Provides the latest RSS feeds for Central Africa News. 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/af49e445d240beb9/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 30 Serena Williams will have to wait a little longer for a tennis tournament in Africa while the organisers of the award-winning Porsche Grand Prix hope to have found the right formula in a new-look 2009 tennis calendar. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/413110/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:01:54 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/413110/cs/1/ In the small rural village of Eshisiru in Western Kenya, hundreds of women in colourful dresses, many of them surrounded by a gaggle of children, queue patiently in the midday sun. These women are not waiting to draw water from a borehole or to buy food. Instead, they are waiting to be tested for HIV - something that campaigners say is virtually unheard of in Africa. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/412751/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:03 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/412751/cs/1/ London, Sept.30 : Out of favour England fast bowler Darren Pattinson has revealed that he had disagreed with the England selectors' decision to play him in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, and given the acrimony that followed his July call-up, the Victorian-born pace man said he would be content to never again play for England. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/412865/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:02:40 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/412865/cs/1/ You Report HARARE, ZIMBABWE (AP) - Zimbabwe's opposition says its leader met with President Robert Mugabe but failed to agree on sharing Cabinet posts to finalize a power-sharing agreement. Spokesman... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229408/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:23:15 -0400 Washington Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229408/ Officials in Kenya and South Sudan are denying reports that a shipment of tanks and other military equipment was headed for Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last week. The reports have promp... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229480/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:55 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229480/ VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 30, 2008) - Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOI)reports that an insider of the Company has agreed to provide a loan to Af... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228234/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:40 -0400 Market Wire http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228234/ Population Services International , has distributed almost 60 million condoms in the country during the past two years in an attempt to scale up the fight against HIV/AIDS, http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229293/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:12:28 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229293/ A real agenda for action between now and 2015 has been drawn. We also want to do more when it comes to the global partnership for agriculture and food. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228232/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:53 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228232/ HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to break a deadlock on forming a unity government despite direct talks, the opposition MDC par... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229500/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:49:01 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229500/ -(Dow Jones)- South African trade union Solidarity Tuesday called on the country's newly elected president to urgently release the findings of a mine safety audit. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228442/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:06:56 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228442/ Zimbabwe's opposition cannot agree Cabinet post deal with Robert Mugabe Spokesman: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appealing for help Opposition claims Mugabe trying to hang on to all major posts http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229513/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:14:16 -0400 CNN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229513/ "They are expected to meet... soon and finalize the issue of government," Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change told AFP. "It can happen anytime. It could happen ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229515/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:06:57 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229515/ September 30, 2008 · Shoppers in Zimbabwe are now paying for goods using $10,000 and $20,000 notes. Prices are rising so fast that people are using up all their paper money, and the country's r... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228598/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:14:59 -0400 NPR http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228598/ United States officials have made it clear that Washington won’t fund economic recovery in Zimbabwe unless there’s genuine political power sharing. A recent agreement between President Robert Ro... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229482/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:40 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229482/ Mercy Akide-Udoh has targeted the African Championship in November to make her international comeback. The United States-based Nigerian striker has not been seen in a Super Falcons jersey since the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229497/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:53:47 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229497/ JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) - Temporary shelters set up for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence earlier in 2008 have to close, said a South African provincial government spokesman. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229491/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:10:45 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229491/ A family of elephants and some zebras graze in the Masai Mara game reserve while a balloon with tourists takes flight in the background in Kenya earlier this summer. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229022/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:17 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229022/ MDC deny that Zimbabwe cabinet deal is imminent September 30, 2008, 13:15 Zimbabwe's opposition today denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal was imminent, saying t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229484/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:17:18 -0400 SABC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229484/ September 30, 2008 · More than two dozen albino residents have been murdered in Tanzania since the beginning of the year. NPR's Tony Cox talks with Vicky Ntetema, bureau chief for the BBC in Ta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229485/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:15:01 -0400 NPR http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229485/ AIRN ), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks, announced today that it has been selected by One Communications (OneCom), a newly-acquired subsidiary of Safaricom, as ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229489/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:36 -0400 Market Wire http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229489/ Call it a love of ethnicity and urge for authenticity, or a way of expressing the power of green. For all those elements are penetrating the shows of this summer 2009 season. Africa - its nobility, b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229048/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:50:13 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229048/ + ] By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's parliament has passed an amnesty law seen as crucial to efforts to end northern rebellions, but opposition deputies boycotte... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228048/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:39:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18228048/ A date has been set for the ruling in a case in which four former military officers of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front are charged with the murder of 10 Catholic clerics in 1994. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229615/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:01:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229615/ For every two children released, five are taken and forced to be child soldiers, according to a new report released on the ongoing conflict in the province of North Kivu, eastern DRC. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229616/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:01:58 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229616/ At least 4,524 citizens, victims of landmines, were assisted in south Bié province from 2004 to the current date, with various basic goods, ANGOP learnt this Monday from the provincial co-ordin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229617/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:01:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229617/ A group of unidentified armed robbers stormed Limbe in the wee hours of September 28, killed one, wounded many and carted away several millions from AMITY Bank.The robbers, who reportedly came by sea,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229618/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:01:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18229618/ The failure of US lawmakers to pass the $700 billion financial bailout package – and the historic plunge on wall street Monday – are being watched closely around the world. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224442/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224442/ NAKURU, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) - The decision to close camps for Kenyans displaced by post-election violence was hasty and has left thousands in Rift Valley Province stranded at transit camps or yet... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224447/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:37:33 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224447/ (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)In this Dec.21, 2005 file picture a mother gently places her son in a basket, as she takes him to a Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic, in Lankien, Southern Sudan after he ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224448/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:33:39 -0400 Examiner http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224448/ An Islamist group in Somalia has destroyed a derelict church in the southern port town of Kismayo, an eyewitness has told the BBC. The destruction took place after prayers to mark the Eid al-Fitr f... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224451/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:10 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224451/ With his pension, Golicha bought 100 goats to supply his family with milk as well as an income; the herd had doubled by April. However, an outbreak of the viral livestock disease, Peste des Petits Rum... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224464/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:34 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224464/ A new political party in Morocco backed by a close friend of King Mohammed VI is forming an alliance that should create the biggest group in parliament. The BBC's James Copnall in the capital, Raba... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224450/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:09 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224450/ JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2008 (PlusNews) - Adjusting to college or university life can be rough – moving into residence, living with roommates, balancing academic demands with those of social life... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224445/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:37:38 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224445/ In this CFR Special Report, Michelle D. Gavin discusses how President Robert Mugabe's mismanaged and violently repressive government has driven Zimbabwe to social and economic ruin. Gavin argues that ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224462/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:09:05 -0400 CFR http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224462/ Several other opposition parties withdrew from the race and decided to back Banda, who is standing on the ticket of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD). http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224467/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224467/ Uganda's government has urged aid agencies to stop supplying food to the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Minister for Disaster Preparedness Tarsis Kabwegyere said this would increase pressure on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224452/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:12 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224452/ Stockholm - A Rwandan man suspected of committing genocide in his homeland between 1990 and 1994 has been detained by Swedish authorities. Prosecutor Lars Hedvall says 52-year-old Sylvere Ahorugeze... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224547/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:51 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224547/ GOVERNMENT has approved the injection of N$14 million into the coffers of TransNamib after an illegal strike earlier this month left the transport company unable to pay workers' salaries. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224469/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:30 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224469/ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Making tests and treatment for malaria free dramatically increases the number of people who seek treatment for the disease that kills 1 million people a year, an inte... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224461/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:10:24 -0400 Newsday http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224461/ Zimbabwe’s historic power-sharing pact recognizes that the revival of the agriculture sector is essential to the recovery of the country’s devastated economy. Analysts blame President Robert Mu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18223227/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:10 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18223227/ Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen has confirmed he will sign a new goalkeeper before the end of the year. Khalid Sinouh is on trial at Easter Road and is a free agent after his release from Turkish ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224453/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:08 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224453/ Titus Mulwa is part of the Hippo Focus Group working to save the otter. Its original goal was to save the hippopotamus – also an endangered species at Lake Victoria. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224441/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224441/ LUPANE, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) - In Dongamuzi village, in the Lupane district of Zimbabwe's Matabeleland North Province, Jestina Moyo, 56, is making a deal she knows is unfair, but she also knows sh... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224444/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:37:41 -0400 IRIN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224444/ . The raiders are reported to be from Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army, a group accused of forcibly enlisting child soldiers and of massacring thousands during what has been one of Africa's lon... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224473/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:34:15 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224473/ Angola's ruling party secured a landslide parliamentary election victory in the September poll with a clear majority that extended their political dominance in Africa's leading oil-producing country. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224548/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:29:30 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18224548/ 0 posts The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign announced a new initiative to help eliminate malaria deaths in the next generation. Responding to an urgent and immediate need, Nothin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219978/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:09:23 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219978/ Egyptian club Ismaili have named Brazilian Ricardo Ferreira as their new coach, on a two-year contract. Ferreira has reached a mutual agreement with Sudanese club Al Hilal to terminate his contract... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220117/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:11 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220117/ Geneva - Fresh fighting between government troops and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced more than 100 000 people to flee over the past month, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219758/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:37 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219758/ By Natasha Joseph The Italian Mafia is a major player in Namibia's diamond mining industry, says a top investigative journalist. His investigations apparently show that one of Italy's most power... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220124/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:26 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220124/ A group of Western tourists, who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara Desert, have returned home. Five Italians flew from Egypt to Turin, while five Germans and a Romanian national landed in Berli... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220116/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:12 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220116/ East Africa is a major route for Afghanistan's drug trafficking cartels -- home to over 90 per cent of the world's opium production -- says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220129/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220129/ ECOWAS, ministries of agriculture and health Friday ended a five-day forum on food security and nutrition at the bank of Sierra Leone complex, Kingtom in Freetown. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219605/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219605/ AS THE struggling airline industry battles to keep afloat amid the smallest growth in international passengers in five years, Africa has emerged as one of the three strongest markets, according to dat... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219513/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219513/ Khartoum - Rebels in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region on Tuesday rejected claims they had shot down a helicopter contracted to the United Nations peacekeeping force in an incident that killed all four c... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220121/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:45 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220121/ Supply of power in the country has returned to normal, effectively ending the rationing that began last week, Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) said yesterday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219853/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219853/ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Tuesday filed an application to appeal against a ruling that dismissed corruption charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma, a spokesman said. Earlier... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219688/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:55:44 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219688/ OLD Mutual suffered another change in leadership yesterday and was still vulnerable to the US credit crisis, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220134/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220134/ THE rand is showing remarkable resilience in the face of global financial turmoil but is dangerously near the edge of a precipice which if breached, analysts say, could herald a rapid slide towards R9... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220130/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220130/ THE Land Bank's annual report, to be tabled in Parliament today, provides the most frank account yet of a breakdown of internal controls, poor lending practices, wasteful expenditure, irregular appoin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220132/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220132/ America is a multi-cultural and multi-national nation with at least one person from each country in the world residing there.There is no way that matters in America can go unnoticed by other countries... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220118/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:10 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220118/ The Central African Republic's parliament has passed an amnesty aimed to allow the conclusion of peace talks between government forces and rebels. The law covers both rebels and government official... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220114/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:14 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220114/ Tanzania's attitude to cautiously open doors to businesses from within the East Africa region, having been conservatively protective, was boosted recently when the country signed a Memorandum of Under... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220136/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220136/ 0 posts American pet owners and their animals can help save lives in Africa through vaccinations administered in the U.S. between now and December 31, 2008. Pet owners are invited to double the impact... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219981/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:09:03 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18219981/ "We have been witnessing a major deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Kivus (regions) since the resumption of hostilities," said Max Hadorn, head of delegation for the International Co... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220137/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:59:14 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220137/ The ANC national working committee yesterday outlined the process that needed to be followed by the provincial executive committee (PEC) in choosing the new premier. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220127/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220127/ (AFP)--Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other military supplies said Tuesday that the weapons were headed for southern http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220140/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:59:09 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220140/ The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is considering erecting a fence along the Namibia-Angola border to improve the animal health status north of the veterinary cordon fence. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220226/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:54:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220226/ Despite having infrastructural challenges MTN Rwanda is due to renew its licence to operate as a communication service provider in Rwanda, according to the MTN Group Integrated Report of the year 2007... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220227/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:54:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220227/ Troops deployment has stepped up in the Northwest capital, Bamenda, ahead of October 1 'independence celebrations' as announced by the secessionist Southern Cameroons National Council, SCNC. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220228/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:54:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18220228/ The recent massive workers' strikes -- by workers of the National Microfinance Bank and Tanzania Railways as well as medical students, with more impending from teachers and university students -- show... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216212/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216212/ Uganda's capital markets are not at risk of losing foreign exchange to overseas investors like other global markets, a prominent financial researcher has said. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215418/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215418/ -(Dow Jones)- Inspired Evolution Investment Management said Tuesday it has launched the Evolution One Fund, a 10-year equity fund expected to grow to http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216222/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:33:28 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216222/ Mozambique plans to revive a $1 billion steel project that was cancelled after the collapse of U.S. energy trading company Enron <ECSPQ.PK>, an industry official said on Monday. "We hope to app... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215831/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:31:55 -0400 Mine Web http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215831/ Uncertainty has of recent emerged at the medical school of The National University of Rwanda (NUR) over the head of faculty's decision to abruptly bring in or introduce a 7th year programme in the med... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216326/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216326/ The oldest trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), a case involving six defendants including Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, former Minister for Family and Women's Development, is slowl... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216319/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216319/ Manama, Sept 30 (bna) His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Sent A Congratulatory Cable To The President Of Botswana Seretse Khama Ian Khama On The Occasion Of His Countrys National Day. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215632/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:04:27 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215632/ Most African countries will not be able to lift their people out of absolute poverty in seven years' time as required by the Millennium Development Goals, a recent regional conference on agricultural ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215958/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215958/ The Foreign Minister of Chad today called for a strengthened United Nations peacekeeping mission in his country and for the reinforcement of the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216325/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216325/ Banking authorities raised the daily withdrawal limit in Zimbabwe, prompting tens of thousands to line up Monday in desperate hopes of getting enough cash for groceries before spiraling inflation eats... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216216/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:56:51 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216216/ As part of the goals set by the government to be achieved by the year 2012, the kitchen garden (with the use of sacs) is an angle that the government is using to help Rwandans eradicate poverty by sta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216328/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216328/ Last week Imbuto Foundation, an initiative conceived and supervised by the Office of the First Lady to recognize and develop initiatives of young Rwandans in the sectors of health, education, and econ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216332/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:06 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216332/ On the morning of Friday the August 29th, a feisty group of young Ugandan women and men arrived in Kigali. Full of vigour and ready to fulfill their dream of spreading friendship and fellowship across... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216330/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216330/ African countries must work together to mitigate the health impacts of global warming to avoid a "continental disaster," climate and health experts who met recently in Nairobi have said. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216214/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216214/ The Rwanda National Police (RNP) together with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) over the week launched a joint advocacy against child abuse and Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216333/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216333/ Yaounde-based publisher of the French language weekly, La Détente Libre, Lewis Medjo, who was arrested September 22 in Douala, is due to appear at the Douala Court of First Instance in Bonanjo,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216321/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216321/ Students and educators in Rwanda can now access course materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States (US) through its OpenCourseWare hosted online by the National... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216327/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216327/ A Kenyan Member of Parliament, Catherine Kemura, has lauded the dispensation of cases by the semi-traditional Rwandan Gacaca (pronounced gatchatcha) courts trying the 1994 genocide suspects after havi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216320/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216320/ The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) last week impounded 34 tonnes of milk powder imported from China as fears spread over tainted milk formula in the country. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215943/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18215943/ The medicine that is approved under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime were purchased by the government of Rwanda at a cost of US$3 million (Approx. Frw 1.7 billion) and the first batch is expected i... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216323/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216323/ The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called for United Nations peacekeepers to be given a clear mandate and the resources necessary to impose peace by force if necessary on a rebel group t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216324/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216324/ Thirty Rwandans have received training from the Rwanda Capital Market Advisory Council (CMAC) in a bid to increase capacity building in Capital Markets. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216334/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:03 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216334/ Mobile phone operators in Tanzania are among large taxpayers that have come under the spotlight as the Tanzania Revenue Authority moves to plug loopholes in the regulations in order to reduce the room... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216213/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216213/ Hundreds of houses were destroyed by heavy rains and storms in several parts of the country Sunday. The rains which started at about 5.30 pm in Rubavu district, Western Province left 35 people- among ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216335/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:02 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216335/ JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- It was a bit like a mouse trying to calm a herd of frightened elephants.With both the world financial markets and South Africa's political scene in turmoil, the country'... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216209/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:08:55 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216209/ Meet Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday underscored the need for expansion of ties with African countries and the African Union. In a meeting with African Union Commission President ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216202/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:42:51 -0400 IRNA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216202/ The team, from New Resolution Geophysics, was sub-contracted in a service agreement by Vangold Resources Ltd, to carry out the aero-exploration exercise for two weeks. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216336/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216336/ Lesotho's Member of Parliament and Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship, Madam Pontso Sekale, advised the women in Yaounde, recently, during a meeting attended by women and government offici... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216337/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:28:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216337/ Inoni made the remark while presiding over a meeting of the Cameroon Investment Forum in his office, Friday, September 26.The meeting that brought together top business people in Cameroon aimed at map... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216338/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:28:58 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/af49e445d240beb9/id/18216338/