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Africa RSS FeedsEgypt: Election Results Impossible to Predict, Say Analysts - [IPS] Cairo - As Egyptians head to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to elect the country's first post-Mubarak president, local analysts say that voting results - even on the very eve of the balloting - remain impossible to predict....Feed Source: allafrica.com Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Flee Fighting to Uganda - [New Vision]
Fighting between Congolese government forces and renegade troops has forced a new influx of displaced people into southwest Uganda. According to Ugandan district officials a further 13,000-15,000 people have crossed the border over the past few days.... Uganda: Ugandans Call for Museveni, Besigye Talks - [New Vision]
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Majority of Ugandans want President Yoweri Museveni and his political rival, FDC leader Col. Kizza Besigye to hold talks on election reforms in order to move the country forward.... East Africa: Why Ethiopia Won't Back Down On Eritrean Border - [African Arguments]
For several years, combat along the tense Eritrean-Ethiopian frontier has been entirely rhetorical. This changed on March 16th, 2012 when the Ethiopian government boldly announced that it had crossed into Eritrean territory in an attack on three military installations.... Somalia: AU Troops Launch Anti-Shabaab Offensive in Refugee Region - [RFI]
African forces backing Somali government troops say they have launched a carefully planned operation to bring security and stability to the people of the Afgoye corridor, a rural area where thousands of displaced people are now camped.... Africa: Continent Lures Its Diaspora for Development Projects - [SANF]
Africa plans to launch a fund to harness the financial resources of its citizens based in the Diaspora which will be used for development projects on the continent.... Zimbabwe: Trapped Miners Rescued - [SW Radio]
A total of 75 miners were rescued Tuesday afternoon after a conveyor belt collapsed at the Mimosa platinum mine in Zvishavane.... Nigeria: Call for Review of South Africa-Nigeria Visa Regime - [allAfrica.com]
Cape Town -
What does it symbolise that American and British visitors to South Africa do not need a visa, but Nigerians and many other Africans do?... Africa: Development Experts Call for Self-Sufficiency - [IPS]
Cape Town -
Africa needs to reduce its dependency on foreign aid and get to the point of financing its own development, some of the continent's key development experts say.... South Sudan: Govt Accuses Sudan of Resuming Attacks, Warns of Retaliation - [Sudan Tribune]
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South Sudan on Tuesday accused the government of neighbouring Sudan of resuming attacks it said were largely targeting civilian populations, resulting in the destruction of properties and settlements.... Egypt: Violations Concentrated in Shafiq, Mursi, Aboul Fotouh Campaigns - [Aswat Masriya]
Campaign violations in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election is concentrated in the campaigns of candidates Ahmed Shafiq, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and Mohamed Mursi, said head of the Presidential Elections Committee Farouk Sultan.... Egypt: Ballot Boxes Sealed On First Day of Presidential Elections - [Aswat Masriya]
Election officials began sealing ballot boxes by 9 pm in all Egyptian governorates at the end of the first day in the country's first free presidential elections.... Egypt: Last Hours of First Day Witnessed 'Peak' in Electoral Violations - [Aswat Masriya]
A report by the 'Egyptian Assembly for Democratic Development' confirmed on Wednesday that the last hours of the first day of Egypt's presidential election witnessed a peak in violations.... Cote d'Ivoire: President Sacks Minister Over Toxic Waste Scandal - [U.S. Embassy Abidjan]
"Adama Bictogo swept away by the toxic waste scandal," says a prominent headline in Fraternite Matin (p. 1). The paper (p. 4) published a decree signed yesterday by President Ouattara "terminating the function of the Minister of African Integration, Adama Bictogo." The paper also carries on its front page a photo of the Probo Koala, the ship that dumped toxic waste in Abidjan in August 2006 with a headline reading "Probo Koala takes another victim."... Egypt: Egyptian Observers Report Electoral Silence Violations - [EOHR]
On May 23, 2012, the Egyptian Federation for Election Observation submitted the fourth official complaint to the Supreme Juridical Presidential Election Commission against some electoral violation of the electoral silence in 15 different governorates until the evening including Sharkia, Giza, Luxor, Cairo, Kalyoubia, Kafr Al Sheikh, Behaira, Assuit, Fayoum, Damietta, Gharbia, Bani Suef, Minia, North Sinai and Aswan. The federation called the commission for immediate investigation on the complaint and stopp... West Africa: Domestic Violence Primary Threat to Women in Post-War Era - [IRC]
Women in post-conflict West Africa continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency, but the primary threat to their safety is not strangers or men with guns; it's their husbands, according to the International Rescue Committee.... Egypt: Former Prime Minister and Candidate Attacked at Polling Station - [Aswat Masriya]
Raged citizens attacked former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq on Wednesday, May 23, during his attempt to cast his vote in Egypt's presidential election.... Egypt: Low Turnout at Some Polling Stations Attributed to Heat - [Aswat Masriya]
Latest developments in different governorates:... Egypt: 50 Complaints Registered in First Morning of Voting - [Aswat Masriya]
Election's Support Unit of the National Council for Human Rights received 50 complaints from different governorates since voting began on Wednesday morning until 12 pm.... Kenya: Major Funding Boost for Resource Management Project - [IFAD]
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of US$33 million to the Republic of Kenya to finance the Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resource Management Project. An additional loan amount of EUR 12.8 million from the Spanish Food Security Cofinancing Facility Trust Fund will also be provided to fund the same project.... Cameroon: Forests Pressured As Leaders Welcome Palm Oil Investors - [AlertNet]
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Cameroon is inviting foreign companies to expand lucrative palm plantations, pitting the country's need for economic development against environmentalists who foresee the loss of important forests.... Central Africa: Les exactions angolaisses sur les migrands congolais condamnées - [HRW]
Il faut mettre fin aux viols et autres violences contre les migrants... Angola: 'Convention Centre Being Used to Divert Millions in Public Funds' - [Maka]
The Talatona Convention Centre (CCTA) is one example of the large-scale investments that Sonangol, the state oil company, has been making in Angola in order to diversify its activity beyond the petroleum sector. At a cost of $149.1 million, the centre includes a five-star hotel called the Tatalona Convention Hotel (HCTA), which was opened on 18 December 2009 by president José Eduardo dos Santos.... Zimbabwe: Nothing to Show for Hard Work but Burnt Fields of Maize - [IPS]
Bulawayo -
Gertrude Mkoloi earns a living harvesting maize on a small piece of land in rural Zimbabwe. Or at least she used to.... Egypt: Mubarak and Sons Can Vote - [Aswat Masriya]
Former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa, who are detained pending trial, can cast their votes in Egypt's presidential election if they file a request to the Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC), Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported Secretary General of SPEC Judge Hatem Bagato as saying on Monday.... Egypt: Voting Begins in First Free Elections After January Revolution - [Aswat Masriya]
Egypt's polling centres opened their doors for voters at 8 am on Wednesday in the country's first free presidential elections after the January 25 revolution toppled President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.... Africa: Food Security Will Fuel Future Growth - UNDP - [MediaGlobal]
Within the last year alone, food crises have devastated millions in sub-Saharan Africa, moving from the Horn of Africa to most recently the Sahel. Despite a decade that broke from a track record of poor policy prescriptions and lagging economic growth, the region has not made parallel progress in addressing food security and nutrition.... Egypt: U.S. Believes Military Will Transfer Power - [Aswat Masriya]
The United States' Ministry for Foreign Affairs believes that Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) will commit to its promise to transfer power to a civilian elected president through a transparent election.... Egypt: Despite Ban, Shafiq and Azhar Grand Sheikh Cast Votes - [Aswat Masriya]
Former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb were allowed to cast their votes in today's presidential elections although they are subject to the political rights law - which bans them from voting - because the voters' database was not updated after the law was passed, Secretary General of the Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC) Hatem Bagato stated.... Egypt: Optimism Is the Path to Change - Wael Ghonim - [Aswat Masriya]
Activist Wael Ghonim expressed his optimism about the Egyptian presidential elections that kicked off on Wednesday morning, stressing that "the wheel of time will not turn back and optimism is the path to change."... Copyright © 2012, Maxx Trading Guides. All Rights Reserved. |