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AllAfrica: Kenya: New Court Set Up For Piracy Suspects
A special court set up at Shimo la Tewa Prison is set to speed up the trial of suspected pirates, ease the workload for jail staff and cut costs. The courtroom, which is also handling other criminal cases, began its operations almost a month ago.
AllAfrica: Mauritius: Treasure Islands - Mapping the Geography of Corruption
When is a tax haven not a tax haven? When Mauritius' Vice Prime Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen says so. 'We are a not a tax haven,' stated Sithanen, who is also the country's minister of finance. Ironically, Sithanen would go on to reveal that ring-fenced financial services (FS) - the legal and financial secrecy vehicles facilitating corporate mispricing and ...
AllAfrica: Kenya: Sale of Miwani Sugar to Public Put in Doubt
The illegal sale of 10,000 acres belonging to Miwani Sugar Company at a paltry Sh28 million could stand in its way to privatisation.
AllAfrica: Kenya: EABL Takeover Gets Greenlight
East African Breweries Ltd has finally acquired majority shareholding in Serengeti Breweries, giving it a consolation prize in the battle for Tanzania's beer market.
AllAfrica: Kenya: Sh160 Million Payoff Plan for Retrenched Telkom Staff
Retrenched Telkom Kenya staff who worked at its technology college will be paid terminal benefits of Sh160 million.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: New Rules for HIV-Aids in the Workplace
The 18th International AIDS Conference was held from18 to 23 July, in Vienna, Austria. For the International Labour Organisation, it provided an opportunity to launch the implementation phase of the new international labour standard.
AllAfrica: Ghana: Stop This Child Labour Now
The fight against child labour in Ghana has always been concentrated in the cocoa farming and fishing areas. The international press has also capitalised on this, and is churning out stories about the use of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana.
AllAfrica: Congo-Kinshasa: General Assembly Chief Voices Deep Sadness After Deadly Boat Accident
General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people.
Business Report: What comes next in South Africa public sector strike?
Thousands of South African public service workers seeking higher wages went on strike, with union leaders saying it could set the stage for nearly 1 million workers downing tools next week.
Business Report: JSE blames MTN network for technical glitch
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange said a technical glitch that halted trading for six hours this week was caused by a problem with its network, managed by MTN Group.
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Kenya: 19,000 Jobs as Teachers End Hiring Row
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SA falling behind rest of Africa - economist
White men still dominate the workplace
Uganda: Geolodges Promotes Local Art
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South Africa: Inflation Slowdown Raises Speculation About Rate Cut
Angola: Net Financial Reserves Estimated at U.S. 15 Billion
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·South Africa: Civil Servants to Strike
THE Department of Home Affairs would be hardest hit by the public service workers' strike, a union warned yesterday.
·Kenya: New Court Set Up for Piracy Suspects
A special court set up at Shimo la Tewa Prison is set to speed up the trial of suspected pirates, ease the workload for jail staff and cut costs. The courtroom, which is also handling other criminal cases, began its operations almost a month ago.
·Mauritius: Treasure Islands - Mapping the Geography of Corruption
When is a tax haven not a tax haven? When Mauritius' Vice Prime Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen says so. 'We are a not a tax haven,' stated Sithanen, who is also the country's minister of finance. Ironically, Sithanen would go on to reveal that ring-fenced financial services (FS) - the legal and financial secrecy vehicles facilitating corporate mispricing and corruption marketed to foreign clients, especially India - a ...
·Congo-Kinshasa: General Assembly Chief Voices Deep Sadness After Deadly Boat Accident
General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people.
·Africa: Highest Number of Bloggers in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria
Kenya has the third highest number of blogs in Africa after Nigeria and South Africa, a firm indication of the nation's increasing IT literacy.
·Burkina Faso: Biofuels Could Increase Food Production, Says Report
Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).
·Senegal: Power Cuts Frustrate Dakar Residents
Muslim imams in Senegal have called on their followers to not to pay their electricity bills in protest against frequent power outage. Power cuts in Senegal have resulted in anger and frustration in the streets of the capital, Dakar, where blackouts can last up to ten hours.
·Ghana: Journalists Condemn Prosecutions
The National Executive Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on July 23, 2010 called on the Ghana police to use constitutional mechanisms to address grievances and complaints they may have against journalists and the media.
·South Africa: Bank Pioneers New Way of Farming
STANDARD Chartered Bank is providing nearly R3bn to fund agricultural production in SA, using an innovative scheme that avoids the conventional approach of asking farmers to provide a physical asset as security.
·Africa: Race on for BP's African Assets
BP Plc is in talks with India's Reliance Industries and Essar Group to sell its African retail assets, including those in Namibia, that could be worth as much as US$500 million, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters yesterday.
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·Uganda: MPs Want Libyan Leader to Pay Shs2.6 Billion
Members on the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee want the Libyan Leader to fulfil his promise to pay about Shs2.6 billion used in feeding and accommodating Afro-Arab youth conference delegates in Kampala in 2008. Col. Muammar Gadaffi is currently attending the 15th AU Summit in Kampala.
·Tunisia: More Than 1, 000 Companies Launched Financial Restructuring and Upgrading Program
More than 1,000 Tunisian industrial companies employing a total workforce of 177,000 people have launched their financial restructuring and upgrading at a cost of 1600 million dinars, announced on Tuesday, Mr. Afif Chelbi, Minister of Industry and Technology.
·Tunisia: Tunisia- Afesd Agreement Penned
On Tuesday, Tunisia signed a loan and guarantee agreement with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) for financing the second extension of the Sousse power station at an estimated cost of 540 million Tunisian dinars.
·Tunisia: Ministry of Transport Announces New Flights Disruptions
The Ministry of Transport has announced on Tuesday that some disruptions will be recorded on flights from and to Tunisia from Tuesday, July 20, 2010 starting from 06:00 pm through Thursday, July 22, 2010, 06:00 am due to industrial action by French air traffic controllers.
·Tunisia: Prime Minister Receives AFESD Board of Directors Chairman
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi received, on Tuesday in Tunis, Mr. Youssef Abdellatif al Hamad, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) General Manager and Board of Directors' Chairman.
·Africa: Nation Tops North Africa and Arab World in Women Economic Empowerment
Tunisia ranks 44th out of 113 countries in women's economic opportunities, according to the July 2010 report, titled "Women's Economic Opportunity" published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist magazine research department.
·Tunisia: Nation to Host Third Regional Forum of Arab Trade Points Union
On July 21, Tunisia will host the 3rd regional forum of the Arab Trade Points Union on "Role of the Arab Trade Points in Energizing and Developing Inter-Arab E-Trade".
·Tunisia: Nation to Take Part in Top Resa Travel Market Fair in Paris
A number of Tunisian tourism professionals will take part in the 2010 TOP RESA Travel Market trade fair, one of the major tourism events in the world.
·Tunisia: Sousse to Host Eleventh Edition of International Internet Festival
From August 2 to 4, 2010, the city of Hammam Sousse will play host to the 11th edition of the International Internet Festival which is due to be held in El Kantaoui Port.
·Tunisia: Huge Oil Exploration Platform Receives Maintenance Work in Zarzis
A huge American oil exploration platform dubbed "Ensco85ΓΆ-' belonging to the International Offshore Company "ENSCO", is being maintained in the commercial port of Zarzis in the governorate of Medenine.
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·Burkina Faso: Biofuels Could Increase Food Production, Says Report
Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).
·Senegal: Power Cuts Frustrate Dakar Residents
Muslim imams in Senegal have called on their followers to not to pay their electricity bills in protest against frequent power outage. Power cuts in Senegal have resulted in anger and frustration in the streets of the capital, Dakar, where blackouts can last up to ten hours.
·Ghana: Journalists Condemn Prosecutions
The National Executive Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on July 23, 2010 called on the Ghana police to use constitutional mechanisms to address grievances and complaints they may have against journalists and the media.
·Nigeria: New Rules for HIV-Aids in the Workplace
The 18th International AIDS Conference was held from18 to 23 July, in Vienna, Austria. For the International Labour Organisation, it provided an opportunity to launch the implementation phase of the new international labour standard.
·Ghana: Stop This Child Labour Now
The fight against child labour in Ghana has always been concentrated in the cocoa farming and fishing areas. The international press has also capitalised on this, and is churning out stories about the use of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana.
·Sierra Leone: Youth Attending Obama's Young African Leaders Forum
A young Sierra Leonean working to improve his nation by strengthening civil society and job creation will share his ideas about Africa's future with President Obama as he attends the President's Forum with Young African Leaders August 3-5.
·Nigeria: Wild Plant May Provide Energy for Poor - Report
Jatropha, a wild plant that grows well in dry areas on degraded lands and can be processed into biofuel, has potential as a low-cost energy source for poor farmers, according to a new United Nations report, which adds that further research is still needed on this crop.
·Nigeria: Sanusi - No Cause for Alarm On National Economy
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday did a critical review of the national economy at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and concluded that there was no cause for alarm.
·Nigeria: Shell to Sell Four Oil Blocks in Niger Delta
Oil giant Shell has offered some of its oilfields in the Niger Delta valued at between $150 million to $2 billion for sale, THISDAY investigations have revealed.
·Nigeria: N6.1 Billion Sim Registration Tears House Apart
The House of Representatives yesterday witnessed another rowdy session following the disagreement amongst lawmakers over a proposal by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to expend the sum of N6.1 billion for the registration of mobile phone SIM cards in the country.
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·Congo-Kinshasa: General Assembly Chief Voices Deep Sadness After Deadly Boat Accident
General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people.
·Angola: Most Workers in Informal Market Are Women - Govt Official
Women are the majority in the Angolan informal market, even though they now start to have the same levels of professional responsibility and competences as men.
·Cameroon: CEMAC Universities Embrace Modern Technology
Technology experts from African nations met in Douala to improve training strategies in Central African universities.
·Rwanda: 2,000 Community Health Workers Get Cell-Phones
Over 2000 community health workers in Ngoma and Rwamagana districts, on Tuesday, received mobile telephones.
·Rwanda: Region Woos Investors in Creative Industry
Rwanda is using the 7th Pan African Dance Festival to woo potential investors into its blossoming creative and performing arts industry.
·Rwanda: City Traders Drum Up Support for Kagame
Business came to a standstill, yesterday, as traders from popular central business hubs, Quartier Commercial and Quartier Mateus, in Nyarugenge District, flooded the streets in support of RPF candidate, Paul Kagame. They danced and sang in support of the RPF presidential candidate.
·Rwanda: KCC Inspects City Houses
Kigali City Council (KCC) has called upon city residents to always construct their houses in accordance with the council's requirements.
·Rwanda: RPF Record is Simply Unassailable
The campaign season is here, Rwanda is heating up and the four candidates are promising us things as varied as "increasing teachers' salaries, boosting cooperatives, increasing women's' participation in decision-making and economic development".
·Angola: Stock Market to Open in 2011
The Angolan Stock Market and Derivatives (BVDA) will open in 2011, the Finance minister, Carlos Alberto Lopes, announced Wednesday in Luanda.
·Angola: Govt to Build Six New Cement Plants
At least six new cement factories will be built in the coming three years in the country, so as to increase the offer of the product in the market.
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·Kenya: New Court Set Up for Piracy Suspects
A special court set up at Shimo la Tewa Prison is set to speed up the trial of suspected pirates, ease the workload for jail staff and cut costs. The courtroom, which is also handling other criminal cases, began its operations almost a month ago.
·Mauritius: Treasure Islands - Mapping the Geography of Corruption
When is a tax haven not a tax haven? When Mauritius' Vice Prime Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen says so. 'We are a not a tax haven,' stated Sithanen, who is also the country's minister of finance. Ironically, Sithanen would go on to reveal that ring-fenced financial services (FS) - the legal and financial secrecy vehicles facilitating corporate mispricing and corruption marketed to foreign clients, especially India - a ...
·Kenya: Cabinet Approves Tea Bill
Cabinet has approved the Tea Amendment Bill, 2010, and it is now set to be presented to Parliament once it reconvenes, Agriculture minister Dr Sally Kosgei has said.
·Uganda: Government to Recruit 9,500 Primary Teachers
The Government is to recruit 9,549 primary school teachers to cover almost all districts in the country.
·Tanzania: Asia's Richest Person Bids for BP Tanzania
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who is Asia's richest man, has joined the race to buy the assets of the British Petroleum (BP) Company in Tanzania and three other African countries.
·Somalia: Hijacked Maltese Flagged Merchant Vessel Released
Early this morning, 29 July, the Maltese flagged merchant vessel MV FRIGIA was released.
·Kenya: Sale of Miwani Sugar to Public Put in Doubt
The illegal sale of 10,000 acres belonging to Miwani Sugar Company at a paltry Sh28 million could stand in its way to privatisation.
·Kenya: EABL Takeover Gets Greenlight
East African Breweries Ltd has finally acquired majority shareholding in Serengeti Breweries, giving it a consolation prize in the battle for Tanzania's beer market.
·Kenya: Sh160 Million Payoff Plan for Retrenched Telkom Staff
Retrenched Telkom Kenya staff who worked at its technology college will be paid terminal benefits of Sh160 million.
·Kenya: 19,000 Jobs as Teachers End Hiring Row
Ninety teachers will be employed in each constituency next month.
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