December 21, 2012
South Africa: Free Ads and Semenya Top Google Searches
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Free classified advertisement is what South Africans were interested in this year, if Google's Zeitgeist list is anything to go by - as OLX topped the most-searched category. South… Read more »
Nigeria: What are Nigeria's Top Google Searches?
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Jamb - the Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board - is the most-searched term in Nigeria, according to Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist list. Read more »
Senegal: President Sall Tops Country's Search Terms
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Macky Sall won the presidency of Senegal in April 2012, after a tumulutous time in country, when Abdoulaye Wade official approval to run for a controversial third and last term was… Read more »
December 17, 2012
Africa: Attacking Malaria Before it Sickens (Part2) [interview]
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"We are now witnessing a true renaissance, an awakening, about malaria," Carlos (Kent) Campbell said when he accepted a lifetime achievement award in November at the American… Read more »
Africa: Investing in Africa 'The Savage Way' [interview]
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In his memoir, "The Savage Way, Successfully Navigating the Waves of Business and Life", Frank Savage writes about a love of the continent that began before he went there for the… Read more »
December 16, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Bring Women into DRC Peace Talks - Diop
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It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern life, from mobile phones and tablets to circuit boards and solar… Read more »
Africa: Development Requires Investment, Democracy - Moeletsi Mbeki [interview]
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This week's African National Congress elective conference will decide who should lead South Africa's ruling political party into the next election in 2014. But key issues… Read more »
December 12, 2012
Africa: Remarkable Strides, Formidable Challenges, Says Malaria Fighter (Part 1) [interview]
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In receiving the distinguished Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of malariology, Carlos (Kent) Campbell said last month that the world… Read more »
Mali: President Appoints New PM
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Dioncounda Traoré, the interim Malian president, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, immediately appointing Django Sissoko to replace him,… Read more »
South Africa: Doctors 'Satisfied' With Mandela's Progress [document]
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Doctors attending to former President Mandela have reported that he has made progress during the past 24 hours and they are satisfied with the way he is responding to treatment. Read more »
December 11, 2012
Southern Africa: Regional Leaders Propose Madagascar Election Bans
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Southern African leaders want to bar Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, from standing in new elections - despite condemning as unconstitutional his ousting in 2009. Read more »
Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming [interview]
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The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »
Mali: Prime Minister Resigns After Arrest
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Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra has resigned, with all the members of his cabinet. Read more »
December 09, 2012
Egypt: Mursi Backs Down - Partially
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President Mohamed Mursi has backed down in response to protests across Egypt and rescinded a November decree granting himself sweeping powers, but has refused to call off a… Read more »
December 06, 2012
Egypt: Several Dead in Egyptian Clashes
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Six people were killed and 450 injured after clashes between protesters and supporters of President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday night, reports Ahram Online from Cairo. Read more »
Africa: Twelve Countries Rank in Top 75 on Anti-Corruption Index
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Twelve African countries are ranked among the 75 least corrupt nations in the world, according to the 2012 index published Wednesday by Transparency International. Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: Preparing Youth for Africa As a Country [interview]
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More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under the theme… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Africanists Worry Over Obama's Next Secretary of State
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As President Barack Obama decides whom to nominate to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state during his second term, Africa specialists in the United States are beginning to… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Africa: The Fight Against Aids - No Time to 'Rest on Our Laurels' [interview]
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Saturday marks World Aids Day. Stephen Lewis, chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which helps fight HIV/Aids, says the human face of the disease needs to be restored and that it… Read more »
Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy [interview]
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While government leaders, NGOs and corporations devise strategies to churn out more food for future generations, Eleni Gabre-Madhin is taking a different approach. Concerned by a… Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: AllAfrica Founder Named Among 'Most Influential Africans'
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AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been included on New African magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Africans. Read more »
November 22, 2012
Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Names New PM
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's new prime minister, reports Radio France Internationale (RFI). Read more »
November 21, 2012
South Africa: Protesters Camp Out to Oppose 'Secrecy Bill'
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"We love Zuma but down with him", chanted a group of more than 20 protesters at the gates of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, during a rally against the implementation of the… Read more »
November 20, 2012
Eswatini: Ellinah Wamukoya Becomes Africa's First Female Bishop
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated the continent's first woman bishop. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Seize Goma
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Rebels of the M23 group seized part of the regional capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, reports Radio Okapi. Read more »
