 The Nation Newspaper Sensational outings by Ghana and Ivory Coast in recent championships may fetch consistent mention with both dominating African positions on FIFA rankings, but while Ghana was undone at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa by a wily Uruguay, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Emerging Economies, Emerging Diseases Voice of America It's a partnership with the local community, the South African government and donor Eli Lilly & Company. The services include a diabetes clinic with the latest diagnostic and treatment options. The center also has created peer support groups to help ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Success of Seychelles can be said is because of their close association with ... Forimmediaterelease.net (press release) This month, the Seychelles Tourism Board has come out with the latest issue of the “Friends of Seychelles – Press" newsletter, with the first page welcoming the appointment of Isaac Mangena of e-News Africa, the latest member to join this Seychelles ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa: Palm Oil Fuels Land Grabs in Africa AllAfrica.com They're keen to capitalise on the latest oil boom - one involving the humble African oil palm that is, sadly, threatened by the push to cultivate its 'improved' varieties on millions of hectares of preciousAfrican farmland. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Our view: Latest poverty report shows the depth of the nation's economic woes ... Baltimore Sun Minorities have been particularly hard hit by this recession, as the poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanics are hovering between 26 percent and 27 percent, double that of whites, while 40 percent of African-American children are living below ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| African advertising and Cannes Screen Africa He and his team have worked on eight jobs since joining Velocity Afrika a year ago, most of them for West Africa. Their latest success is a recent campaign for Vicks in Nigeria that has grown to become a model for the kind of advertising P&G want in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The BNF and BDP's 'fight' for the attention of the ANC: 1912-2004 Mmegi Online The BNF Publicity Secretary, Paul Rantao, said the speech should be seen against the backdrop of "the whole unfolding political drama in southern Africa that raises questions in terms of the entire political, economic, social and philosophical ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stop dithering at death's door Mail & Guardian Online The declaration and recent policy shift on free formula presents breastfeeding as the default option, which is appropriate for the majority of South African mothers and their infants, unless women have a rare contraindication to breastfeeding. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Pet' power project under fire Mail & Guardian Online The department of energy appears determined to go ahead with the building of two peaking power plants at a cost of R8-billion, in spite of criticism that the plants may not be needed to meet SouthAfrica's electricity needs and that they will be too ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa: Is Africa Rising or Flailing? AllAfrica.com In this way Egypt is typically 21st century 'African'. The most recent World Bank trade brief published a year before the uprising in Egypt gave a glowing assessment of the Mubarak government's compliance with the World Bank's demands. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eritreans discuss their country's future…. Walta Information Center (blog) The ministerial talks will also cover regional and African issues as well as bilateral ones, and the situation in Sudan, South Sudan, famine in Somalia and drought in the Horn of Africa will also be on the agenda. Prime Minister Meles' own visit starts ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South African, Turkish, Czech and Hungarian banks will announce their policy rates Balkans.com Business News South Africa has been stricken by deterioration in global risk appetite as well as domestic slowdown, which has been compounded by severe strikes this year. The latest inflationary readings from July showed annual price growth of 5.3%. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New York Times Debates Tribal Rights v. Racial Justice Indian Country Today Media Network.com The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the expulsion of most black Cherokees comes as no surprise given the tribe's history of separation from and distaste for AfricanAmericans. The Cherokee were a people who apparently had no ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WikiLeaks, political perception in Zim The Financial Gazette Against the background of the latest cable leaks that have now been splashed across the world, Zimbabwe finds itself with such an intravenous intimation. The interesting aspect of these recentleaks is that they seem to set the fire ablaze across the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deutsche Real Estate Chief in Europe Leaving Commercial Mortgage Alert His resignation comes on the heels of the departure of director Heath Forusz, who headed commercial real estate capital markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Forusz, who reported to Courbage, has been replaced by director Bhavesh Patel. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Under the lights: A theater season for all tastes Delaware County Daily Times Using the Academy of Music, the Merriam, and the beloved and underused Forrest as venues, the Kimmel Center outdid itself in booking a choice selection of new musicals and revivals from Broadway's recent past. What the Kimmel missed, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Maybe Obama's 2012 Re-election Odds Top 2008; Maybe Not NPR (blog) He could trump Clinton's claim to be a presidential candidate who could make history as the first woman with a real chance to be president with the implied counterargument that he would be a historic first too as the first African American. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Nigerian government acts to stop medical tourism IMTJ This estimate is in the latest national economic plan from minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.But the document “Creating jobs: A short to medium-term agenda,” does not give a breakdown of the amount. The minister explains that since good ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 34th GL Hellas Committee - 100 Million GT Celebrated, Container Shipping in Focus Environmental Expert (press release) He looked at GL's strong position in the containership segment and explained the latest trends in container shipping despite the volatility in current market conditions. GL's new regional manager for Region Europe, Middle East, Africa, Matthias Ritters ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gaddafi loyalists repel assault on last bastions Reuters Despite the frustrations of trying to capture remaining territory, as well as Gaddafi himself and several of his sons, the North African state's new leaders are getting on with the business of government, seeking to impose order on various irregular ... See all stories on this topic » |
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