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AFRICA News, Sep 10, 2011


Zimbabwe Orphanage Latest Victim of Feuding in Harare's Anglican Diocese
Voice of America
Bishops adhering to the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa, which named Bishop Gandiya to head Harare diocese after excommunicating Kunonga, said such orders should not be issued for properties outside Harare. A spokesman for the Kunonga ...
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Mary's Meals launches aid mission to Somalia
Telegraph.co.uk
They have become the biggest African based emergency response organisation inAfrica and in recent months have set up an effective organisation in Mogadishu, relying on a mixture of local knowledge, courage and huge public support from SouthAfrica. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
All Hail the African Renaissance: The Storymoja Hay Festival with the British ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Everywhere new authors are breaking free of the burdensome label “African writers” and for the first time there is a decent body of genre writing not only set in Africa, but written by Africans. My latest literary love is the London-based Somali writer ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
China targets civil society in final onslaught on West's hold in Africa
Daily Nation
... a total injection of Sh40.2 billion last year, according to the latest economic data. They have also been targeting institutions of higher learning with top Chinese government officials visiting Nairobi and Kenyatta universities in the recent past. ...
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Of Horn Of Africa Crisis
Coastweek
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the most recentdemographic breakdown of the Somali influx into Ethiopia shows that children under the age of 18 are the largest age group among refugees. Overall, they account for some 80 per ...
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Coastweek
Africa and the World Food Crisis: Time to Focus on Solutions
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
However, the latest Africa Competitiveness Report highlights the importance of the private sector in sustaining this growth story, stating that "to grow further and be globally competitive, Africa needs to put in place the conditions for a vibrant ...
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Latest FIFA #s
SoccerNation.com
With this new series, SoccerNation takes a look at some of the recent FIFA numbers in the news. Goal scoring is always at the top of fans' lists, and recently some heady milestones were reached in world competition. In team scoring, Netherlands netted ...
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SoccerNation.com
African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security visits Darfur and Khartoum
StarAfrica.com
Ambassador Lamamra was received at the Mission's Headquarters by Joint special Representative Ibrahim Gambari and senior leadership who briefed him on the latest security and humanitarian situation in the region, as well as the latest activities ...
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South Africa: Murder, Lies and Corruption - Mbombela and the Bequeathal of the ...
AllAfrica.com
As shocked and disappointed as many both within and outside of the ANC might have been with the scenes in the vicinity of Luthuli House, these are simply the latest manifestations of the kind of behaviour that is part of a much deeper and longer-term ...
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Potential game changers in Zimbabwe struggle
Nehanda Radio
Julius Malema seems to be the centre voice of the downtrodden, economically deprived masses of the Republic of South Africa. In the recent spring of revolutions in north Africa, Ivory Coast, Libya and other parts of the world, there is no doubt that ...
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9/11 - a dreadful anniversary
Walta Information Center (blog)
Yesterday and today, Kenya, together with the United Nations, IGAD and the World Bank, is hosting a regional “Summit on the Horn of Africa Crisis” with the theme of “Ending Drought Emergencies: A Commitment to Sustainable Solutions”. ...
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Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa
Mongabay.com
I decided to feature it in my latest novel Children of the Street because Agbogbloshie needs more attention— not less." According to Deborah McGrath, a Biology professor at Sewanee: the University of the South with expertise in biogeochemistry, ...
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Mongabay.com
Tourism: Global tourist numbers increasing
Afrique en Ligue
It stated: 'All regions – aside from North Africa and the Middle East, which have been hit by widespread public unrest since the start of the year have reported growths in 2011, with South America (up 15 per cent), sub-Saharan Africa (9 per cent) and ...
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Sudan Rivals Withdraw From Abyei
Onislam.net
While welcoming the accord, Security Council members raised new concerns about the recent conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. "Latest reports indicate that the violence has spilled over into neighboring Blue Nile state resulting in tens of ...
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Onislam.net
Observers Doubt Burmese Government's Overtures
Voice of America
He says the diplomatic moves by Thein Sein's government have raised hopes that he might become a historic reformer like South Africa's apartheid-era president, Frederik Willem de Klerk. "It shows the president in a new light. ...
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Ten years later, who have we become?
SignOnSanDiego.com
In these trying times, we might turn toward our latest monument on the National Mall, and the only one dedicated to an African-American. I'm talking, of course, about the new monument for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King and his brethren in the civil ...
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Cape Verde climbs into overseas property top ten
Homesgofast.com
The group of 10 small islands off the coast of Africa rose five places last month, joining the giants of Spain, Usa, France and Portugal as buyers look for property bargains away from the usual suspects. The main destinations all held on to their top ...
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BMW K1600GT | Doin' Time
Motorcyclist Magazine
Husky, yet sleek; significant, yet thoroughly sporty, I'm enjoying BMW's latestsupersport-tourer just as much as I did when I first sampled it last winter during its introduction in South Africa. Well, except for the seat: I've never had a dentist's ...
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Motorcyclist Magazine
US$, Wars & Earthquakes
Kashmir Watch
Muammar Gaddafi's recent proposal to introduce a gold dinar for Africa revives the notion of an Islamic gold dinar floated in 2003 by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, as well as by some Islamist movements. The notion, which contravenes IMF ...
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A quiet victory for The Namibian
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
Journalists and press advocates hope the latest rebel-turned-liberator government, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, will not follow in the footsteps of SWAPO or the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. While independent papers like ...
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CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
The Libya papers: a glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage
The Guardian
At the time, in December 2003, the man, who was also known variously as Ali Abubaker Tantushhe/Tantouse/Tantush, was being held by police in South Africa. The first letter found in the files, sent on Christmas Eve 2003, is clearly not the first to have...
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The Guardian
Central Banks continue to build gold caches; which country next?
Platts
In a recent Gold Delta report, Barclays Capital analyst, Suki Cooper, wrote: "New central bank demand continues to emerge, with the latest IMF statistics for July showing that Colombia increased its gold reserves for the first time since 1998, ...
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West Bank draws Canadian entrepreneurs
Globe and Mail
The most recent involved trying to import a seven-tonne air compressor from Israel. Problem was, Mr. Al Sabawi says, the Israeli bank he was dealing with wouldn't accept a cheque from a Palestinian bank. He also worried that if he wired the money in ...
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Globe and Mail
FTSE 100 falls more than 2% on Greek woes, but oil discovery lifts Tullow 15%
The Guardian (blog)
The object of the well was to test whether the Jubilee field, successfully established in West Africa, was mirrored on the other side of the Atlantic. Analyst Phil Corbett at RBS said the potential size of the find could be 700m barrels and was "a ...
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Remembering 9/11: no signs that terror is being defeated
The News International
Yet, the frequency of the al-Qaeda-sponsored terrorist attacks has increased, as compared to the pre-9/11 period, the latest being the September 7, 2011 twin suicide attacks targeting the residence of the Deputy Inspector General of the Balochistan ...
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Talk of the County
Chicago Sun-Times
That's enough. With so many Americans at or below the poverty level we have a lot of work to do here. Africa has it better than us with all their precious ores such as gold, silver, etc. Let them take care of their problem in their continental area. ...
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