 GlobalPost Several senior commanders, including Fazul Abdullah Mohamed, East Africa's Al Qaeda chief, have been killed in recent months, and Shabaab withdrew from Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, in early August. But the terrorist organization remains a threat. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| South Sudan Exploitation: Buying African Land For A Dime? Black Star News South Sudan has become one of the latest frontiers for these investors, prompted in large part by its newly found independence. On July 9th, 2011 South Sudan becameAfrica's 54th nation, after the vast majority of its people voted for secession from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How Sameer Hajee Has Shed Real Light in Africa Forbes At the time, in 2005, social enterprise was a growing trend, and market-based solutions were becoming the latest tactic for the socially conscious. In Kenya, my role was of a convener. A small group based out of the United Nations was trying to work ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More Retrenchments At Democratic Media Holdings Middle East North Africa Financial Network Oct 10, 2011 (The Namibian/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- AMID recentchanges at Democratic Media Holdings (DMH), station manager of Namibia FM 99, Sandra Williams is the latest in a line of senior staff to be retrenched after six months at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EU to finalise Durban position as Panama ends with “glimmers of progress” Business Green The meeting follows the close of the latest round of international talks in Panama, with negotiators expressing cautious optimism that progress had been made ahead of the main annual summit in South Africa. Experts are convinced the Durban Summit will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Miners the talk of takeovers as markets rally for a fourth day Evening Standard The gossips were busy stoking up bid talk around Coal of Africa again today, as Swiss giant Xstrata became the latest name to be linked with a swoop for the AIM-listed miner. Frequently the subject of optimistic takeover chatter, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Web savvy Africans fuel growth in online shopping CNN International In South Africa, 51% of those with access to the internet are shopping online, according to a 2011 MasterCard Worldwide survey. In Kenya, a recent survey by TNS Research International and the Kenya ICT Board found that 18% and 24% of the 1700 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise survey highlights changes in enterprise ... AME Info Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise today released the results of a recent survey among 591 business contacts across the Middle East and Africa on the use of mobile communications including social media. The research confirmed that the use of mobile Internet ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Electricity woes Leadership Magazine Tharisa's decision to shift its planned ferrochrome smelter to China was the latest blow. South Africa is the world's biggest ferrochrome supplier for the production of stainless steel with 73% of the globe's chrome ore reserves. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What Is the Use of This Vast Military Hardware? Middle East North Africa Financial Network Oct 10, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- A close friend was extremely critical when I wrote -- in what she termed as my usual "sarcastic tone" -- about the proposed VAT Bill. Kenya, she said, needed money and the only way to get ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spotlight on SOEs part 3 BBQ Online “The South African industry, more specifically its manufacturing sector, was severely affected by the recent global economic recession and by difficult business conditions in its aftermath,” says IDC CEO, Geoffrey Qhena. He adds that manufacturing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Friends Provident International report: UAE Investors are looking to invest ... AME Info According to the latest Friends Provident International (FPI) Investor Attitudes report, confidence in the local investment market among United Arab Emirates (UAE) investors has weakened only slightly following recent market turmoil. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Business Jet Sales May Grow in 2012 as Asia Blunts Slow Economy BusinessWeek Purchase expectations are growing in Asia, followed by the Middle East and Africa, while the free-fall in developed markets like North America following 2008's recession has stabilized, according to an annual survey of 1500 companies by the Morris ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Douglas Alexander Arab Spring speech in full Politics.co.uk The institute's work around the ongoing campaign in Libya, including the recent interim campaign report, show an appetite for dealing with the very latest issues and tackling the most difficult questions, that is a credit to everyone who works here. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Italian government closes refugee camp on Lampedusa World Socialist Web Site About 54000 people from North Africa have already landed on Lampedusa this year. About half of them are Tunisians—mostly young people, who broke away from the country to find work in Europe, following the overthrow of the Ben Ali dictatorship in the... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Liontown Resources - Outstanding results highlight potential of Jubilee Reef ... Mineweb Liontown Resources Limited (ASX: LTR) is pleased to report that results from the Company's maiden drilling program at its Jubilee Reef JV in Tanzania, East Africa (see Figure 1) indicate potential for the Project to host large-scale gold deposits with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Museveni succession takes urgent turn The Observer Given the experience of several African countries in recent times, analysts have often suggested that Museveni's successor could emerge from his own family. The First Son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been mentioned, so has the First Lady, who is already ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Grant Harding's Rugby World Cup Blog #19 Hawke's Bay Today The Wallabies, who had lost to Ireland in pool play, had earlier triumphed over pool D winner and defending World Cup champions South Africa at Wellington Regional Stadium. It was an unlikely victory built on defence, and the inability of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Accra Stadium pitch under stress' -Boahene Ghana News Agency The national stadium's pitch was reconstructed when Ghana hosted 15 other countries during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. The arena in recent times has been host to various religious, social and musical activities with the latest being the 'Mavado ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Abolish The Death Penalty Now Care2.com (blog) The latest is Benin. In August the west African country committed itself to abolishing capital punishment permanently. The number of countries that carry out judicial killings fell from 41 in 1995 to 23 in 2010, according to Amnesty International, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Qatar National Bank SAQ : New forecasts show a two-track MENA economy 4-traders (press release) The oil importing countries in North Africa and the Levant are closely linked to European economies through tourism, trade and remittance flows. Thirdly, the most significant factor has been the disruption caused during the Arab Spring. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Neville bemoans the lack of invention in the English national team squad ... bettor.com (blog) Gary Neville has become the latest pundit to play down England's hopes of doing well at EURO 2012 next summer in Ukraine/Poland due to a severe lack of creativity in the Three Lions' ranks. Neville retired earlier on this year from professional ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| PEI Licensing, Inc. Announces Agreement with 1928 Jewelry Company for Laundry ... www.DiamondNe.ws The International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized its prosecutor to probe alleged abuses committed during the recent post-election violence in Côte d'Ivoire – the seventh investigation in Africa and the first in a State that is not party to the treaty ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| India, China favour rupee, yuan inclusion in SDR basket mydigitalfc.com Against this backdrop, a recent decision of central bank governors of China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa to settle their trade and investment transactions in local currencies without involving the dollar or euro assumes significance. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution ... Tripoli Post Troops loyal to the National Transitional Council "caught many African mercenaries, mostly from Mauritania, while our men were combing the buildings for snipers," he said. At least one hospital remains a holdout, he said. "We have not been able to take ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The economic week ahead: What lies beneath Mail & Guardian Online Finally, on Friday, analysts will be watching for the latest euro zone index of consumer prices, the main measure of inflation used by the European Central Bank. The index is expected to confirm that consumer prices rose 3.0%, year-over-year, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Chinese suitor reopens Kalahari Minerals talks Financial Times If completed, the move would represent one of the largest Chinese investments in a London-quoted company and the latest of a series of deals in which Chinese groups have acquired strategic mineral concessions in Africa. But it remains unclear whether ... See all stories on this topic » |
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