Provides the latest RSS feeds for 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/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:36 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:36 -0400 30 SIRTE: African heads of state yesterday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in coordinating defence policy and trade negotiations, a participant in the talks ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25859374/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:23 -0400 The Peninsula http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25859374/ U. students Erin Brown, left, and Stephen Manortey interview a Ghanaian mother in the village of Adankwame last month. Both doctoral candidates in public health, the students participate in the U.'s g... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857693/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:17:49 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857693/ Kenya and the International Criminal Court have agreed on a new deadline to set up a special tribunal to try the ringleaders of post-election violence.Kenyan ministers promised to establish the tribun... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857695/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:13:05 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857695/ The Pacific Boychoir had logged thousands of miles on its passports, bringing its distinct sound to destinations near and far. And no place is considered too far for this group. The Oakland-based choi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857546/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:05:49 -0400 Oakland Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857546/ T he international peacekeeping mission in Darfur says gunmen have abducted two female aid workers in the western Sudanese region. Noureddine Mezni, a spokesman for the United Nations-African Union f... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857690/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:05:45 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25857690/ Cardinal Newman to be beatified African heads of state yesterday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in co-ordinating defence policy and trade negotiations, a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855849/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:58 -0400 Irish Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855849/ PARIS — Brazil's air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials den... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855518/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:45:28 -0400 Fox News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855518/ It is the third kidnapping of foreign aid staff in the territory in four months. A gang of six men took the women, both working for the Irish aid group GOAL, from their compound in the north Darfur t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855462/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:29:48 -0400 Sky News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855462/ PARIS (Reuters) - The operator of a Yemeni aircraft that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands this week has suspended flights from Paris, a spokeswoman for Aeroports de Paris, the Par... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855513/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:05 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855513/ Lions players who have not played much in the Tests so far get a run-out and show what they can do and, for the Lions, a test victory against the Boks would be massive. After losing seven consecutive... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855463/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:29:46 -0400 Sky News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855463/ The community centre and clinic put in place by Edzimkulu in Ndawana, South Africa. Four of the five buildings there recently caught on fire and were destroyed. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855860/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:46 -0400 Edmonton Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855860/ from 2015. The statement was reiterated this week through a spokesman. By the E.U. hasn't said how it will back the project, which would help diversify its natural gas supplies away from http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855487/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:45:31 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855487/ SIRTE, Libya (AP) - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855788/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:45:09 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25855788/ Barack Obama’s Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible that the African continent itself would have b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853022/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:06 -0400 Daily Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853022/ Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka address supporters at a past rally at Nairobi's Uhuru Park. Politicians are not keen on national cohesion although Parliament has passed a law to speed it up follow... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853471/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:24:57 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853471/ Kampala African leaders who embezzle public resources and steal elections should prepare for stinging reproach when US President Barak Obama visits the continent in week’s time or clean up their di... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853485/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:24:48 -0400 Daily Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853485/ Omar al-Bashir, March 2008 (Salah Malkawi, Getty Images) SIRTE, Libya (AP) - African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853479/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:19:25 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853479/ KAMPALA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Africa must embrace agricultural biotechnology or risk being excluded from a major technological revolution that has had increased food production in the Europe, North America a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853079/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:21:40 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853079/ SIRTE, Libya: African leaders reached a compromise early Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies but have little power to act without a mandate from member s... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853477/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853477/ The Associated Press SIRTE, Libya -- After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853486/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:43 -0400 CTV http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853486/ Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the opening of the African Union summit in Sirte, about 600 kilomertres east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. The AU has decided not to cooperate with a war cr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853467/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:52:38 -0400 Canada.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853467/ analysis Windhoek — Increased production at existing uranium mines in Namibia and the opening of new ones in response to growing world demand for nuclear fuel will spearhead renewed economic gr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853481/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853481/ MORONI: Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline over safety concerns. "From today, our country i... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853476/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853476/ KHARTOUM: Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional government, both sides said on Friday, a move that w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853478/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853478/ Africa shared top billing with climate change at last year's Group of Eight summit, but the global financial crisis has since undermined developed nations' efforts to meet the financial commitments th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853120/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:52 -0400 Japan Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853120/ After that, most went into teaching. And only then did some find opportunities and scholarships to pursue degree courses away from East Africa, mostly in Britain. A few opportunities came from India, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853470/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:10 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853470/ The Zimbabwean government will increase salaries for state workers at the end of July to put them closer to normal levels than the current US$100 monthly allowance, reports said. Executive Secretary E... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853465/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:33:33 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853465/ Windhoek — Gold One International, which has operations in Namibia, announced this week that it has sold its Twin Hills project in North Queensland to North Queensland Metals Limited and Heemski... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853227/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853227/ Students from the Universal American School in Dubai (left to right) Homam Zituni, Nader Sayes, Aya Gawda, Alexander Koch, Fadi Al Garawan, Noufel Al Barwani, Abdo Hamdi, Yassin Al Shehabi, Abdullah M... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853468/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:43 -0400 Gulf News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853468/ Sirte: African leaders agreed yesterday to a Libya-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers. The change was materialised by morphing the African Union's execu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853431/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:21 -0400 Gulf News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853431/ NAIROBI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.Land rights activists are... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853475/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:21:42 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853475/ Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara of Zimbabwe has invited the president of the International Federation Of Football Associations, Sepp Blatter, to visit Zimbabwe ahead of the World Cup of Soccer ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853466/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:33:34 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853466/ Kampala Ugandan lady golfers breathed a sigh of relief when they learnt that Zambian teen sensation Melissa Nawa had withdrawn from the prestigious Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championship on the eve ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853484/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:23 -0400 Daily Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853484/ state oil company , Mohammed Barkindo, said on Friday the agreement "gives this project the official stamp of approval from the three governments, directing the http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853474/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:11 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853474/ Sirte, Libya - The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates sai... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853469/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:57:05 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853469/ Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:59 -0400 Kuwait Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853483/ Leaving little doubt about his disdain for poor governance, he rebuffed the tired song that Africa’s problems were a creation of colonial legacy, saying that the problem is bad leadership. How else,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853006/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:24:51 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853006/ The Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho caused a major frenzy among Nigerian fans as he arrived in the country for a three-day visit.Mourinho arrived in Lagos on Friday as a guest of the Kwara Football Ac... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853463/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:04 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853463/ -(Dow Jones)- In a bid to tackle the bureaucratic red tape hampering a key energy plan to supply power to budding iron ore and bauxite mining firms, Cameroon President http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25852997/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:42 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25852997/ SIRTE, Libya (AP) - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853359/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:21 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25853359/ The International Monetary Fund says economic policy reforms in Zimbabwe have produced a "nascent" economic recovery, but continues to insist the country pay down its debt arrears of more than US$1 bi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851381/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:27 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851381/ A Zimbabwe government official today appealed to Chinese firms to invest in Zimbabwean mines, asking companies to ignore the country's recent troubles and strike now while the iron is hot. Zimbabwe ha... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851081/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:03:29 -0400 SABC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851081/ A megaphone atop a truck parked in Accra's main market warns customers that some "unscrupulous persons" are copying Dr. Alhaji Yakubu's medicine to cure all diseases. So make sure you get the original... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851358/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:20 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851358/ Militants fighting to overthrow Somalia's U.N.-backed government have condemned talks at the African Union summit in Libya, where African leaders are considering giving the African Union peacekeepin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851360/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:19 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851360/ Ireland's cricketers got off to the best possible start in their 4 day Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Eglington cricket club, writes John Kenny. In the first match in defence of their ti... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851376/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:03:37 -0400 RTE http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851376/ A Darfuri refugee shelters from rain: 'AU member states shall not co-operate... relating to immunities for the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC.' http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851374/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:03 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851374/ Nairobi — Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851350/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:38 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851350/ Corruption within public institutions continues to plague the nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, according to a report by a group of regional transparency organizations. Out of the three nations,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851379/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:27 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851379/ Accra — The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a total of US$535 million to support three credit facilities aimed at helping improve economic governance and stabilizing Ghana's ec... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25850971/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:37 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25850971/ analysis I Grudgingly Have to Admit the Economic Meltdown is very much with us and that we are now suffering from the secondary round fall-out: Production falling, inventories rising, exports shrinki... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851062/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:36 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851062/ African leaders in Libya were on Friday hotly debating a draft resolution by the African Union (AU) which will, if adopted, deal a major blow to the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25850970/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:38 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25850970/ Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) [official website] urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named i... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851377/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:31:40 -0400 Jurist http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851377/ Twelve-year-old Joseph Kasirye never made it to the village well after leaving his home in Kayugi in southern Uganda.As he walked to fetch water on Oct. 27 last year he was hit on the head with a hoe,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851324/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:41:10 -0400 National Post http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851324/ A two-day People's Constitutional Convention aimed at getting civil society organizations together to define and adopt fundamental principles on Zimbabwe's new Constitution kicked off in Harare Friday... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:25 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851382/ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe met Thursday on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Libya with the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Cars... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851362/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:17 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851362/ Lusaka - The Zambian government is ready to face a leading South African bank in court for $74,3-million dollars sought over the breach of a feedstock contract, the attorney general said on Friday. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851366/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:36 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851366/ A U.S.-based human rights group says arbitrary arrests and vigilantism in Guinea has raised concerns about the human rights situation in the West African nation. Corinne Dufka, a senior West Africa ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851359/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:20 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851359/ Africa's leaders meeting in Libya have taken a step toward creation of a continental authority that would have enhanced powers to deal with matters of mutual interest. But a compromise reached after d... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851354/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:24 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851354/ Windhoek — The City of Windhoek said residents should use electricity wisely as they will pay more since the implementation of Time Of Use (TOU) tariffs took effect this week. Only larger elect... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851190/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:36 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851190/ That image has now taken a hit. In its final report, released yesterday, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a body modeled on South Africa's historic truth commission, says Johnson S... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851369/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:07 -0400 Time http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851369/ When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first elected woman President in 2006, she inherited a country shattered by nearly two decades of civil war. Harvard educated, a former banker and World Bank... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851368/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:07 -0400 Time http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851368/ ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851170/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:51:51 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851170/ African leaders gathered at Sirte in Libya for the African Union summit say that they are against the arresting of Sudanese President Al Bashir's, saying the move will not bring peace to the troubled ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:03:31 -0400 SABC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851384/ GABORONE, Jul 3 (IPS) - As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates.The ruling Botswana Democratic Party ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851375/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:02 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851375/ NEW DELHI: Leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Punj Lloyd has announced that it had bagged three new major contracts valued at Rs. 1,873.18 crore ($387.08 million) in Libya... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851373/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:02 -0400 The Hindu http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851373/ A human rights group says civilians in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo are under increasing attack from all sides of the conflicts raging there between Congolese and rebel forces. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851355/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:24 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851355/ Male circumcision has become an important factor in the spread of HIV in Tanzania, health officials have said, naming regions where it is not practised as the worst affected by the pandemic. Dr Nay B... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851349/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:37 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851349/ Tamale — A two-day sub-regional durbar, to deliberate on the issues of trade between Ghana and Burkina Faso, has been held at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851387/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:37 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851387/ Despite being majority Muslim, Senegal is a known for its religious tolerance. Muslims, Christians, Jews and adherents to traditional African beliefs came together in Dakar to discuss what tensions re... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851363/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:17 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851363/ By Christian Lowe Sirte, Libya - African leaders will consider a resolution on Friday to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more than just defend themselves from attacks by ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851365/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:39 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851365/ SIRTE, Libya (AP) - African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. The final decision by th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851353/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:56:04 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25851353/ LAGOS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his itiner... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849063/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:04 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849063/ Rescue workers searching for victims of this week's plane crash off the Comoros islands on Friday found what appeared to be a door of the plane as well as a school of sharks possibly indicating the pr... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849066/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:33 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849066/ Mogadishu, Somalia - Extremist rebels in Somalia said on Friday they will continue attacking African Union peacekeepers, after fighting this week killed more than 20 people and left hospitals so crowd... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849067/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:31 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849067/ Maputo — Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, re... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849056/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849056/ Maputo — Mozambican computers are now rolling off an assembly line in Maputo, under a deal between the Mozambican government and the South African company Sahara Computers. The factory began op... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849072/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849072/ The Hague, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court says Kenya will ask it to investigate violence that followed disputed 2007 elections if the country's Parliament cannot agree on how to prosec... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849068/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:48 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849068/ The diverse crowd on Friday included office workers on break, schoolchildren on holiday and Jackson impersonators sporting red satin jackets and fedoras. Some fans emulated the hip-jutting moves that ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849045/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:59:24 -0400 Fox News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849045/ Banjul - Gambia's High Court jailed seven journalists who were out on bail after being charged with sedition and has brought new charges against them, legal sources said on Friday. The arrests have... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849065/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:36 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849065/ HEALTH Minister Dr Richard Kamwi has categorically denied that HIV-positive women are "systematically coerced" to be sterilised at State hospitals. In a ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849057/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849057/ A draft adopted by African heads of state after 15 hours of talks is aimed at simplifying the AU and boosting its power over defense, diplomacy and trade matters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849074/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:04 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/25849074/