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Africa Time for Africa to Be Food Secure
As the continent celebrates the 50th anniversary of the continental organisation, Mrs Rhoda Tumusiime, African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture has spelled out the AU's Vision for agricultural development for the next 50 years. On 25th May 2013, Africa will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Organisation of African Unity and the African Union promoting Pan-Africanism ...
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Africa 23rd Ordinary Session of AU Executive Council Kicks Off
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom said on Wednesday Africa should build up on its achievements as it strives to advance the continent's transformation agenda for the next decades. Tedros made the remark at the opening session of the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union at its Headquarters. "I believe our priorities should be to ensure ...
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Africa Nepad Says Agriculture Development Key for Africa
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) said on Thursday Agriculture development has the potential to uplift millions of rural farmers out of poverty and create employment. In a press briefing NEPAD organized at the African Union, Chief Executive Officer of NEPAD Agency, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki stressed the need to improve rural life through modern agricultural mechanism. To ...
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Africa Ban Ki-Moon World Bank Group President to Visit Africa
World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make an historic joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region from May 22nd - 24th. This is in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world's most troubled regions. According to the World Bank, Kim and Mr. Ban will travel to the ...
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Africa Africa Must Guarantee Her Own Security
As Uganda hosts the Eastern Africa Standby Force 2013, Africa must guarantee her own security, writes Gen Aronda Nyakairima Some of the solid achievements for reflection are the political Independence of many African countries and the defeat of Apartheid in South Africa. There have been economic achievements as a result of renewed visions of some leaders, and it is with this, that Africa ...
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Africa Integration Is the Only Way for Africa Samia Nkrumah
By rejecting continental unity Africa is depriving itself of wealth and autonomy, says Nkrumah's daughter. She says this in an interview with the Africa Report. "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 ...
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Namibia Mining Expo Opens
THE third mining exposition and conference, whose theme is ‘Growing the cake for socio-economic prosperity' kicked off in the capital yesterday. At the official opening of the expo at Safari Hotel, the Minister of Mines and Energy Isak Katali said the event was a great occasion to recognize how much the mining industry contributes to the economy. "Last year the mining sector ...
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Africa Three African Countries Banned From AU Summit
Central African Republic, Guinea Bissau and Madagascar have been banned from attending the 21st summit of the African Union (AU), to be held from 25 to 27 May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A source close to the African bloc said the three countries were banned because of the anti-constitutional change of power in those countries. Madagascar was banned following the overthrow in March 2009 of ...
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Kenya Growing Peas and Greens to Maximise Water Usage
Nairobi - Amid warnings that Kenya's agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be considered as a vital tool to combat this. "In order to feed the nation, the country must explore agrobiodiversity, specifically (the growing of) vegetables and fruits, which have been neglected ...
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Swaziland Careless Food Storage Sidelines Hungry
Mbabane - Mounds of food aid intended for Swaziland's food insecure were recently found rotting in the government's main storage warehouses at the Matsapha Industrial Estate, about 25km east of the capital, Mbabane. According to a March ...
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Africa African Youth Children Forum Opens 21 May At AU
The three day meeting of the African Youth and Children Forum opened on Tuesday at the AU Conference Center. The meeting is part of the 50th Anniversary Summit and held under the theme: "African Renaissance: the Africa we want to see 2063." The main aim of the Forum is to provide a platform for dialogue between selected African Heads of States and young people on major policy ...
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UPDATE 2-Rebound in key sectors seen driving Kenya economy in 2013
Thu May 23, 2013 10:21am EDT * Officials keen to attract new investments * Stable economic fundamentals to support (Adds comments from cabinet secretary, permanent secretary) By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, May 23 (Reuters) - Kenya's economy is expected to expand by about 6 percent in 2013 thanks to a rebound in sectors such as manufacturing and financial services, officials said on ...
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Asian European Stocks Plunge on Weak Chinese Factory Data
Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ...
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Kerry Hague try to Revive Mideast Talks
The top diplomats of the United States and Britain have made a joint attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks by shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah to meet the leaders of both ...
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At Least 19 Soldiers Killed in Niger Attack
Niger's government said at least 19 soldiers were killed Thursday in a gunbattle that followed twin bombings at a military base and a French-owned uranium mine. Security officials said the car bomb attack occurred outside a military barracks in the town of Agadez, located about 800 kilometers northwest of the capital, Niamey. A government spokesman said several attackers emerged from ...
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Kerry in Mideast Looks to Jump-Start Peace Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat upon his arrival in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 23, ...
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Malaysian Student Charged with Sedition 2 Others Arrested
Malaysian authorities have charged a student activist with sedition and have detained two others, including an opposition politician, on similar charges after their involvement in a campaign to challenge what they say are fraudulent election results. Prosecutors Thursday charged Adam Adli under the country's controversial Sedition Act for allegedly telling a political forum that ...
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Guinea UN stresses on govt opposition talks
New York, May 23 : A United Nations envoy on Wednesday convened a consultative meeting in the Guinean capital, Conakry, between the Prime Minister and opposition leaders, pressing ahead with UN efforts to assist the parties in resolving differences over preparations for stalled legislative elections and other contentious issues through peaceful ...
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DR Congo UN World Bank chiefs voice support for peace effort
Kinshasa, May 23 : In the first visit of its kind, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support a recent peace deal and promote economic development in the long-troubled ...
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UPDATE 1-S.African repo rate held steady at 5 percent
Thu May 23, 2013 9:57am EDT (Adds quotes, details) PRETORIA May 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's Reserve Bank left its repo rate unchanged as expected at 5 percent on Thursday, citing concerns about the inflationary impact of a lower rand exchange rate against a weakening economic growth outlook. All but one of 25 economists polled by Reuters last week expected the Bank to keep rates on hold, ...
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RPT-S.Africas rand firms as central bank holds rates
JOHANNESBURG | Thu May 23, 2013 9:56am EDT JOHANNESBURG May 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Thursday after the central bank kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.0 percent and Governor Gill Marcus said the market should not price in a rate cut. The rand gained 0.40 percent at 9.54 against the dollar from 9.5815/dlr just before the central bank ...
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Suicide attacker takes Niger cadets hostage
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets ...
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Africas soil diversity mapped for the first time
Soil Atlas of Africa - the first such book mapping this key natural resource - to help farmers, land managers and policymakers understand the diversity and importance ...
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Let’s Think Corporate Ghana First… To Consolidate Democratic Gains Ex-CPP Guru Urges Politicians
A former Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Osei Tutu Bonsu, has stressed the need for politicians to work and consolidate the gains of our democratic dispensation. He urged politicians to always think of Corporate Ghana first, instead of working on partisanship lines at the expense of the development of Mother Ghana. Nana Bonsu said in a chat with The ...
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HIGHLIGHTS-South African central bank comments on interest rates
Thu May 23, 2013 9:35am EDT (Adds comments on labour relations) JOHANNESBURG May 23 (Reuters) - Below are comments from South African Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus at her latest decision on the repo rate. INFLATION "Inflation is now expected to average 0.1 percentage points lower in 2013 and 2014 at 5.8 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively, and to average 5.0 percent in ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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