Wednesday 8th September, 2010
Obama to attend U.N. Sudan meeting September 24
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a U.N.-organized summit on Sudan on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly on September 24, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations S...
3 Pakistani men charged in failed Times Square bombing
Taliban leaders and sending him money, a senior police official in Islamabad said Wednesday.The three men, Shahid Hussain, Shoaib Mughal and Humbal Akhtar, are relatively young, middle-class Pakistani...
Ghana: Device Schemes to Wean Ghana Off Donor Support
-Tettey-Enyo "Again, This Will Help Fill the Economy With a Higher Calibre of Tax Advisers Who Will Accelerate Growth in the Corporate World While Increasing Revenue Generation for the Economy," He Sa...
Ghana: Golden Star Pay $6.5m Royalties to Gov't
All AfricaGolden Star Resources Limited (GSR), operators of the Prestea/Bogoso and the Wassa mines, has announced the payment of a total US$6,696,796.51 in royalties to the Government of Ghana. The sum represe...
Ghana: Vodafone Launches 'Power to You' Campaign
All AfricaVodafone Ghana has officially launched 'Power to You', which marks a new chapter for Vodafone-Ghana, as the company works proactively in bringing more products and services to the Ghanaian market, in ...
Ghana: The Consumer's Saviour - The Author, Dr. Kofi Dankyi Beeko, Md.
All AfricaOnly recently, at a social gathering, a friend narrated a story, whose parallel is so often heard, and each time, "it sounds harrowing." A woman gave out her last resources in order to give her son a ...
Africa: Africa's Women Turn 50
AllAfrica.comopinion Five decades ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is an opportunity to critically reflect on t...
Ghana: Youth Employment; Right Direction
All Africa- The introduction of a new module of the National Youth Employment Programme (Nyep) By the Government to Create Some 10,000 Jobs for the Youth in the Road Sector is Welcome News for All Well-Meaning ...
Africa: UN Joins "One Day On Earth"
AllAfrica.comOn October 10, 2010, people across the world participating in the "One Day on Earth" project will capture an unprecedented global video snapshot of a single 24-hour period. Participants, ranging from ...
Kenya: Sun Will Never Set On Solar Energy's Potential in Kenya
All AfricaForeign and local investors have the opportunity to participate in Kenya's growing solar power industry. A vibrant solar energy market has developed in Kenya over the years for providing electricity t...
Africa: Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase
AllAfrica.comParis — After weeks of rumours sparked by the leaking of a draft World Bank position paper on so-called land grabs in poor countries, the international financial institution has officially relea...
Uganda To Repossess Rest Of Oil Block 3A From Tullow
Morning Starwill repossess the remainder of exploration area 3A, located around the southern tip of oil-rich Lake Albert, because the block's license has expired, a government official said Wednesday.
Nigeria Central Bank Abolishes `Universal Banking' Regime
Morning Star-(Dow Jones)- The Central Bank of Nigeria abolished the country's `Universal Banking' regime Wednesday. In April, the CBN said it was reviewing its 10-year-old `Universal Banking' policy, which allo...
UniCredit Board To Prepare Bank Of Italy Reply On Libya Stake Sep 30
Morning StarIn an emailed statement, UniCredit said that its governance committee met Wednesday and discussed the recent stake acquisition of Libya's sovereign fund, Libyan Investment Authority, or LIA. UniCred...
UPDATE:Congo Planning First Quantum Financial Misconduct Probe
Morning Staroperations in the country. The investigation will be carried out by a body engaged in financial audit with the aim of examining suspected wide-scale misconduct, Kabwelulu said. No further details re...
Pontiff Greets Cape Verde Prime Minister [2010-09-08]
ZenitZenit.org ).- Benedict XVI greeted Jose Maria Pereira Neves, prime minister of Cape Verde, today after the weekly general audience, held in Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. In the course of the "cord...
WHO Reports Increase in STDs in Sub-Saharan Africa
VOAdel.icio.us The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting what officials call an unusual spike in the number of new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The WHO says the increase is es...
ArcelorMittal, BHP scrap African JV plans
Mine WebArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, and No. 1 miner BHP Billiton have scrapped plans to combine their iron ore assets in West Africa after they failed to seal a final deal. The two announc...
9 Portuguese tourists killed in Morocco bus crash
The Seattle TimesRABAT, Morocco — Morocco's state news agency says nine Portuguese tourists have been killed when their bus overturned in northern Morocco in rough weather. The MAP news agency says 14 people we...
Sect's prison attack raises new fears in Nigeria
The Seattle TimesA radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to launch a coordinated sunset raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 100 followers and raising new fears about violence in the oil-rich nati...
Clinton calls Sudan referendum 'ticking time-bomb'
The StarWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan is a "ticking time-bomb" ahead of a January vote on possible independence for the south and the international community must redouble efforts to head off violence, U.S. Se...
UN chief in Rwanda faces Kigali 'outrage' over report
Canada.comUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on September 8, 2010 in the capital Kigali. Rwanda said it would express its outrage to Ban over allegations in a UN report th...
Senegal convictions over begging
BBCSeven Koranic teachers in Senegal have been condemned to jail sentences after they were found guilty of forcing children to beg. However, the teachers will only go to prison if they force children to...
Ndiaye appointed Mazembe coach
BBCAfrican champions TP Mazembe have appointed former Senegalese international Lamine Ndiaye as their coach on a temporary basis.Ndiaye replaces Frenchman Diego Garzito who resigned early this week after...
UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victims
BBCUN peacekeepers "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said. Atul Khare told the Security Council that the scale of systematic rape by armed rebels ...
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