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South Africa Mourns Popular TV Host's Sudden Death[SAPA]President Jacob Zuma, political parties and the broadcasting community expressed shock and sadness on Sunday at the death of SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli. read more...
Circumcision Process Must Be Monitored[IFP]The IFP calls on the Department of Health to monitor the circumcision process in initiation schools, so as to avoid further deaths. IFP Spokesperson on Health, Mrs Hilda Msweli (MP) said, "Cooperation between the Department of Health and the Traditional leaders is needed, and it will decrease the high number of deaths. Doctors should be involved in the process, to make sure that any initiate who needs urgent medical assistance receives it quickly. Some initiates died from complications due to the severe lo read more...
Anti-Mursi Demonstrators March to Tahrir Square[Aswat Masriya]Demonstrators marched on Friday from Dawaran Shubra, Mostafa Mahmoud and Sayeda Zeinab to Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood. read more...
New Regional Security Commission for Darfur - Al Bashir[Radio Dabanga]Khartoum -Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir issued a decree on Thursday establishing a Regional Security Commission for Darfur. The commission will be headed by Dr Tijani Sese. read more...
JEM Head Denies Sudan-Chad Border Clash Was 'Murder'[Radio Dabanga]Kordofan -Dr Gibril Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), has strongly denied that his forces "murdered" JEM-Bashar faction leader Mohammed Bashar, his deputy Suleiman Arko, his brother Noureen Bashar and at least eight others on Sunday at the Sudan-Chad border. read more...
Gunmen Attack Police Stations, Banks in Daura[Daily Trust]Gunmen, Thursday night attacked two police stations and four banks in Daura town, carting away millions of naira and a number of weapons. read more...
Guy Scott Campaigns in Sinazongwe for Imminent By-Election[Zambia Reports]Vice President Guy Scott has camped in Sinazongwe District the likely setting for yet another parliamentary by-election where he has been promising development. read more...
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A pop-up restaurant on Mount Kilimanjaro? A burgeoning South Africa Food and Wine Festival? Three new Guinea-Conakry restaurants in New York City? Ethiopian Peaberry Coffee flogged at Trader Joe’s? These and many other events are indicators of the intense and growing interest in Africa’s culinary arts. Put on your bib [...]
Opportunities in Mozambique: 5 Sectors Worth Investing In
The immigration officer stares anxiously at the Portuguese passport. It’s not an uncommon sight at Maputo’s International Airport as the country is increasingly seeing foreigners at its ports of entry with an interest in working in the country. Times have certainly changed since the early 1990s. Then, the country was [...]
WEF Africa: The Way Forward
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa held in Cape Town recently certainly delivered on its promise to be more than just another talk shop. The event saw record attendance from many of Africa’s power players and heads of state including South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan and Kenya’s [...]
Infrastructure in Africa
One of the themes discussed at this year’s WEF Africa conference is the need for infrastructure development. It is seen as the driver of economic growth, yet Africa has a long way to go in the sector. ABN’s Chris Bishop sat down with Trevor Manuel, South Africa’s Minister of the [...]
Standby Force for Africa
The African Union (AU) has earmarked a standby force for Africa as one of its key initiatives. ABN caught up with Zoli Kunene, chairman of defence equipment manufacturer Denel, for his views on how this would impact the company. ABN Digital Generic Player
WEF Africa Continues Davos Agenda
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan talks about how WEF Africa is building on from the World Economic Forum that was held in Davos this year. ABN Digital Generic Player
Rwanda’s Successful Eurobonds
Rwanda’s Finance Minister Claver Gatete sat down with ABN’s Godfrey Mutizwa to share how Rwanda convinced foreign investors that it was a stable, innovate country in Africa. ABN Digital Generic Player
Free Trade Zone Africa by 2017
One of the challenges for trade in Africa has been lack of facilitation of inter trade among countries on the continent. South Africa wants to establish a free trade zone in Africa by 2017. South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davis is one of over 1,000 leaders from business, [...]
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