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60 killed in Nigerian village attacks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:01 -0400

At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning, residents and security sources said. About 100 gunmen, first stormed Kizara village around 3.00 a.m. and began attacking the residence of poor villagers. In the process, an unknown number of people were killed, including the District Head of Kizara, Bello Ibrahim, who was ...

Mali UN officials welcome accord between Government and Tuareg rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:56 -0400

18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, providing for an immediate ceasefire and paving the way for country-wide presidential elections set for next month. In a statement issued by a spokesperson in New York, the UN chief welcomes the accord reached between the Malian Government ...

Mali Officials Tuareg Rebels Sign Accord

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:28 -0400

Mali's government has signed a deal with Tuareg rebels that will allow the army to return to a key rebel-held city ahead of next month's elections. The deal was signed Tuesday in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, in the presence of Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore, who served as mediator. Tuareg group MNLA currently occupies the city of Kidal, the only major population ...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to be tried in Libya in August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:40:03 -0400

The son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will be tried in Libya in August, the prosecutor's office has announced. It said the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and other senior regime members would include charges of forming criminal gangs, inciting rape and illegal detentions. According to the BBC, among those who are expected to face trial in August are Gaddafi's ...

Avril Lavigne balancing work wedding plans

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Singer Avril Lavigne, who is engaged to Chad Kroeger, says she is trying to divide her time between work and wedding plans. Lavigne, 27, will soon release her yet-to-be-titled fifth studio collection, and is enjoying every moment with her singer beau. "I've already been planning the wedding. It's just more meetings than usual, more emails, more phone calls. But it's been good," thesun.co.uk ...

WorleyParsons shares rise on Nigeria deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:58:18 -0400

SHARES in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in ...

Western Sahara Western Sahara - the Inconvenient Uprising Nobody Wants to Talk or Hear About

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:19 -0400

London - The British digital common, Open Democracy has published yesterday, Monday, an article on the situation in Western Sahara where it affirmed that Western Sahara represents "the inconvenient uprising nobody wants to talk (or hear) about" HICHAM YEZZA, the articles writer confirmed that "In Oct 2010 - before Tunisia, before Tahrir Square, before Occupy Wall Street and Gezi ...

South Sudan South Sudanese Supermodel Appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:17 -0400

Juba - South Sudanese Supermodel and former refugee Alek Wek has been appointed as the UN refugee agency's (UNHCR) newest National Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR reports. Wek was formally welcomed into the UN family on Sunday in Libreville, Gabon, where she was participating in the New York Forum Africa gathering of Heads of States, entrepreneurs and experts who came together to create a road ...

Somalia Somaliland Bars Federal Govt Authorized Aircraft From Landing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:16 -0400

Hargeisa - Somaliland government rejected an aircraft attempting to land at Egal International Airport in Hargeisa on Tuesday, after Somaliland officials said the plane requested to use airspace from the Somali Federal Government (SFG), Garowe Online reports. Somaliland's Ministry of Aviation released a press release on Tuesday detailing the incident that forced a SS34 aircraft to double ...

Ghana Woyome to Strike Back ... As Duffour Explains Stance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:45:13 -0400

The ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling on the €47 million paid as judgment debt to Waterville Holdings Ltd. and other judgment debts paid by the state in at least the last five years are becoming a subject of keen interest to many Ghanaians. The Supreme Court on Friday, 14 June, 2012, ordered Waterville Holdings Ltd. to return to the state the €47 million it claimed as judgment ...

S. Sudan Could Drop Austerity Budget as Oil Flows

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:16:02 -0400

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- South Sudan’s Council of Ministers has submitted a $5.6 billion dollar national budget to parliament for the new fiscal year, more than double the country’s current austerity budget. But officials warned that they are prepared to slash spending if oil production is shut down again over a new row with Sudan, which has accused Juba of backing rebels in the north ...

World Briefing | Africa 9 Students Killed at School in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:02 -0400

Militants opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the troubled northeast, killing at least nine of them, witnesses said Tuesday. The attack on Monday at a private school in Maiduguri was the second on a school in recent days. On Sunday, 13 people, including high school students and teachers, were killed during a five-hour shootout when extremists attacked a boarding school in ...

China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:04 -0400

China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...

US company to build 1000 MW thermal plant in Ghana

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:52 -0400

General Electric (GE) Group of the United States will partner the government of Ghana in the development of a 1,000 MW thermal plant, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum disclosed here on Tuesday.The project, under a program named "Ghana 1000MW Project" for the West African country, aims to introduce the Power Park Concept to ensure low cost of power and fast ...

8 Russian Sailors Acquitted in Nigeria Arms Smuggling Case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:21 -0400

arrested near the West African country’s coast in October 2012 on arms smuggling charges. The sailors were the crew of the MV Myre Seadiver vessel owned by Moscow-based security firm Moran Security Group. Nigerian authorities detained the Myre Seadiver ship with the Russian crew in the port of Lagos on October 19 last year after finding weapons, including 14 Kalashnikov AK-47 assault ...

Chad Johnson Ive learned my lesson after jail

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:51 -0400

Chad Johnson wants another chance after seven days in jail and hopes to play football again. (Larry Marano/Getty Images) NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson said Tuesday morning in his first interview since being released from a Florida jail a day earlier that he knows some people may believe he doesn’t deserve a second chance, but he wants to ';finish my career off the right ...

UN envoy says Libya faces urgent challenges in move to democracy after decades of dictatorship

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:33 -0400

The top U.N. envoy to Libya warned Tuesday that the country faces urgent challenges as it struggles to instil democracy after decades of dictatorship, including growing political polarization, weak institutions that can't deal with escalating security problems and thousands of conflict-related detainees waiting to be charged or released. Tarek Mitri told the U.N. Security Council that ...

Algeria probes state power boss over Alstom GE deals

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:18:36 -0400

June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:18pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Algeria is investigating the head of its state power and gas utility, Sonelgaz, over contracts involving U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co and France's Alstom SA, sources told Reuters and Algerian local media reported. "The case is about inflating costs in deals with U.S. firm General Electric and French firm ...

Knotty cassava tubers can change Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:23 -0400

Nigeria's cassava bread initiative is among an ambitious set of programmes designed to transform agriculture and rural livelihoods in this country of 170 million, the most populous of Africa's 55 nations. The sweeping plans include cutting corruption, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure, facilitating agro-processing industries and recapturing once-robust export ...

Shell uses sabotage claims to avoid blame for Nigeria oil spills

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:45 -0400

Shell's persistent claims that theft and sabotage are responsible for almost all the oil spills at its operation in Nigeria could have been exaggerated, an international watchdog has ...

20 killed in another attack in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:44 -0400

/enpproperty--> MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Hospital and local residents on Tuesday said 20 people may have been killed in another attack on students and fishermen by the Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria northeast Maiduguri city currently under a state of emergency. "Thirteen fishermen and tea sellers have been killed at Alau River. Gunmen numbering about five stormed the river area and ...

Nigeria Islamists kill nine students in school attack - medic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:35:58 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker said, the second deadly attack on schools in three days. Witness Ibrahim Mohammed said he was taking exams in a classroom at Ansarudeen School when gunmen stormed the building, opening fire at random. "I ...

Indiscriminate Shelling Kills UN Peacekeeper in Sudans Oil Region

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:07 -0400

A deadly shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) interim headquarters in Kadugli, Sudan's Southern Kordofan state has killed one United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) peacekeeper from Ethiopia. Reports say the shelling was perpetrated by the elements of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). The shelling also wounded ...

Ghana to begin GMO Testing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:09:35 -0400

Although the politicians in Ghana’s parliament have done their bit and have allowed Monsanto lobbyists and scientists influenced by this corporate giant to pass the Bio-Safety Bill in Ghana, that does not stop conscientious objectors from continuing to point out the gross error these politicians in parliament have ...

UN Says Libya Continues to Face Difficult Transition

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:57 -0400

NEW YORK -- A senior United Nations diplomat says Libya continues to face a difficult transition from the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, whose 42-year rule ended in ...

Piracy in West Africa outstrips Somalia report says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:30 -0400

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report says piracy affected more ships and sailors off West Africa than off Somalia's coast last year.The report, drawing on data from the International Maritime Bureau, said nearly 1,000 seafarers and fishermen were attacked by pirates armed with guns or knives in the Gulf of Guinea. More than 200 people were taken hostage.The report said attacks on ...

Egypt and Ethiopia try to roll back threats of war

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:07 -0400

CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's foreign minister is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today to diffuse a diplomatic standoff over access to the Nile River that had led President Mohamed Morsi to threaten his Ethiopian counterparts with the prospect of "war." Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's visit comes a week after Ethiopia's parliament voted to strip Egypt of its right to ...

Tunisia Situation in the Country Topping Agenda of Interim PMs Meeting With National Dialogue Follow-Up Commission

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:42 -0400

Tunis - The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Secretary-General Houcine Abassi said that the meeting held on Monday by Prime Minister Ali Larayedh with the National Dialogue follow-up commission members discussed the economic, social and security situation in the country in this transition stage as well as the furtherance of the National Dialogue. As to security situation, Abassi said after ...

Nigeria Year After Church Bombings Kaduna Struggles to Rebuild

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:40 -0400

ABUJA - Sectarian violence has plagued central Nigeria for decades and tens of thousands of people have been killed. Many mosques and churches are still rubble and in some cities the population has segregated itself out of fear. It is the first anniversary of triple church bombings that sparked sectarian riots in the central city of Kaduna. There is no roof on this mosque in Kaduna and no walls ...

South Sudan Theft From S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:40 -0400

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from Kiir's ...

North Africa AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commanders Death in Mali

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:40 -0400

The militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is reported to have confirmed the death of one of its top commanders. The Mauritanian news agency ANI says it received a statement from the militant group, saying that Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed while fighting French and Chadian troops in northern Mali. The statement says other jihadists also were killed in the clash, including another ...

Refugees leave Nigeria for Niger Cameroon U.N. says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:04 -0400

The United Nations said Tuesday an ongoing crisis in Nigeria has caused more than 6,000 refugees to flee to neighboring Niger and Cameroon. A statement from the United Nations said in recent weeks, "anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity" have uprooted thousands during a state of emergency declared in May in Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. "Crossings of ...

African nations set negotiations on planned Nile dam

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:59 -0400

A controversial dam on the Nile River will be the subject of negotiations by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, foreign ministers of the countries announced Tuesday. The negotiations will deal with the political and technical aspects of dividing the river's waters between the countries, Egypt's Ahram Online reported. The $4.2 billion dam is planned by Ethiopia to power a hydroelectric plant. ...

World Brief | Africa Six Men Sentenced for Attacking Sufi Shrine in Tunisia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:52 -0400

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Illegal mining will not affect Ghana - China relations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:17 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - Mr Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese Ambassador in Ghana, on Tuesday said that illegal gold mining by some Chinese nationals would not affect the relationship between the two ...

Ghana makes progress in multi-party pluralism – Mahama

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:15 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - President John Dramani Mahama has said the government had made steady progress over the past 20 years of multi-party pluralism to enhance accountability, transparency and ...

Four Togolese arrested in Ghana for illegal mining

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:14 -0400

According to Inspector Adu Gyamfi, the officer in-charge of the Kyekyewere Police Station in the Central Region, the seven were arrested last Thursday afternoon after he led a patrol team to the mining ...

Ghana Revenue Authority destroys smuggled goods

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:13 -0400

Zuarungu (UE) June 18, GNA - The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper East Region, at the weekend destroyed seized goods worth ...

British Government to support Ghana

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:11 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - President John Mahama has struck a deal with the British Government to transform Accra into an international financial ...

Act Alliance Ghana Forum donates to flood victims

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:11 -0400

Accra, June 18, GNA - The Act Alliance Ghana Forum, a coalition of Churches and benevolent organizations, have presented relief items worth 50,000 dollars to over 1,000 flood victims in five districts of the Northern ...

Ethiopia admit to fielding suspended player

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:24:00 -0400

The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) have admitted to fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier and could be docked three points as a ...

Bamako Tuaregs sign accord for Mali polls

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:08 -0400

THE Malian government and Tuareg rebels occupying a key northern city have signed an accord paving the way for presidential elections in the west African state next ...

Gaddafi son accuses Libya of blatant disregard for law over trial attempt

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:25 -0400

Muammar Gaddafi , has accused the authorities in his country of showing a "blatant disregard" for the international criminal court (ICC) by announcing they will put him on trial in August.In an urgent submission to the Hague-based court, the British lawyer John Jones asked appeal judges to ...

Nigeria Is Caught Between Military Abuses and Islamist Rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:04 -0400

Nigerian Army soldiers stand as part of preparations for deployment to Mali, at the Nigerian Army peacekeeping centre in Jaji, near Kaduna on January 17, 2013. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) A month after President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency on northern Nigeria, the first eyewitness accounts are only now emerging about the Nigerian military's brutality. The state of ...

China says Ghanas arrest of its miners will not harm relations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:41 -0400

ACCRA (Reuters) - China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on ...

UN says 2 children of Libyas Gadhafi moved to Oman in apparent violation of UN travel ban

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:27 -0400

A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and Mohammed Gadhafi ...

Rebels in North Mali Sign Peace Deal Allowing In Government Troops

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:32 -0400

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Egypt Ethiopia Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:49 -0400

ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ...

Learning a Lesson from Libya Iraq Reconciliation Not Revenge

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:58 -0400

Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ...

UPDATE 2-Gunvor builds Africa presence with Gabon fuel trading deal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:47:26 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:47pm EDT * African fuels market one of world's fastest growing * Gunvor seeks to support trading ops with new assets * Rivals such as Vitol, Trafigura also have large African presence (Releads with Gunvor confirmation, comment) By Jean-Rovys Dabany and Emma Farge LIBREVILLE/GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Gunvor has signed a deal with Gabon to create a joint ...

IMF sees strong Ghana growth if vulnerabilities addressed decisively

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:16 -0400

ACCRA, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:36pm EDT ACCRA, June 18 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it saw strong growth potential in Ghana if macroeconomic vulnerabilities are addressed and urged the country to take decisive action to rebuild fiscal and external buffers and reduce public debt. "Directors underscored the need for decisive action to rebuild fiscal ...

Mali inks deal with Tuareg separatists

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:25:21 -0400

OUAGADOUGOU - Mali signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before a presidential election next ...

From FEMEN to Salafism behind Tunisias chaos

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:19:12 -0400

FEMEN impersonators. Photo courtesy of Al-Akhbar and ST McNeil As Tunisia's post-dictatorship constitution is being forged through a democratic and messy process in a former palace of the Ottoman bey, the local Al-Qaeda affiliate might be planting explosive mines near the Algerian border--and the press is aflame with coverage of culture clashes between extremists of stringy beards and perky ...

U.N. says Libya political exclusion law likely violates rights

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:44 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new law in Libya that bans anyone linked to Muammar Gaddafi from government, regardless of their part in toppling the long-time leader, is arbitrary, vague and likely to violate civil and political rights, the United Nations said on ...

Mali signs deal with Tuareg separatist rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:40 -0400

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Mali signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before a presidential election next ...

Evelyn Lozada Headbutt Photos Surface After Chad Johnson Jail Release

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:57 -0400

Chad Johnson reignited debates about his recent recent jail sentence Tuesday after disturbing photographs of his ex-wife, Evelyn Lozada, surfaced online following his ...

Chad Johnson’s Alleged “Head-Butt” Aftermath Pics Released

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:34 -0400

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A year after the infamous head-butt incident which led to Chad Johnson and ex-wife Evelyn Lozada getting a divorce, photos of the aftermath have shown on up on a celebrity gossip site. The pictures were shown Monday at Johnson's court appearance, according ...

Libyas Road to Democracy Faces Political Security Challenges Arising from Decades of Authoritarian Dysfunctional Rule Council Told

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:27:15 -0400

The Libyan people would, for the foreseeable future, continue to endure the heavy legacy bequeathed to them over decades of brutal rule, the Security Council was told today as it heard from the top United Nations official in that ...

Qaddafis son Saif Al Islam to face trial in Libya in August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:21 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands // A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi accused Libyan authorities yesterday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Saif Al Islam Qaddafi on trial in August. In an urgent filing to the Hague-based court, British lawyer John Jones asked appeals judges to reject Libya's request to ...

Libya facilitating weapon shipments to Syrian rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:49 -0400

Syrian rebels in Aleppo rest from fighting. A recent report has uncovered that Libya has been arming the Syrian opposition forces. (Al Bawaba/AFP file photo) High ranking Libyan officials are allowing mass shipments of weapons sent from their country to reach anti-government rebels in Syria, an investigative report published Tuesday said.Senior officials in Libya's army and government told ...

Chad Johnson says he deserves second chance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:06:28 -0400

Kidnapped French sailor freed in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:32 -0400

French sailor Benjamin Elman, who was kidnapped last week, is pictured after his release on June 18, 2013 in Yenagoa, southern Nigeria. Elman was taken from a tanker in Togo when attackers sought to use him as a ...

Web Review Bashar Al-Assad Mali and FEMEN

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:55:01 -0400

Bashar Al-Assad’s interview with German newspaper Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung was quite an outcry, you can check it out here, where an English version of the interview is ...

Sudan and South violate border agreement deploy forces in buffer zone

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:19 -0400

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- Sudan and its new southern neighbor have reinforced troops along their contested border. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Sudan and South Sudan deployed their militaries in at least 14 locations along the border. The U.S. group, which monitors the border region through satellite imagery, said the two militaries were operating in violation of ...

Gaddafi sons lawyer blasts Libya

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:51:59 -0400

A LAWYER for a son of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi has accused Libyan authorities of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Seif al-Islam Gaddafi on trial in ...

Nigeria rolls to 6-1 victory over Tahiti at Confederations Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:38 -0400

The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...

Chad Arrests Leader of Elephant Poaching Gang

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:30 -0400

Idriss Hassan was arrested last week while transporting 124 elephant tusks. Environment Minister Mahamat Halikimi says Hassan has been operating since 2011 in a region near the borders of Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. Officials accuse Hassan and his gang of poaching at least 189 elephants since August. The group is also accused of killing five park rangers in Cameroon. ...

Refugee outflows resulting from Nigeria crisis spreading to Cameroon - UN agency

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:51 -0400

18 June 2013 &#150 The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the insecurity resulting from confrontations between the army and insurgents. The Nigerian Government imposed a state of emergency on the Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in the north-east of the country in ...

Tunisia commits to subsidy reform

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:21 -0400

Tunisia intends to recapitalise its banks and carry on with subsidy and tax reform to strengthen its economy, the government has told the IMF. It follows the country securing US$1.74 billion in a loan over two years from the Washington-based institution this month. "The authorities are courageously addressing the twin challenges of successfully completing the political transition and ...

Ala. Rep. Chad Fincher running for US House

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:56:26 -0400

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Republican state Rep. Chad Fincher of Semmes has joined the crowded field to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in Alabama's 1st District congressional race. The two-term legislator kicked off his campaign Monday. The 39-year-old Fincher owns a real estate agency. He says he decided to run in part because of his struggles and frustrations as a small-business owner. Fincher ...

Nigeria plans roadshow ahead of $1 bln Eurobond timetable shows

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:36 -0400

LAGOS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:52am EDT LAGOS, June 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria is planning a one-week roadshow to Britain, Germany and the United States from June 19 with the book-runners for its $1 billion Eurobond, with a view to issuing it this year, a timetable for the trip showed on Tuesday. The timetable, forwarded to Reuters in an email by a banking source close to the deal, ...

Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:22 -0400

Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. The 15 Russian sailors were charged with illegally bringing weapons ...

Ethiopia admits fielding ineligible player

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:48:49 -0400

Ethiopia soccer officials admitted they fielded an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier against Botswana by mistake.(Photo by AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA/Gallo ...

At least 9000 flee northern Nigeria violence

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:45 -0400

Nigerian refugee women and children in Gance in northern Cameroon on May 25. At least 9,000 people have fled violence in northern Nigeria and crossed into neighbouring countries as a government offensive aims to end a four-year Islamist insurgency, the UN said on ...

Football Ethiopia Togo fielded suspended stars

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:45 -0400

Morocco's Adrien Regattin vies with Togo's Alaixys Romao (right) during a freindly match in Casablanca on November 14, 2012. Ethiopia and Togo fielded suspended stars in 2014 World Cup qualifiers during June, according to FIFA match records of the ...

Lawyer for Gadhafi son urges ICC to reject Tripolis attempt to keep him in Libya

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:32 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi accused Libyan authorities on Tuesday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Seif al-Islam Gadhafi on trial in August. In an urgent filing to the Hague-based court, British lawyer John Jones asked appeals judges to reject Libya's request to ...

Islamic militants drive 19000 rice farmers off land in northeast Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:16 -0400

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields, raising fears of imminent food shortages, officials warned Tuesday. Food shortages would add immeasurably to the misery in northeast Nigeria. The area abandoned by farmers is a fertile one in the semi-arid ...

Ethiopia Face Points Deduction After Admitting Error

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:38:28 -0400

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Liberia No Evidence to Prosecute 19 Grand Gedians - Say Defense Lawyers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:36:56 -0400

The lawyers representing 19 Grand Gedians currently under trial for different crimes ranging from rape, murder, mercenarism, theft of property and arson, has filed a motion before Criminal Court "D" at the Temple of Justice to dismiss the trial against their clients. The Temple of Justice is situated on Capitol Hill, Monrovia. It can be recalled that sometimes ago, the Government of ...

Ghana Lower Gold Prices Affect Mining Firms Operations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:36:54 -0400

The dip in international gold prices in the first quarter of 2013, combined with the high cost of operations, is leading companies to review their work plans and cut operating costs. Mr. Daniel Owiredu, President of Ghana Chamber of Mines, who made this known in Accra during the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber, said the situation had led to the review of projects meant to be expanded. He ...

Libraries in Exile fights to save priceless manuscripts in Mali

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:31:30 -0400

The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic ...

Boko Haram drives 19 000 farmers from land in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:59 -0400

The rebel group has driven 19 000 rice farmers from their land, while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their ...

Ethiopia Admit Fielding Ineligible Player in World Cup Qualifier

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:53:36 -0400

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Tunisia Teams Begin Competition Wednesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:24 -0400

Mersin - Tunisia's national U-19 football team will enter the Mediterranean Games "Mersin 2013" Football Tournament qualifiers on Wednesday as they face Italy at 7:45 p.m. The Tunisian team, who have been there since Sunday, will play in Group B alongside Italy, Macedonia and Libya. Group A is made up of Morocco, Turkey, Bosnia and Albania. In basketball, the national team will ...

Tunisia Tunisia Takes Part in Expo Riva Schuh for First Time

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:23 -0400

Tunis - Tunisia is taking part, for the first time, with a 50-square-meter stand, in the Expo Riva Schuh Fair held from June 15 to 18 in Riva del Garda, North of Italy. Four Tunisian companies, conducted by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) through its commercial office in Italy, exhibited a variety of products ranging from children's shoes to men and women's walking shoes as well as ...

South Sudan Lack of Access Rains Hinder Aid to Jonglei IDPs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:22 -0400

Juba - Tens of thousands of people have been cut off from water, food and medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei State, after fleeing violence between rebels and the government in Pibor County. They now face escalated risks as the rainy season starts, but aid agencies say the government has denied humanitarian access to these populations. According to the NGO Medecins Sans Frontières ...

Ghana Ridge Hospital to Be Modernised

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:20 -0400

The Minister for Health, Ms. Sherry Ayittey, has expressed delight at the proposed reconstruction of the Ridge Hospital into a modern Greater Accra Regional Hospital. The project is being financed by the Exim Bank of the United States of America, at a cost of US$220 million. The project, which has already begun, is expected to be completed in 2016, and would be equipped with a solar power system ...

Ghana Booming Hospitality Industry Boosts Economic Growth

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:20 -0400

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, says the continued development of the hospitality industry was boosting the overall economic growth of the country. According to her, players in the hospitality industry employ various segments of the Ghanaian economy, as well as contribute greatly to the socio-economic development of the West African country. ...

For Libya to end the violence it needs to shut down the militias

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:42 -0400

Protesters block the road and set off fireworks, after they burned two vehicles belonging to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade in Benghazi June 14, 2013. The protesters said they had burnt the vehicles, both of which belonged to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade, as they accused the brigade of being responsible for clashes that broke out at the headquarters of the Libya ...

Ashton calls for restoration of peace in Sudan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:52:36 -0400

EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton has issued a statement today condemning the death of a peacekeeper of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and civilian casualties resulting from an exchange of shelling between the Sudanese Army and rebel armed groups in Kadugli. She also called on the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/North(SPLM/ North) to ...

UPDATE 2-Chevron is latest oil major to scale back in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:43:48 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:31am EDT * Chevron selling five Nigerian blocks in total * Stake in reserves around 200-250 million oil barrels * Nigerian firms, partnered with foreign firms, to bid By Joe Brock ABUJA, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S.-based Chevron Corp is selling five Nigerian shallow-water oil blocks, the company said on Tuesday, the latest oil major seeking to dispose of assets in Africa's ...

Addis Ababa is the showcase for Ethiopias economic great leap forward

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:31:07 -0400

Ethiopia seems to be one vast building site. As the high-rise blocks, broad avenues and roundabout take shape, a new Addis Ababa is springing up. The priority for the regime is to build at all costs, the work being supervised by impassive Chinese foremen.Ethiopia (population 85 million) is the second largest country ...

Ethiopia Ally of the West and regional heavyweight

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:16 -0400

Meles will be a hard act to follow, but Desalegn should not be underrated. As foreign minister he played a pivotal role in the peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan.A s the region's largest country and leading military power, Ethiopia has taken advantage of its status to broker close relations with the West while becoming the region's principal arbiter.In those pursuits, former ...

Chad arrests suspected member of elephant slaughter gang

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:11 -0400

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Authorities in Chad have arrested a suspected member of a poaching gang accused of slaughtering nearly 200 elephants and killing five Cameroonian park rangers, the environment minister said on ...

Tunisia Larayedh On Working Visit to Sfax to Inaugurate 47th International Fair

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:25:20 -0400

Sfax - Interim Prime Minister Ali Larayedh paid a working visit to Sfax to inaugurate the 47th International Fair, held in the region, from June 18 to July 2, under the motto of "Employment and Dignity." During this working visit, The PM is expected to meet with local businessmen. He will also meet at the seat of the Governorate with local executives and representatives of political ...

BNP Paribas to broker Chevron Nigeria oil sales -sources

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:12:16 -0400

ABUJA, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:12am EDT ABUJA, June 18 (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas is brokering the sale of five oil blocks that U.S. energy firm Chevron is selling in Nigeria, banking and oil industry sources told Reuters. BNP Paribas did not immediately respond to request for comment. Chevron is selling its 40 percent stake in oil mining leases 83, 85, 52, 53 and 55 to ...

Ghana Reduces Hungry Population

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:42:25 -0400

Many people are unable to buy food to eat but the United Nations (UN) Food Agency confirmed that Ghana met internationally-established targets in the fight against hunger. The UN's agency named Ghana among 38 countries worldwide that have met the target set for achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 ahead of the 2015 deadline. The target is to halve the proportion of hungry people. ...

Libya Libyas Growing DrugsHIV Problem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:51 -0400

Tripoli - Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a "growing" number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity. "Every month more people come to us needing help," said Abdullah Fannir, deputy director of Gargaresh psychiatric hospital in Tripoli. "It's part ...

Algeria UN Decolonization Committee - Nation Hails Quality of Debates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:51 -0400

Algiers - Algeria hailed Monday the quality of debates at the United Nations on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, especially regarding Western Sahara. "We hail the quality of debates, held recently in New York during a session of the committee in charge of assessing the implementation of the Convention on the Granting of ...

Boko Haram Attack 11 Killed as Scores Others Left Injured in Northern Eastern Nigeria Africa News

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:44:38 -0400

Local reporters in Nigeria have said that 11 people were killed in a terrific attack on a local Secondary school by the pursuant militant group, Boko Haram in the northeastern town of Damaturu over the ...

Tunisia IMF Loan Aims to Help Tunisia Boost Growth Protect Poor

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:11 -0400

The IMF Executive Board on Friday, June 7, approved a $1.75 billion loan for Tunisia to support the authorities' economic agenda aimed at strengthening fiscal and external buffers, and fostering higher and more inclusive growth, including through addressing weaknesses in the banking sector and improving the business environment. Speaking to ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia Egypt to Continue Dialogue

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:11 -0400

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr agree to continue the dialogue for win-win solutions on the Nile Basin outstanding issues. The two ministers showed interest to strengthen bilateral relations and coordinate their efforts to reach an understanding regarding all issues between both countries on the basis of trust. With ...

Tunisia 36 Candidates to Be Shortlisted Before NCA Plenary Session

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:11 -0400

Bardo - The commission of selecting candidates for the Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE) has started a series of meetings to choose 36 candidates before presenting their files to the plenary session of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA). Out of the 36 shortlisted candidates, nine members will be retained to ensure the management of the Authority, NCA member and member of ...

Ethiopia Property and Assets Seized in Corruption Case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:10 -0400

The high profile corruption case continues as more assets are frozen, leading to several appeals The Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEAC) has won further injunctions against the sale, exchange or transfer of properties owned by 32 individuals and enterprises, in connection to its ongoing corruption investigation on high level tax officials and businessman. The Commission ...

Nigeria National Assembly Has Not Ruled Out State Creation - Senator Eze

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:07 -0400

Enugu - Senator Ayogu Eze representing Enugu North Senatorial zone at the National Assembly has dismissed recent media reports that no state agitation met the basic requirements, saying the door was still open for the creation of new states. Deputy Senate President and Chairman Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senate Ike Ekweremadu, had in a recent media briefing revealed that all ...

Liberia Rep. Forh Expulsion Eminent - As CDC Probe Team Recommends

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:07 -0400

Reports The Informer gathered over the weekend suggest that Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) under-fire lawmaker Edward Forh might be expelled from the party for alleged corruption. A committee established by the party months ago to probe the Montserrado County District #16 Representative's request of chopping the country's development money reported Friday calling for the ...

Nigeria Enyeama - Bonus Row Not Over

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:07 -0400

Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama has said that the row over bonuses that delayed the squad's arrival at the Confederations Cup had not been resolved, but the players were putting it behind them. The African champions did not arrive in Brazil until the early hours of Sunday morning, just 36 hours before their Group B opener against minnows Tahiti on Monday, after missing their scheduled ...

Liberia U.S. Policy Shift John Kerry Vs. Hillary Clinton - a Liberia Tale of the Tape

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:07 -0400

In her four years as U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton made two key visits to Liberia - the first during a seven-nation tour of Africa in 2009 and another to attend the second inauguration of her long-time friend, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in January 2012. Sirleaf, in return met Clinton almost a dozen times during her first term, on separate visits to Washington, climaxing with a final ...

Nigeria Rawlings Mark Others Warn Against Civilian Dictatorship

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:06 -0400

Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, Senate President David Mark and former Head of Interim National Government Chief Earnest Shonekan have warned against emerging dictatorship in Africa, cautioning that it will derail democracy. They spoke yesterday in Abuja at a two-day international conference on "Emerging Democracies in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities" organised by the ...

South Sudan South Sudans Kiir Says Khartoum Using Pipeline As Weapon of Threat

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:04 -0400

Juba - South Sudan president Salva Kiir has strongly dismissed allegations that his country supports rebels opposed to Khartoum saying the latter was using its oil pipeline to threaten the sovereignty of the new nation. The South Sudanese leader made these remarks last week after a series of meetings he held with foreign diplomats in the capital, Juba. At the meeting, which was aired on the ...

North Africa Instability Affects European Energy Security

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:16:51 -0400

According to the International Energy Agency, Algeria's oil is still suffering from the four-day siege on the In Amenas gas plant in January. (Photo: ...

Obama schedule for Tuesday June 18

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:14:40 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama is followed by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia walk to Marine One as they depart the White House in Washington on June 16, 2013. Obama is traveling to Northern Ireland to take part in the G8 Summit. UPI/Joshua ...

Drogba will play for Ivory Coast again

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:30:44 -0400

Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi has told Didier Drogba he still has a future in the national team, saying he "would be mad" not to use the Galatasaray striker's prodigious ...

Appeals hearing Friday for Femen activists in Tunisia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:26 -0400

Tunisian protestors shout slogans outside the courthouse where Amina Sboui, the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, is being put on trial in Kairouan on May 30, 2013. Three European activists with the women's topless protest group Femen, jailed for four months for baring their breasts in Tunis, will appeal their ...

Tunisia Nations Success Will Have Very Deep Impact On Arab World - Dutch Foreign Minister

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:56 -0400

Tunis - "Tunisia's success will have a very deep impact on the Arab world," Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans declared at the end of a meeting, on Monday in Kasbah, with interim Premier Ali Larayedh. The Dutch FM expressed his country's willingness to back democratic transition in Tunisia, notably by means of strengthening bilateral co-operation in several fields such ...

Algeria Football Clubs Seek Female Fans

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:56 -0400

Algiers - An extraordinary thing happened at last month's Arab Football Union (UAFA) Cup final in Algiers: women and girls sat among the male spectators at July 5th Stadium. Many fans see Algeria's football stadiums as male-only sanctuaries, and apart from journalists and officials, women rarely attend matches. Algerian sporting officials are now trying to change that by providing ...

Libya Renewed Clashes in Benghazi

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:54 -0400

Benghazi and Essam Mohamed in Tripoli - Libya's General National Congress on Sunday (June 16th) postponed the vote on a new president in the wake of another round of Benghazi clashes, Libya Herald reported. The vote was postponed at the request of some Benghazi congressmen, according to the paper, who remain in the eastern city to deal with the security crisis. The latest violence erupted ...

Nigeria Nigerian Military to Investigate Level of Involvement of Alleged Terrorists

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:53 -0400

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday promised that all suspects arrested in the communities where terrorists were active would be investigated to ensure their level of involvement. This is contained in a statement issued by Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information in Abuja. He said that every effort had been put in place to protect the suspects from any harm ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia and Egypts Joint Press Statement Over Nile Basin Region

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:53 -0400

Ethiopia: Joint Press Statement By the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mohamed Kamel Amr and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Tedros Adhanom ...

Nigeria Emulate European Nations Canada On Extractive Industry Transparency Group Tells Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:52 -0400

Publish What You Pay, PWYP, Nigeria, the coalition of civil society organizations committed to the promotion of transparency in extractive industries, has urged Nigeria to emulate Canada and other European nations in passing a law that would make it mandatory for the country's extractive industries to report on revenue payments. The European parliament recently followed the footsteps of the ...

Confederations Cup Preview Nigeria v Uruguay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:17 -0400

Dynamo Kiev striker Brown Ideye may start for Nigeria against Uruguay after his team-mates struggled to convert chances against Tahiti.While Nigeria thumped the French Polynesians 6-1 in the FIFA Confederations Cup on Monday, their head coach Stephen Keshi looked less than impressed after watching his side waste a number of goal-scoring opportunities in Belo Horizonte.Of the three forwards Keshi ...

Verdict in Tunisia German Femen Activist Surprised at Jail Sentence

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:41:12 -0400

A German Femen activist and two fellow demonstrators were sentenced to four months in prison for a topless protest in Tunis. The 19-year-old was recently visited by the German government's human rights commissioner. He said the woman was completely surprised at the ...

‘Libya desperately needs foreign funds to recover’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:26:31 -0400

Post-Gaddafi Libya is in desperate need of foreign investment to reconstruct its ruined infrastructure, Professor Yehoudit Ronen, of the political science department of Bar-Ilan University, and an expert on Libya and Middle East region, told RT. RT: Looking at Libya today, which is your field of expertise, is Libya a failed state? Yehoudit Ronen: It's approaching this status. The ...

Nigeria Gunmen Kill Seven Students Two Teachers in Secondary School Attack in Yobe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:06 -0400

At least 11 persons have been confirmed dead after gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a secondary school and a military check post in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, military and witnesses said. The spokesman of the Military Joint Task Force, JTF, in Yobe State, Eli Lazarus, confirmed the incident, which took place on Sunday night. The attack was the first in the last nine ...

Lives being destroyed inBlue Nile State Sudan - AU and the UN expected lead by example

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:05 -0400

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Nigeria Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala Presents Mid-Term Review

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:05 -0400

Transcript of the Speech of Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Honourable Minister Of Finance And Coordinating Minister Of The Economy, Nigeria, at the Ministerial Platform Held at Radio House, Abuja On Monday, June 11, ...

Nigeria N30 Trillion Needed to Close Infrastructural Gaps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:04 -0400

Nigeria needs over N30 trillion investment to close its infrastructure gap, President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Agele J.Alufohai has said. Mr. Alufohai said this in a statement issued critiquing the 2013 Federal Government budget in relation to the construction industry. He said Nigeria is estimated to have a 17 million deficit of housing units noting that the ...

Eleven Killed in Nigeria School Attack

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:25:52 -0400

Maiduguri , June 18 (BNA) - Eleven people were killed when suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram attacked a school in the northeastern town of Damaturu. Among the dead were seven students, two teachers and two insurgents. Boko Haram has attacked several schools in the past. Meanwhile, three soldiers were critically wounded during a separate attack by Boko Haram targeting the ...

Mali Ban Appoints Rwandan General As Military Chief of Mission

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:11 -0400

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Jean Bosco Kazura as Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Major General Kazura, of Rwanda, is to assume command on 1 July, when, in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2100 (2013), and subject to review by the Council, the transfer of ...

Nigeria Nigeria Plans to Train Astronauts for Space Travel

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:10 -0400

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the federal government is to start the training of local astronauts for space travel by 2015. Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Ita Ewa, Monday announced the government's intention to train astronauts for space travel while giving a report of the achievements of his ministry in the past two years, at a press conference in Abuja. Ewa who ...

Ethiopia Stunted Budget Stuns MPs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:10 -0400

Despite assurances from the minister of Finance & Economic Development, macroeconomists, MPs see the budget suspiciously Sufian Ahmed, left, presented the budget for the coming fiscal year amounting to 155 billion Birr to the Parliament chaired by Shetaye Menale, right, deputy speaker of the House. Sufian Ahmed, the minister of Finance & Economic Development (MoFED), faced one of the ...

Nigeria Girls Are the Future Digitally

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:10 -0400

"I know I want to be a computer scientist," hopes SS2 student Ruby Tagema Sakema, "but I just need more directions where to go--hardware or software." So too does her country, which still has its world of information and communication technology short on women. Male dominance of ICT "means a larger workforce is not even affecting the world, it is not tapped," says ...

Nigeria First Made-in-Nigeria Motorcycle

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:10 -0400

While inaugurating the National Space Council, President Goodluck Jonathan charged it to track industrialisation and make Nigeria build motor vehicles, boats and aircraft at the earliest time. About the same time, the executive vice-chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr Mohammed Sani Haruna, unveiled the first "100 per cent" ...

Liberia Appreciating Our Countrys Recognition

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:09 -0400

Liberia's presence more among the comity nations once more continues to be manifested in the numerous recognitions the world-over. Since the inception of the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Administration in 2006, following the 2005 general and Presidential elections, Liberia's relations with the nations of the world has tremendously continued to improve with positive impacts. Such international ...

Ethiopia Chinese Company Targets Real Estate Makeover

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:09 -0400

High profile legal battles have seen trust evaporate from Ethiopia's thriving real estate sector Starting the excavation work before two weeks ago, the China Geo-Engineering Corporation strives to construct international standard real state complex. The China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC), which has previously been engaged in the road construction sector in Ethiopia, two weeks ago ...

Liberia Firestone Graduates Over 50 Students in Skills Training

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:09 -0400

Firestone Liberia Accelerated Learning and Skills Training Program has graduated 54 students in various skills. The graduation ceremony took place on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Harbel Field House in Margibi County. Serving as Guest Speaker was Firestone Liberia's Controller, Mr. Patrick Rodrigo. He commended the students for their decisions to venture into skills training saying, "It ...

Libya Oil output rises after protests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:26:42 -0400

Libya’s oil output had climbed to 1.3 million barrels a day from less than 1 million barrels a day last week as operations normalised following several disruptions due to protests at oilfields and ports, a senior Libyan industry source said yesterday. State oil company National Oil Corporation said output had fallen last week after protesters shut down two export terminals and oilfields. ...

Eleven killed in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:26:28 -0400

The attackers were said to have stormed student living quarters on Sunday night in the city of Damaturu and shot sporadically, killing seven students and two teachers. Two insurgents were also killed, the military ...

Keshi thankful as Nigeria emerge unscathed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:24:57 -0400

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said he was relieved his side had avoided any further injuries after they thrashed minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening game at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Belo Horizonte.Forwards Victor Moses, Kalu Uche and Emmanuel Emenike were all ruled out by injury before the tournament, while midfielder Ogenyi Onazi missed Monday's game with a knee problem.Keshi hopes the ...

G8 to focus on kidnappings in North Africa

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:15:44 -0400

Anti-hunger activists sail past the hotel where the G8 summit media center is located in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Monday. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking a joint commitment by nations to stop paying ransoms to kidnappers. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated ...

EthiopiaSouth Africa Fifa Probe Pours Cold Water On Ethiopia Passage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:58 -0400

Zurich - World governing body FIFA have thrown Ethiopia's dream passage to the final round of the 2014 World Cup qualification into doubt after opening disciplinary hearing over the fielding of an ineligible player in their match against Botswana. In a statement, the governing body said, "FIFA can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened against three member associations ...

Ghana Smoke Ash and Debris... Another Fire Guts Central Market

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:58 -0400

Kumasi - It is almost becoming a daily and weekly routine, as markets in the country continue to witness a series of fires, leaving in their wake the destruction of millions of cedis worth of properties. After a series of incidents in the national capital, Accra, the attention seems to have shifted to the state's second largest city, Kumasi, following a fresh fire outbreak at the Central ...

Ethiopia Parliament Approves U.S. $293.3 Million Loan for Adama II Wind Farm

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:58 -0400

Parliament approved a loan for the construction of Adama II wind farm, amounting to over 293.3 million dollars last week. The loan comes from an agreement with the the Chinese Export & Import Bank (EXIM), which was signed six months ago. The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) signed an agreement with Chinese GCOC Company and Hydro China Company for the construction of Adama II wind ...

Ethiopia Paving the Way

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:58 -0400

Ethiopia and Japan on Monday, June 10, 2013, signed grant agreements amounting to 1.5 billion Br. Finance and Economic Development State Minister Ahmed Shide, and Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, Hiroyuki Kishino, signed the agreement. Close to 1.43 billion Br, out of the total grant will be used for rehabilitation of Lumame-DebreMarkos road while the remaining will go for implementation of safe ...

Ghana In the Matter of the Supreme Court Verdict On Waterville

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:57 -0400

The Supreme Court's directive on Friday, referring lawyers who facilitated the payment of 25 million Euros in dubious judgment debt to the General Legal Council, is being interpreted in legal circles as a dent in the government's legal representation. The Supreme Court held on Friday that if the lawyers, including former Attorney-General Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, her deputy at the ...

Ethiopia Cobblestone Assessment Underway

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:57 -0400

The Addis Abeba City Administration is undertaking an environmental and social impact assessment on cobblestone quarries. The Addis Abeba City Administration is undertaking an environmental and social impact assessment on cobblestone quarries. The study should have taken place before the cobblestone project was launched in 2009, or as an additional study once completed. The assessment will be ...

Ethiopia Addis to Host 2013 AGOA Forum

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:57 -0400

The 2013 African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum would take place in Addis Abeba from 27 June 2013, to 1 July 2013, for the first time in Ethiopia and the sixth time in Sub Saharan Africa, under the theme "Trade and Technology for sustained change." AGOA is a legislation that has been approved by the US Congress in May 2000. The purpose of this legislation is to assist the ...

Ghana President Mahama Forcefully Hits Home the Point

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:57 -0400

Finally, President John Dramani Mahama got his turn and he did not disappoint millions of his supporters when he forcefully told Ghanaians that he won the 2012 Presidential election decisively, squarely, cleanly and fairly. There has been so much nonsense going round from the NPP camp that President Mahama did not win the election fairly and that he got the nod through the "invisible ...

An end reverse for Chad

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:51 -0400

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A contrite Chad Johnson apologized yesterday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ordered.Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh accepted Johnson’s apology and cut his 30-day jail term for a probation violation to the seven days he had already served ...

Somalia Al-Shabaab Releases Photos of Captured Kenyan Police Weapons

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:59:20 -0400

Photographs al-Shabaab posted Sunday (June 16th) on Twitter of two Kenyan police officers abducted last month are authentic, Dadaab District Commissioner Albert Kimathi told Sabahi. He identified the officers as Fredrick Chirchir and Joseph Wambugu, who were abducted during raids on two police stations in Damajaleh last month. "It is unfortunate the group claims that the two officers are ...

Somalia Key International Investor Baffled By Rumours of Cancellation of Airport Contract.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:59:18 -0400

Shabelle. Mogadishu- 17-June, 2013. SKA an international company which has invested millions of dollars in Mogadishu's Adan Ade international Airport is deeply baffled by rumours in Mogadishu which say that the Somali government has revoked a license which the company was managing the airport's logistical and handling services. A copy of statement from SKA , which Shabelle obtained, ...

US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:42 -0400

US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul, where representatives from 28 countries, the UN, EU, NATO, AU, OIC, Arab League and GCC came together to demonstrate the international community's firm commitment to ...

Tunisia - Net freedom in Tunisia Still a long way to go

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:17:40 -0400

announced the end of online filtering -- killing "Ammar 404 (the nickname given to the country's filtering system by its netizens).Just this month, CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) Moez Chakchouk announced that ATI won an appeal against filtering of adult content. The case dates back to May 2011, when a primary court ordered the agency to filter X-rated websites on the ground ...

MLB Philadelphia 5 Washington 4

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:50:21 -0400

Domonic Brown delivered a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth Monday, enabling the Philadelphia Phillies to hold off Washington 5-4. The Phillies held a 4-2 lead late in the game but saw it slip away as the Nationals used ...

Tunisias current Sharia-compliant assets total to USD 1.4 billion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:53 -0400

(MENAFN) General director of debt management and financial cooperation at the Tunisian Finance Ministry, Chaker Soltani, said that the country's current Sharia-compliant assets totals to USD 1.4 billion, and has the potential of growing up to USD5 billion in five years, reported The Daily Star.Soltani added that if the country issues necessary decrees, educates people and investors were ...

NEMA Warns Southern Nigeria of Impending Heavy Rainfall

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:06:11 -0400

By SaharaReporters, New York The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned residents of the southern parts of the country to prepare for heavy and potentially-dangerous rainfall. It would be recalled that last year, similar severe weather caused unprecedented flooding in the southern half of the country, resulting in villages being washed away and many people losing their homes. ...

Tahiti make history despite defeat to Nigeria in Confed Cup

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:58:56 -0400

Nigeria beat Tahiti 6-1 in Group B opener at Confederations Cup Nnamdi Oduamadi scores a hat-rick in Belo Horizonte 138th-ranked Tahiti reply through Jonathan Tehau South Pacific minnows next play world champions Spain in ...

Rwandan general to command new UN peacekeeping force in Mali

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:03 -0400

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rwandan Maj. Gen. Jean Bosco Kazura as commander of the new U.N. peacekeeping force in Mali that is expected to take over from an African-led mission on July 1. Kazura is commandant of the Rwandan Defence Forces Combat Training Center. Ban said Monday that he previously served as senior military and security adviser to President Paul Kagame and as ...