March 18, 2012

• Egypt: National Leaders Mourn Death of Coptic Pope (Egypt Online)
• Egypt: SIS Mourns Pope Shenouda III (Egypt Online)
• Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Wants Andy Brown Declared Hero (Zimbabwe Standard)
• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Party Plans for 2012 Elections (Zimbabwe Standard)
• Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Pushes for Diamond Revenue (Zimbabwe Standard)
• Egypt: Presidential Candidates Mourn Pope Shenouda (Aswat Masriya)
• Uganda: Ugandan Tipped to Head Anglican Church (New Vision)
• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Desperate to Force Election (Zimbabwe Standard)
• Namibia: Ongwediva to Pay Costs of Demolitions Case (Namibian)
• Tanzania: What Kind of Country Do We Want to Build? [analysis] (Daily News)
• Tanzania: A Town With One Hotel, Many Guest Houses (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Living of Art Requires Staying Power [opinion] (Daily News)
• Tanzania: 200 Magistrates to Be Deployed in Lower Courts (Daily News)
• Rwanda: When Negativity Sells More Than Anything Else [opinion] (New Times)
• Tanzania: How Is House Crow Eradication Going? [analysis] (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Municipalities Must Ensure City Cleanliness [opinion] (Daily News)
• Rwanda: Police Held as Isonga Halts Mukura's Title Bid (New Times)
• Tanzania: Chadema 'Raises Funds' for Campaigns (Daily News)
• Rwanda: UN, Partners Meet Over HIV Prevention (New Times)
• Zambia: 2012 ZRFU League Kicks Off (Times of Zambia)
• Uganda: Freedom Not for One Group [opinion] (New Vision)
• Nigeria: I Won't Interfere in Bayelsa - Jonathan (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: NECO Torn Apart! Council Stops Union Matters Over Exam Disruptions Fears (Vanguard)
• Tanzania: Husband, Relatives Tussle Over Dead Woman's Body (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Broadband Project Impresses Malawi (Daily News)
• Rwanda: Institutions Fight Cyber Attacks (New Times)
• Rwanda: Protect Rights of HIV Positive Women (New Times)
• Rwanda: Govt Officials Probed Over Conflict of Interest (New Times)
• Uganda: Nabuguzi, The Eye for Jinja's Blind Students [opinion] (New Vision)
• Nigeria: N1.7 Billion Contract to Tackle Abia Erosion (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Terrorism - Mothers Have a Role to Play - Apostle Osagiede [interview] (Vanguard)
• Tanzania: Local Bowlers Impress in Defeats (Daily News)
• Tanzania: New Strategy on Street Children in Offing (Daily News)
• Tanzania: We Are Committed to Serve, Says Bank CEO [interview] (Daily News)
• Rwanda: Sensitisation on Health Issues Intensifies (New Times)
• Rwanda: Ex-Combatants Urged to Start Income Generating Projects (New Times)
• Nigeria: James Ibori and the Vicissitudes of Life [column] (Vanguard)
• Tanzania: Kagera Regional Commissioner Appeals for More Funds (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Learning to Think Like a Man [opinion] (Daily News)
• East Africa: Legislative Assembly Speaker Requests for Climate Change Funds (New Times)
• Nigeria: 'Tit-for-Tat' With Who? [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Gbenga Daniel's Aide, Apagun Olumide Commits Suicide (Leadership)
• Tanzania: Infertility - Who Is to Blame for the Problem? [analysis] (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Taifa Queens Set for Friendlies (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Don't Mess With Uncle Jack's Fist [opinion] (Daily News)
• Rwanda: New Gruesome Data on Tobacco Deaths Unveiled (New Times)
• Namibia: Two Go Free on Assault Charge (Namibian)
• Zambia: FAZ Rejects Kasoka's Appeal (Times of Zambia)
• Uganda: Rugby - Experts Unhappy With Shortlisted Cranes Squad (New Vision)
• Nigeria: Carnival Is Multi-Billion Dollar Business - Minister (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Racing Eagle Brings Motorsport to the Country (Vanguard)
• Tanzania: Two in Ilala Court for Stealing 52m/-, Property (Daily News)
• Nigeria: Delta Speaker Tasks Students (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Niger Delta Ministry - The Quest to Fulfill a Distant Mandate [opinion] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: We'll Fight Insecurity in North, Say IBB, Abdulsalami, Atiku (This Day)
• Nigeria: Nigerdock - A Feat and Its Significance [opinion] (This Day)
• Nigeria: Jonathan Promises Even Distribution of Projects (This Day)
• Nigeria: Jonathan - Local Content Law Achieving Results (This Day)
• Nigeria: Bandits Kill 10 in Kaduna (This Day)
• Nigeria: Refurbished NAF Helicopters Commissioned (This Day)
• Nigeria: Why N - Assembly Is Scared of Sovereign National Conference - Osoba [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Bomb Scare in Lagos (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Lawan - Next PDP Chairman WIll Emerge on Merit (This Day)
• Nigeria: I Inherited Empty Treasury - Dickson (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: FG to Demolish Illegal Structures on Federal Highways (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: TUC Praises Senator Ike Ekweremadu (This Day)
• Nigeria: IST 'Judges' Can't Write Judgements - Group Tells FG (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Man to Spend Three Years in Prison for Motorcycle Theft (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Power Generation Drops as FG Shuts Kainji Plant (This Day)
• Nigeria: PHCN Debt Crisis - Nnaji Orders Emergency Meeting (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Darkness Looms As FG Shuts Down Kainji Power Station (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Certificate Forgery - WAEC Confirms SUSWAM's GCE Result (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Smoke, Fireball,Crash - How Faulty Chopper Killed Dig, Three Others (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Alleged Forgery - WAEC Tenders SUSWAM's Result (This Day)
• Nigeria: Jonathan Inaugurates Oil Industry Local Content Project (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Why Keshi Should Concentrate on Local Players - Fuludu (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: NGO Distributes Free School Sandals to 149 Pupils (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Panic in Lagos Over Bomb in Ikeja (This Day)
• Nigeria: NAF Air Expo Will Reveal Our Potential to Partner Other Airforces in the World - AMV Badeh [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: ACN Protests Anambra Assembly's Refusal to Swear in Its Member (Leadership)
• Nigeria: PDP National Scribe - Babatope, Sarumi, 10 Others Raise Stake for Contest (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Police Recruits Arraigned in Kwara (This Day)
• Nigeria: NDLEA Impounds 52kg of Indian Hemp in Bauchi (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Passion Drives Me to Act, Not Money - Genevieve Nnaji [interview] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Corruption Is the System Where Equals Are Treated Unequally - Jonathan (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Court Stops Lagos PDP Congress (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Peace Forum to Tackle Insecurity in North (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Oteh - Representatives Demanded N44 Million Bribe From Me (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Native Doctor Commits Suicide in Benin (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Police Inspector Testifies at Murder Trial of Commercial Sex Worker (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: 12 Docked Over Alleged Theft of N6.4 Million Beer (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: 22 Police Recruits Arraigned Over Fake Certificates (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Pastor, Village Head, 8 Others in Kaduna (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Northern Elders Pledge to Find Solution to Security Challenges (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Kano Police Command Arrests 215 Suspects (Leadership)
• Nigeria: NSE Market Indices Grow By 0.80 Percent (Leadership)
• Nigeria: We Are Ready for the Sports Festival - Pinnick (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Plateau Endorses Tukur (Leadership)
• Uganda: 'Nodding Disease Is Caused By Spirits' [opinion] (New Vision)
• Nigeria: Lassa Fever Spreads to 16 States, Says Health Minister (Leadership)
• Uganda: Fire Guts 300-Year-Old Buganda Cultural Site (New Vision)
• Nigeria: Pre-Paid Meters - Any Succour for FCT Electricity Consumers? [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: No Cause for Alarm on Current Weather Condition - NIMET (Leadership)
• Uganda: Kanungu Massacre - 12 Years on, Memories Still Fresh (New Vision)
• Egypt: Coptic Pope Shenouda III Dies [press release] (ACNS)
• South Africa: Orlando Pirates Edge Kaizer Chiefs in a Thrilling Soweto Derby (CAF)
• Tanzania: Call for More Political Parties (Daily News)
• Uganda: Kony 2012 - the Little Video That Shook the World [opinion] (New Vision)
• Libya: Refugee Workers Face Fresh Challenge [interview] (UNHCR)
• West Africa: General Salou Djibo Addresses ECOWAS Observers in Bissau [SPONSOR WIRE] (Ecowas)
• Uganda: Women Activists Furious Over Kony2012 Video (New Vision)
• Ethiopia: Secretary-General Urges Restraint After Attack On Eritrean Bases (UN News)
• Mali: Situation Critical for Victims of Fighting [press release] (ICRC)
• Ethiopia: Eritrea Eases Fears of Renewed Conflict (Sudan Tribune)
• Somalia: Grenade Attack Hits Somali Soldiers in Mogadishu (Shabelle)
• Mauritania: Gaddafi Intelligence Chief Should Go to Hague - Rights Group [press release] (HRW)
• Egypt: Obama Pays Tribute on Death of Pope Shenouda [document] (State Department)
• Uganda: Prime Minister Replies to Kony2012 Campaign (New Vision)
• Zimbabwe: Polls - a Line Has Been Drawn in the Sand [opinion] (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Central Africa: Invisible Children Filmmaker Detained and Taken to Hospital (RNW Africa)
• West Africa: 'Disaster Is Stalking Children in the Sahel' (Unicef)
• Kenya: Politicians Divided Over 2013 Poll Date (Capital FM)
• Somalia: Warplanes Hit Militant Bases - Witnesses (Shabelle)
• Zimbabwe: CFI - Empowering the Girl Child [opinion] (The Herald)
• Zimbabwe: Andy Brown Dies (The Herald)
• Tanzania: Yanga Close-Gap on Simba (Daily News)
• Zimbabwe: 70 Percent Men Tricked on Paternity - DNA (The Herald)
• Zimbabwe: Toyota Challenge Rally Roars Into Life (The Herald)
• Zimbabwe: President Mugabe Has Won Over Nation - UK Paper (The Herald)
• Tanzania: Alnashir Refuses to Stay Away From Tabora (Daily News)
• Zimbabwe: Castle Tankard Date Set (The Herald)
• Tanzania: Yanga Face Villa Squad Test (Daily News)
• Tanzania: TSN Gets New Board Chairperson (Daily News)
• Zimbabwe: MDC-T Frustrates Re-Engagement Talks (The Herald)
• Zimbabwe: Make a Difference - Live for Yourself, Not Everyone Else [opinion] (The Herald)
• Tanzania: Vendors Bow to Magufuli Order (Daily News)
• Zimbabwe: A Shield for Charity (The Herald)
• Tanzania: Water Shortage Remains Critical in Villages [opinion] (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Illegal Fishing Still Haunts Zanzibar (Daily News)
• Uganda: Kibwetere Is the Counntry's Most Wanted Man (New Vision)
• Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Firm on Homosexuality Ban (Daily News)
• Uganda: No Arrests Yet Since Kanungu Massacre (New Vision)
• Nigeria: NPL - Heartland to Challenge Banishment (This Day)
• Tanzania: Local Leaders Accused of Embezzlement (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Property Damage At the National Stadium Shameful (Daily News)
• Tanzania: Arusha Hit By Poor Drainage System (Daily News)
• Kenya: A Road Rage Incident and Why Not to Keep Cash At Home [column] (The Star)
• Kenya: 1,700 'Fake Mau IDPs' Face Eviction in Njoro (The Star)
• Kenya: Iteere Orders Police to Arrest Hate Mongers (The Star)
• Kenya: ICC Debates Threaten Ethnic Unity - Deputy PC (The Star)
• Kenya: Treasury Withdraws Finance Bill Yet Again (The Star)
• Kenya: Ousted CMC Director Fails to Get Order (The Star)
• Kenya: Court Fines KRA Sh2.6 Million in Dispute With City Firm (The Star)
• Kenya: Raila Odinga - the Enigma Emerges [opinion] (The Star)
• Kenya: Strikes By Public Servants Escalate [opinion] (The Star)
• Nigeria: Nnenna and Friends Tour Amusement Centre (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Politicians Are Using Religion as a Veneer for Spreading Hate (The Star)
• Nigeria: Suswan's Civic Reception for Jonathan and Transformational Agenda. [opinion] (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Why Are Citizens Coming Home in Coffins? [analysis] (The Star)
• Africa: The Portraits of the Continent's Glamorous Launchokgb (The Star)
• Nigeria: PDP Talks With Ladoja Collapse (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: It Costs Nothing to Make People Laugh - Dauda (Vanguard)
• Kenya: The National Suspects Are Next in Line [editorial] (The Star)
• Kenya: Randy Lari Police Officer in Lucky Escape (The Star)
• Nigeria: Kainji Dam Shut Down for Water Leakages (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Obanda Steers Cricket Team to Win Over Italy in T20 Qualifier (The Star)
• Kenya: Tanmay Aims for the Top [interview] (The Star)
• Nigeria: Suspected Fulani Militia Kill 10, Burn Kaduna Church (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Help! I've Been Abandoned - Laments Victim of Industrial Accident (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Nyagah Urges SACCOs to Increase Rates (The Star)
• Kenya: Attract a Cougar [opinion] (The Star)
• Nigeria: Biting the Hand That Feeds [opinion] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Ex-LG Chairman Shot By Gunmen (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Idol Evicts More as Contestants Go Rock (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Police Arrest 35 Suspected Cultists in Cross River (Vanguard)
• Kenya: I Have Sh1.4 Million for Accident Victims, Declares Wakoli (The Star)
• Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap INC Scribe, Demand N40 Million Ransom (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: PDP Convention - 87 Vie for 24 Positions (Vanguard)
• Kenya: AFC Leopards Stalk Limping Gor Mahia (The Star)
• Kenya: No Surprise at Failure to Tame Corruption [opinion] (The Star)
• Kenya: Two Die in Mumias As Tractor Rams Vehicle (The Star)
• Nigeria: Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu - A Tribute [opinion] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Bassey Condemns Poor Officiating in NPL (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Raila Keen to Host Uhuru, Ruto (The Star)
• Kenya: Derby Comes Fully Loaded With a Tourism Expo (The Star)
• Zambia: MTN Awards UNZA Student (Times of Zambia)
• Zambia: U.S.$5.6 Million Zesco Deal to Boost Operations (Times of Zambia)
• Nigeria: IBB's Daughter to Partner With NA on Safe Motherhood (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: St Finbar's Church and Haruna John's Death (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Peep Into Raila Odinga's Political Game Plan [opinion] (The Star)
• Kenya: Relative Values - Each Time My Brother Visited Me in Rehab, I Could See the Pain in His Eyes [interview] (The Star)
• Zambia: 'Milk Imports Threat to Dairy Industry' (Times of Zambia)
• Nigeria: Keshi Needs a Mix of Foreign/Local Players to Succeed - Emordi (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: John Haruna - Family Fumes, Widow Confused (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Kibaki Admits City Traffic Jams Costly (The Star)
• Kenya: Raila Not Our Main Agenda at Prayer Rallies, G7 Says (The Star)
• Kenya: Industrial Court Judges Draw Up Complaints List (The Star)
• Zambia: Govt Hails Save the Children (Times of Zambia)
• Nigeria: Jang Backs Tukur for PDP Chair (Vanguard)
• Africa: Drama, Intrigues As BBA Returns (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Two Shot Dead As Chaos Erupts in Volatile Isiolo (The Star)
• Zambia: Danger of Unbridled Faith in Free Market [opinion] (Times of Zambia)
• Nigeria: Lagos, Centre of Excellence? [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Showdown At Habour Point - As KSA Faces Obey (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Kiema to Ditch Wiper Party for Ngilu's Narc (The Star)
• Kenya: Govt Faults Tanzania Over Tour Van Charges (The Star)
• Kenya: Kimunya Takes Kiraitu's PNU Post (The Star)
• Kenya: Judge to Decide Appeal By British Terror Suspect (The Star)
• Nigeria: Oteh's Bribery Allegation - Representatives Battle to Save Face (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Comfort to the Enemy (Vanguard)
• Kenya: Could You Be Knowing These Children? (The Star)
• Zambia: Power Face Rangers in Final (Times of Zambia)
• Kenya: Raging Fires in Mt Kenya Destroy Indigenous Trees (The Star)
• Kenya: Bourse Closes Week on a Losing Streak (The Star)
• Kenya: Baby Malaika to Stay in Hospital Much Longer (The Star)
• Kenya: Japan Gives Sh 6.5 Million to Six Hamisi Schools (The Star)
• Zambia: Freda Kabika Mvula - Teacher, Mother, Role Model [opinion] (Times of Zambia)
• Nigeria: Charly Boy in a Face-Off With Lady Di [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Cash-less Economy - It's a Threat to Us - Traders, Artisans Speak [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: N15m Share Scam - Nollywood Actor, Jim Iyke Seeks Out of Court Settlement (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: We're Not Underdogs, Says Cerezo Queens TM [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Flush Out Cabal Holding Football Hostage, Chukwuma Tells National Assembly (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: 9 Years After - Nollywood Director, Tchidi Chikere and Wife, Sophia End Marriage (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: What Oil Communities, Abacha, Northern Leaders Agreed on Derivation - Okirika [interview] (Vanguard)