December 16, 2012

• South Africa: Ruling Party Boss Roasts Youth, Unions (SAPA)
• Kenya: Nurses Vow to Continue With Strike (Capital FM)
• Egypt: First Round of Referendum On Constitution Witnesses Huge Turnout (Egypt Online)
• Egypt: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Acclaim Referendum (Aswat Masriya)
• Egypt: Islamists Prevent Head Judge From Entering Court (Aswat Masriya)
• Botswana: Nation Faces Future Without Diamonds [analysis] (ThinkAfricaPress)
• Africa: China Daily Launches Africa Edition (This is Africa)
• Egypt: ElBaradei Warns of Dividing Egypt Into Two Camps (Aswat Masriya)
• Nigeria: Yero Takes Over As Kaduna State Governor (Leadership)
• Tunisia: Preparations Underway for National Accountability Congress Next January 12-13 (Tunis Afrique Presse)
• Nigeria: New Governor Sworn in After Chopper Crash (Vanguard)
• Egypt: Violations Mar Referendum, Say Rights Groups (Tunis Afrique Presse)
• Kenya: Rights Groups Hold Kenya's First Gay and Lesbian Awards (RFI)
• Uganda: Anti-Gay Law Brings Pressure [analysis] (Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Backtracks On Early Elections (Zimbabwe Standard)
• Africa: African MBAs Head Home [press release] (Jacana Partners)
• South Africa: Waiting, Waiting, Waiting.. (WhatsUpANC)
• South Africa: SA Urged to Promote Unity, Reconciliation (SAnews.gov.za)
• South Africa: Zuma Is On Song [guest blog] (WhatsUpANC)
• Nigeria: Yero Pledges Continuity As Kaduna Governor (Daily Trust)
• South Africa: The Rapture of Mangaung [guest blog] (WhatsUpANC)
• Egypt: Counting Begins After Vote on Constitution (AEP)
• Zambia: Zambia Is World 2nd Best (Times of Zambia)
• Tunisia: Jihadist Terrorist Network Dismantled -interior Ministry (Tunis Afrique Presse)
• Kenya: What Raila Could do to Clinch Presidency [opinion] (The Star)
• Rwanda: Did the EU Deserve That Peace Prize? [opinion] (New Times)
• Kenya: 20 Per Cent Miss School in Kisumu Town Slums (The Star)
• Kenya: Woman Sues Kenya Army for Sh70 Millon (The Star)
• Nigeria: ANPP Chieftain Shot Dead in Kano (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: How Okonjo-Iweala's Mother Was Released (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: FRSC Launches New Commercial Drivers' Licence Monday (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Nigerian Lady Alleges Maltreatment By Expatriates, Share Office With a Dog [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Nigeria - One Kidnap Too Many, Theatre of Crimes [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Africa: Nations Cup - Nissan Partners CAF (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: How Wicked Mother Abandoned Baby Boy in Bush (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Landlords Protest Amosun's Planned Demolition of 300 Houses in Ota (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Ten University Students Get BATN Scholarship (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Guinness Takes Two to 2013 AFCON (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Movie Marketers Wage War Against Pirates in Onitsha (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Abia Gave Me Only N5000, Junior Athlete Laments (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Doctors Resume Work in LUTH (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: What I 'Ll Do With My Prize Money, Says Amarachi, Winner of NGT Reality Show (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Okagbare Relishes Open Sports Festival (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Chris Aire and Duncan Mighty Part Ways (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: OFSL Operatives Arrest 10 Oil Thieves in Delta (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Obuh Fears for Flying Eagles Players (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Traffic Gridlock As Jonathan Attends RCCG Convention (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Homevida Sets Standard in Nollywood, Dishes Out N6 Million to Winners (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Security Flaws That Aided Kidnap of Ogwashi-Uku Queen - Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, Police Commissioner [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: PHCN - N170 Billion Ready for Pension Disbursement to Workers (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: The Conspiratorial Theory of Kidnapping - Shame On a Global Scale! [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Women Hold Bayelsa Chiefs Hostage Over Feud With Shell (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: 2015 Presidency - Why Nigeria Needs an Alternative Platform, By Hon Obahiaghon [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Suraju Dedicates Volleyball Gold to Commissioner (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Feasting On Yam, King of Crops in Utese Ovia (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Massari Vows to Lift Cycling in Nigeria (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Owumi Hails Baribote's Sack, Praises Club Bosses (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: At the Achebe Colloquim [analysis] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: The Sad End of Seven Students, Nine Others On the Highway (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Apostle Anselm Madubuko - If You're Against Your Pastor Divorcing, Remarrying, Leave the Church [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Baribote's NPL, House Built On Quick Sand (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Obi Condemns Govt Take-Over of Schools (Vanguard)
• Egypt: Uncertainty Beclouds Egypt's March to Democracy (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Atiku Back in Presidential Race? (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Team Cross River Deserve Some Roses - Ugbe (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Serifat Sanni, 36-Year-Old Graduate, Missing (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Man Tells Court - I Married Mother and Daughter (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Gov Yakowa, Azazi, Four Others Killed in Air Crash (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Osun PDP - Vote Against Consensus (Leadership)
• Nigeria: ACF, Northern Govs, CPC, ACN Greet Buhari At 70 (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Rockview Tennis Seeks Youth Development (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Tafa/Mararrabar Jos - Again, Traffic Gridlock Returns [analysis] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: La Tour Eiffel As My Teacher's Memorial [analysis] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: I Won't Spare PDP - Obasanjo (Leadership)
• Nigeria: A Supplementary Appropriation At This Time? [editorial] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Air Crashes in Nigeria, Sacrificial Cycles, the Weekend Phenomenon [opinion] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Governor Yakowa, Azazi Die in Helicopter Crash (Leadership)
• Nigeria: IBB Golf Club Inducts New Members (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Nema Team Locates Helicopter Crash Site (This Day)
• Nigeria: Yakowa, Azazi Dead in Helicopter Crash (This Day)
• Nigeria: Police Arrest Two Suspects Over Murder of Lawmaker (This Day)
• Sudan: Audit Report Highlights Improper Financial Deals Between Banks and Government Agencies (Sudan Tribune)
• Sudan: Warrap State Sets Conditions for Sudanese Nomads' Access to Its Pastures (Sudan Tribune)
• Sudan: Bashir's Health a Key Driver for Coup Attempt Says Presidential Assistant (Sudan Tribune)
• South Sudan: FBI Offers to Probe Commentator's Killing (Sudan Tribune)
• Sudan: Jonglei State's Bor County Protestors Ask Govt for Greater Protection (Sudan Tribune)
• Nigeria: Govs Vs FG - the SWF U.S.$1 Billion Question (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Mimiko Delivers Pregnant Women With the GSM (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Abduction and Release of Okonjo - How Police Gunned Down Head of Kidnap Gang (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: PDP Dares Govs, Set to Re-Introduce E-Registration of Members (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Oritsejafor Asks Islamic Youths to Shun Fundamentalist Ideologies (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Uduaghan Has No Problem With Clark - Odili [interview] (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: 'Recipe for Food Security' (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Clara Oshiomhole Foundation Holds Medicare (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Why Nigeria Needs State Police - SAN (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Gov Yakowa, Azazi Feared Dead in Helicopter Crash (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Echoes of 2011 Polls - Jonathan Returns to Redemption Camp - Adeboye Prays God to Give Him Wisdom (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Yakowa, Azazi - Jonathan Orders Probe Into Crash (Vanguard)
• Nigeria: Gov Yakowa, Azazi, 4 Others Killed in Helicopter Crash (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Gombe, Kano, Others At Risk of Sahelian Crises (Leadership)
• Nigeria: How We Killed Ten Policemen in Lagos, and Ogun States - Notorious Robbers (Leadership)
• Nigeria: 2015 - As President Jonathan Dares General Obasanjo [analysis] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Reactions to Yakowa, Azazi Death (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Power Ministry to Be Restructured By 2013 - FG (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Reps Urged to Intensify Efforts On Oversight (Leadership)
• Nigeria: I Had Always Wanted to Be a Fashion Designer - Bayray (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Implementation of Government Policies, Crucial for Economic Development - Uche [interview] (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Stakeholders Strategise to Boost Revenue Through Visual Arts (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Yakowa's Last Official Assignment (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Amnesty - Ex Militants Sue FG, Kuku, Akpabio for N500 Million (Leadership)
• Nigeria: NCC Seeks Intense Grass Root Consumer Rights Campaign (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Succession Bid for Kaduna Deputy Governor Begins (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Revisiting NCC's Ban On Telecoms Promos (Leadership)
• Nigeria: Confusion Greets FCTA Decision On Wuse Market (Leadership)
• Nigeria: FG to Disburse N170 Billion Severance Pay to PHCN Workers (Leadership)
• Nigeria: News of Yakowa's Death Is Rumour to Kaduna Residents (This Day)
• Nigeria: Chopper Crash - Jonathan Orders Investigation, Mourns Victims (This Day)
• Nigeria: State Governor Dies in Helicopter Crash (This Day)
• Egypt: Mubarak Suffers Head Injury After Falling in Prison (Aswat Masriya)
• Egypt: Opposition Party HQ 'Attacked' (Aswat Masriya)
• Egypt: Voting Hours on Referendum Extended (Aswat Masriya)
• South Africa: NEC Pulls an Ace [guest blog] (WhatsUpANC)
• South Africa: How Conference Works [guest blog] (WhatsUpANC)
• Zimbabwe: Mobile Phone Money Services On the Rise (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Another Dembare-Bosso Clash (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Wrangle Over ZSE Ownership (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: The Power, Money, and Pasuwa [opinion] (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: ACBF Invests Over U.S.$26 Million Towards Capacity Building (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Zifa Tightens Sanctions On Transfer Fee Evaders (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Parastatals Turning the Corner - - Moyo (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Zimbabwe: Rentals Increase By 43 Percent (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Nigeria: Shock, Confusion in Kaduna (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Kogi's Story of Many Ghosts [opinion] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: PDP, AP Members Decamp to ACN in Oyo (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Why It's Difficult for Jang to Address Insecurity Problem - -Commissioner [interview] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: State Creation Can't Solve Country's Problems - Senator Odunsi [interview] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Why God Deserves My Thanksgiving [opinion] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Risking Pension Funds for Infrastructural Projects (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Sand Eagles Whip Argentina 5-0 (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Kaduna Governor Patrick Yakowa Dies in Helicopter Crash (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Bida - the Home of Royal Regalia (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Politicians Disagree On INEC's Quest for Disqualification Power (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Market Recovery Is Sustainable If... (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Top10 Outdated and/or Made-Up Words in Nigeria English (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Day Ex-Super Eagles Teamed Up Against Aids (Daily Trust)
• Africa: Development Requires Investment, Democracy - Moeletsi Mbeki [interview] (allAfrica)
• Nigeria: Privatisation - FG Set Aside N170 Billion for PHCN Workers' Gratuities (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: The Dynamics of Dialogue [opinion] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Flat Tyre? Save Your Life, Save Your Time (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: The Goat Story (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Deaths of Governor Yakowa and General Aziza a Monumental Loss (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Akwa Ibom - MRA Hails Plan to Probe Brutality On Journalist (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Fuel Prices Hike May Spell Doom for 2015 Poll - TMG (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Journalists Join Fight Against Fake Drugs (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Katsina Signs N45 Million Agreement for Eye Treatment (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: A Cry for Help for our Public Schools [opinion] (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Jonathan Still Unsure of Contesting 2015 Poll (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Why FG Helped Make Etete U.S.$1 Billion Richer (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Defend Yourself, GOC Urges Peace Keeping Mission (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Bouncing Balls and the Wordsmith (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Charity Cup Galvanizes Heartland (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Sacked Kwara United Coach Sure of League Action (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Lawmaker Tasks Northern Elders On Insecurity (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Mukhtar Ramalan Yero - the Man Who Will Be Governor (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: The Soyinka Effect (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Korean Ambassador Honours Promoters of Taekwondo (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: ANA Nigeria PLC - the Incorporation of Sycophancy (Daily Trust)
• Congo-Kinshasa: Bring Women into DRC Peace Talks - Diop (allAfrica)
• Nigeria: Carniriv - Our Confidence Has Been Restored, Says Amaechi (This Day)
• Nigeria: Forget Heathrow, Bole Airport Is Also a Great Aviation Hub [opinion] (This Day)
• Nigeria: Group Tasks Wada On Development (This Day)
• Nigeria: Investors Swoop On Bank Shares (This Day)
• Nigeria: 'Country Still Has N72.2 Billion Subsidy Funds' (Daily Trust)
• Nigeria: Birnin Kebbi LG Records Outbreak of Measles (Daily Trust)
• Zimbabwe: Alarm Bells Toll At Zanu-PF Indaba (Zimbabwe Independent)
• Ethiopia: Prime Minister Hailemariam Hosts State Banquet for AU Commission Chairperson (Ethiopia Government)
• South Africa: Learners Lobby for Free Wikipedia Access (Biz-Community)
• South Africa: Lacklustre Celebration of Familial Flamenco Heritage (Biz-Community)
• South Africa: Dinner With the President [guest blog] (WhatsUpANC)
• Morocco: France, Morocco Sign Solar, Wind-Power Deals (RFI)
• Namibia: The Art That Was (Namibian)
• Sudan: ICC Indictees Remain At Large and Darfur Crimes Continue, Security Council Told (UN News)
• Egypt: Ballot Boxes Sealed, Vote Counting Begins (Aswat Masriya)
• Namibia: The Selling of the Country [editorial] (Namibian)