 Washington Post A group that monitors militant media says Al-Qaida's North African branch is claiming to have killed or wounded scores of Algerian security forces in 32 attacks since early July. The SITE monitoring group says extremist websites carried a statement by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| African Markets - Factors to watch on Sept 2 Reuters Africa AFRICA MONEY COLUMN Over the long term, so the theory runs, democracy brings stability to societies and economies as decision-making becomes more predictable and transparent. Africa's recent experience suggests that, in the short term, the opposite can ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The lost generation Moneyweb.co.za South Africa's turbulence between the sixties and nineties all had a large, perhaps major component of youth. Violent protests are a daily fare in South Africa, with some 600 having been recorded in the past year. You would think that by now our ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ANCYL calls for Media24 boycott unfortunate - MMA Politicsweb The media has come under increasing attack in recent times with the latest being a call for a boycott on Media 24 issued by the ANCYL in Limpopo . Clearly any media that fails to convey or present news fairly and accurately is doing a disservice not ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa World Socialist Web Site The union said the latest action would involve around 60 of its members and would “take the form of an ongoing ban on overtime and a work to rule which has been in place since the 28th of July”, and “a selective withdrawal of labour, ie, strike, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AFRICA MONEY-Zambian kwacha catches the democracy disease Reuters Africa Africa's recent experience suggests that, in the short term, the opposite can also be true. Civil war followed Ivory Coast's disputed election last November, and this year, one of the busiest electoral years since African states started to gain ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| LATEST BLOG POSTS Cincinnati.com The Zoo's new Cheetah Encounter, where African cheetahs can be seen running "full blast" twice daily, was funded in part with a gift from Louise Nippert. In the 1990s, the Nipperts also made the lead gift for the Wings of the World bird exhibit. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Clothes brand uses Mandela's prison number CNN International But this latest venture has the blessing of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, which makes it their duty to protect Mandela's legacy. If you didn't know the former leader's history, you'd have a hard time finding clues in the clothing. At the recent launch ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Working Toward World Peace, One Game at a Time Patch.com This latest project was with Coaching for Hope (CFH), an international organization based in the UK “which uses football to create better futures for young people in West and Southern Africa,” according to their website. But for Carney, at just 26, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Five Classic Jazz Takes On 'Porgy And Bess' NPR (blog) by David Brent Johnson Andrea Shea's recent Weekend Edition story about a new and controversial production of Porgy and Bess — George and Ira Gershwin and novelist DuBose Heyward's 1935 opera about life in an African-American neighborhood known as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Racing in Daegu a victory for Caster Semenya Herald Sun The incident generated outrage from the South African public and government, who rallied behind the athlete, and sparked a major gender review by the IAAF. In April this year the world athletics governing body introduced new eligibility rules for women ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Political Repression 2.0 New York Times What is even more surprising is where Colonel Qaddafi got his spying gear: software and technology companies from France, South Africa and other countries. Narus, an American company owned by Boeing, met with Colonel Qaddafi's people just as the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jazz Listings for Sept. 2-8 New York Times Her current preoccupation — and the rewarding subject of her most recent album, “Reverse Thread” (E1) — is folkloric music of Africa, stamped with her own improvisational flair and helped along by an ace ensemble with Yacouba Sissoko on kora, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Market Report: Tullow climbs as Cnooc bid chatter is revived The Independent Although traders were not completely persuaded by the chitter-chatter, they refused to dismiss it out of hand, saying that Tullow's strong presence in Africa – it holds the highest number of licences in the continent – makes it attractive to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| John Paulson Is Decreasing His Position In These 7 Stocks Seeking Alpha More recently in 2010 he made $4.9 billion from his portfolio. His fund is not doing too well in 2011, but it is still worth looking at his latest stock picks given his success in directional bets in therecent past. I discussed top new buys of John ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| translocation in focus, not conservation Daily Pioneer Les Carlisle, a representative of South African company '& Beyond', previously known as CC Africahad visited the State capital and assessed options of translocation at Van Vihar. The foreign experts visited the park and suggested ways to shift ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Classicfeel September issue celebrates heritage Media Update Arts, culture and lifestyle come to the fore in the September issue of Classicfeel with the focus on South Africa's heritage month. The issue looks at the FNB Joburg Art Fair, 'the only fair in the world to focus on African contemporary art', ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Gapers Block Director Oliver Schmitz does a remarkable job mapping out the specific issue of the treatment of those of HIV/AIDS in Africa as well as deal with general issues of superstition taking the place of facts and prejudice winning out over compassion. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Online-Spread-Betting.com Launches 200 New Share Trading Guides Free Press Release Center (press release) Online-Spread-Betting.com, says that the latest improvements come following the recent volatility in the financial markets, coupled with spread betting's increasing popularity amongst financial traders. "Spread betting is becoming an increasingly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ASEAN, the EU and the End of Westphalia Huffington Post (blog) For half a century, it was applied delicately, often through sanctions, in places like South Africa. It wasn't until the 1990s when the international community intervened directly on behalf of humanitarian principle in Haiti and Kosovo -- a thread that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mel Gibson to pay out $750K to ex-girlfriend Washington Post Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva pose during a premiere for Gibson's latest film "Edge of Darkness." The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department said they are looking into claims that Gibson physically abused his former girlfriend. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Thievery Corporation, an inter- and outer-national sensation Aspen Times The CD cover included a photo of a Mexican rebel; the song “Vampires” was a direct jab at crooked politicians in Africa: “Don't believe politicians and thieves/ They want our people on their bended knees.” “Culture of Fear” dials back slightly on the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New York think tank mulls lowering forecast on PHL 2011 output GMANews.TV "However, we are also poised to downscale our expectations depending on how gloomier the global outlook gets, especially with talk now rife of a double-dip US scenario," the research and analysis firm said in its latest market brief entitled, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| A civics lesson Jerusalem Post The Ethiopian immigrants are the latest to experience this trend. However, their case is somewhat different because the most recent immigrants are mandated to send their children to religious schools. In places such as Petah Tikva they may have limited ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| MyCiTi For Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain Cape Business News The express service is planned to start in December 2013 and will continue until the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa(PRASA) finishes its planned modernisation of the Khayelitsha-to-CBD service. At that stage, the express service will be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Flags fly off shelves for 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 Florida Trend In May, Brown made history when he was elected Jacksonville's first African-American mayor. He was also the first Democrat elected mayor in 20 years, with significant support and endorsements from some of the city's most influential Republican business ... See all stories on this topic » |
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