All rights reserved Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:08:51 GMT Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:08:51 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AfricaNews - page http://www.africanews.com/site/rss/page/rss_news React, www.react.nl http://www.react.nl/ http://www.parse.nl/react.png mail@africanews.com mail@africanews.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/a9ctDlp7QuM/28030 dummy@example.com (Redactie AfrikaNieuws) Somalian journalist Abdinasir Guled made this report about his colleagues in war torn Mogadishu. Each day they bring the news the best they can, to the people living in Somalia. Their former boss was killed this summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]]> Videos http://www.africanews.com/site/Young_journalists_in_Mogadishu_risking_their_lives/list_messages/28030 http://www.africanews.com/site/Young_journalists_in_Mogadishu_risking_their_lives/list_messages/28030 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:39:27 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Young_journalists_in_Mogadishu_risking_their_lives/list_messages/28030 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/Dxez0zTnHcc/28018 dummy@example.com (KingsleyKobo) The Algerian government has announced that four players from its national football team were injured on Thursday when their bus was attacked by Egyptian fans upon arrival in Cairo for a hotly contested World Cup qualifier. Azzedine Mihoubi, Algeria’s communication minister said on a state radio that one player was hospitalized and three others…
Azzedine Mihoubi, Algeria’s communication minister said on a state radio that one player was hospitalized and three others…]]> The AfricaNews articles of KingsleyKobo http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Algerian_footballers_attacked/list_messages/28018 http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Algerian_footballers_attacked/list_messages/28018 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:55:41 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Algerian_footballers_attacked/list_messages/28018 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/bXjqPFLZWws/28021 dummy@example.com (Kemo) A group of Senegalese students Thursday afternoon went on the rampage in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, threatening to burn down a commercial transport bus they took control of if their grievances were not met. The Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar students have been involved in a series of clashes of with the police. They are protesting against…
The Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar students have been involved in a series of clashes of with the police. They are protesting against…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Kemo http://www.africanews.com/site/Senegal_Striking_students_on_rampage/list_messages/28021 http://www.africanews.com/site/Senegal_Striking_students_on_rampage/list_messages/28021 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:45:39 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Senegal_Striking_students_on_rampage/list_messages/28021 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/OMK_-hWjHtk/28014 dummy@example.com (Sam Banda Junior) South African president Jacob Zuma has been conferred with the 2009 African President of the Year award. Established by the African Consciousness Media and the Kenneth Kaunda Foundation, the prize recognizes achievements as well as honour African leaders. Zuma hailed the founders of the award. Zuma, who took over leadership of the rich southern African…
Zuma, who took over leadership of the rich southern African…]]> Sam http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_Zuma_wins_African_presidency_award/list_messages/28014 http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_Zuma_wins_African_presidency_award/list_messages/28014 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:17 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_Zuma_wins_African_presidency_award/list_messages/28014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/V4SmJ1j6Vok/28012 dummy@example.com (accreporter) Ace Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas of the New Crusading Guide grabbed two awards at the 2009 edition of the Norbert Zongo Awards. He scooped the Norbert Zongo Grand Prize in Investigative journalism and the Segbo Excellence in Investigative Journalism 2009, for his groundbreaking expose on the work of Chinese human traffickers… The AfricaNews articles of accreporter http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghanaian_scoops_Nobert_Zongo_Awards/list_messages/28012 http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghanaian_scoops_Nobert_Zongo_Awards/list_messages/28012 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:10:33 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghanaian_scoops_Nobert_Zongo_Awards/list_messages/28012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/MBfW687M6vI/27999 dummy@example.com (KingsleyKobo) Mauritanian security officials on Wednesday arrested 34 African migrants attempting to smuggle themselves into Spain, state news agency, AMI, said. The arrests were made along the border with Western Sahara, which is administered by Morocco. According to the report, the Red Crescent was allowed access to the migrants who were believed to be from Mali,…
According to the report, the Red Crescent was allowed access to the migrants who were believed to be from Mali,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of KingsleyKobo http://www.africanews.com/site/Mauritania_34_illegal_migrants_nabbed/list_messages/27999 http://www.africanews.com/site/Mauritania_34_illegal_migrants_nabbed/list_messages/27999 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:22 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Mauritania_34_illegal_migrants_nabbed/list_messages/27999 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/cMSbE0DxkGw/28002 dummy@example.com (Kemo) The United Nations has declared 18 July "Nelson Mandela International Day" in honour of the former South African president's contribution to the culture of peace and freedom. The resolution was adopted on Wednesday by the 192-member General Assembly to commemorate the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s long-standing commitment to promoting…
The resolution was adopted on Wednesday by the 192-member General Assembly to commemorate the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s long-standing commitment to promoting…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Kemo http://www.africanews.com/site/UN_honours_Nelson_Mandela/list_messages/28002 http://www.africanews.com/site/UN_honours_Nelson_Mandela/list_messages/28002 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:37:51 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/UN_honours_Nelson_Mandela/list_messages/28002 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/spWwwSeMiCU/28004 dummy@example.com (madalitso) Malawian soldiers that fought in the first and second World Wars are receiving a monthly pension of US$1.25 (MK200.00). This was disclosed by Brigadier John Msothi in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe on Tuesday when the country’s leading mobile service provider Zain Malawi presented a donation in the form of domestic utensils worth US$9,934 (K1.4…
This was disclosed by Brigadier John Msothi in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe on Tuesday when the country’s leading mobile service provider Zain Malawi presented a donation in the form of domestic utensils worth US$9,934 (K1.4…]]> The AfricaNews articles of madalitso http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Exservice_men_get_125_monthly/list_messages/28004 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Exservice_men_get_125_monthly/list_messages/28004 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:10:04 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Exservice_men_get_125_monthly/list_messages/28004 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/Xy9ZOLV_oyA/28007 dummy@example.com (Richard Chirombo) Prince Albert of Monaco of France visited various development initiatives he has been funding in Malawi this week. He also met President Bingu wa Mutharika to explore means the European nation could establish an embassy in the southern African country. Prince Albert expressed satisfaction with the quality of infrastructure put up especially a maternity…
Prince Albert expressed satisfaction with the quality of infrastructure put up especially a maternity…]]> Chirombo http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Prince_Albert_of_France_visits/list_messages/28007 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Prince_Albert_of_France_visits/list_messages/28007 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:39:03 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Prince_Albert_of_France_visits/list_messages/28007 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/bKvp7EEZpFs/28008 dummy@example.com (Muhyadin) Unknown assailants have shot a Supreme Court judge and a lawmaker dead in the autonomous town of Puntland on Wednesday evening, eye witnesses said. Mohamed Abdi Aware, a judge was killed in the region's commercial capital Bossaso while lawmaker Ibrahim Elmi Gab was murdered minutes later in the Puntland capital of Garowe. Colonel Mohamed Warsameh,…
Colonel Mohamed Warsameh,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Muhyadin http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Gunmen_kill_two_officials/list_messages/28008 http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Gunmen_kill_two_officials/list_messages/28008 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:58:10 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Gunmen_kill_two_officials/list_messages/28008 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/r2YT1kcYrXs/28003 dummy@example.com (Kemo) Cape Verde is under the threat of the biggest ever outbreak of Dengue Fever on the continent. The Health Ministry reported over 13,000 suspected cases between October and November 2009. According to Medecins Sans Frontieres it is the first in the West African county and quite devastating. Dr Iza Ciglenecki, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Cape Verde said:…
Dr Iza Ciglenecki, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Cape Verde said:…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Kemo http://www.africanews.com/site/Dengue_Fever_ravages_Cape_Verde/list_messages/28003 http://www.africanews.com/site/Dengue_Fever_ravages_Cape_Verde/list_messages/28003 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:24:31 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Dengue_Fever_ravages_Cape_Verde/list_messages/28003 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/hXguBsWnCoc/27958 dummy@example.com (madalitso) Two top opposition politicians have been handed a 20-month jail sentence for utterances that could have incited violence during the Malawi elections this year. They are the United Democratic Front Secretary General Hopmally Makande and United Democratic Party President Kamlepo Kaluwa. The Chief Resident Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa Usiwa said while the…
The Chief Resident Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa Usiwa said while the…]]> The AfricaNews articles of madalitso http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Opposition_politicians_jailed/list_messages/27958 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Opposition_politicians_jailed/list_messages/27958 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:33 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Opposition_politicians_jailed/list_messages/27958 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/U62xgSgWOcA/27954 dummy@example.com (madalitso) The free anti-retroviral drugs being provided by the Malawian government are being used to ferment maize husks in the brewing process of a traditional gin - Kachasu. Zione Enock a Kachasu, a brewer from Thyolo revealed the ARVs are not only for brewing of the traditional gin but to feed their poultry too. Some brewers told AfricaNews the gin from the…
Some brewers told AfricaNews the gin from the…]]> The AfricaNews articles of madalitso http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_HIV_drugs_used_to_ferment_local_gin/list_messages/27954 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_HIV_drugs_used_to_ferment_local_gin/list_messages/27954 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:13:20 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_HIV_drugs_used_to_ferment_local_gin/list_messages/27954 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/mA56m3hwrRE/27976 dummy@example.com (Addou) The Moroccan Transport and Equipment Ministry has called on the European Union to increase its backing to transport infrastructure projects in Mediterranean countries. The call was made at the international meeting on trans-European transport (RTE-T 2009). The ministry pointed out the considerable funds needed to carry out Mediterranean road projects…
The ministry pointed out the considerable funds needed to carry out Mediterranean road projects…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Addou http://www.africanews.com/site/Morocco_falls_on_EU_for_transport_deal/list_messages/27976 http://www.africanews.com/site/Morocco_falls_on_EU_for_transport_deal/list_messages/27976 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:25:26 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Morocco_falls_on_EU_for_transport_deal/list_messages/27976 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/njygwC32df8/27977 dummy@example.com (Addou) Egypt will announce the leading bidding company that would build two more ports on the Nile River by the end of this year, stated Egyptian Transport Ministry officials. Already there are two existing tenders for the ports in the northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria and in Qena in central Egypt. Four more cargo ports are eyed in 2010 for tender.…
Already there are two existing tenders for the ports in the northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria and in Qena in central Egypt. Four more cargo ports are eyed in 2010 for tender.
…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Addou http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Nile_River_to_transport_more_cargo/list_messages/27977 http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Nile_River_to_transport_more_cargo/list_messages/27977 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:46 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Nile_River_to_transport_more_cargo/list_messages/27977 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/dqm0mpwcWYc/27980 dummy@example.com (pejomo) Gauteng, South Africa's economic province, would not showcase its high-speed train during the Fifa 2010 World Cup. The R26-billion (¤2.3-billion) project would see Johannesburg’s international airport connected by rail to Sandton, downtown Johannesburg and Pretoria. It was hoped that the Bombela Consortium, who are building the project,…
The R26-billion (¤2.3-billion) project would see Johannesburg’s international airport connected by rail to Sandton, downtown Johannesburg and Pretoria. It was hoped that the Bombela Consortium, who are building the project,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of pejomo http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_High_speed_train_project_delays/list_messages/27980 http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_High_speed_train_project_delays/list_messages/27980 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:50:32 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_High_speed_train_project_delays/list_messages/27980 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/rpL6uAFg8PQ/27986 dummy@example.com (Richard Chirombo) Malawi continues to experience a paralyzing fuel shortage that authorities blame on technical problems at the Mozambique's Beira Port. The country has for the past four weeks gone with empty tanks at fuel service centres, forcing vehicles to wait for hours on end in a quest to get fuel. Officials from Petroleum Importers Limited and the Malawi…
The country has for the past four weeks gone with empty tanks at fuel service centres, forcing vehicles to wait for hours on end in a quest to get fuel.

Officials from Petroleum Importers Limited and the Malawi…]]> Chirombo http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Fuel_shortage_deepens/list_messages/27986 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Fuel_shortage_deepens/list_messages/27986 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:42:49 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Fuel_shortage_deepens/list_messages/27986 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/THTCCFWwgpI/27994 dummy@example.com (Mernat) Scientists with Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa have discovered a new species of dinosaur. A media briefing by Australian Dr Adam Yates said the discovery follows five years of investigating. The dinosaur is estimated to be between 183 and 195 years old. The discovery was made by a Wits postgraduate palaeontology student, Marc…
The discovery was made by a Wits postgraduate palaeontology student, Marc…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Mernat http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Africa_New_dinosaur_species_discovered/list_messages/27994 http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Africa_New_dinosaur_species_discovered/list_messages/27994 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:43:44 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Africa_New_dinosaur_species_discovered/list_messages/27994 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/1n6AlKIN2_Y/27972 dummy@example.com (KingsleyKobo) An Algerian court has sentenced three Moroccans to three years imprisonment for plotting to join al-Qaeda insurgents in Iraq, Algeria's official news agency, APS, said on Tuesday. The three youths crossed illegally from Morocco into Algeria and were arrested last year after Algerian police intercepted a cell phone conversation between one of them…
The three youths crossed illegally from Morocco into Algeria and were arrested last year after Algerian police intercepted a cell phone conversation between one of them…]]> The AfricaNews articles of KingsleyKobo http://www.africanews.com/site/Algeria_3_alQaeda_candidates_sentenced/list_messages/27972 http://www.africanews.com/site/Algeria_3_alQaeda_candidates_sentenced/list_messages/27972 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:27 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Algeria_3_alQaeda_candidates_sentenced/list_messages/27972 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Africanews-RssNews/~3/ReQXni2no9c/27971 dummy@example.com (Murtala) Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been implicated in the Charles Taylor trial in The Hague. Liberia's former President Charles Taylor told the Special Court on Tuesday that Obasanjo had deceived him when he assured him earlier that he could leave the country freely. "He lied to the world when he said I was escaping, and he knew… Murtala http://www.africanews.com/site/Taylor_implicates_Nigerian_expresident/list_messages/27971 http://www.africanews.com/site/Taylor_implicates_Nigerian_expresident/list_messages/27971 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:10 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/Taylor_implicates_Nigerian_expresident/list_messages/27971 Enter your search terms data[q] http://www.africanews.com/site/find