May 24
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Zim Lags Behind As Africa Marks New Era
Zimbabwe Independent
TOMORROW Africa celebrates 50 years since the formation of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), on May 25 1963 withsome countries, including... Read more »
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Zimbabwe Independent
Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013. Read more »
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Zimbabwe Independent
THIRTEEN years after its fast track land reform programme, Zimbabwe is still importing most of its food and is far from regaining its breadbasket status. Read more »
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New Standards Approved for Extractive Industries
VOA
New performance standards have been announced (5/23) for oil, gas and mining companies, requiring them to be much more transparent in their business dealings. Read more »
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Managing Local Content Via Your Websitemag
Zimbabwe Independent
IN the last instalment TechnoMag had an opportunity to talk to executives behind the wheels of Zimbabwe's technology growth at a broadband forum sponsored by Telecel Zimbabwe and... Read more »
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Kenyan Cooperation With ICC Questioned
VOA
Two months ago, Kenyans elected a president and deputy president both facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). While the two leaders have promised to cooperate... Read more »
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African Leaders to Meet As AU Celebrates 50th Anniversary
VOA
African leaders plan to meet this weekend at a summit in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the formation of the Organization of... Read more »
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May 25: Charity Begins At Home [editorial]
Zimbabwe Independent
AS the mother continent marks the golden anniversary of Africa Day tomorrow, it would be amiss not to delve into the significance of the founding of the African Union (AU),... Read more »
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WTO to East Africa - Improve Your Infrastructure
VOA
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy said East African governments must improve roads, ports and trade procedures if the region is to meet its full economic... Read more »
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UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Darfur Aid
VOA
Top U.N. relief official Valerie Amos pledged Wednesday to lobby for more funding for humanitarian operations in Darfur after visiting the largest camp for internally displaced... Read more »
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Happy Birthday, Mr President [editorial]
Daily Observer
It is another joyous celebration; another opportunity to celebrate the birth of an agent of change; another opportunity to reflect on a personality of epic influence on generations... Read more »
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UN, World Bank Say Development Is Key to Congo Peace
VOA
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been visiting the war-weary city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accompanied by the president of the World... Read more »
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Strong Impetus for Sino-Ghanaian Relations
Focac
On May 3, the first turbine of the Bui Hydroelectric Power Station in the Republic of Ghana, financed and built by China, started generating electricity, adding 133 megawatts to... Read more »
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Former Journalism Lecturer Threatens Justice Minister With Lawsuit [press release]
MISA
A former journalism lecturer at Zambia's largest public institution of learning, Clayson Hamasaka, has threatened the country's Justice Minister, Wynter Kabimba, with a lawsuit for... Read more »
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IMF Approves U.S.$2.3 Million for Gambia
Daily Observer
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 1.555 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR) [approximately US$2.3million] for The Gambia. The amount was... Read more »
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New Justice Minister, Solicitor General Sworn-in
Daily Observer
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya AJJ Jammeh, Thursday afternoon presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed Attorney General... Read more »
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Pan African Business Conference Opens in Addis Ababa
ERTA
Pan African Business Conference organized in connection with the 50th Anniversary of the OAU/AU opens on Friday at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in... Read more »
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USAID
Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced seven new winners in the Agency's open competition for development ideas. These projects are co-funded by... Read more »
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Security Council, Adopting Resolution 2103 (2013), Extends Mandate [document]
UN
Acting on the recommendation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office... Read more »
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Research and Policy Brief - Mamphela Ramphele [analysis]
SAIRR
The launch of the 'political party platform' Agang in February 2012 has shifted Dr Mamphela Ramphele from being a commentator on South African politics to being an active... Read more »
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IMF Approves U.S.$2.3 Million Disbursement for Gambia
The Point
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday completed the first review of The Gambia's economic performance under a program supported by the Extended... Read more »
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Amnesty International APP for Protecting Activists Up for Technology Award [press release]
AI London
A mobile alert app designed by Amnesty International to help protect human rights activists in danger is in the running for the prestigious Global Impact Award. Read more »
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How Far Is the United States of Africa? [opinion]
Pambazuka
How is it that 50 years on, the OAU/AU has failed in the main objective for which it was founded? Because the United States of Africa cannot be brought about by leaders who are not... Read more »
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Development and the Double-Sided Mirror [opinion]
Pambazuka
There is a need for a cultural rebirth in Africa as part of the radical economic and social transformation of the continent. A new African consciousness that is free from the... Read more »
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Celebrating Tajudeen, the OAU and AU - Which Way Africa? [opinion]
Pambazuka
This special issue celebrates not only 50 years of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), but also the life of the late Tajudeen... Read more »
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