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Zambia: Govt Wins World Bank Praise

40 min 27 sec ago

The World Bank yesterday said Zambia's economic management has been exemplary and the projected growth will enable the country access more funds from the International Development Association (IDA).

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South Africa: Public Servants Suspend Strike

2 hours 37 min ago

Public Service and Administration Minister, Richard Baloyi, has welcomed the move by unions involved in the public service strike to suspend their industrial action while negotiations over a final settlement continue.

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Africa: Continent's Uphill Climb to the Millennium Development Goals

2 hours 43 min ago

Africa is facing big challenges in achieving the world's anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The overall statistics may be sobering, but some countries are showing bright spots of progress. Africa Renewal sums up the success and the challenges.

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Africa: World Must Change Perceptions of Continent, Says UN Official

2 hours 49 min ago

Cheick Sidi Diarra, from Mali, is the UN Special Adviser on Africa. His job description includes increasing international support for Africa's development and security, especially for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

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Africa: Signs of Success in Fight Against Poverty

2 hours 53 min ago

Five years before the deadline set by world leaders in 2000 to achieve 8 major development goals, Africa is making progress. But more efforts are needed to reach the targets. Africa Renewal's André-Michel Essoungou reveals the trends.

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Zimbabwe: Independent Radio Broadcasts 'Jammed'

3 hours 2 min ago

Since Wednesday there has been intermittent jamming by Robert Mugabe's regime of short wave broadcasts from SW Radio Africa.

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Namibia: Opposition Wins Right to Challenge Poll Conduct in Court

3 hours 13 min ago

THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year has been sent back to the High Court.

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South Africa: Strike Suspended, But Unions Keep Options Open

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:45

PUBLIC sector unions suspended their strike yesterday, but threatened more action if their original demands are not met.

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Kenya: Journalist's Wife Picked Up in Terror Probe

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:28

A Mombasa-based FM radio presenter's wife has been picked up by police hours after her husband was arrested over the Kampala terrorist bombings on July 11.

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Kenya: Human Rights Commission Crisis Deepens

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:27

The leadership crisis at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) deepened on Monday when commissioners stripped chairperson Florence Jaoko of all her powers.

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Kenya: Kibaki, Odinga Dragged Into Bank Saga

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:25

The long-running saga over the fate of the closed Charterhouse Bank has sucked in President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

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Liberia: Taylor Witness Denies 'Small Boys Unit' in Army

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:23

As his cross-examination moved into a second week, Charles Taylor's 20th defense witness today disagreed with prosecutors that Mr. Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebel group had a Small Boys Unit (SBU) during Liberia's civil conflict.

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Rwanda: Kagame Hits Back at Critics

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:19

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame hit back on Monday at his international critics, using his inauguration for a second term to insist that Africa needed no lessons from the wider world.

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Uganda: We Can End the War in Somalia

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 23:03

Going through the internet-based media daily, and especially since the 11/7 tragedy in Kampala, one gets a sense of despair on the long Somali conflict. The feelings and signs of frustration and hopelessness are visible.

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Kenya: Poverty Holds Back Growth Plan

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:46

Poverty eradication remains the country's biggest challenge in meeting the millennium development goals by the 2015 deadline, the latest UN assessment report says.

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Uganda: Mobile Money Transforms Business

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:45

The days when you had to spend USh10,000 on bus fare just to deliver USh20,000 to a relative in the village or join a long queues in banking halls to pay bills are soon coming an end.

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Somalia: Military Chief Fired After Missing Weapons Scandal

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:42

The president of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Sheikh Sharif Ahmed fired the country's top military chief Monday due to allegations that he 'sold weapons' illegally, Radio Garowe reports.

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Tanzania: Pastoralists Versus Tourism in Tanzania

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:28

GRAZING their cattle in the barren land of the wildlife - rich Ngorongoro District in northern Tanzania, the Maasai pastoralists are still living a desperate life after a prolonged drought spell that has hit most parts of the area with more than 65,000 cattle dead.

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Nigeria: UN Body Apologises Over Claims on Ogoni Oil Spills

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:26

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) involved in investigating the extent of oil spills in Ogoniland has apologised for what it called a mistake on the part of one of its officials who relied on the Federal Government figures on the causes of spills to pass a judgment on the issue.

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Côte d'Ivoire: More Births Attended by Skilled Attendants

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:21

As she leaves the community health centre in Abobo-Baule with her newborn baby, Abiba Tahoué is doubly satisfied.

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