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Africa: Amisom Capture Key Mogadishu Positions
31 min 39 sec agoJULY was a fruitful month militarily for peacekeepers and Somali government forces, a spokesman said.
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Africa: Race On for BP's African Assets
38 min 10 sec agoBP Plc is in talks with India's Reliance Industries and Essar Group to sell its African retail assets, including those in Namibia, that could be worth as much as US$500 million, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters yesterday.
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Africa: Investor Sees Africa Risks Easing, Plenty of Growth
38 min 14 sec agoPolitical risks to investment are easing gradually across Africa, making it easier to tap into the continent's robust growth, Africa's top private equity investor Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has said.
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Southern Africa: EU Backs Off on EPA
51 min 53 sec agoEuropean Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading European civil society organisations about the negotiations for a Southern African economic partnership agreement (EPA), promising "not to put undue pressure" on countries.
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Somalia: 21 People Killed in Fresh Mogadishu Fighting
58 min 2 sec agoAt least 21 people have been killed and 45 others injured in gun battle and mortars exchanged by Somali government troops backed by AMISOM and Al-Shabaab extremist militias since Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.
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Somalia: Somaliland President Names New Cabinet Ministers
58 min 3 sec agoThe new elected president of Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) named on Wednesday new Cabinet ministers for his government, Radio Garowe reports
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Nigeria: INEC Targets 70 Million Voters, Seeks Additional N10 Billion
1 hour 11 min agoIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega yesterday gave an insight into the number of Nigerians expected to be registered in the new voters' registration underway.
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South Africa: No Quick Fixes for 7 Percent Growth, Finance Minister Told
1 hour 38 min agoFOR SA to achieve Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's long-term economic growth target, the government should focus on allowing the private sector to flourish by spending on infrastructure, economist Rian le Roux said yesterday.
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Uganda: U.S.$38 Million Awarded for TB And HIV/Aids Fight
1 hour 41 min agoThe Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has been awarded $38 million by USAID to be spent over the next five years to provide integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS services in the south west region of Uganda.
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Somalia: Hijacked Maltese Flagged Merchant Vessel Released
1 hour 43 min agoEarly this morning, 29 July, the Maltese flagged merchant vessel MV FRIGIA was released.
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South Africa: Civil Servants to Strike
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 01:09THE Department of Home Affairs would be hardest hit by the public service workers' strike, a union warned yesterday.
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Nigeria: Falconets Reach Women's World Soccer Semi-Finals
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 00:37Nigeria confront Colombia today in a last four match at the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Germany, knowing that a win would catapult them into the record books as Africa's first team to reach the finals of a world tournament.
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Kenya: Let the People Decide - Congressional Black Caucus
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:51Members of the Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement today on the upcoming Kenyan constitutional referendumAugust 4, 2010 will be an historic day for the people of Kenya. Citizens across the country will vote on a new Constitution, paving the way for a more democratic and stable country. Kenyans have worked tirelessly in a peaceful and transparent process of drafting a new Constitution. According to the Constitution of Kenya Review Act of 2008, the process “accommodates the diversity of the people of Kenya, including socio economic status, race, ethnicity, gender, religious faith, age, occupation, learning, persons with disabilities and disadvantaged.” The Act also established a Committee of Experts and a Parliamentary Select Committee.
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Guinea: Climbing Out of the Donor Funding Gap
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:49More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency".
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Africa: It's How You Spend the Money That Saves Lives
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:48Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much.
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Africa: Wise Move on Somalia
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:47The decision by African Union leaders to adopt an earlier request by the Inter-Governmental Authority of Development to send 2,000 more troops to Somali, is a better option than war.
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Kenya: More Decorum From Our Leaders Desirable
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:47These sudden exchanges between the President and his predecessor are unseemly and rather embarrassing.
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Zimbabwe: Minister's Swearing-In Delayed 'Indefinitely'
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:45The Supreme Court has ensured that MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett will not be sworn in to his post as Deputy Agriculture Minister any time soon, after postponing his acquittal case 'indefinitely'.
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Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher Slapped With Fresh Charges
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:45Diamond researcher and human rights activist Farai Maguwu has been slapped with fresh charges, just over two weeks after his release on bail from Harare Remand Prison.
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Zimbabwe: Zuma Sends Envoy to Kick Start Mediation - Again
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:45South African President Jacob Zuma dispatched one of his top envoys to Zimbabwe, in yet another attempt to try to kick start power sharing talks that are gridlocked over various violations of the GPA by ZANU PF.
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