Algeria’s ES Setif new player Mohamed Amin Aoudia has thanked Egyptian and Zamalek fans and footballers. “I really hoped to continue with Zamalek especially as I didn’t appear in form because of my successive injuries,” the former Zamalek forward was quoted as saying in the Algerian newspaper El-Khabar. The 24-year old striker has been released from [...]
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(AFP) – 23 hours ago ALGIERS — Relatives of 17 Algerian sailors held by pirates since January demonstrated Wednesday to demand their release, saying they feared the men would not survive Somalia’s famine and the Ramadan fast. The sailors are among 27 crew of an Algerian-flagged bulk carrier seized on January 1 off the coast [...]
2011-08-01 11:43 Algiers – Two Algerian soldiers have been killed and at least eight others injured in a bomb attack on their convoy, press reports said on Monday. The attack with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device happened on Sunday in Tihammamet, 370km southwest of Algiers. The francophone daily El Watan said two troops were killed [...]
In Botswana, gender subordination is still defined in terms of the legal and policy frameworks. Thus women have no alternative but to rely on international law and policy frameworks to define the content and standards of their human rights. Many present laws in Botswana still incorporate discriminatory elements of customary law, particularly as regards marriage, [...]
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“In terms of section 50 of the Botswana Penal Code, sedition is defined as acts which are aimed at incite [sic] hatred, disrespect and unhappiness with a specific section of the population against the president of Botswana or Botswana’s legal administration,” FFPlus economic affairs spokesman Anton Alberts said in a statement on Thursday. “It therefore [...]
Mayor Nyeku and BPOPF management Botswana Public officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) has an asset base of P29.6 billion. The largest contributory pension fund in the country also boasts a membership base of 107 307, which accounts for over 80% of the total pension industry assets in Botswana, BPOPF CEO, Ephraim Letebele, has said. Speaking at [...]
* Talk of economic potential but also fears of unrest Reuters: Egypt News
June 30 (Reuters) – The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. Reuters: Egypt News
DUBAI/CAIRO, June 26 (Reuters) – Dubai’s index fell to a 3-month low on Sunday, on disappointment after a delay on a possible index upgrade, and Egypt’s bourse fell after the government turned down a $ 3 billion IMF financing package. Reuters: Egypt News
Newly appointed Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Orabi meets Prime Minister Essam Sharaf in Cairo yesterday. Egypt News
Diasporian News of Wednesday, 3 August 2011 Source: GNA Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (1) « Prev Next » Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretar= y General (DSRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Cote d’Ivoire [...]
Feature Article of Thursday, 4 August 2011 Columnist: Fosu, John Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (3) « Prev Next » I am sorry to acknowledge how a fact it is that Ghanaians, especially the inhabitants of Kumawuman, have no sense of urgency. [...]
Participants at the July edition of the Citizen Kofi Media Dialogue series have asked for a focus on issues in media discourse as Ghana heads for general elections in 2012. Drawing lessons from the media’s coverage of recent political primaries, participants warned that the focus on unimportant bickering and insults was a threat to the [...]
Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Nana Bediatuo Asante, Counsel for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, NPP Flagbearer for Election 2012 on Tuesday challenged those who claimed to have evidence that Nana Akufo-Addo was marijuana and or cocaine user and dealer, should either prosecute him or refrain from making such scurrilous allegations. “We wish to state [...]
MARSEILLE, France Aug 4 (Reuters) – France will bring home its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier from its Libyan mission next week for maintenance, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told the regional daily Var-Matin. France will move its Rafale fighter jets from the carrier, moored off the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to NATO’s base in [...]
NALUT, Libya – The rebel fighters of the Tripoli Brigade have one goal — to be among the first to enter the Libyan capital and kick out Muammar Qaddafi and his cronies. They say their intimate knowledge of the city makes them best suited for the job. Nearly all the 475 men either grew up [...]
By Catherine Bremer PARIS (Reuters) – Having failed to bomb Muammar Gaddafi out of office, Western powers have no choice but to stick to their military campaign while also hoping that the Libyan leader will end their dilemma by bowing out himself. Contrary to initial hopes in Western capitals, Gaddafi has clung to power despite [...]
(AFP) – 9 hours ago ROME — A boat carrying 330 migrants from Libya arrived late Tuesday on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a day after officials found 25 people choked to death in the engine room of another Libyan refugee boat. Tuesday’s wooden refugee vessel, accompanied to shore by the Italian coast guard, was [...]
Nigeria’s Uche Nwofor came on as a substitute and scored twice in the 5-2 win over Croatia Nigeria scored five goals for the second match in a row at the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia as they beat Croatia 5-2 on Wednesday. The result means the Flying Eagles are the first African side to guarantee [...]
GuardianShell Oil has accepted full liability for TWO giant oil spills in Nigeria, and now they’re looking at a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars. The spills happened in 2008 and they affected 69,000 people in the community in the Ogoniland region of Nigeria. This really is a very sad story because the creeks [...]
British Officials Examining Authenticity of Nigerian Hostage Video VOA News British authorities are checking the authenticity of a video claiming to show a British and Italian man kidnapped in May in Nigeria. Britain’s Foreign Office said Thursday officials are urgently examining the video, in which two men claim to have been kidnapped by al-Qaida. The [...]
Chevron Corp. (CVX), the world’s fourth- largest energy company, said its Nigerian Escravos gas-to- liquids plant is more than 70 percent complete and on course to start production in 2013. The facility, which will refine natural gas to produce 33,000 barrels a day of fuels including diesel, is set “to be completed at the end [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Air Zimbabwe woes mount as Emirates jets in
Air Zimbabwe which is bedeviled by insolence, and a dearth of planes has been struggling to meet the growing demand and the entrance into the market of, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has bolstered its operations on the booming Africa trade route. Supporting the thriving trade between Africa and the rest of the [...]
Biti rushes to save Zimbabwe from Typhoid
Published: January 25, 2012 Comment (Harare)Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has made an emergency move to address the problem of the Typhoid disease outbreak which has seen hundreds being infected across the country. The MDC party Biti belongs made a statement on the announcement in which Biti has set aside over US$100m for [...]
1st Test Preview: New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
Napier: Zimbabwe gets set to host New Zealand in a one-off Test match and while eyes may be on matches with higher profiles in Abhu Dhabi and Adelaide, Napier will provide the testing ground for character of both teams. Big PictureTwo higher profile series leaves this one-off Test to play out in the shadows but it [...]