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Tanzania Tanzania Draft Constitution Stirs Land Rights Debate
Dar es Salaam - Tanzanians are debating whether the new federal government should give up ownership and control of all of the country's land as framed under the draft constitution. Unveiled by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) on June 3rd, the first draft blueprint of Tanzania's new government structure has left some wondering if the new constitution would guarantee citizens ...
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Tanzania Donors Lose Interest in Isles Economy
DEVELOPMENT partners are now reluctant to support Zanzibar because they have lost their trust, some Members of the House of Representatives have said when discussing the 2013/14 annual budget estimates. "Donors are turning away because of rampant corruption in government and the unjustifiable share Zanzibar has been receiving from the 'General Budget Support (GBS) controlled by the ...
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Somalia Somaliland Bars Federal Govt Authorized Aircraft From Landing
Hargeisa - Somaliland government rejected an aircraft attempting to land at Egal International Airport in Hargeisa on Tuesday, after Somaliland officials said the plane requested to use airspace from the Somali Federal Government (SFG), Garowe Online reports. Somaliland's Ministry of Aviation released a press release on Tuesday detailing the incident that forced a SS34 aircraft to double ...
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Tanzania Zanzibar Legislator Commissions Buses for Students Transport
HASSAN Mussa, a Standard Seven student was seriously injured in his left eye by a commuter bus (Daladala) conductor when trying to stop the student from boarding the bus. The conductor (or utingo) slapped the student in the face injuring the eye. The incident sparked anger from people and activists, prompting them to call on the police to prosecute and punish the 'utingo.' They also ...
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Tanzania Review TMAA Role Govt Urged
Dodoma - A FORMER commissioner of minerals wants the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) be reviewed as its mandate and responsibilities overlap with that of other agencies. Mr Dalaly Peter Kafumu, a Member of Parliament of Igunga Constituency in Tabora Region said in Parliament on Monday that TMAA roles and responsibilities overlapped those of other institutions, such as the Tanzania Revenue ...
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Rwanda Govt Rewards Innovative Farmers
A host of innovative farmers across the country walked home with an assortment of rewards at the end of the eighth agro exhibition in Mulindi yesterday. The best innovative farmer drove home a tractor, and others received farm equipment worth over Rwf8m. François Kanimba, the minister for trade and industry, commended the winners and encouraged others to emulate their techniques to ...
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Rwanda New PSF Boss to Promote Joint Investment Ventures
PROMOTING INVESTMENT, co-operation and job-creation are the main areas the newly-elected Private Sector Federation (PSF) chairman, Benjamin Gasamagera will focus on. Gasamagera said he will lobby government for better policies to encourage private investment into the country. He was speaking after he was elected on Monday in a poll where he garnered 98 votes out of 102 votes at Lemigo Hotel in ...
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Rwanda President Kagame Says No Challenge Is Too Big to Overcome
President Paul Kagame yesterday said with the will of the people, no challenge is insurmountable. He was speaking to a section of leaders from Israeli private and public sectors, on the second day of his three-day visit to the country with whom he shared Rwanda's journey of recovery. "Rwanda's story is about more than just a socio-economic process. It is about rebuilding a ...
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Eskom battles to turn the tide against forces of darknessConcerns that South Africa is a hairs breadth from experiencing rolling power cuts.
The country's electricity reserve margin slid to a perilously low 63 megawatts (MW) or 0.2% early this week, heightening concerns that South Africa is a hair's breadth from experiencing rolling power cuts. Despite the heightened risk, Eskom has several options to manage the very tight power system, said its spokesperson, Hilary Joffe, which it would use before resorting to load ...
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Rwanda Fuel Pump Prices Reduced to Rwf1000
Pump preces for petrol and diesel have been reduced. The petroleum products are now at Rwf1,000 per litre, down from Rwf1,050. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Francois Kanimba, said the reduction was mainly due to a decline in oil prices on the international market in the last three months. "I am happy that the prices have gone down. I hope that this will also lead to a drop in ...
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Ghana Woyome to Strike Back ... As Duffour Explains Stance
The ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling on the €47 million paid as judgment debt to Waterville Holdings Ltd. and other judgment debts paid by the state in at least the last five years are becoming a subject of keen interest to many Ghanaians. The Supreme Court on Friday, 14 June, 2012, ordered Waterville Holdings Ltd. to return to the state the €47 million it claimed as judgment ...
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Rwanda Another Short in the Arm for Onatracom Commendable
The Cabinet has approved a plan to revamp public transport firm Onatracom with a view of inviting private entities to operate it. The plan, which will lead to a private-public partnership after the firm is turned into a public limited company, is aimed at making Onatracom a profitable venture. This is a great move considering that the public transport is deep into debt and depends on the ...
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S. Sudan Could Drop Austerity Budget as Oil Flows
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- South Sudan’s Council of Ministers has submitted a $5.6 billion dollar national budget to parliament for the new fiscal year, more than double the country’s current austerity budget. But officials warned that they are prepared to slash spending if oil production is shut down again over a new row with Sudan, which has accused Juba of backing rebels in the north ...
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World Briefing | Africa 9 Students Killed at School in Nigeria
Militants opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the troubled northeast, killing at least nine of them, witnesses said Tuesday. The attack on Monday at a private school in Maiduguri was the second on a school in recent days. On Sunday, 13 people, including high school students and teachers, were killed during a five-hour shootout when extremists attacked a boarding school in ...
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Study Homosexual Community at Increased Risk for HIV
One of the challenges of fighting HIV around the world is the difficulty of reaching those at risk. A new study from South Africa indicates that the homosexual community is at increased risk for HIV, and that widespread homophobia may keep these men from receiving the information and care that they need. Gay men in Africa face extreme homophobia and violence within their communities, and in ...
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New Head For US Central Bank
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama says Ben Bernanke has done an "outstanding" job leading the central bank and coping with the worst recession in decades. But some analysts say Obama is likely to appoint someone else to head the Federal Reserve in a few months. analysts have mixed opinions about Bernanke's efforts. President Obama praised Ben Bernanke during a recent ...
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NASA Humans Could Visit Asteroid in 2021
The U.S. space agency says its proposed asteroid capture mission takes several of NASA's ongoing initiatives and aligns them for one major mission. These chunks of ancient space rocks hold clues about the formation of the universe, pose threats to our planet, and present new territory for explorers. NASA's proposed asteroid mission is a logical next leap for the space agency, says ...
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Turkeys PM Hits Back at International Critics of Crackdown
LONDON -- The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly criticized Turkey's crackdown on anti-government protests, joining the European Union in condemning the police response. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hit back, defending the security forces and questioning the democratic legitimacy of his European critics. After weeks of anti-government demonstrations in cities ...
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Comment No helping hand for Africa in G8 trade talks
David Cameron arrived at the G8 saying the usual things about world leaders recognising the needs of low income countries. But developing countries should not hold their breath waiting for real action. From past experience, G8 summits offer little more than commitments made in the joint communique. Even this does not always mean a lot: the commitment made at Gleneagles in 2005 to double aid to ...
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Tanzania Japan seal $32m agreement on flyover project
Tanzania and Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement of more than $32 million to finance a flyover project in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of the East African country.The two countries sealed the grant agreement of 52.5 billion Tanzanian shillings ($32.8 million) on the project in Dodoma, where Japanese Ambassador to Tanzania Masaki Okada said the initiative is meant to de-congest Dar es ...
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China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining
China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...
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Protesters burn Brotherhood headquarters in Egypts Gharbiya
Egyptian protesters belonging to revolutionary forces and movements and political parties on Tuesday set Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Gharbiya governorate ablaze, State-run Ahram Website reported.All the files and components of the headquarters were totally burnt out, the report said, adding that civil protection forces and security forces have immediately moved to the scene to control the ...
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US company to build 1000 MW thermal plant in Ghana
General Electric (GE) Group of the United States will partner the government of Ghana in the development of a 1,000 MW thermal plant, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum disclosed here on Tuesday.The project, under a program named "Ghana 1000MW Project" for the West African country, aims to introduce the Power Park Concept to ensure low cost of power and fast ...
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Egypts FM says visiting Ethiopia aims to defend water rights
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Sudan and Ethiopia over an Ethiopian dam project on the upriver Nile, official MENA news agency reported.It is Amr's first visit to those countries after the release of a tripartite technical committee report on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, during which he discussed Egypt's share of the Nile and ...
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UN envoy emphasizes national political dialogue in Libya
Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult, but the North African country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way forward, a senior UN envoy said Tuesday."The political and security challenges that now face the country may well be the legacy of decades of authoritarian rule, dysfunctional state institutions and confusion around political norms," UN ...
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Liberia gaining the world's attention for the right reasons
When members of the international community, and even many Africans themselves, think of Africa one of a few stereotypes come to mind; poverty, crime, corruption and political instability. Africa is seen as a haven for everything nefarious in the global community, terrorists are trained here, rebels attack their governments, drugs are grown in, and exported from, African soil and many African heads of state preside over a government whose authority does not extend beyond their capital city.
Liberia, not often in the international news for doing well, seems to be making a concerted effort to redress this trend, suggesting that a period of integrity may be ahead for the continent as a whole; South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup, Egypt is cooperating with the international community in opening up its border with Gaza and Liberia’s government is holding its own as an example of the far-reaching effects of good governance and rooting out corruption. Read more
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