Lagos last Thursday in connection with the investigation into the $180million Hallib (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Bankole - Corrupt Civil Servants, Not Politicians, Killed Country Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Yunus AbdulhamidLagos - Corruption in Nigeria is perpetuated by corrupt and inept civil servants and not the political class, the Speaker, House of Representatives Mr. Dimeji Bankole has said.He sa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Govt Gives Kimberly Process Chairman an Ultimatum Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Zvamaida MurwiraGOVERNMENT has threatened to sue the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme chairperson Mr Boaz Hirsch for his unilateral decision to stop Zimbabwe from selling the Marange diamonds. (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: PPPRA Blacklists Fraudulent Oil Trader Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Chika Amanze NwackukwuThe Federal Government will stop subsidising marketers who buy premium motor spirit from Noble Group, a Singapore-listed trader in a move likely to prevent the company from de (By News Poster)... | 1,390 Die in Accidents Since January - Report Sunday 05-Dec-2010: ZIMBABWE has recorded 22 454 road accidents since January, which have resulted in 1 390 deaths and 12 580 injuries.These statistics have prompted law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to map (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: President Says No More Talks With Darfur Rebel Groups Saturday 04-Dec-2010: By StKhartoum - Any rebel group that wants a political settlement to Darfur conflict has to join a peace agreement that Khartoum plans to sign with the rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) befo (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Low Morale Erodes Public Health Gains Friday 03-Dec-2010: Harare - At first glance Zimbabwe's public health system has undergone a renaissance since the dire days two years ago when shortages of drugs, staff and equipment were the norm.A public referral hosp (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: What Happened to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Kelello TekatekaJohannesburg - Growing up in the 90's I remember my mother telling me to close my eyes whenever there was a kissing scene on TV. I also remember crying because I was not allowed to (By News Poster)... | Africa: World Aids Day - 'South South, Epicentre of HIV/Aids' Thursday 02-Dec-2010: By Muhammad Bello, Gboyega Akinsanmi And Toba SuleimanPort Harcourt/Lagos/Ado-Ekiti - As Nigeria joined the world to mark the World AIDS Day yesterday, current statistics has revealed that the South-s (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: 40 Percent Water Hike for Harare Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Fortious NhamburaHarare residents should brace for increases in water charges of up to 40 percent after council yesterday unveiled a US$260 million budget for next year.Last year's budget was US$23 (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: State Agents Hunt Newsman Over Chombo Story Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: State agents are understood to be after the Standard newspaper's deputy editor, over a story about Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo's excessive wealth. The newspaper's editor could also be ja (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Medium-Sized Banks Lead in Lending Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Mwaniki WahomeNairobi - Medium-sized banks are leading the pack in cutting interest rates with the latest reports by Central Bank also indicating a further deepening of the financial sector.The Mon (By News Poster)... | Africa: Summit Urged to Tackle Rift Over Trade Agreement Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: African leaders meeting with their European counterparts today are set to demand a major shift in the European Union's approach to ongoing negotiations over a new trade pact, in which the EU is demand (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Central Bank Adjusts Premium Upward On Forex Sales Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Khartoum - Sudan's central bank on Sunday announced that it has raised the premium at which foreign exchange bureaus and banks are allowed to buy forex in a bid to stabilize the Sudanese pound which f (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: IFC Partners FCMB to Acquire Distressed Bank Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Michael EbohLagos - First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Plc and International Finance Corporation,IFC, have entered into a strategic partnership with the aim of acquiring one of the distressed banks in (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: Baby Steps To Eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Nairobi/Hargeisa - Many African countries are struggling to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, a vital component of the universal access to HIV prevention target, but in Somalia a programme t (By News Poster)... | Africa: Zuma in Libya for Africa-EU Summit Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and a high-level South African delegation are set to participate in the 3rd Africa-European summit, which kicks off in Tripoli, Libya, today.Issues up for discussion in (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Find the Drug Dealers and Prosecute Them Monday 29-Nov-2010: Nairobi - Over the last few weeks, there have been serious allegations of drug trafficking by prominent personalities in and out of Parliament.The most grave revelations were made by Imenti Central MP (By News Poster)... | Uganda: President Obama's Move on Kony Encouraging Monday 29-Nov-2010: PRESIDENT Barack Obama's administration has taken the right step by deciding to help in the efforts to bring an end to the atrocities being perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Centr (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Regional Leaders Seek Ways to End Food Shortages in Bloc Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Zephania UbwaniArusha - Regional food shortage was on the menu of East African leaders talks in Arusha, Tanzania, on Thursday.The retreat is being attended by the Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi a (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: UN Launches Patrols to Head Off Rebel Violence During Holiday Season Thursday 02-Dec-2010: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deployed troops as a preventive measure in Orientale Province ahead of the end-of-year holiday season, which h (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: WFP Praises Farmers Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Maputo - The United Nations World Food Programme on Tuesday praised Mozambique for its pioneering role in supporting the WFP Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative that helps connect small scale farme (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Mpuma Starts Male Circumcision Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: By Gabi KhumaloDriefontein - In a bid to reduce the rate of new HIV infections, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has committed to perform 1 000 male circumcisions in Mpumalanga by 2015.Motsoaledi w (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Rivers State Police Arrest Scores of Kidnappers Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By Jimitota OnoyumePort Harcourt - One hundred and eleven kidnappers have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command.Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Suleiman Abba, who spoke on the oper (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Zigama Advised Against Becoming a Commercial Bank Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: By James KaruhangaMembers of Zigama-Credit and Savings Society (Zigama-CSS), were told by consultants that it was strategic to maintain the saving society as a cooperative to protect and achieve its m (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mpumalanga to Host World Aids Day Event Monday 29-Nov-2010: By Sydney MasingaPiet Retief - This year's World Aids Day on 1 December will be celebrated in Mpumalanga, a province with the second highest HIV and Aids prevalence rate."It is no coincidence that we (By News Poster)... | South Africa: My Nightmare Marriage Friday 03-Dec-2010: By Rebecca MarkJohannesburg - My name is Rebecca Mark and I'm from Malawi. I was married to a South African guy and we were happily married and blessed with a son.I have been trying to write, but stil (By News Poster)... |
| USA: VERY IMPORTANT: Book: Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [Look at how in-depth investigations by a veteran journalist are confirming what I have been saying for a long time about Obama and the Democratic Party. He is really a Marxist. BUT, more importantly, (By Jan)... | USA: Book: The Bible of Unspeakable Truths - hitting out at the Politically Correct, Lefty world Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [Here is an interesting book. I was browsing books this morning and thought I'd post some I was looking at. You too might find them interesting. In this one, the guy hits out at all these Politica (By Jan)... |
| USA: The War on Terror - US Casualties in 2010 - the highest ever... Saturday 04-Dec-2010: [The graphs on this page are very interesting. It shows clearly that year on year, the casualties of the US and its European allies are climbing steadily. The war is hotting up. Interestingly, the (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Why Banks are removing R10 & R20 notes from ATMS... Thursday 02-Dec-2010: The other day I heard an interesting discussion between two managers. They were discussing the operational problems that banks have with ATM machines. The one was saying that when he ran a banking (By Jan)... |
| USA: Book: Psychology: The book that started it all: Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [This will give you an idea of the course I was on. Oh, and a reminder, this was a BEST SELLER! The Author is a pretty funny guy and that is why this went down so well. The basic theme is that eve (By Jan)... | A Hack attack against AfricanCrisis and AmericanCrisis brought both sites down... Thursday 02-Dec-2010: [The other day AfricanCrisis and AmericanCrisis were down. I asked the hosting company in the USA to look into the problem. This is what came back from their Tech Support people. It seems a hacker (By Jan)... |
| USA: Book: Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies Sunday 05-Dec-2010: Product Description THE CONSERVATIVE S POLITICAL BIBLE. Let s say you re listening to a loony liberal, debating some dopey Democrat, or arguing with a gaggle of goofy lefties. Wouldn t it be great to (By Jan)... | USA: Stockmarkets: Today... Gold flying up... DOW heading UP too... for now? Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: A quick note. I see the stock markets have opened in the USA. What has happened is that Gold has exploded upwards to a new level - $1350. But Wall St, the DOW JONES Index is struggling. It was at (By Jan)... |
| [Graphs] Stunning statistics about salaries earned by people in South Africa Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [Here is a stunning article I want to refer you to. But I want to quickly show you a few things on it that they won't point out. Jan] Click on the link below to view the article with all its graphs (By Jan)... | USA: Book: DEEP POLITICS: Why Are Jews Liberals? - Is this the real answer? - The real reason everyone loves the Masses - regardless of their stupidity Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [This is an interesting topic. A Liberal Jewish friend of mine also told me that in his view the reason Jews are Liberals is because of centuries of persecution in Europe, ergo they side with whoever (By Jan)... |
| Big prizes at my work... My plan for 2011: Time for the IMPOSSIBLE: beating people at their own game... Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Just a note that I am battling a bit with time today with regard to posting on the site. I have to catch up on my work. I had some intense days at work and am trying not to get caught up in my work to (By Jan)... | USA: Book: Why Jews Should Not Be Liberals Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [My Conservative Jewish friends in Israel have told me for a long time that indeed Judaism is at odds with modern Liberalism. Everyone in the world is a hypocrit. The Left used to accuse the Right (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] Humor - Some Terrorist humour: Those little Muslim kids... Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: [Someone sent me this one… for the Muslims… Jan] (Photo) (By Jan)... | USA: Book: Conservatives Are from Mars, Liberals Are from San Francisco: 101 Reasons I'm Happy I Left the Left Sunday 05-Dec-2010: [This one seems to be really funny. Jan] Review ..should not be missed, regardless of your viewpoints. You might learn [something]..in the middle of all those laughs. - - IntellectualConservative. (By Jan)... |
| The Right Perspective: 2010.12.03 Archive Sunday 05-Dec-2010: Frank and John unveil a new bit, "My Three Kims".... more on Canada.... more on North Korea.... Frank remembers Samuel T. Cohen, creator of the Neutron Bomb, passed away this week.... Emilio Eduardo M (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))... | Donations to this Website Sunday 05-Dec-2010: I shut down our donations page years ago because of all the hacking and the harrassment by spambots and people who enter all kinds of junk on to the site. At this time I have blocked off many parts of (By Jan)... |
| USA: Stockmarkets: Oops!!!! Has Wall St just fallen through a crucial level? Monday 29-Nov-2010: I am watching the stock markets today, and the DOW Jones index just fell through the 11,000 mark. It hasn't done this since 11th October 2010. I am watching 11,000 with great interest because in t (By Jan)... | [Pic] Humor - Temper control... Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: [I got this one from a friend. Very cool! Jan] (Photo) (Photo) (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (01-12-2010) Wednesday 01-Dec-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- When I nipped into town very quickly yesterday morning, it began snowing quite relentlessly. By mid-morning quite a bit had fallen. Then as (By The BeardedMan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (30-11-2010) Tuesday 30-Nov-2010: Howzit We had more snowfall overnight and snow remains on the ground in Derby and the temperature is around freezing - which, for me, makes life rather interesting. I cannot afford to take a fall a (By The BeardedMan)... |
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