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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/ en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:19:53 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:19:53 -0400 30 India and the United States joined forces to showcase the strengths of India's HIV/AIDS prevention and control program for a delegation from Ghana, a real-life example of the bilateral partnership on global issues. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/680583/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:12 -0400 ANI http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/680583/cs/1/ George Clooney has said that amongst all his humanitarian efforts, Darfur has been the biggest failure of his life. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/680457/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:20:13 -0400 ANI http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/680457/cs/1/ JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal procee... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357554/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:45:03 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357554/ Tyres burn in a street in Maputo, Mozambique after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country, 01 Sept 2010 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357539/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:44:10 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357539/ The Southern Sudan government is purchasing 10 Mi-17 military transport helicopters from Kazan, a Russian company, for a total cost of $75 million, according to a March 2009 supplement to a May 2007 c... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357540/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:44:08 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357540/ Price Riots Spread in Mozambique The United States says it will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help fight AIDS in Mozambique, where some 1.5 million people are living with HIV, the vir... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357547/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:41:58 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357547/ TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vita-Tech International, Inc. has donated 3 1/2 tons of fresh-dated multi-vitamin tablets to under-served populations in Guinea, West Africa. "Nutritional empow... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357486/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:51 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357486/ Internally-displaced Sudanese wait to receive food supplies from from the World Food Program in Kalma Camp, near Nyala town in Sudan's southern Darfur region in this file photo. AFP PHOTO|JOSE CE... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357553/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:26:34 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357553/ This map provided by Main One Cable Co., shows the Main One undersea fiber-optic cable, which extended to Lagos, Nigeria this summer, bringing vastly greater communications capacity to West Africa. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357548/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:25:41 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357548/ the 60th session of the Africa Committee of the WHO how the global economic situation could impact funding for health programs in Africa and the ability for countries to reach U.N. Millennium Developm... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356724/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:33 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356724/ Washington Post editorial encouraging the U.S. to generously support Pakistan as it recovers from major flooding, states: the "humanitarian interest is heightened by Pakistan's centrality to America's... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357413/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:19 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357413/ Associated Press reports. The Walikale Civil Association "first sounded the alarm on July 25," in a meeting with the Congolese army and local authorities and first warned the U.N. on July 29, accordin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356726/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:14 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356726/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome.Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso sta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357513/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:09 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357513/ health authorities said.The attack came as unions representing over 1 million public servants, who have been on strike since August 18, defer until Monday their final answer on government's latest off... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357427/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:12:22 -0400 Earth Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357427/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Fa... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357536/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:05:39 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357536/ AGOK, Sudan — Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357538/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:02:07 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357538/ MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators on Friday as rioting flared in the capital following two days of protests over high bread prices that saw seven p... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357004/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:28 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357004/ LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's main opposition leader on Friday said the government should restore mining agreements with foreign investors which it cancelled and reinstate tax concessions, in a major u-... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357555/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:40 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357555/ OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The two rivals in Guinea's September 19 presidential run-off agreed in writing on Friday to respect the final result of the landmark election intended to bring civilian rule to... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357556/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:38 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357556/ NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) signed an agreement with Kenya on Friday to set up an office in the country to pursue the masterminds of Kenya's post-election violence, offi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357557/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:36 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357557/ CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357558/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357558/ Maputo — This week's riots in Maputo will not prevent Portuguese businesses from investing in Mozambique, according to Telmo Fernandes, managing partner of Market Access, a consultancy firm base... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356753/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:35 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356753/ The matter of MPs choosing to drive rather than fly, at a lesser cost, between Parliament and their constituencies will be examined at a meeting of the multi-party Parliamentary Oversight Authority (P... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356979/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:33 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356979/ Maputo — The death toll from the rioting in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola on Wednesday and Thursday has now risen to ten, according to Health Minister Ivo Garrido. Speaking at a Fr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357531/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357531/ A Western Cape construction worker was seriously injured on Friday when the trench he was working in collapsed, ER24 said. Spokesman Andre Visser said the accident happened at the Delft Day Hospital ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357550/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357550/ Ndalatando — The minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, is expected Friday in northern Kwanza Norte province for a few-hour visit, to check the implementat... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356831/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356831/ Malanje — Administrators and finances professionals of the districts of the provinces of Bengo, Kwanza Norte and Malange attend since Thursday in this city, a regional seminar on the new State B... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357552/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357552/ Luanda — Angola will host an African chess summit on Saturday in Luanda, with the participation of 13 countries, to adopt a unified programme for the development of the sport in the continent. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357559/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:22 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357559/ South African midfielder Steven Pienaar at a training session during the World Cup. Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they clash on September 3 in a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357543/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:08:39 -0400 soccerway http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357543/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357545/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:57:44 -0400 Denver Post http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357545/ Vodacom's M-Pesa mobile phone banking service is all the rage in Kenya, where in 3 years it jumped to 10 million customers in a country of 37 million. But as M-Pesa launches in South Africa, it will f... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356930/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:56:22 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38356930/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357534/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:46:46 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38357534/ Koranic students walk past a policeman as they beg to meet the daily quota imposed by their Koranic teacher in the Parcelles Assainies neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, 31 Aug 2010 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354276/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:07 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354276/ China Using Detention to Silence Dissent China and Nigeria are building one of Africa's largest free trade zones in the commercial capital, Lagos. Chinese companies will use the facility to manufactur... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353694/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353694/ Rights Group: Executions Conducted With 'Chilling Speed' in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is defending the execution of four men found guilty of trying to assassinate the president. The executio... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354278/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:03 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354278/ del.icio.us Thousands of fuel and motor industry employees in South Africa have joined a national public service strike in the country, but many others continue to resist union calls for them to stay ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353506/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:01 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353506/ UN: Aid Returns to Darfur IDP Camp Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region say dozens of people have been killed in attacks by the Sudanese army.A faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army says troops attack... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354279/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:28:59 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354279/ David Lekuta Rudisha (right) competes during the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Photo/FILE http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354285/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:12:09 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354285/ The United Nations Security Council appears unlikely to take significant action against Kenya for hosting Sudan President Omar al-Bashir in defiance of Kenya ’s international treaty obligations as w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354286/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:11:53 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354286/ According to Ms Maria Okong’o, the Project Manager at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Nairobi Office, the participants will be drawn from Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353711/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:11:47 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353711/ MANZINI, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate health worker shortages through task-shifting and according to the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354292/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:04:28 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354292/ DURBAN, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Striking public health workers in South Africa have virtually shut down King George V Hospital, a referral facility in the port city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Prov... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354184/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:04:26 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354184/ African Union peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat al-Qaida-linked Islamist insurgents, an AU off... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354274/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:50:08 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354274/ Michael Essien injured a hamstring while playing for Chelsea last December and ruptured a cruciate ligament the following month while on Ghana duty at the African Cup of Nations. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354288/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:38:03 -0400 CBC News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354288/ Reverend Xola Skosana said his sermon was designed to combat the stigma surrounding HIV and Aids. "My responsibility as a pastor is to paint a picture of a God who cares for people and wants the best... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353384/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:05 -0400 Sky News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353384/ COSATU put on hold a plan to have all its near two million members in vital industries including mining, go on a sympathy strike to allow the state workers to consider the new offer. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354273/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:22:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354273/ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354300/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:21:31 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354300/ DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a cra... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354299/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:21:30 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354299/ Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — A suicide bomb blast targeting a Shiite procession in the southern city of Quetta on Friday killed at least 42 people and injured more than 80 others, police... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354291/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:17:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354291/ ITN film about Fletcher's killing outside the Libyan People's Bureau in London's St James Square in 1984, Oliver Miles, then Britain's ambassador in Tripoli, has revealed how the UK government was war... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354283/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:16:24 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354283/ Huge weaknesses in provincial health departments are behind the R7.5-billion debt that has been accumulated, mainly by Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Weaknesses include a bloated bureau... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354112/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354112/ There has been much noise and fury recently across a range of news outlets in this country about press freedom. "We want a free press" - you hear the journalists cry, and surely you think to yourself ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353857/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:29 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353857/ editorial No nation on earth is without developmental challenges and problems. The advanced countries of this world have once travelled the trajectory our dear nation Ghana is charting and were equal... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354263/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:27 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354263/ The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios' in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios' video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper ar... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354301/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:27 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354301/ Windhoek — The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are central to the survival of millions in Africa, but the resource is under threat, yet the region should exploit market possibilities. The Afr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354264/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354264/ Bolgatanga — A renowned entrepreneur and a patron of the Northern Ghana Association of Entrepreneurs (NORGAE), Mr. Benjamin Anyanah, has expressed anger at the situation where Ghanaians are made... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354294/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354294/ Johannesburg — PETROLEUM retailer Engen is on the verge of buying Chevron's downstream assets in seven sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Island countries, the company said yesterday. The acqu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354302/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:25 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354302/ Government has been challenged to institute urgent measures to save the private sector from imminent collapse. The Chief Executive Officer of KAMA Industries, Dr Michael Agyekum Addo, who made the ca... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354295/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:23 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354295/ Windhoek — The old-fashioned notion that a woman's place is in the kitchen appears to have been thrown into the dustbin of has-beens. Nowadays, women are 'encroaching' on what was previously re... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354265/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354265/ Bulawayo — New varieties of drought-tolerant maize could deliver a US$1.5 billion gain in food and income in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as helping smallholders cope with the effects of climate c... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354303/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:22 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354303/ A South African academic and activist, Dot Keet has urged countries of the South to work more at developing co-operation among themselves than depending on the rich countries of the North. This, she ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354296/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354296/ Bangkok — As rising food prices, growing populations and natural disasters increasingly put pressure on food production, governments and scientists are focusing on preserving the world's agricul... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354304/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:20 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354304/ column Come November this year Ghana will join the oil producing club by producing its first barrel of oil off the country's west coast. This will be Ghana's first foray into the oil industry and the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354297/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354297/ Windhoek — After a well-deserved breather yesterday, participating nations in the ICC Africa U19 CWCQ, underway in Windhoek, will move into the next gear, when play resumes this morning. The op... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354305/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:18 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354305/ Several months after its botched attempt to annex government.s stake in the Agricultural Development Bank, Stanbic Bank Ghana has announced its intent of expanding its business in Ghana into agricultu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354298/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354298/ opinion In France, it is Cannes - the annual International Film Festival and Market - that attracts thousands to the resort city every once in a year to indulge in cultural matters as they enjoy Fren... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354307/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:16 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354307/ Windhoek — Implementation of affirmative action, or the absence of it, at various companies, including commercial banks and Chinese-owned companies, are some of the issues on the agenda of the N... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354081/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354081/ Rising demand for talent in Africa's capital markets is pushing students to pursue the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification. The number of students enrolled for the June CFA exams in Afric... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354306/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:14 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354306/ Cape Town — The negative effects of ArcelorMittal's steel prices on local industry are going to come under the parliamentary spotlight once again when the trade and industry portfolio committee ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353869/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353869/ press release The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Erastus Mwencha, urged the African Journalists to be objective in their reports and to join force in the promotion of p... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354308/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:11 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354308/ Kenya allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is facing war crime charges, to visit. The move was smart for domestic and regional politics, although it brought international criticism. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354281/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:49:11 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354281/ Nigeria's privatization plans for its power grid don't consider the role of the generator and diesel fuel industries, which may have an interest in holding up improvements. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353518/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:49:10 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353518/ Submit your comment Zimbabwe's tobacco sale closed Friday with a record crop of 122 million kilogrammes having been sold, which officials attributed to the increase of small-scale farmers joining the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353976/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:48:17 -0400 Business Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38353976/ -(Dow Jones)- Nigeria's financial regulator said Friday that it is looking at allowing foreign stock exchange operators to invest in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as it undergoes privatization, in eff... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354271/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:41:25 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354271/ -(Dow Jones)- Nigeria's financial regulator said Friday that it is looking at allowing foreign stock exchange operators to invest in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as it undergoes privatization, in eff... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354270/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:41:07 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354270/ -(Dow Jones)- Nigeria's financial regulator said Friday that it is looking at allowing foreign stock exchange operators to invest in the Nigerian Stock Exchange as it undergoes privatization, in eff... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354269/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:40:46 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354269/ Africa's first ever refugee social network was launched in Uganda on Friday on a pilot basis where refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) will be able to trace their family or friends throug... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354290/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:38:40 -0400 People's Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354290/ The African Development Bank (AfDB) has promised 1.5 billion U. S. dollars to harness water resources for agricultural development on the African continent.The fund would be for the development of tec... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354003/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:38:37 -0400 People's Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354003/ Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) meets with Chen Zhili, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Se... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354266/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:38:29 -0400 People's Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38354266/ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351460/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:20:55 -0400 West Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351460/ SOCO Exploration & Production - DRC SPRL has reached total depth on the wildcat exploration well Nganga 1 ("NGA-1") in the Nganzi Block, onshore the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshas... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351467/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:11:02 -0400 Rigzone http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351467/ NAIROBI , Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - Despite a bumper harvest of maize just a few months ago, many residents in the eastern part of Kenya are facing hunger and starvation. While granaries in the region may b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351459/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:57:48 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351459/ (David McNew, Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's coast.... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351461/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51:58 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351461/ Nairobi - Kenya on Friday signed an agreement allowing the International Criminal Court to open a local office - one week after the court's top target, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, visited the E... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351451/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:50:11 -0400 Earth Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351451/ If a referendum on South Sudan's independence ends with a vote for secession from Sudan, internal clan rivalries could complicate the transition to independence. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351457/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:47:43 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351457/ Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat rose in Chicago after Russia, the world’s third-largest grower, extended a ban on grain exports into next year, raising the prospect of higher food prices that alrea... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38350829/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:21:24 -0400 Business Week http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38350829/ Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has stood down from international football for the foreseeable future, telling Ghana he wants to return to form at club level, coach Milovan Rajevac said. Essien has... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351356/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:14:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351356/ HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe produced 119 million kg of tobacco in the 2009/10 season, double the previous year's output, an official said on Friday, as the sector recovers from the damage to commercia... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351468/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351468/ GENEVA (Reuters) - A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a "golden key" ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351470/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351470/ Spokeswoman Nthabiseng Motsepe said the 586 workers represented by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at RMB had all returned to work following the signing of a pay rise agreement by the company ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351469/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:43 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351469/ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike by 1.3 million workers in South Africa's public sector in its third week is testing President Jacob Zuma's and his ruling African National Congress's fragile relation... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351472/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:38 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351472/ The United Nations political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation, and encouraged its leaders to focus on governing the countr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351445/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351445/ Kenya Commercial Bank has launched an on-line payment solution targeting the tourism sector as e-commerce takes root in the country. The solution will speed up and make reservation and management of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351173/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351173/ A Bill seeking to clamp down on organised crime received Presidential assent this week, moving Kenya closer towards effectively prosecuting the rising cases of syndicated crime. President Kibaki sign... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351446/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351446/ Mbombela — Travellers to Maputo, Mozambique, have been urged to exercise caution following street protests this week against a surge in basic living costs. In a statement on Friday, CEO of the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351335/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351335/ Pretoria — Health officials in the Free State are working hard to ensure the safeguarding of services and the safety of staff during the public service strike. This follows reports of increased... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351462/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351462/ FINANCE minister Tendai Biti has officially intervened in the "vicious corporate war" between Meikles Africa Ltd and Kingdom Financial Holdings Ltd (KFHL), which has drawn into its vortex President Ro... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351447/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351447/ More than 1,6-million people are signed up to Vitality in SA, the US and the UK. Vitality does not make a significant direct contribution to Discovery's bottom line but it plays a key role behind the ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351463/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351463/ A draft of the proposed amendments to the country's Electoral Law is being worked upon by legal experts in the Attorney-General's office, SW Radio Africa can reveal. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351040/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351040/ Johannesburg — REDEFINE International, which is to list on the local bourse on Tuesday, said yesterday that part of the capital raised in its private placement of units would be used to subscrib... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351395/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/38351395/