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Profile: Abdoulie Janneh – Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Newstime Africa — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:04:07 +0000

Abdoulie Janneh hails from the Gambia in West Africa and is the seventh Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He leads the organisation, the regional arm of...

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The illegal logging and sale of wood from the African gum tree is exposing the north of the Ivory Coast to the encroaching desert

Newstime Africa — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:26:29 +0000

ABIDJAN, Fulgence Zamblé (IPS) – Environmental groups in Côte d’Ivoire say the illegal logging and sale of wood from the African gum tree is exposing the north of the country to the encroaching...

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Amsatou Sow Sidibé set to be the first female President of Senegal as calls for Abdoulaye Wade to step down increases

Newstime Africa — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:13:08 +0000

DAKAR, Koffigan E. Adigbli - (IPS) – There are two women among the 14 candidates contesting the first round of Senegalese presidential elections that will be held on Feb. 26. But according to several...

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Foreign corporations plan massive oil production in Uganda

Newstime Africa — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:55:51 +0000

By Tony Otoa - Tullow Oil plc announced that it has completed the farm-down of two thirds of its Ugandan licences to China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) Limited and French oil major Total for...

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Malawi catholic church prays for Easter against corruption nepotism and tribalism

Charles Mkula — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:56:45 +0000

Lilongwe. The Malawi Catholic Church has asked its faithfuls to pray against corruption, nepotism, tribalism, pride, body desires, witchcraft, Satanism, child abuse, drunkenness during the Lent...

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Refugee starvation could trigger new war over Western Sahara says Minister

Peter Kenworthy — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:16:17 +0000

“The strategy of the Moroccan regime is to starve the Saharawi refugees into accepting the Moroccan position. They pressurize the UN into not giving the refugees more aid,” says the Minister of...

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Another massive success for oil and iron ore baron, Frank Timis, as African Petroleum makes significant discovery off the coast of Liberia

Newstime Africa — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:29:37 +0000

As part of its massive exploration and investment drive in the Africa sub-region, African Petroleum Limited has made yet another significant oil discovery. The company has announced that it found a...

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Ethiopia is making significant progress towards improving livelihoods

Newstime Africa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:16:57 +0000

ADDIS ABABA, Mekonnen Teshome (IPS) – Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its majority by boosting their...

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Report says Somalia’s rich marine resources are being plundered

Newstime Africa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:31 +0000

UNITED NATIONS, Thalif Deen (IPS) – The international community has failed to grapple with the real underlying political and economic issues facing the troubled East African nation of Somalia, which...

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The tribal support of gargantuan crimes in Ghana

Kofi Akosah-Sarpong — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:47:41 +0000

The mind-set of fifteen traditional chiefs and queen-mothers, from the Tongu area in Ghana’s Volta Region, descending on the National Police Headquarters in Accra, to sympathize with their...

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Woyome, corruption and development

Kofi Akosah-Sarpong — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:29:29 +0000

Development-wise, it appears despite their chequered development history, Ghanaian politicians do not get it. A ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, Kojo Adu Asare, thinks...

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As President Koroma prepares for the challenges of a second-term – Anadarko says Oil and Gas discovered off the shores of Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:48:31 +0000

The government of President Ernest Bai Koroma have been working tireless to attract the right investors and help boost the Sierra Leone economy. The business climate in the country is now healthy and...

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From Assad’s hell to refugees’ limbo – Syrians flee their country in numbers as violence continues

Newstime Africa — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:29 +0000

Amman – For a whole year now, there have been many conflicting reports and official statements about the numbers, status and aid provided to Syrian refugees in Jordan, mostly watering down their real...

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Countdown to Justice – Sierra Leone opposition SLPP presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio should face charges for human rights abuses

Ahmed M Kamara — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:57:36 +0000

The atrocities committed during the barbaric reign of terror of the NPRC government of Julius Maada Bio in Sierra Leone, was never fully documented, and a travesty of justice has been allowed to take...

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The United Nations condemns the continued widespread and systematic human rights violations in Syria and tells President Assad to cease violence

Newstime Africa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:13:27 +0000

The UN General Assembly strongly condemned the continued “widespread and systematic” human rights violations by the Syrian authorities and demanded that the Government immediately cease all violence...

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Zomba up in protest demos

Charles Mkula — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:59:05 +0000

Lilongwe – Hundreds of people including lawyers, university lecturers students and sympathisers flocked to Zomba maximum security prison to offer support to jailed human rights lawyer and...

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Malawi must hedge against water conflicts – hydrologist

Charles Mkula — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:53:25 +0000

Lilongwe – An officer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Henrie Manford Njoloma has warned that as Malawi’s population and industrial development increases, raising water...

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Mozambique prepares for dangerous cyclone as category four hurricane makes its way

Newstime Africa — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:07:19 +0000

MAPUTO, (IPS) – Over 100,000 people in Mozambique are still recovering from losing their homes and crops, and from being cut off from schools and shops after a tropical storm and cyclone hit the...

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Amnesty International says China and Russia, the key arms suppliers to the regime in Syria, are now supplying weapons and fuelling conflict in Sudan

Newstime Africa — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:33:05 +0000

UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying...

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CRIDOC warns against abuse of minors in prisons and police cells in Malawi

Charles Mkula — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:11:10 +0000

Lilongwe – The Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre (CRIDOC) has warned prison authorities and other relevant stakeholders of a looming national catastrophe, abuse of minors...

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Economic justice and democracy is interdependent, says new Swazi campaign

Peter Kenworthy — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:57:21 +0000

“At the centre of poverty is the question of power,” Musa Andile Nsibande of the Swaziland Economic Justice Network (SEJUN) tells Africa Contact. “When we tell people to stand up for their rights,...

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Activists to hold vigil in support of jailed Anti-Mutharika critic

Charles Mkula — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:45:22 +0000

Lilongwe – Civil society organisations, relatives and friends of jailed Malawi human rights lawyer Ralph Kasambara are set to hold a vigil starting tomorrow at Zomba Maximum Security Prison...

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Anti-Mutharika ex-Attorney General’s lawyer to appear before graft bursting body

Charles Mkula — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:48:47 +0000

Lilongwe – Wapona Kita, lawyer representing Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika’s first Attorney General Ralph Kasambara, has been summoned to appear before the graft bursting body, the...

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Women in Somalia say they should be considered for the country’s leadership

Newstime Africa — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:17:23 +0000

MOGADISHU, (IPS) – As Somalia’s transitional government and various stakeholders meet Wednesday to discuss the inclusion of the country’s clans in the new government, women politicians have called...

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The truth and dirty politics of the opposition SLPP in Sierra Leone

Abdulai Bayraytay — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:20 +0000

Since last year, Sierra Leone’s grand old party, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has been having political running battles with the ruling All Congress Party (APC) as the country readies to...

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The Schulenburg affair – A disgraceful diplomatic attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of the State of Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:30 +0000

The United Nations has resident representatives in most countries across the world, to make sure the organisation’s important work is well coordinated and implemented appropriately to reflect...

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Malawi human rights lawyer arrested

Charles Mkula — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:07:23 +0000

Lilongwe – Former Malawi Attorney General and leading human rights lawyer Ralph Kasambara was Monday arrested in the commercial capital, Blantyre, after he botched an attempt by thugs to torch....

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The number of malnourished children rises as Mauritania is ravaged by drought

Newstime Africa — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:16 +0000

NOUAKCHOTT, Kristin Palitza - (IPS) – Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins,...

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Malawian firm appointed to deal in Land Rovers

Charles Mkula — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:38:11 +0000

Lilongwe – Guava International Land Rover has appointed an all Malawian owned firm COPE Motors Limited to deal in the British premier vehicle Land Rover. Guava International, a division of RMA...

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Malawi losing US$200m to unsustainable natural resource use

Charles Mkula — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000

Lilongwe – An economic valuation of sustainable natural resource use in Malawi conducted by the country’s Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has revealed that the southern African...

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Tuareg rebellion has forced fifty thousand people out of their homes as political parties call for dialogue in the West African State of Mali

Newstime Africa — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:51:52 +0000

BAMAKO, (IPS) – Mali’s political parties have jointly called on the government to hold a forum for peace and reconciliation as a way to end a Tuareg rebellion launched several weeks ago. The...

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Power comes from PMA and not from the barrel of a gun – How peaceful is Sierra Leone after a decade and a half of peace and tranquility?

Senesie M Kabba — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:29:52 +0000

Beyond the ruins, peace sustainability and tranquility, the road to political victory for the Ruling Party in 2012 will begin by cultivating everything from tropical bananas to equatorial spices,...

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Germany gives €1.2M for vegetable pest management initiative to boost food security and nutrition in Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar and Thailand

Newstime Africa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:32:55 +0000

Dar es Salaam - Efforts to improve the productivity of vegetables to feed and enhance the nutrition of people in Africa and Asia have received a major boost with the release of a €1.2 million (about...

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Kano State is no longer safe, as hundreds flee Northern Nigeria

Newstime Africa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:38:21 +0000

KANO, Nigeria, Mustapha Muhammad (IPS) – “I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us… Kano is no longer safe,” said pregnant Funke Nweke of her...

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Help us help ourselves, say Swaziland’s young single mothers

Peter Kenworthy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:26:29 +0000

Women in Swaziland are heavily discriminated against, both by law and by custom. According to the former, women in effect have the status of minors and cannot get a bank loan without the consent of...

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Defining Africa’s new political direction – Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma says its time to be transparent and accountable

Ahmed M Kamara — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:59 +0000

The Sierra Leone President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, continues to define a new political renaissance for Africa. One that embodies the true spirit of the founding fathers of the continent’s...

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Shaping Africa’s Future – 6th Africa Economic Forum 2012, Cape Town, South Africa

Newstime Africa — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:00 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa – Global Pacific & Partners (http://www.glopac-partners.com) announce the Program for the 6th Africa Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 March 2012. Dr...

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Security, political and traditional authorities on the alert as terror group Boko Haram infiltrates Cameroon

Newstime Africa — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:03:14 +0000

YAOUNDE, Ngala Killian Chimtom - (IPS) – Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as “zoa-zoa”, because of the Islamic...

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Sierra Leone becomes a tourist hotspot and the country is set to reclaim its crown again as the Athens of West Africa

Ahmed M Kamara — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:12 +0000

The West African country of Sierra Leone is witnessing a dramatic change of fortune. Tourists from the UK, US, European and Asian countries are making the capital Freetown their prime holiday...

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Spotlight on Senegal as students call for President Abdoulaye Wade to step down

Newstime Africa — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:08 +0000

DAKAR – Jedi Ramalapa - (IPS) – The friends of slain Senegalese student protester, Mamadou Diop, say that the 32-year-old master’s student was against injustice and that is why he was...

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