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South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won this year’s £10,000 Caine prize for the best short story in English by an African writer. Rose-Innes, whose story Poison is a haunting vignette of the “new” South Africa, received the prize at a ceremony last night at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. More on the web
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South African Search Marketing Report 2008 - ITweb
— Mandy L de Waal did a bit of Q&A with some South African search marketing professionals which became the 2008 South African Search Marketing Report Search Marketing Report 2008 - South Africa - ITweb - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Search Marketing Report 2008 - South Africa - ITweb THE SEARCH MARKETING REPORT [...]
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 Hargeysa, (Harowo) - Shir laba maalmood qaatay oo Deeq bixiyayaasha, Hay’addaha Qaramadda Midoobay, Wasaaraddaha Dawladda iyo ururadda bulshadda rayidka ah uga qabsoomay Magaaladda Hargeysa ayaa i Maanta lagu soo gunaanaday Hotel Maansoor ee Magaaladda Hargeysa. "Sanadkan waxay ugu talo galeen lacag dhan $ 67,800,000 Dollar waxay u ...
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Somaliland’s Economy Remains Steady And Progressive.
— Somaliland is progressing towards achieving its economy goals on two key commitments including providing education for everyone in the country starting from primary school until university. This commitment is almost accomplished as the students start schooling and enroll the universities in their own hometowns in Somaliland. The second key ...
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RUSUTSU, Japan, July 9 -- The United States for the first time joined the major industrialized countries Tuesday in committing to try to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. President Bush immediately began promoting the plan with skeptical developing country leaders who would be crucial to its...
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 Bush Facing Rebuffs On Key Issues at G-8
— RUSUTSU, Japan, July 8 -- President Bush has worked hard over the past few years to cultivate good relations with many world leaders, but as a summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations got underway Monday, he was once again discovering the limitations of those efforts.
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Watch a short report of the first day at the G8 summit in Africa. the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe was obviously one of the hot topics today. [Playlist] Related Posts July 8, 2008 -- Shame on you Thabo Mbeki! (1) …
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 Investing in Africa Redesign
— Over the last couple of months I have been in the process of moving from my consultant position to working full-time on Ushahidi. One of my favorite projects to be a part of was the redesign of Investing in Africa, by Ryan Shen-Hoover. We’ve rebuilt the site from the ground up using Expression [...]
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 Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have patented a laser microscalpel that allows a surgeon to operate on tissue one cell at a time, precisely targeting disease while leaving healthy surrounding cells alive.
 Her father is famous but Malia Obama is like a lot of 10-year-olds: she sometimes finds him embarrassing. She recalled one time when a friend came over to their house in Chicago and her father, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, ever in campaign mode, shook the girl's hand to say hello.
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 At the G8 summit taking place in Japan, African leaders are strongly opposing sanctions against Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, on the grounds that the sanctions would not change the regime. To argue this is as atrocious as saying…
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 UNITED NATIONS -- A majority of U.N. Security Council member countries support a proposal to sanction Zimbabwe and freeze the assets of President Robert Mugabe, French and U.S. officials said today, but Russia warned it might veto the plan.
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G8: leaders agree to call for Zimbabwe sanctions
— The G8 leaders today called for tougher UN sanctions against Zimbabwe, increasing international pressure on the African pariah state. Russia and Italy have fallen into line with demands to extend existing sanctions, after initially opposing tougher action against Zimbabwe whose veteran leader President Robert Mugabe has just been re-elected after ...
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Hey everyone, I hope you are having a great day, night, afternoon, siesta-time, no time, everytime, wherever you are. Quick Thanks…..Again I am pretty psyced:I did my first ever radio interview with Linda from Capital FM this morning and surprisingly I was super comfortable doing and so public thanks to Linda for making me super comfortable ...
Sudan is one step closer to holding its first free elections in 21 years after recently passing a new electoral law. As I predicted in the past , the disarmament program has been a success in different parts of the country…
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 'Ethiopia attacked military base' - Sudan says
— Sudan says Ethiopia attacked military base Sudan's army accused Ethiopian troops on Tuesday of attacking a military camp in northern Sudan and killing about 19 people, Reuters reported. The report added that Ethiopian officials were not immediately able to comment on the attack which Sudan's army spokesman said happened early on Monday in the ...
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 Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are seen as possible terror threat
— African countries seen as possible terror threat Associated Press Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are among "special interest" countries identified by the U.S. government as sponsors or supporters of terrorism. Since 2003, the number of East Africans caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally has gone up — from 22 in 2003 to 125 in 2007.
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 In October the International Peace Operations Association, IPOA, the trade association that lobbies for mercenaries, will meet in Washington DC for their 2008 Annual Convention. The theme of their annual conference is: Engaging AFRICOM In Dogs of War: Back to Africa, David Isenberg asks: Where does the future lie for the private military industry?
Exactly one day after George Bush signed the first year of the $1.6 billion Plan Mexico into law--giving Mexican military and police US training, armament, and resources--videos surfaced showing Mexican police undergoing torture training in León, Guanajuato. The torture training is directed by a British man from an unidentified US private ...
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 Embattled finance minister stands down temporarily to allow an independent inquiry into the controversial sale of a hotel that has fractured the coalition government
 This blog has been covering the post-election tribunal activities in Nigeria, particularly in Ondo state. The focus on Ondo is obvious, not only because it’s my root, but I’m also appalled by the extent of the electoral malpractices orchestrated by the PDP machinery in the state. In the last two weeks, the two tribunals in the [...]
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File Photo: Djibouti Port Ethiopia - Port tariff to increase by up to 15% By Groum Abate Capital The Ethiopian government has been notified by its Djiboutian counterpart, as per their bilateral agreement, that it is to increase tariffs by up to 15% on various facilities the Port of Djibouti render, as of August 15, Capital learnt. An official at ...
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 Ethiopia - Help for the Hungry
— Distributions of food donated by the U.S. government and purchased with private CRS funds are helping Ethiopians survive an extended drought.Photo by Debbie DeVoe/CRS Ethiopia - Help for the Hungry Source: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) - USA OROMIA, Ethiopia - The jutting ribs of cattle along the roadside hint at what lies ahead. After two ...
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Afar malaria prevention and control, Ethiopia
— Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and Afar, in the north-east of the country, is one of its most disadvantaged regions. Nine out of ten people do not have access to safe water and the literacy rate is the lowest in the country at 7%.
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 G8 leaders meeting in Japan have said they will seek targeted sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government over last month's polls. Their call for financial and other measures against individuals "responsible for violence" in Zimbabwe marks a change of stance for Russia.
 The World Association of Newspapers and World Editors Forum have called for the repeal of a punitive 'luxury' tax on newspapers that are imported into Zimbabwe, which is preventing independent newspapers from reaching their audience. Read full story... | Send to a friend
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Newspapers Fight “Luxury” Tax in Zimbabwe
— The World Association of Newspapers and World Editors Forum have called for the repeal of a punitive “luxury” tax on newspapers that are imported into Zimbabwe, which is preventing independent newspapers from reaching their audience.
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Leaders fail to agree on Zimbabwe
— Leaders from the developed world and Africa reached no agreement on the crisis in Zimbabwe, which overshadowed a meeting between the Group of Eight and seven African heads of state
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Five million coins featuring Nelson Mandela will go in circulation in the second part of this month right on Mandela’s birthday, the 18 th of July. The new 5 rand coin is worth around 65 cents. Looking at Nelson Mandela, his amazing…
 The 2010 World Cup organisers remove the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth from the 2009 Confederations Cup schedule
 Controversial Durban businessman, Prince Sifiso Zulu, is in a stable condition after allegedly falling from his second-storey apartment window in the Point area earlier this afternoon…
 Eindelijk komt het er toch van… Gisteravond om 03.00 uur begon het hevig te regenen. Het hield pas vroeg in de ochtend op. De temperatuur was aangenaam en al mijn emmers, watercontainers en headpans zijn gevuld met fris regenwater… Als het regent kan je een kanon afschieten in de straten van Wa, want niemand waagt zich buiten. De enkeling ...
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 Does anybody know President Umaru Yar’Adua’s mailing address? I know he’s in Aso Rock but what’s the P.O.Box or the P.M.B.? I have a gift for him: a brand new copy of the last edition of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth ...
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He was just a click away from here. The man actually left a comment on a blog post by Naseem of the popular Jordanian blog, the Black Iris, which I’ve got listed in my sidebar. I can only imagine how excited Naseem was when he received a phone call verifying the comment’s authenticity. This sort [...]
 This is part 2 of our series reviewing Michael Edwards' Just Another Emperor and the concept of 'philanthrocapitalism'. Read part 1 here . Michael Edwards' recent book on "philanthrocapitalism" reminds me of a recent conversation I had with my sister, a social worker. Over dinner one day, she started going off on ...
 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki last week said he had died, although he later retracted his statement. Reports of the death sparked anger in Zambia.
 The Armenian Observer posts a video with English subtitles and comments on yesterday's rally by the radical opposition in Armenia. The blog says the movement led by the country's first president seems to be slowly turning into a lost cause.
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Bahrain, Qatar Sprint to Olympics on Oil Ethiopian Can't Refuse July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Middle Eastern oil and gas may yield gold at the Beijing Olympics. Qatar and Bahrain have their best chance to win their first gold medals next month after recruiting foreign runners. The transplants won three medals at the 2007 world championships, including ...
This past weekend, the lightning of sporting genius and success of Venus and Serena Williams struck again for a combined seventh time in nine years...
Fellow 'Wazobians' at home and abroad, my son Gbenga was instigated by my many enemies to go public with an 'incest' allegation against me, his distinguished father. Well, he seems to have come to his manipulated senses now...
 KZN police say they’ll be out in full force tomorrow in case there are any problems linked with the one-day stayaway…
 Dear Kabissa members: The Youth Employment Network (YEN) is an interagency initiative of the United Nations, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the World Bank which pools experience to address the youth employment challenge. We are currently creating a database of initiatives in West Africa that are tackling youth employment. The ...
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Britain's Prince Harry, now helping to refurbish a Lesotho school, has pledged to continue helping some of Africa's most vulnerable children.
On 27 June 2008, the government of Botswana gazetted a media practitioners' bill which is expected to regulate the media by, among other things, setting up a statutory press council. The bill also seeks to register media practitioners residing in Botswana and provides for hefty penalties for any violation of the law. As an example, anyone ...
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A Zimbabwean television series focusing on local cuisine is featuring on DStv between June and September, giving viewers across Africa a chance to enjoy an insight not only into local culinary expertise but also into local filmmaking talent. Read full story... | Send to a friend
Not many expatriates can claim to have lived in the same shanty-towns that the impoverished endure. I did, occasionally enjoying town water and electricity, but never at the same time. I had the misfortune to go bust in Angola and faced with a dole queue in UK, decided I would rather tough it out here. I lived in what Angolans refer to as a ‘
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Abducted and raped this year by raiding Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, Henriette and other villagers live in daily fear.
 A large percentage of vehicle hijackings take place as you are driving in or out of your property. There have been two such cases that we know of in Durban in the past 12 hours alone…
The Maputo International Trade Fair (FACIM) is respected as the most important international event of its kind in Mozambique and one of the most important in Southern Africa since 1963. The event will take place from 1-7 September 2008 with business people and enterprises from different parts of the world coming together. Read full story... | ...
Sent to us via email: Dickson Sibamba 60, MDC activist from Buhera South, Ward 28. He was murdered by armed war veterans and youth militias on 03/07/08 at around 2200hrs at his home. The militias had made him pay a goat as form of punishment after which they murdered him. He is survived by a wife [...]
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Heavily armed Islamist rebels have attacked the presidential palace and key installations in the Somali government's Baidoa headquarters.
 Personal and analytical perspectives on global issues affecting the world and me. With bias towards Christians and Malawi, the blogger continues to learn and grow in the discipline of global journalism.
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Philanthropy has spearheaded major movements globally including the women’s movement, the environmental movement, the hospice movement and now the fight against Aids. In the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, it was not government or business that acted fast, it was the non-profit sector. This sector is supported by philanthropy and we ...
 Au sommet des pauvres, à Katibougou, au Mali, les participants ont invité les pays du G8 à tenir leurs promesses concernant l'aide au développement. : AFP
Prenez le temps de (ré)écouter les gagnants du concours lancé par Sandrine Mercier dans son émission "Au détour du monde", sur France Inter. D'Alger au Népal en passant par le Bénin...
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 The number of people returning to Britain with a potentially fatal form of malaria has risen sharply because travelers are not taking antimalarial drugs, health officials have said.
 A woman and her son have been shot during a robbery at their home in Durban’s Morningside area. The two were attacked by intruders who entered their house along Hendry Road last night…
 Economists now have a better idea of how much more you’re likely to pay for fuel next month. Mike Schussler says by his calculations - petrol’s going to cost between 20 and 40 cents a litre extra…
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One of Africa’s most infamous soldiers of fortune, Simon Mann, was sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea.
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 Mann sentenced over coup plot
— Former British soldier sentenced to 34 years in jail after being found guilty by a court in Equatorial Guinea of leading failed plot to overthrow the government in 2004
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 Physicians often test the levels of a few telltale blood proteins in seriously injured or ill patients to detect organ failure and other problems. Now Vista Therapeutics, a startup based in Santa Fe, NM, hopes to improve the care of these patients with sensitive devices for continuous bedside monitoring of such blood biomarkers. Instead of taking ...
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