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Thursday, 09-02-10, 14:46Country Deserves B+ Rating - IMFThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has credited the basis upon which Standard and Poor (S&P) downgraded the country's credit worthiness from B+ to B.
Thursday, 09-02-10, 13:42Beware of Half-Baked Peer Educators - PSYouth Sport and Child Development Permanent Secretary Teddy Mulonga has warned that the use of half-baked peer educators is retrogressive and that organisations involved in the practice should stop.
Thursday, 09-02-10, 13:42Nurse's Assault Saddens Health Workers' UnionThe Health Workers Union of Zambia (HWUZ) is saddened with the recent assault of a nurse at Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) by a parent who had taken his child to the hospital for medical care.
Thursday, 09-02-10, 13:41President Hails MswatiPresident Rupiah Banda has described King Mswati III of Swaziland as a unifying factor in Africa.
Thursday, 09-02-10, 13:30Nigerians in Great Cricket DriveBlessed with a vast population of more than 140 million inhabitants, cricket in Nigeria might be playing second fiddle to the beautiful game of football but the sport is rapidly gaining momentum in the West African country.
Source: allafrica.com
Reuters Headlines
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:15:45 +0000
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second day of riots caused by soaring bread prices.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:36 +0000
S.Africa state workers reject offer, take to street
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers staged a protest march on Thursday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labour movement at loggerheads.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:04 +0000
Doubts grow over Guinea readiness for key vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) - A dispute over arrangements for the decisive second round of Guinea's September 19 presidential election is raising concern that the outcome of the landmark poll will be challenged and could trigger unrest.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:37:22 +0000
Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebel claims that Malaysia's Petronas has stopped oil and gas exploration in Ethiopia are lies and three more firms are in negotiations to start exploration in the country, its mines minister said on Thursday.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:40:33 +0000
Taxi price rise likely to spark protests in Angola
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan taxis will raise fares in the coming weeks due to a sharp rise in fuel prices, a move that could trigger protests from impoverished Angolans who rely on thousands of 14-seater taxi vans to go to work each day.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:04:06 +0000
Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:50:01 +0000
SAfrica miners at Rio-BHP JV agree pay deal: company
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton joint venture, said it had agreed a final wage deal with workers to end a week-long strike and will resume full output on Friday.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:41:16 +0000
UN delays publication of Congo report til October 1
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations decided on Thursday to delay publication of its report on atrocities in Congo until October 1, letting Rwanda address genocide allegations while urging Kigali to keep its peacekeeping troops in Africa.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:39 +0000
Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:13:58 +0000
Ethiopia rejects dam criticism, targets 10,000 MW
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years.
Source: Reuters
Africa Blog
Beyond Outrage -- Bringing Sexual Terrorists to JusticeThursday, August 26, 2010
Originally posted on Huffington Post.
The United Nations' recent pledge to combat sexual violence in conflict zones was put to the test once again this month, with the mass rape of at least 154 women in Eastern Congo. And once again the UN is failing that test.
My Trip to the Two Rwandas
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Rwanda I experienced last week while on assignment for PBS NewsHour was two different countries at the same time. The first was the Rwanda the government wants you to see (and is reportedly paying a British public relations firm a lot of money to make sure you see!). I saw this Rwanda for the first six days of my trip, traveling to the countryside to film electricity being wired up to village homes; visiting health clinics where citizens have national health plans, priced at only $2 a year. It's this Rwanda where, unlike in many other big African cities, you can safely walk the streets at night; where police are more likely to stop you for not wearing your seat belt than a bribe. One afternoon I walked right up to a series of government ministries, planted my tripod in the parking lot and leisurely filmed without so much as a glance from security. Try that in Kinshasa, Cairo or, for that matter, Washington D.C. It’s for these reasons that Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, is a favorite of aid donors and luminaries such as Bill Clinton, Rick Warren and Bill Gates. And given what ruins the country was in following its 1994 genocide, the progress is truly impressive
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