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Over 7 million people now receiving HIV treatment in Africa - UN report

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:10 -0400

21 May 2013 150 The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report which documents the progress in the AIDS response in the world's second largest continent. "Africa has been relentless in its quest to turn the AIDS epidemic around," said the Executive Director of the Joint ...

Coke Ad Hawks Pop Peace to India Pakistan

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400

Massive corporations like Coca-Cola have a primary goal: Sell their products to make money. Sometimes, if they're lucky, that goal aligns with another endeavor: Make peace. A new three-minute advertisement released by the beverage company this week aims to do both. Coca-Cola filmed the advertisement in two locations: Pakistan and India, South Asia's nuclear-armed neighbors mired in ...

Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...

Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

New iPhone App Speeds Care of Heart Attack Victims

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:02 -0400

Researchers have developed an experimental iPhone application, or app, designed to help emergency medical technicians diagnose a particularly deadly form of heart attack and send that information quickly to waiting hospital surgical teams. The inexpensive app can greatly improve a patient's odds of survival. The iPhone app is specially designed to identify patients suffering from a ...

Pistorius wont compete in 2013 due to murder trial

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic champion who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will not compete this year in any event as he awaits trial. Pistorius stands accused of premeditated murder after the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home. According to sports 24, Pistorius will face trial in the North Gauteng High Court on 4 June. EWN reported that ...

Molecular trigger for onset of Alzheimers pinpointed

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:02 -0400

Scientists at Cambridge's Department of Chemistry have been able to map in detail the pathway that generates "aberrant" forms of proteins, which are at the root of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. They believe the breakthrough is a vital step closer to increased capabilities for earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and opens up ...

Gupta family acknowledges some misjudgments made in landing chartered jet at S. Africa base

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:04 -0400

A well-connected Indian family in South Africa has apologised for the controversy surrounding the landing a chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base to carry guests for his niece's wedding. The Gupta family said that it had only wanted to hold a memorable wedding, but realised that some bad decisions or misjudgments could have been made in the process to secure landing rights for the plane. ...

Indigenous culture youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:18 -0400

20 May 2013 150 Around 2,300 indigenous participants are expected to discuss culture, education and health during the 12th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which will include a special focus on youth, indigenous groups in Africa and the importance of strengthening ties with international financial institutions. "We must have a better understanding of the ...

On the Scene in Tornado Hit Town Even Trees are Stripped of Everything

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:04 -0400

VOA correspondent Greg Flakus is at the site of the tornado damage in Moore, Oklahoma. He spoke with English broadcaster David Byrd Tuesday afternoon about what he is ...

Kerry Presses US-Russian Plan for Syrian Peace Talks

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:03 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Wednesday in the Jordanian capital with senior diplomats from 11 nations, as part of a U.S.-Russian push to end Syria's civil ...

Police fire rubber bullets at S’African miners

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:54 -0400

Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ...

Olumhense and journalism practice in Nigeria

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:53 -0400

What! Mr. Sonala Olumhense is giving up his column, or giving up writing? I wasn't sure. Within 48 hours, I sent him a private mail. He ...

Sources Govt holding up operation to pursue Benghazi attackers- FOX NEWS POLL US could have done more in Libya

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:48 -0400

U.S. military sources serving in North Africa are challenging the latest White House claim that the administration is applying "all the resources" at its disposal to bring the Benghazi attackers to justice, charging instead that the Obama administration knows who is responsible but is not acting. "They have let it slip by because of politics, and now we've taken all the ...

Kenya National slum upgrading and prevention policy aims to improve livelihoods

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:42 -0400

Vision 2030 which aspires for a slum free nation. Currently it is estimated that more than 34% of Kenyan's total population lives in urban areas with this number projected to hit 63% by 2030 in not well addressed. It s also estimated that 71% of the urban population lives in slums and are facing various challenges such as social, political and economic exclusion. Other vital problems ...

Nigeria says Islamic extremist inmates to be released

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:26 -0400

Nigeria's military said on Tuesday the West African nation is prepared to release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic ...

Central African Republic UN measles vaccination campaign to protect 125000 children

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:23:27 -0400

an emergency measles vaccination campaign that will aim to reach 125,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR). The five-day campaign, which begins tomorrow, will take place in the conflict-hit Bangui, the country’s capital, after eight children tested positive for the disease last month. ';Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children. Mass violence and ...

Cooperation in Education Between Cuba and Angola Deepened

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:19 -0400

Luanda, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The perspectives to widen and diversify cooperation between Angola and Cuba in education are promising, especially in the technical-professional teaching level, said an Angolan official here Tuesday. Narciso Damasio dos Santos Benedito, Secretary of State for the Angolan Technical-Professional Formation and Teaching, received Cuban Ministers Council vice president ...

Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

- For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital ...

Nigeria military Authorities to release prisoners taken in fight against Islamic extremists

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:49 -0400

ENUGU, Nigeria - Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists -- including all the women now held in custody. The surprise statement from the Defence Ministry, while lacking specifics about how many would be released and when, represents a clear concession by the Nigerian ...

Zimbabwe wants SA to keep its citizens

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:41 -0400

The South African government spends at least R90-million a year on sending illegal immigrants back to their countries, most to Zimbabwe. Many Zimbabweans, however, make it back into South Africa within days. The Zimbabwean government has now complained about the high number of nationals deported by South Africa. This comes against the background of an apparent hardening of attitudes ...

Clashes in Congo continue as U.N. chief prepares to visit

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:38 -0400

Ban Ki -moon. Fighting between the Congolese Army and the rebel group M23 was again centered near Mutaho, 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of the city of Goma, Voice of America reported. Government spokesman Lambert Mende said 15 rebels and four army soldiers were killed in the fighting. Speaking in Mozambique, Ban said he will travel to Goma Thursday, and called for faster deployment of a U.N. ...

Iraqi PM Orders Security Shakeup as Violence Surges

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:39 -0400

Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered a shakeup of senior government security officers, as a weeks-long wave of violence grips the country and fears of all-out sectarian war spread. The shakeup was confirmed on the prime minister's website, but details were not immediately clear. The move comes as authorities reported at least 21 deaths Tuesday in attacks that ...

How Congress Is Using the Congo to Weaken Dodd-Frank

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:40 -0400

Lawmakers expressed what appeared to be heartfelt concern Tuesday over an obscure provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, the major financial reform bill President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, and how it has affected the people of the Democratic Republic of ...

Kenya Patrol cars top police priority list

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:25 -0400

The team supposed to spearhead modernisation of the National Police Service said officers are incapacitated in several other ways but they urgently need vehicles, protection gear and houses. They met Tuesday at the Treasury as directed by ...

Kenya Over 69 cases pave way for poll petitions

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:24 -0400

This follows enactment of new election rules, which provides that a judge or a magistrate handling petitions should not be engaged in any other court matter until the conclusion of election ...

Kenya Governor appoints rivals to Cabinet for peaces sake

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:23 -0400

Dado's long awaited cabinet includes one of his competitors in the gubernatorial race in an effort, he says, will bring cohesion among communities living in the county.?? He has ...

Kenya Coast residents suffered most land injustices

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:22 -0400

The Mijikenda, Taita and Pokomo communities in the Coast have suffered the worst land-related injustices since independence and successive governments did little to solve the problem, ...

Kenya TJRC blames State for massacres

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:21 -0400

TJRC ) report wants President Uhuru to apologise for the failure of the State to avert the killings. The report, released yesterday also recommends that all the victims be compensated within two years of the issuance of the report. ...

Kenya Hospital warns buyers to keep off disputed land

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:20 -0400

The hospital superintendent Benson Njuguna said it had emerged that the developer is attempting to dispose of the property at Sh2.5 million to unsuspecting business people. "I'm cautioning the business community and the public that the structure on the plot is illegally there, and soon the Government will demolish it since it belongs to ...

Kenya Report Kibaki Government sanctioned extra-judicial killings

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:19 -0400

Mwai Kibaki presided over a Government that was responsible for numerous gross violations of human rights that included unlawful detentions, extra judicial killings and, economic crimes and grand ...

Kenya Uhuru says State is committed to healing

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:18 -0400

Speaking when he received the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission final report at State House Nairobi, President Kenyatta said the Government would take the recommendations of the report seriously, while its contents would be made public. The President added that addressing the causes and effects of past injustices would contribute towards national unity, reconciliation and healing and ...

Kenya TJRC wants all assassination reports made public

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:17 -0400

Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission wants all reports and materials of previous investigations into political assassinations in Kenya made ...

Kenya Commissions mandate as outlined in statute

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:16 -0400

It was to investigate, analyse, and report gross human rights violations and other historical injustices in Kenya between December 12, 1963 and February 28, 2008 as part of the accountability component of Agenda Four of the National Accord signed in 2008 by Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former President Mwai ...

Kenya Uhuru My work will amaze foreign partners

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:15 -0400

Speaking after it emerged US President Barrack Obama would skip the country in his tour of Africa, President Uhuru said his immediate concern was to fulfil pledges he made to Kenyans. "Our main concern is to work hard and uplift the economy. We are going to work so well until our foreign detractors are amazed," he said. While reiterating his earlier stand on MPs' salaries, Uhuru ...

Kenya USAID offers Kenya Sh4.2 billion for counties

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:14 -0400

USAID ), East Africa Regional Mission, will disburse the funds under Ahadi (Agile and Harmonised Assistance for Devolved Institutions) project. The funds will be used to help strengthen governance systems of county governments, one of areas identified to be key in making ...

Kenya Efforts to initiate talks unfruitful

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:13 -0400

Numerous letters written by the group to governments of Kenya and Britain, Sultan of Oman, United Nations, East African Assembly and legislators from the Coast from as far as 2005 have gone unanswered. Top officials ...

Opinion President Obamas tour of Africa is in line with countrys foreign policy

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:00 -0400

Africa n heritage and doubt his commitment to Kenya and the continent. Others see it as a direct jab at the recently elected government of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. Certainly, many Kenyans expected him to visit his 'ancestral home' immediately after winning re-election last year. But those familiar with American politics and the workings of the US Department ...

African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:48 -0400

chicken diapers , as we reported this month. For a bit of a reality check, let's consider what it means to raise urban livestock in the developing world, where people are poorer and hungrier and cities are much more densely populated. It's a starkly different picture of people and animals living together, and the question of how it's done has major implications for improving food ...

Kumasi Fans To Boycott Ghana’s World Cup Qualifier Against Zambia

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:31 -0400

Some Kumasi fans plan to boycott Ghana's potential World Cup decider against Zambia in protest against a Ghana FA ban on Kumasi Asante Kotoko following recent violence at their home match. The Porcupine Warriors have been in the news for all the wrong reasons after the Baba Yara stadium was temporarily shut down by the Ghanaian FA due to crowd violence. Irate fans of the club attacked ...

Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:46 -0400

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, ...

Mauritius tourism revenues down

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:04 -0400

(eTN) - Figures just out about Mauritius' tourism revenues, which show a decline of arrivals during Q1 of 2013 by 12.4 percent, have caused a storm of outrage across the island's tourism sector, and from calls and emails it is clear that the knives are now out for those thought responsible for the reverse of fortunes of the Indian Ocean's erstwhile tourism giant. While arrivals for ...

Algerias president recovering in undisclosed location after leaving Paris military hospital

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:22 -0400

PARIS - Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defence ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery." The statement didn't ...

Africa Seizing Opportunities Delivering Products As African Markets Expand - PG

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:23 -0400

Manoj Kumar, Vice President for Proctor & Gamble West Africa, and Temitope Iluyemi, government relations director for Proctor & Gamble in sub-Saharan ...

REFILE-UPDATE 3-South Sudan cuts oil output sees new problems with Sudan

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:55 -0400

Tue May 21, 2013 4:07pm EDT (Fixes slugging) * Cuts in production bad news for both Sudans * Neighbours agreed in March to resume crude exports By Hereward Holland and Khalid Abdelaziz JUBA/KHARTOUM, May 21 (Reuters) - South Sudan has almost halved its oil production as it faces new "problems" exporting crude to Sudan, it said on Tuesday, suspecting its long-time rival had closed a ...

New Hope for Better Internet Access in Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:02:11 -0400

WASHINGTON -- A non-profit technology company based in Kenya has created a wireless internet router that it says will help people living in places where electricity is spotty and internet service is unreliable. Founded in early 2008, Ushahidi is known primarily for its open-source software applications, but is now launching its first piece of hardware, called the BRCK. One of the BRCK's ...

Nigeria’s $1-billion wealth fund to start investing in June

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:44 -0400

Nigeria will begin investing the initial $1-billion allocated to a new sovereign wealth fund by June, a statement from the fund showed, after it delayed the start date twice.Africa's biggest oil producer is one of only three OPEC member states that do not yet have a wealth fund (SWF) set up. Global markets and investors are closely watching Africa's second-biggest economy's plans ...

Kenya How MRC funds its activities

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:25 -0400

The separatist group has a network of over 30,000 registered members spread across 97 branches at the Coast. The 30,000 membership is based on signatures raised to support one of its court petitions. However, it is also understood that the members could be more and the group may have thousands of sympathisers. At the top is the 'president' or chairman, who runs a government of about 14 ...

Kenya ICC changes judge in Rutos case

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:24 -0400

The court also changed the Presiding Judge who will oversee the trial of Deputy President William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang as the Kenyan suspects await the court's decision on the date of the crucial trial. The ICC Presidency appointed Judge Olga Herrera Carbucci as the new presiding judge on a temporary basis replacing Judge Kuniko Ozaki in the Ruto and Sang Case in ...

Kenya MPs chide Senators over supremacy

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:22 -0400

MPs insisted they were superior to their Senate counterparts thanks to the Constitution. Debate started when Suba MP John Mbadi said taking the Division of Revenue Bill 2013 to the Senate was unconstitutional. He argued the Senate only has powers to handle revenue touching on county governments and not national revenue. House Speaker Justin Muturi thanked Mbadi for raising the matter and said he ...

Kenya 50 years later political union evades East Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:21 -0400

President Kenyatta said the prosperity of the continent lay in the economic integration of the 54 countries to mirror the European Union, and cited the current fragmentation of Africa as largely responsible for soaring poverty. African countries were competing amongst themselves rather than working together to enhance trade and investment, according to Mr Kenyatta, which compounded a problem that ...

Sports Under-19 squad to compete in ICC Africa qualifiers

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:13 -0400

Emmanuel Bundi has been named captain of the team. The Kongonis all rounder will be supported by Kanbis Sports Club youthful batsman who has been named vice captain. The squad also has Raj Savala who turned up for Kenya in the 2011 ICC Under-19 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Ireland. The rest of the members are new to the team but have turned up for the country at the both the Under-15 and 17 ...

South African court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:14 -0400

One Pistorius brother is free of charges - acquitted today of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the ...

Namibia finds oil for first time

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:34 -0400

The Namibian government and a Brazilian energy firm on Tuesday announced the first discovery of oil off the coast of Namibia, although not in commercial volumes.Reporting findings from an exploratory well in the Walvis Basin off the southwest African country's central coast, Rio de Janeiro-based HRT said there were promising signs.The company discovered "two well-developed source ...

Tunisia - Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler arrested for immoral gestures

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:00 -0400

Tunisian activist Amina Tyler was arrested on Sunday (19 May), after allegedly attempting to stage a topless protest in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan.Tyler, who heads Tunisia's branch of feminist movement FEMEN, ...

UPDATE 2-Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:19 -0400

Tue May 21, 2013 3:38pm EDT * Speculation about health since rushed to hospital in Paris * France says Bouteflika still in France (Adds statement by French army's medical wing) By Myra MacDonald ALGIERS, May 21 (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered ...

Nigeria to release all women held for ‘terrorism’

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:48 -0400

Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria announced on Tuesday it will release a number of suspects held for ';terrorist activities,'; including all women in custody, in what it called a peace bid as an offensive targeted ...

Madagascar’s political rivals summoned

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:46 -0400

Antananarivo - Madagascar's security forces have summoned the island's rival political leaders to an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss their controversial candidacies for upcoming presidential ...

Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:23 -0400

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the ...

World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:21 -0400

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on ...

Woodruff-Sawyer names Chad Follmer as health practice leader

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:17 -0400

Chad Follmer as its health care practice leader. He had been managing director of health care and life science practice leader for the western region of Woodruff-Sawyer rival Marsh, one of the nation's largest insurance brokerages. In fact, as of May 21, his LinkedIn profile still has him at Marsh. The announcement came days ...

Pope Meets with President Andry Nirina Rajoelina of Madagascar

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:20 -0400

Stability, Democracy, and Education Among Topics DiscussedVATICAN CITY, April 26, 2013 (Zenit.org) - This morning, Pope Francis received Andry Nirina Rajoelina, president of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar, in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Rajoelina met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.The talks, which ...

Iran Bars Election Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:17 -0400

Iran says a conservative body has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election - moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight ...

Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:17 -0400

Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...

Kerry Visits Oman Seeking Syria Peace Consensus

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:17 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held talks in Oman on his latest stop in a campaign to help arrange an internationally-sponsored Syrian peace ...

UN Works to Contain Disease Epidemics in Two African Countries

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:16 -0400

A child from the Central African Republic receives a measles vaccine in a refugee camp set up by the UNHCR in Nangungue, eastern Cameroon, April 12, ...

Liberace Film Spotlights Gay Rights at Cannes

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:16 -0400

CANNES -- The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for "Behind the Candelabra" because some financiers thought the film would only ...

Oklahoma Tornado Victims Share Stories of Survival

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:15 -0400

The deadly tornado that ripped through the midwestern state of Oklahoma on Monday left entire neighborhoods flattened, homes, businesses and schools destroyed. As emergency workers sift through the wreckage Tuesday, survivors are sharing their experiences. Among the countless buildings struck by the three-kilometer-wide tornado were two elementary schools - hit just as students were about to ...

Jordan Army Turns Back Syrian Refugees at Border

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:15 -0400

A girl wears a headband in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag and painted her face with hearts during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, May 17, ...

Columns Juicy UK tale of $2b gemstone export from Kenya

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:12 -0400

UK newspapers , the Guardian and the Financial Times a three-judge Bench Court of Appeal has invoked the doctrine of open justice and allowed the newspapers to report on the intriguing but contested allegations which are likely to vibrate in the diplomatic and business communities in ...

Microsoft unveils next Xbox games console

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:12 -0400

Microsoft Corp has given a first look at its new game console, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus near ...

S Africa to set up USD258m wind farm

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:09 -0400

(MENAFN) South Africa's Government Communication and Information System announced that the country will establish a USD258 million wind farm to produce clean energy, reported Xinhua News.The project, which will be carried out by the state-own electricity utility Eskom, will be fully operational by the end of next year, with an average energy output of nearly 233,000 MWh per year.The wind ...

Uganda - Security forces seize Ugandan media outlets

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35:28 -0400

The crackdown on four media houses on 20 May 2013 by security agencies under unclear circumstances is a serious threat to media freedom and freedom of expression in Uganda. The security agencies' actions to deactivate KFM and Dembe FM - and the besieging ...

Blind eye to poaching endangers Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:13 -0400

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Nairobi hosted two celebrities from China recently, about a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Africa.Chinese actress Li Bingbing and former NBA star Yao Ming were on a trip to Kenya that sought to raise awareness about the illicit wildlife trade. Li linked the vice to global criminal rings.The UN says the number of elephants killed in Africa has doubled in ...

Man dies from coronavirus in Tunisia

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:02 -0400

Sixty-six-year-old Tunisian man dies of coronavirus after visiting Saudi Arabia, the first reported case and the first death in the African ...

D.C. organizing biz trade missions to Colombia South Africa Toronto

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:36 -0400

Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ...

China vice-premier in Zimbabwe for start of trade and development trip before Africa summit

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:37 -0400

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa. Officials at the Harare airport said Tuesday that the third ranking of China's four vice-premiers in President Xi Jinping's communist party is scheduled to meet with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on ...

Rebels in Central African Republic protest at leaders headquarters protest living conditions

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:22 -0400

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based. Their demonstration marks a dangerous development, underscoring the divisions that are emerging within the Seleka rebel movement. The rebels outside the Hotel Ledger Plaza Bangui said Tuesday they were ...

5 Serbs released from Libya after 21 months in captivity

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:56 -0400

Officials say five Serbian citizens have returned home after spending 21 months in captivity in Libya. Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says the men flew back to Serbia on Tuesday following months-long negotiations. He says that "we waited until they crossed the border to inform the families." Authorities say the men went to Libya to work as construction workers, but were ...

New coronavirus spreads to Tunisia 66-year-old man dead

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:46 -0400

RABAT, Morocco The new coronavirus has now reached Tunisia. The novel SARS-like virus that's been infecting people who have been in the Middle East or those who have been in contact with recent travelers to the region, has killed a 66-year-old Tunisian man following a visit to Saudi Arabia. Two of his adult children were infected as well, according to the Tunisian Health Ministry. His sons ...

Dubai seizes 259 African ivory tusks

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:10:19 -0400

A SHIPMENT of 259 elephant tusks smuggled out of Africa has been seized in the United Arab Emirates, the International Wildlife Fund for Animal Welfare says. The tusks were discovered at a Dubai port in a container shipped from Mombasa, Kenya labelled as wooden furniture. Demand for ivory in east Asia has prompted a surge in poaching in recent years, threatening the existence of animal ...

Kenya My Life Is in Danger - Kalembe

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:16 -0400

THE Independent Party leaders Kalembe Ndile, yesterday morning narrowly escaped death after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former assistant minister's house at 4am by Ndile and his security men. Area police boss ...

East Africa Tanzania Could Boost Its Economy By Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:15 -0400

DAR ES SALAAM, May 21, 2013 - Tanzania and its East African neighbors could boost their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to US$1.8 billion and US$ 830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam, according to the latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank. So far, Tanzania and six neighboring countries have missed this ...

Kenya Revenues Behind Target By Close to Sh100 Billion

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:15 -0400

THE country was behind its revenue collection target by close to Sh100 billion by end of March, government data shows. According to the Treasury's latest issue of the quartely economic and budgetary review, total cumulative revenue collection including appropriation in aid, was below the target by Sh98.2 billion. Ordinary revenue collection amounted to Sh 531.6 billion against a target of ...

Tunisia teeters as it grapples with jihadists

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400

Tunisia, cradle of the Arab Reawakening in January 2011, has finally got tough with its hard-line Islamists as, like other North African states that overthrew longtime dictators, it finds itself struggling with the fallout of its groundbreaking pro-democracy uprising. After weekend clashes with the moderate Islamist government led by the once-outlawed Ennahda Party, the militants seem set to ...

Somalia and the slippery slope of Jubbaland

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:57 -0400

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone - somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed - you are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal and external interest groups and the federal government's lack of clear grand strategy or capacity to assert its authority, the formation of "Jubbaland State" is ...

Deadly US Twister Hit Tornado Alley

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:33 -0400

Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" -home to most of the nation's ...

Obama to Tornado Victims You Will Not Travel That Path Alone

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:33 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks next to Vice President Joe Biden (L) about the devastating tornadoes and severe weather impacting Oklahoma, at the White House in Washington, May 21, ...

UN AIDS Deaths Down Treatment Up in Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:33 -0400

A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the ...

Court Rules bin-Laden Photos May Remain Secret

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:33 -0400

A U.S. appeals court has ruled the federal government is not required to release photos taken of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden after he was killed by special ...

UN envoy proposes set of principles to guide peace efforts in DR Congo

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:59 -0400

Print 21 May 2013 &#150 The United Nations Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern part of the country. ';The suffering and displacement of the people, especially women and children, in eastern DRC and beyond have ...

Kenya West Pokot leaders seek to change cattle farming

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:42 -0400

Leading a delegation of residents from Pokot to a dairy farm in Njoro to familiarise themselves with new dairy technology, Senator John Lonyangapuo and Governor Simon Kachapin agreed that cattle related problems and illiteracy were bringing down standards of living among the community and promised to correct that. For the last four years, the Senator said livestock breeders from Lelan highlands ...

China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:02 -0400

HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in ...

New Egypt tax law cuts for poor business hikes

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:00 -0400

CAIRO -; Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized ...

Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:58 -0400

JOHANNESBURG -; A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South ...

Bulgarian Nataliya Apostolova to Head EU Delegation to Libya

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:25 -0400

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, announced Tuesday the appointment of Nataliya Apostolova as the new Head of EU Delegation to Libya. Photo by EPA/BGNES, ...

US Tunisia Launch Small Business Initiative

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:59 -0400

have launched an initiative to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, boost trade and promote economic growth.Developed under the U.S.-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which is led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the initiative, funded and led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will provide training on the U.S. small business ...

EU Provides Funding for Anti-Piracy Efforts in Africa

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:58 -0400

has allocated EUR37 million (about US$47.7 million) for its Regional Maritime Security program to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries.The new program will help to develop the legal and judicial system of countries in the region, so that they are better equipped for the arrest and transfer of pirates. Financial oversight systems will also be ...

South Africa Turkey stocks outperform

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:21 -0400

London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ...

Several wounded as rubber bullets fired at striking South African miners

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:55 -0400

Wendell Roelf - 21 May 2013 Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital today after being hit by rubber bullets, police said. It is the latest incident in a series as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ...

Middle East North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:26 -0400

The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...

Two foreigners die while descending from Everest

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:57 -0400

Two foreigners, one Bangladeshi and another Korean died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest Monday night, a Nepali government official informed Tuesday.According to Gyanendra Shrestha, an official at mountaineering department at the Ministry of Tourism, two dead foreigners have been identified as Mohammad Khalid Hussain of Bangladesh and Sung- Seo of Korea.Both of them were ...

Tunisia announces three cases of coronavirus one death

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:12 -0400

A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ...

African American community Neglected by finance

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:48 -0400

Half of African Americans say their financial situations have improved from a year ago, compared to 33% of the general population, according to a Prudential report released Tuesday. The survey polled 1,153 people who identified as African American or black and a general sampling of 471 ...

African Americans more financially confident but underserved

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:34 -0400

Obamas Africa tour leaves ancestral homeland of Kenya as loser

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:49 -0400

Kenya .Not even a relatively peaceful election earlier this year is enough to tempt Obama back to his ancestral homeland. The big problem is the winner, Uhuru Kenyatta, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court (no matter that the US is yet to sign up to the ICC).At least the ...

Whats Behind Nigerias Escalating Bodycount

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:00 -0400

People pray near the graves of victims of a suicide bomb attack during a memorial service at St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria on December 23, 2012. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) New data from the Council on Foreign Relations' Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) shows that April was the second-bloodiest month in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan's ...

African Unity at 50 Integration is the only way - Samia Nkrumah

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:00 -0400

By rejecting continental unity Africa is depriving itself of wealth and autonomy, says Nkrumah's daughter. Pan-Africanism is crucial for our development on the continent and for the restoration of the dignity of Africa.The main objective of linking up with the African diaspora is to restore the dignity of Africans that was diminished after slavery and colonialism. We came to realise that our ...

Uganda Media takes a hit in presidential grooming affair

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:58 -0400

A siege on media houses by Ugandan security forces entered a second day on Tuesday, as they searched for a letter by an army commander that claimed President Yoweri Museveni was grooming his son to be ...

Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:35 -0400

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, head of the centrist Hatenuah party, during their joint statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 19, ...

Chad Johnson in Custody Judge Rips NFL Star After Probation Violation Arrest

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:09 -0400

Chad Johnson is receiving widespread support from fans who are eager to see his return to NFL Chad Johnson was reportedly jailed in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. after turning himself into police on Monday.The former NFL star, 35, was arrested on suspicion of violating his one-year probation in relation to a domestic assault incident involving ex-wife Evelyn Lozada. An arrest warrant was issued in recent ...

Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa is released

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:13 -0400

African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had been released from custody because there was not enough evidence to take him to trial. The victim, ...

Kenya to decide next week on future of Mombasa refinery

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:07 -0400

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA | Tue May 21, 2013 12:53pm EDT MOMBASA May 21 (Reuters) - The future of east Africa's only oil refinery could be decided next week when a report is due on whether to upgrade the aging Kenyan plant or turn it into a storage facility, the country's energy regulator said on Tuesday. Fuel distributors have long complained about the poor quality products from ...

In Uganda fury over a generals letter reveals battle over the presidents political legacy

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:04 -0400

KAMPALA, Uganda - An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday. Police continued their search Tuesday of a daily newspaper's offices to find Gen. ...

Kenya Sh180 for Roads Repair

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:48:20 -0400

The Kenya Rural Roads board will spend Sh180 million to repair roads in Narok county.Kerra's chairman Joe Wanyoike said every constituency will receive Sh30 million. The county has six constituencies.Wanyoike said they have released 75 per cent of the money. He was speaking during a courtesy call to Narok Governor Samuel Tunai after carrying out a routine inspection of ...

Kenya No More Strikes

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:48:19 -0400

The Kenya National Union of Teachers yesterday said it will not give any further strike notice to the government over shelved allowances. Union officials Wilson Sossion and Mudzo Nzili asked the new education secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi to ensure the 2012 parliamentary approval is implemented. Speaking in Kapsabet during the Nandi Central Annual General Meeting, the Knut officials expressed ...

President at home on trial abroad How Kenyas new leader is coping

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:00 -0400

Kenya's new president and deputy say they are cooperating with the International Criminal Court's investigation against them, but the ICC prosecutor says that's simply not ...

Diplomats Iran Acts to Expand Sensitive Nuclear Capacity

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:55 -0400

VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be used to develop atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. But they said it also is likely to indicate that growth in Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile has been held back because some of it has ...

Russia Says Senior Islamist Insurgent Killed

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:53 -0400

MOSCOW -- The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February. Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev, a senior figure in a group fighting to establish an Islamist state, was killed along with another militant in a shootout in ...

Rescuers Dig for Survivors After Deadly US Tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:53 -0400

U.S. search and rescue crews are digging for survivors in miles of wreckage, after a massive tornado leveled neighborhoods Monday in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 24 ...

Seven Feared Trapped in Cambodian Gold Mine Collapse

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:53 -0400

PHNOM PENH -- A gold mine shaft has collapsed in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia, trapping at least seven miners, officials said Monday. Police said late Monday they are trying to rescue the trapped miners, near Romtum village, Rovieng district, but the shaft is very deep and old, making rescue efforts difficult. "We don’t have the identities or the exact number of people, ...

Afghanistan Sees Sharp Rise in Women Imprisoned for Moral Crimes

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:52 -0400

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost 12 years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse and forced marriage, and alleged adultery, which often involves rape, have landed most of the 600 women in prison. That figure is an increase of 50 percent over the last 18 months. "That increase reflects a shameful lack and failure ...

Nigeria Seeks Help from Niger in Battle with Militants

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:52 -0400

NIAMEY -- Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border threat. Concerns grew particularly after Islamist militants associated with al-Qaida seized the north of Mali last year and were dislodged only after ...

Emergency Response Grows in Chad

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:52 -0400

Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there. to De Capua report on Darfur displaced The refugees and migrants have been gathering around the village of Tissi since January. Felix Leger is the country director ...

Apple Faces Questions on US Tax Avoidance

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:51 -0400

Giant technology company Apple is facing questions from a U.S. congressional panel about how it avoided billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on its profits by creating offshore entities that claim not to be a tax resident in any ...

Clashes Continue in Eastern DRC Ahead of UN Chief Visit

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:51 -0400

Soldiers have clashed with rebels for a second day in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, before a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Tuesday's fighting between the army and rebel group M23 was again centered around Mutaho, just 12 kilometers north of the city of ...

Algerian PM President Recovering in France

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:51 -0400

ALGIERS -- Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered to take complete rest by his doctors. Since he was rushed to hospital in Paris on April 27 with what was officially described as a minor stroke, Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public, raising ...

Death Toll Revised Lower in Oklahoma Tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:50 -0400

Earlier, 51 people were reported killed. Officials attributed the higher number to counting bodies twice in the chaos following the storm that struck late Monday. They said additional bodies could yet be recovered. At least 240 people were injured. The tornado with winds of 320 kilometers an hour demolished an elementary school and reduced homes to piles of splintered wood in the suburb of ...

Chinese Premier Looks to Boost Economic Political Ties

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:50 -0400

BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is on his first international trip, this week, with stops in India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. The trip not only highlights China's efforts to deepen its economic ties in Asia and Europe, but grow its political influence, as well. Although the weather was hot when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India this week, relations between the two ...

UN chief promotes education gender empowerment during final day of Mozambique visit

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:23 -0400

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with students at Sansão Muthemba Secondary School in Polana Caniço, Maputo, Mozambique. UN Photo/Eskinder ...

Uganda leaders legacy at stake in generals case

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:21 -0400

Ugandan Police surround the offices of the Daily Monitor newspaper, preventing all journalists from leaving according to the paper's political editor, in Kampala, Uganda Monday, May 20, 2013. Ugandan police forcibly entered the premises of the independent newspaper to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed ...

Europa Gives Up Romanian and African Licenses

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:11 -0400

UK Junior Europa Oil & Gas reported Tuesday that it was giving up its licenses in Romania and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in line with its strategy of focusing on offshore Ireland and onshore projects in the UK and France. Europa is relinquishing the EPI-3 Brates license in Romania and its rights to the Bir Lahlou and Hagunia license areas in the SADR. Europa CEO Hugh ...

Oscar Pistorius brother cleared of road crash death

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:15 -0400

By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News The brother of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was acquitted on Tuesday of the unlawful killing of a motorcyclist in a traffic accident.Oscar Pistorius is currently facing a murder charge after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home near Pretoria on Valentine’s Day. He says he mistook her for an intruder while she was in a ...

South Africa plans water pipeline to supply northern coal mines

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:02 -0400

- South Africa will begin building a 70-kilometer (44-mile) pipeline this year to supply water from a reservoir in the north to local coal mines, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said. The De Hoop Dam in Limpopo Province is almost complete and water storage has begun, the minister said today in Cape Town. Work on a separate pipeline that will supply other parts of the ...

Malawi sells presidential jet

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:45 -0400

Bohnox Enterprise beat three other bidders for the 14-passenger aircraft used by president Bingu wa Mutharika, who died last year. "We have accepted their offer and we are waiting to hear from them," Cabinet clerk Ernest Katchetche said in a statement on Tuesday. The 15-year-old Dassault Falcon 900-EX had been described as being in "perfect flying condition". ...

DR Congo waits on funding for Grand Inga

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:46 -0400

The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and ...

Ghana spends 70 million dollars annually on disasters-Dr. Norman

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:51 -0400

Dungu (N/R), May 21, GNA - Dr. Ishmael Norman, Director of the Center for Disaster Resilience and Leadership Studies of the University for Health and Allied Science (UHAS) has revealed that Ghana spends 70 million dollars annually on disasters ...

Former Prez Kufuor back home from South Africa Switzerland

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:50 -0400

Accra, May 21, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to ...

Youth Bridge Foundation represents Ghana at 72nd European Youth Parliament

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:48 -0400

Accra, May 20, GNA - The Youth Bridge Foundation (YBF), a Non-governmental organisation, is representing Ghana at the 72nd International Session of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in ...

Ghana hosts AFRA workshop on Learning Management Systems

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:48 -0400

Accra, May 20, GNA - Ghana is hosting a five-day African regional workshop on the implementation of e-learning platforms for networking nuclear education and ...

10 S African miners hurt in guards clash

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:18 -0400

TEN striking chrome miners were shot and wounded with rubber bullets in a dawn clash with mine security, South African police and unions say. Some 500 miners at a small chrome mine in the restive Rustenburg mining region northwest of the country staged a picket around 0300 GMT Tuesday (1300 AEST). Security guards used rubber bullets to disperse the group, who work at a mine owned by the ...

Fighting in eastern DR Congo kills 19

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:22:15 -0400

NINETEEN people have been killed and 27 injured in fierce clashes between the army and M23 rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government says. Mortar fire rang out for a second day north of Goma, ahead of a visit by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to DRC on Wednesday as part of a tour that will take him to the volatile provincial capital. Government spokesman Lambert Mende told ...

Nigeria relaxes state of emergency

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:54:46 -0400

Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency over three states near Nigeria's northern border. The government is fighting militants from Boko Haram, a militant group trying to establish an Islamist state in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States this week described the state of emergency as a necessary and legitimate measure to ensure security, Nigerian newspaper ThisDay ...

UPDATE 4-Rubber bullets fired at S.African mine strikers several hurt

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:34 -0400

Tue May 21, 2013 10:40am EDT * Miners hospitalised after clash with security guards * Auto sector union demands 20 percent wage rise * Currency tumbles; rate cut hopes dashed By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, May 21 (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ...

Algeria Algerian Press Demand Truth On Bouteflikas Health

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:01 -0400

Algerian newspapers on Tuesday denounced a news blackout by the government over the state of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital for three weeks. The government has accused local and international media of publishing false information as rumours circulate that the president may even be in a coma. Pointing out that Bouteflika's Algerian doctor, Rachid ...

Africa Cwusa Wishes to Express Its Disappointment At the Organizing of the AUs 50th Celebrations

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:00 -0400

The Creative Workers Union of South Africa is deeply disturbed by the manner in which Motale Group has been conducting itself as the middleman/labour broker entrusted with the role of procuring the services of artists and creative minds from South Africa for the 50th Celebrations of the AU's existence. This is in the wake of the AU been led by one of our struggle icons, the honourable Dr ...

Central Africa In Africas Great Lakes Region Peace Dividend Must Follow Peace Deal

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:00 -0400

Washington, DC - Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbors, educate millions of out-of-school children, empower women, and create economic opportunities that will help the countries forge a path to prosperity, good governance, and lasting ...

Africa New Rapid Diagnostic Test for Worm Infection

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:00 -0400

Deerfield, Il - A new diagnostic test strip to rapidly detect lymphatic filariasis - also known as elephantiasis - in human blood has significant advantages over the standard card test that has been used for more than a decade to map, monitor and assess the success of the massive global campaign to eliminate the disease. "Like a compass, this new test will help guide global public health ...

Africa Calls for Rhino Horn Legalisation Grow

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:00 -0400

The poaching of rhinoceros in Africa is a growing problem. The increasingly prevalent photos of brutally-slain beasts in conservation reserves or African savannahs provide an insight into the cruelty of the trade, but dramatic numbers reveal its extent. ...

South Africa Green Light for Eskoms Sere Wind Farm

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:58 -0400

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has given state company Eskom a licence to go ahead with its Sere wind farm near Koekenaap in the Western Cape. "Sere is our first large-scale renewable energy project," Eskom chief executive officer Brian Dames said in a statement on Monday. "It demonstrates our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and to investing in a ...

Kenya cases International Criminal Court Presidency decides on new composition of Trial Chamber V

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:57 -0400

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Ratification of Mozambique Petroleum Law Seen By Year-End

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:07 -0400

The Mozambique government currently is revising its legal and fiscal packages for exploration and production, but anticipates its new petroleum law to be ratified by year-end in time for the upcoming licensing round, said Arsenio Mabote, chairman of the Instituto Nacional de Petroleo. Mozambique will seek to promote exploration in offshore areas 4, 5 and 6 in its upcoming licensing round. The ...

Sudan South Sudan Start Talks Over Former National Oil Company Assets

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:56 -0400

Oil producing Sudan and newly independent South Sudan started talks on Monday aimed at resolving a dispute over the sharing of assets belonging to former national oil company Sudapet, said officials. A South Sudanese delegation from the oil and mining ministry has arrived in Khartoum for talks with their Sudanese counterparts, said Sudanese government spokesman Rabie Abdelaty, as the two ...

Nigeria arrests 120 militants as they plan funeral for slain commander

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:29 -0400

About 120 extremist militants were arrested in northern Nigeria as they planned the funeral of a commander killed earlier in the week, military officials say. The arrests came Monday in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, where military authorities have relaxed a 24-hour curfew after they said the security situation in the state had improved, the Nigerian Tribune reported Tuesday. Brig. Gen. ...

Uganda news editor cries foul over raid

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:29 -0400

A police raid on a daily newspaper in Uganda is evidence of government-backed media harassment, the newspaper's managing editor said. Two radio stations were closed Monday and police raided the offices of The Daily Monitor, the largest independent newspaper in Uganda. Police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba told Bloomberg News that authorities had a court order to search the newspaper's ...

Attacks Kill 8 in Iraq

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:54 -0400

New attacks in three Iraqi cities have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more -- a day after more than 70 died in assaults on Shi'ite Muslims, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority ...

Tunisia Salafist group calls for Friday demo

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:22 -0400

Saif Eddine Errais, center, spokesman of radical Islam Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia speaks during a press conference, Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the "Errahma" mosque in Cite Khadra, near Tunis. (AP Photo/Amine ...

African Development Bank to host Innovative Financing Seminar on Infrastructure and Diaspora bonds

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:45:46 -0400

AfDB's annual meetings in Morocco on May 29, 2013. One of the main objectives of the seminar to be at held at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakech, themed "Financing African Structural Change - Infrastructure and Diaspora Bonds" is to raise awareness of all stakeholders in the role that infrastructure and diaspora bonds can play in catalyzing financing to address the existing ...

PHOTONEWS Prof. Chinua Achebes Body Arrives In Nigeria

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:10 -0400

The body of late Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe arrived in Nigeria earlier today in Abuja. Prof. Achebe's body arrived in a Nigerian flag-draped casket which was received at the airport by Nigerian officials led by the Secretary to the federal government. His coffin was then wheeled first to a church service at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport before proceeding to the Federal ...

Missing oil revenue stirs discontent among Chads poor

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:36 -0400

Flicit sees nothing unreasonable about her demands. Seated in one of the few shady spots in her yard, she details what she would like to obtain for her family: a decent wage, enough to eat, a health service and cheap building materials so everyone can have a home. "And school really free of charge for all children," adds this resident of Demb, a poor neighbourhood of N'Djamena, the ...

How to deal with Tunisias Salafists | Sherelle Jacobs

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:26 -0400

Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police in Kairouan on Sunday 19 May, after Tunisia's interior ministry banned their annual conference. Photograph: ...

Is the African Union equipped to serve Africas people for another 50 years | Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:24 -0400

in 1963 (pdf) - needs to take stock of its strengths and weaknesses as an intergovernmental organisation designed to promote the pan-African agenda politically and economically. As articulated by the leading figures of pan-Africanism, that agenda consists of a three-dimensional project of political self-determination, economic self-reliance, and solidarity in the promotion and defence of African ...

Kenya Technology goes on errand in Nairobi

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:29:41 -0400

Dash2do helps busy people with daily tasks through its online platform. Finding someone trustworthy to run an errand for you in Nairobi could be a problem of the past.At least, this is what one innovative Kenyan company is aiming for.Dash2do is an online platform with a portfolio of errand runners, drivers, tradespeople and artisans, all vetted by the company to carry out tasks for people with ...

Nigeria seeks Nigers military support against Boko Haram

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:29:33 -0400

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border ...

Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:29:31 -0400

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...

Coronavirus claims another life in Saudi Arabia Tunisia announces 3 cases

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:49 -0400

Saudi Arabia , but one of the patients in the Eastern Region died yesterday, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the Kingdom to 16. And Tunisia's Health Ministry announced today three cases of the deadly virus, including one ...

M23 rebels clash with Congo army for a 2nd day in the countrys east

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:39 -0400

GOMA, Congo - A Congolese military official says that fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma. Army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said fighting in Mutaho, 10 kilometres (6 miles) east of Goma, broke out early Tuesday after M23 rebels tried to take back positions lost to the army in fighting Monday. The rebels ...

South Africa Sheriff denied entry to auction Mandela ex-wifes belongings to pay debt

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:36 -0400

JOHANNESBURG - An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff. Officials and reporters gathered Tuesday outside the gated home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. No one responded to the doorbell although a black car sped out of the gates. Madikizela-Mandela is loved by many for her role in the anti-apartheid ...

Iranians face internet curbs before prez election

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:43 -0400

Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via ...

Tunisia Ban On Ansar Al-Chariaa Congress Still in Force - Interior Ministry

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:41 -0400

Tunis - "The ban on holding the "Ansar al-chariaa" congress is still in force across the country" Interior Ministry's spokesman asserted, on Monday, during a meeting with the press. The rally this formation had attempted to organise on Sunday in Ettadhamen district, was illegal, Mohamed Ali Laroui specified. He added that "the security forces had enforced the ...

Nigeria Nine Minor Informants to Kidnappers Assassins Nabbed

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:41 -0400

Sapele - Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were Tuesday arrested and paraded in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko Barrack, in conjunction with the Joint Task ...

Zimbabwe Supreme Court to Hear Petition On Election Date On Thursday

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:40 -0400

A court application compelling President Robert Mugabe to announce the date for elections will be heard as an urgent matter in the Supreme Court this Thursday. This comes after chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku threw out Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's appeal against a High Court application made by a Harare man, Jealousy Mawarire, that forces Mugabe and his coalition partners to ...

Tanzania LTE Insurgent Challenger Smile Does a Hard Launch and Will Open Its Network On a Wholesale Basis to Other Operators