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Sierra Leone: country Has Huge Fisheries Potential But - FAO country Rep
country representative of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has observed that Sierra Leone has huge fisheries resources but that the country could not realize such a potential as a result of various factors, including lack of testing facilities among [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Recurring Flood Disasters
The rains this year have been a little heavier than usual in some parts of the country, providing expectations of a bumper harvests. However, sustained rainfall has brought only misery to several parts of the country, in the form of harvest of devastating floods. Many part of the country were affected, including Ibadan and [detalii...]
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Cote dIvoire: The Power of Football - How Didier Drogba United a Divided country
Many footballers have used their influence to great effect in their home country, whether by sponsoring a charity or by linking their names to a project, but none has ever stopped a country tearing itself apart as Didier Drogba did for Ivory [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NOA Calls for Divine Intervention in the country
Amidst the national insecurity in the country, the National Orientation Agency (NOA)yesterday vowed to continue to work with all stakeholders to promote the culture of peace, understanding and togetherness of the country without fear or [detalii...]
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Gambia: A Welcome Pronouncement
We wish to commend the Lands Commission for concluding the enquiry into lands allocation in the country with the presentation of a final report to President Jammeh. The timely submission of the report manifests the commitment and dedication of the Commission to complementing the efforts of the Gambian leadership in ensuring that the country becomes free from corruption particularly in the public service. Similarly, we also welcome the declaration by the president that there are plans to establish a permanent anti-corruption commission in the country. The commission, when established will no doubt lessen corruption in the [detalii...]
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South Sudan: country to be included in AGOA Bill
A BILL to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) provisions on third-country fabric and on the inclusion of Africas youngest country, South Sudan has been introduced in the United States (US) [detalii...]
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South Sudan: country Is UNESCOs 194th Member
The nearly four month old Republic of South Sudan, Africas youngest country, has now been officially admitted into the family of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the 194th member [detalii...]
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Guinea: Continued Support Crucial as country Prepares for Democratic Polls - UN Official
Guinea requires continued support from the United Nations and its partners now that the West African country is preparing to transition from military rule to a civilian Government once elections scheduled for 27 June are held, a senior UN official in the country said [detalii...]
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South Africa: Castle Lager Launches Home-Grown Tour to Showcase Best of the country
Castle Lager launches its first ever Homegrown Tour today, 25 October - a cross-country adventure thatll bring together 26 lucky South Africans to experience the best this country has to offer over the course of five [detalii...]
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Nigeria: country Ranks Highest in Sickle Cell Disease -Minister
Nigeria ranks first as the sickle cell endemic country in the world with an annual infant death of 100,000, representing 8 per cent of infant mortality in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Yobe Muslim Students Condemn Violence in country
MUSLIM Students Society of Nigeria, Yobe State Area Unit, has condemned the unusual violence in all parts of the country resulting to rampant killings, kidnapping, rape and many others, while urging the government to improve security situation in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Senate Tasks FG On Job Creation
Worried by the alarming rate of unemployment in the country, the Senate yesterday urged all government agencies responsible for reducing the trend to wake up to the situation. Senate position followed a motion by Senator Hope Uzodinma (PDP, Imo) on the need for creation of data base for unemployed persons in the country as well as establishment of job centres across the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: What About Islamic Banking?
We are a country of debaters. The issues do not matter, the personalities are unimportant - knowledge is the least of the considerations in these engagements that are remarkable for their tendency to heighten tension in the [detalii...]
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Senegal: Twilight of a Regime or Dawn of a New Era?
Senegal is credited with being a stable country in Africa but this stability cannot fully hide the political uncertainties that afflict the country. While the institutions function, the electoral calendar has almost always been respected, and the opposition is free to express itself, heavy storm clouds hang over the near future of the country. The current regime, confronted by dangers that threaten its survival, is seeking to prolong its power indefinitely which, according to Sidy Diop, could have most serious [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Runsewe Drags German Pro Golf Teachers to country
IBB Golf and country Club member, Otunba Segun Runsewe has concluded plans for some German pro golf teachers to visit the [detalii...]
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Uganda: country Decorates First Female Brigadier
The army on Wednesday decorated eight senior officers recently promoted, among them Brig. Proscovia Nalweyiso, the first woman to rise to that rank in the history of the [detalii...]
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Gambia: A Successful Year
2010 is now history, the year left behind records of great achievements on the pages of The Gambias development. It was the year that the country witnessed the completion of the Sankulay Kunda Bridge and many other development projects. It was also the year that the country established bilateral relations with more countries; more investors also eyed the country. Besides, the foundation stone of projects like the new National Assembly complex, a food processing factory and a fertilizer plant were also [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Rules for new investors in the country
Despite the challenges of investing in Nigeria, many companies are planning to enter or upgrade their operations in the [detalii...]
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Joey Barton would love to represent England again
Newcastle midfielder might be putting club before country but has admitted he would be honoured to represent country [detalii...]
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Libya: Kenya Ready to Help Restore country
Kenya has expressed willingness to work with Libyas interim authorities in restoring the [detalii...]
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Uganda: It is Strategic for country to Acquire Military Gear
THE birds are in the country. In fact, they have already flown over areas around Entebbe with resounding success. President Yoweri Museveni officially launched the planes on [detalii...]
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Somalia: Traders Help Keep the country Fed
Despite the insecurity and the lack of a formal banking system, the private sector is alive and well in Somalia - and helping feed the [detalii...]
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Somalia: Kenya Asks UN to Move Refugees
The government has asked to the international community to consider relocating Somali refugees to a third country or safer areas in their [detalii...]
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Somalia: 80 Percent of Refugees From the country Are Children - UN
Children continue to bear the brunt of famine, constituting half of all people facing hunger in the south of the [detalii...]
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Tanzania: country to Invest in Nuclear Energy
Tanzania is to begin uranium mining and processing within three years, following the announcement of two commercial discoveries in the central and southern regions of the [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: country Aims for Knowledge Society With ICT Bill
Zimbabwe is expected to pass legislation that could help it take better advantage of information technology, despite the economic crisis that has gripped the [detalii...]
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Libya: Timeline of Key Events Since 4 April
The crisis in Libya has forced over 636,000 people to leave the country, including 280,741 third-country [detalii...]
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Uganda: Democracy and Good Governance in Uganda Seem to Be a Travesty
We are very privileged to live in these interesting times when Uganda is experiencing high political turbulence. Even with the increasingly narrowing space for alternative voice in the country, Uganda still carries the title of a good-governed, multiparty democratic country. As you might realise, democracy has lately become like an ISO certification of quality for States. If one wants to market a product called Uganda, they are compelled to slap a seal of democracy to make the country more appealing [detalii...]
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Uganda: Flood-Related Disasters Unnecessary
REPORTS of flooding in the eastern and north-eastern parts of the country bring into sharp relief how vulnerable we are as a country, to the vagaries of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: country Is a Pathetic Story - Uko
AS Nigeria marks 51 years of independence and the National Assembly begins another round of constitution amendment, President of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM), Evangelist Elliot Uko, has called for restructuring of the polity into a true federal state to address the myriad of socio-economic, political and development problems plaguing the country, saying government must begin the urgent processes to rebuild the country after 51 years of missed opportunities. [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Zoning - Ive Been Vindicated - Babangida
Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, said that with the level of inconsistencies and dual roles politicians were playing in the country, it would take the country another generation to get things [detalii...]
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Nigeria: My Fear for the country, by Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obaasanjo has expressed his apprehension about what becomes of Nigeria if the antics of those championing the cause for regional, religious and tribal politics which is capable of causing disintegration of the country were not [detalii...]
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Ghana: Experts Call for Bank Mergers
With the ever-increasing cost of borrowing in the country, many are calling on the Central Bank to come out with tougher measures to force banks operating in the country to reduce their interest [detalii...]
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Rwanda: country Can Become a Regional Food Basket
The minister insisted the government was not leaving anything to chance, outlining the various interventions in different parts of the country, with a view to increase food production and to streamline the entire value [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Trio Sill Fail to Meet
Discussions about a critical report aimed at moving the country out of the current political deadlock, have again been put on the backburner, until Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara returns to the [detalii...]
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Kenya: country Woos Diaspora to Invest at Home
Kenya is missing out on a potentially huge investment cash inflow from its nationals abroad who do not get information on opportunities in the country, a new government commissioned study has [detalii...]
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Liberia: Make country First Choice
The Standard-bearer of the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL), Dr. Moses C. T. Jarbo, has admonished Liberians to put the nation first in everything they undertake to do as a demonstration of patriotism and love of [detalii...]
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Namibia: country Bids to Sell Unique Tourism Story
NAMIBIA has begun serious preparations to bid for the opportunity to become the destination of 600 top-class tour operators from around the globe to showcase the country and its [detalii...]
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Zambia: President - Securing Development On CB
THE delivery of development across the country seems to be a norm now. This is what Zambians have been crying for. Today, this trend is spreading across the country. It is either complete roads are being launched or works being commissioned on a daily basis. By any measure, this should be [detalii...]
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Ghana: Why country Removed Petrol Subsidy
Daily Trust (Abuja)-President John Evans Atta-Mills of Ghana yesterday broke his silence since the recent increase in the price of petroleum products in the [detalii...]
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Gambia: Welcome on Board
It is now a little over 16 years since The Gambia fell into the benevolent hands of a visionary and dynamic leadership. This short period witnessed robust development undertakings and huge investments in the national economy, thus emancipating this country from the shackles of collective backwardness and placing it on a strong footing for national reconstruction and development. Today, the realities of the state of affairs of the country has made it evident that if there exists attitudinal change on the part of the citizenry particularly the youth, the country would in due course achieve the objectives of the Vision 2020 development [detalii...]
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Uganda: Govt Calls Crisis Meeting As Floods Swamp country
The government will tomorrow host a special meeting with humanitarian agencies in Kampala to structure a sustainable response to different disasters ravaging the country, a minister said last [detalii...]
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Zambia: Malawi Vice President Visits the country
MALAWIAN Vice President Joyce Banda yesterday arrived in the country for a private [detalii...]
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South Africa: Last Batch of Citizens Home Safely
The last batch of South Africans, who had been stranded in Libya during the recent unrest in that country, arrived in the country last [detalii...]
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Josh Lewsey: I played for my country, but I never fought for my country
Josh Lewsey tells Cassandra Jardine why he is climbing Everest to raise money for military [detalii...]
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Rwanda: Indian Companies Eye Nation
Several major Indian companies have expressed interest to invest in the country following the recent tour to the country by a Rwandan [detalii...]
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Namibia: country Sizzles, No Rain Yet
SCORCHING temperatures were measured throughout Namibia this past weekend. Temperatures shot up to averages of between 38 and 40 degrees Celsius in several parts of the [detalii...]
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Rwanda: We Are Inspired By Citizens - Obama
US President, Barack Obama, on Wednesday said that his country is committed to its partnership with Rwanda and will continue supporting the country to achieve its development [detalii...]
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Kenya: Obama Speaks on Hopes for country
US President Barack Obama spoke strongly of his wish to see a more prosperous Kenya in his first full interview dedicated to the country of his fathers [detalii...]
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Kenya: country Gets a Thumbs Up From the Oscars
Kenyan film makers have received praise from the Oscars Academy delegation which is currently in the country for a film [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Australia Demands Removal of Mugabe Before Aid for country
The Australian government has insisted that Robert Mugabe must be out of Zimbabwes political picture, before international aid will be available to help rebuild the [detalii...]
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Rwanda: No One Can Destabilize the country - Kabarebe
The Minister of Defence, General James Kabarebe, has dismissed threats by some dissident groups, saying that no one has the capacity to destabilize the reconstruction and development that the country is currently [detalii...]
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Kenya: 5,000 Refugees Enter country Monthly
An estimated 5,000 refugees troop into the country every month, according to the United [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Farm Invasions Continue Across country
The remaining white commercial farmers across the country are facing intensified threats by mobs of land invaders, as the lawless invasions of farms [detalii...]
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Nigeria: country At 51 - TUC Highlights Security Challenge
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has expressed concern over the growing level of insecurity in the country, saying it was an indication of failure of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Gbagbos Fall Hurts country Cocoa Buyers
With the arrest of former Cote D Ivoires President Laurent Gbagbo and the end of the political crisis which ravaged the country in sight, Nigerian cocoa farmers and buyers are facing the reality of a price crash for the commodity. The farmers and buyers had enjoyed a boom in their business with the commodity price hitting a 30-year high in January after renewed violence erupted in the country over disputed election results which opposition politician Alhassane Ouattara [detalii...]
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Kenya: Shortage of Condoms in country
A ship carrying 34 million condoms will dock in Mombasa on Friday next week. The emergency consignment will be distributed immediately to ease the shortage being experienced in some parts of the [detalii...]
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Africa: 12 Million Persons Without country - UNHCR
There is an estimated 12 million persons across the world who wake up every morning without a country that they can call their [detalii...]
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Swaziland: country Switches Tactics on HIV/Aids Prevention
In a country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world and the lowest life expectancy, experts are still at a loss as to why Swazis have resisted all attempts to change the behaviours that put them at risk from the [detalii...]
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Sudan: Govt Hopes for Investments After Referendum
The Sudanese parliament today approved the 2011 budget as the country moves towards a likely breakup of Africas largest country into North and South in the self-determination referendum due to take place in early January of next [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathans Perfect Storm
African Arguments (London)-Nigeria could never be described as a quiet country, but terrorist group Boko Harams bombing campaign combined with a national strike over a fuel price increase is quite unlike anything the country has ever faced [detalii...]
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Somalia: Getting country Wrong - a History of International Misreading
[African Arguments] Writing a book about Somalia has become a cotton industry of late. Countless pundits with little or no experience of the country try to reduce its extraordinarily intricate conflict to images of destruction, decay and [detalii...]
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Uganda: Big Shots Fight to Retain Parliament Seats
AS the country goes to polls today, 1,683 aspirants tussle in various parts of the country to grab one of the estimated 378 seats that will constitute the ninth [detalii...]
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Rwanda: High Expectations for Youth, Says President
President Paul Kagame, yesterday, told the youth that they form the engine that the country can run on to achieve its development goals and build the country that the Rwandan people [detalii...]
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Uganda: Business Bleeds As Internet Cable Fails
Businesses across the country were yesterday counting their losses after a fault knocked out an undersea cable that brings high-speed internet to the country and most of East [detalii...]
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Rwanda: Indian Firms Seek to Invest in the country
A high level Indian business delegation has been in the country to explore business cooperation opportunities with Rwandan companies through setting up joint ventures and or [detalii...]
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Rwanda: Nation Will Not Be Destabilised - Kagame
President Paul Kagame, yesterday, said that Rwanda will not allow anyone, whether inside or outside the country, to interfere with the progress that the Rwandan people have registered. He warned that anyone who attempts to distablise the country, will regret their [detalii...]
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Malawi: UK Suspends Aid to country
Malawi has lost aid from Britain and Germany after expressing concerns about poor governance in the country. This decision, according to Nyasa Times, was taken because of President Bingu wa Mutharikas dictatorial [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Blasts in Bauchi, Zaria, Maiduguri
A day after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan and 26 state governors across the country on Sunday, four powerful blasts were recorded in four different towns across the country on Sunday evening and [detalii...]
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Somalia: The country Has Best Chance for Peace in Years, Says UN Envoy
Somalis currently have a rare opportunity to advance peace in their country and establish a fully functioning government, says the United Nations envoy to the Horn of Africa [detalii...]
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Nigeria: IMF Boss in the country, Niger Next Week
THE Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, is to visit the country next week, her first trip to Africa since her appointment earlier in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Govt Orders Airport, Harbour Security Overhaul
The promise of enhanced security of life and property in the country by President Goodluck Jonathan received a boost yesterday in Lagos, with security overhauling at the airports and seaports across the [detalii...]
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Ghana: country in the Vanguard of New Logging Laws
New laws should be in place in Europe by the end of this year obliging timber importers to ensure the wood they buy has been legally produced - and Ghana will become the first exporting country to be able to offer such a [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Things Must Change in the country ? Ribadu
Changing Nigeria from its current position into a country to be reckoned with in the comity of nations is inevitable, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has [detalii...]
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Nigeria: "More Than Half of Nigerian Lecturers Dont Have a PHD"
At least 61% of an estimated 35,000 lecturers in the country are still on the lowest rung of academics--lecturer 1, according to the National Universities Commission, which regulates university education in the [detalii...]
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Namibia: Local Is Lekker - Tweya
DEPUTY Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero Tweya last week urged GIPF to invest in diverse local business projects rather than outside the country or enriching a few well-connected individuals in the [detalii...]
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Uganda: Men Are Corrupt, Lets Elect a Woman President After Museveni
The level of corruption in Uganda has now reached unprecedented levels. And considering that since independence, the country has been led by men, all indications are that male leadership has failed the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Issues to Ponder As We Mark Jamhuri Day
Today, the country is celebrating 49th year since independence. And in exactly one year, the country will be marking its golden jubilee anniversary after gaining independence from Britain on December 12, [detalii...]
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Mozambique: Dhlakama Threatens to Paralyse country
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambiques main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened to bring the entire country to a standstill through demonstrations organised by his [detalii...]
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Rwanda: Govt Stops Opposition Leader From Leaving country
The leader of the yet-to-be registered political party, Forces Democratiques Unifiees- FDU-Inkingi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, was yesterday intercepted at Kigali International Airport, as she attempted to sneak out of the [detalii...]
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Uganda: Petrol Scarcity Paralyses country
The shortage in petrol supplies has left the entire country paralysed. This insufficiency, which started a fortnight ago, has spread countrywide leaving several filling stations closed and causing agony for transporters and passengers in most [detalii...]
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Ghana: Ga Chieftaincy Crisis is Shameful
The National House of Chiefs, the highest decision-making body of traditional rulers in the country, has expressed its disappointment in the ongoing brouhaha surrounding the Ga Mantse Stool, describing it as a serious indictment on the integrity of the chieftaincy institution in the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Barclays Bank Boost Fim Africa Cross country Championships
Barclays Bank of Kenya has announced a Sh600,000 sponsorship for this weekends FIM Africa Continental Cross country team championship. Barclays head of premier banking Emily Chumo said the sponsorship is part of the banks ongoing activities to support the development of sports in the country. "Sports is a unifying factor among people of different colour and [detalii...]
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Nigeria: 24 Hours to D-Day - No Elections for 15 Senate, 48 House Seats
Elections have again been postponed in 15 senatorial and 48 House of Representatives constituencies across the country because INEC is still battling to print ballot papers, but the parliamentary vote will hold in most of the country [detalii...]
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Zambia: Itezhi - Tezhi Hydro Power Station - a Step in Rural Development
ZAMBIA is a highly urbanized country with most infrastructure concentrated in the towns. The rural population in the country seems to have fewer facilities in comparison to those in urban [detalii...]
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Uganda: No Vacuum, Says Govt As President, VP, PM All Fly Out
The absence of President Museveni, his Vice Edward Ssekandi and Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, who are all out of the country for different reasons, is raising questions on who is overseeing executive functions given the rather unusual development, but officials said it was a sign of a well governed [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: country to Sell U.S.1.7 Billion Diamond Stockpile
Zimbabwes Cabinet has approved the immediate sale of stockpiled diamonds worth 1.7 billion (Sh132 billion) despite spirited opposition from Western countries who feel the country does not meet minimum requirements of the Kimberly [detalii...]
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Rwanda: "We Are the People We Have Been Waiting For"
Ive heard the above statement uttered before but Id never thought of it in connection with Rwanda. I could well imagine it being pronounced by an aspiring president of a super power like USA about his country but not by a third world leader about their country, especially one on the African [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Why country Cant Fight Corruption - Adamolekun
Former Management Specialist at the World Bank, Professor Ladipo Adamolekun, has explained reasons why the war against corruption might be difficult to win in Nigerian. He said this would only be possioble when the country begins to punish corrupt [detalii...]
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Nigeria: BudgIT Set to Stimulate Citizens
WORRIED by the complication around budgeting in the country owing to lack of formal financial literacy among the larger population in the country, a group BudgIT is determined to stimulate interest of Nigerians in public [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Leaders Raise Hope As country Clocks 51
As Nigerians mark the 51st independence anniversary of the country today, hope adorns the horizons, as elder statesmen, politicians and legal luminaries opine that Nigeria is far from being a failed [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nation Heading Towards Anarchy, Says Mark
Vanguard (Lagos)-Senate President, David Mark, yesterday, feared the general unrest in the country and the violent activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could throw the country into [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Jonathan Vows to Check Destabilisation Plot
This Day (Lagos)-President Goodluck Jonathan Monday warned that he would no longer tolerate destabilisation plots against the country by those who fan the embers of discord that threaten the corporate existence of the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Investigate Role of Security Personnel - TUC
Umbrella body for senior staff associations in the country, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on the intelligence hierarchy in the country to investigate the likely role of security personnel in the increasing bomb blasts and attacks in parts of the country, saying "something tells us that the choice of military and security targets in majority of the blast suggests a deep involvement of military and security [detalii...]
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South Sudan: A New country is Born!
On Saturday, South Sudan will officially become the worlds newest [detalii...]
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Kenya sweep all eight golds at cross-country worlds
Bydgoszcz, PolandA - Joseph Ebuya and Emily Chebet were unstoppable in the senior races as Kenya won all eight titles on offer on Sunday at the cross-country running world [detalii...]
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Kenya: Karua Takes Presidential Campaign to U.S.
Gichugu MP Martha Karua took her presidential campaigns to the United States where she met with Kenyans and urged them to participate in reforming the country. Karua said impunity and corruption are chocking up almost all systems in the [detalii...]
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Niger: As country Goes Hungry, People Ask What Went Wrong
After teetering dangerously close to a national famine in 2005, Niger is once again facing a food crisis that is devastating both its population and economy. As scenes of poverty and despair resurface throughout the country, both local and international communities are asking what went [detalii...]
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Uganda: Cranes Game - A Sign of Our Patriotism?
In 2009, President Yoweri Museveni launched patriotism clubs in schools, a sort of rejuvenating drive if you may, trying to revive the love of country, among Ugandans. Some of the aims included getting a corrupt-free society, a feat that is thought to only be possible in a country filled with [detalii...]