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Africa RSS FeedsSudan: Armed Group Kills 50 in Darfur Market - The security situation remains tense following separate incidents over the weekend....Feed Source: allafrica.com Namibia: Parties Win Election Appeal - THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's national elections late last year has been sent back to the High Court.... Zimbabwe: Factionalism Hits Tsvangirai Party - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has fired 19 senior security officers from its Harvest House headquarters as factionalism threatens to once again split the strongest opposition party to emerge since the country's independence.... Nigeria: Govt Still Repaying 50-Year-Old Loans - Some of the loans Nigeria is currently re-paying were obtained immediately after the nation attained independence in October 1960, according to Dr Abraham Nwankwo, Director-General of the Debts Management Office (DMO).... Kenya: MPs Shift Focus to New Gravy Train - The jostling for positions created by the new Constitution has sparked intense lobbying among politicians.... Congo-Kinshasa: Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect Civilians - Human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent a raid from occurring where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month.... South Africa: President's Nephew Sells DR Congo Oil Rights - PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's nephew Khulubuse Zuma is reliably understood to have sold on his disputed rights - thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars - to oilfields in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only four months after gaining them in a controversial battle with Tullow Oil, a UK prospector and oil producer.... Africa: Continent Needs Aid and Fairer Trade, Says UN Chief - Africans need both foreign aid and fairer trading terms with other regions to achieve the poverty reduction and social development targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 deadline, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed on Saturday.... South Africa: Public Workers Suspend Strike - South Africa's three-week-old public sector strike has been suspended, but the main teachers' union says this does not mean they have accepted the government's latest wage offer. Workers will go back to work on Tuesday and will be given 21 days to consider their next move.... Mozambique: Police Arrest Opposition Members Over Protests - The Mozambican police have arrested six people in the northern city of Nampula, accusing them of mobilizing people for demonstrations against food price rises - but the detainees say they were simply planning a meeting to elect a local official of the main opposition party, Renamo.... South Africa: Govt Criticised for Public Sector Strike - The current strike by government employees which has left some patients dead and others without access to medication could have been avoided had government had a Minimum Level Service Agreement with unions to ensure that health care services do not shut down.... Zimbabwe: Controversy Surrounds Gaddafi's Son's Visit - Son of long time Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Al-Saadi, nearly caused diplomatic fallout between Harare and Tripoli recently when he turned up at the airport with a delegation of "businesspeople" who had no visas.... Kenya: Culture Condemns Girls to Pregnancy at 13 - As pupils and students start streaming back to school on Monday for the third term, 13 girls from Kikambala Primary School in Kilifi District will have to remain with their parents at home.... Nigeria: Govt to Try More Suspects in U.S. Oil Firm Scandal - The Federal Government will charge more suspects to court in the Halliburton bribery scandal as soon as it gathers more evidence linking them to the sleaze, a top official of the Minister of Justice told This Day last night.... Nigeria: UN Body Apologises Over Claims on Ogoni Oil Spills - 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.... Zimbabwe: Refugees in South Africa Worry Over New Measure - "The Zimbabwean refugees are very concerned about the regularization measure decided on by the South African government, as the situation in their country has not changed," says Fr Mario Tessarotto, Scalabrinian missionary in Cape Town who assists refugees from other African countries.... Zambia: Chiefs Call for Respect of Sovereignty - THREE traditional rulers have called on the British government and other countries accredited to Zambia to respect the country's sovereignty by desisting from interfering in its internal affairs.... Zambia: Economy to Grow By 6.6 Percent - THE Government has said the economy is expected to grow by 6.6 per cent this year, an upward revision from the earlier projection of five per cent.... South Africa: Exiled Thai Leader in Mining Deal - INTERNATIONAL investment group Global PS, chaired by exiled former Thai land prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has announced a mining deal in SA.... Nigeria: Cholera Breaks Out in Jigawa State - No fewer than five people were confirmed dead, while over 100 others were hospitalised, following the cholera outbreak in Buji and Gwaram local government areas of Jigawa State.... Southern Africa: Zimbabwe to Chair Regional Military Group - Zimbabwe has assumed chairmanship of the Sadc Defence Inspectorate Working Group, which is responsible for spearheading deeper military integration and co-operation amongst member states.... Zimbabwe: Government Says Artists Now Need Entertainment Licences - A few weeks before the second anniversary of the signing of the power sharing deal all signs are that the coalition government remains determined to control freedom of expression. Two days after jamming the frequencies of SW Radio Africa's shortwave broadcasts it's reported the country's censorship board has declared it will now be a crime for artists to perform without an entertainment licence.... Zimbabwe: No Food Aid in Matabeleland South Due to Violence - The Governor's office in Matabeleland South has reportedly said that 300,000 villagers in four districts urgently need food supplies, but they are getting no assistance from donors. Serious food shortages have hit the drought stricken province, and villagers say organizations that usually provide them with food left the area, due to interference by ZANU PF officials and their violent thugs.... Namibia: Doctor Rules Out Future Pregnancies for Sterilized Women - A GYNAECOLOGIST testified in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday that two of the women suing Government after being sterilised in State hospitals face a very poor prognosis for having their ability to have children restored.... Namibia: Speaker's Call to 'Lift Ban' on Newspaper - THE Government ban on The Namibian was no longer defensible, said Speaker of Parliament Theo-Ben Gurirab, speaking at the 25th anniversary function of the newspaper on Saturday night.... Namibia: Poll Challenge Ruling Due - THE Supreme Court's judgement on the legal challenge to the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year, will be delivered this morning.... Uganda: More Ministers Lose Ruling Party Primaries - More heavy weights continued to fall in the ruling National Resistance Movement primaries with four ministers beaten in the Saturday polls. Results that came in last evening indicated that Disaster Minister Tarsis Kabwegyere and Health General Duties Minister Dr Richard Nduhuura had been defeated in Bushenyi.... South Africa: Top Police at Odds Over Lease Controversy - The procurement crisis in the South African Police Service (SAPS) deepened at the weekend, with three "retired" generals insisting that national commissioner Bheki Cele misled Parliament when he described a litany of abuses he had become aware of since his appointment just over a year ago.... South Africa: Former Top Cop Back in Court to Appeal Jail Sentence - AUTHORITIES at the weekend denied any knowledge of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi?s ?recently discovered? information , which Selebi said suggested that the investigation and prosecution of him were improper.... South Africa: End of Public Servants' Strike in Sight? - THE three-week public service strike could end today as most trade unions, except for the South African Democratic Teachers Unions (Sadtu), yesterday reached an agreement on the government's latest wage offer.... Copyright © 2010, Plugin Profit Site. All Rights Reserved. |