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Kenya New Law to Protect Injured Workers
Nairobi - Employees who work under risky conditions will soon have a reason to smile following the establishment of a law that will ensure they get duly compensated for injuries sustained at their places of work. Cabinet Secretary in charge of Labour and Social Services Kazungu Kambi said on Wednesday that a lot of manpower went to waste because of work related accidents that are not ...
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Ethiopia World Bank - Ethiopia Can Achieve Middle-Income Status By 2020
The World Bank Ethiopia Office released a report on Tuesday (June 18th ) detailing the country's current economic situation and forecasting future prospects. According to the report, the World Bank acknowledged that Ethiopia had the capability to achieve its target of becoming a middle income country by 2020. The report said that in spite of all the challenges, if Ethiopia continued its ...
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DR Congos Silent Ordeal
According to the diocesan report, this was the third such massacre in a month. Both reports implicate the FDLR militia group-Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda, ideological descendants of the Interahamwe militias responsible for the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. The FDLR is one of several domestic, foreign or foreign-backed armed groups threatening to tear the country apart. ...
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High-ranking South African police officer found slain
The only items missing from the body of a top South African police officer found slain in a field were his cellphones, investigators said Wednesday. Major-General Tirhani Maswanganyi disappeared Monday while he was driving to Johannesburg, where he lived during the work week, Brigadier Neville Malila, a spokesman for the Gauteng police reported. A search began when his car was found parked ...
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Durban port leads way for African trade
Transporting goods by sea remains the most common way to trade globally, but in Africa cargo spends an abnormally long time in ports before it is moved inland, presenting a serious obstacle to the successful integration of sub-Saharan economies in worldwide trade networks. The port of Durban, however, has managed to buck the trend. A World Bank study, titled Why does cargo spend weeks in ...
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Namibia Botswana connect to 5.12 terabit cable
Last week, the powerful WACS submarine fibre optic cable was landed in Swakopmund, Namibia. Now, the work has started to make WACS provide high-speed telecom services to consumers in Namibia and ...
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Plant to Deliver NutritionallyEnhanced Sorghum to Africa
ST. LOUIS and DES MOINES, Iowa - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and DuPont announced a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to bring healthier sorghum to underserved communities in ...
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Star of Acclaimed TV Series The Sopranos Dies
U.S. film and television actor James Gandolfini, who portrayed an emotionally vulnerable crime boss on the groundbreaking television drama "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51. Statements issued by the actor's managers and U.S. cable television network HBO, which aired the series from 1999 through 2007, said Gandolfini died while on vacation in Italy from a possible heart ...
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Champions Trophy South Africa concede choking again
Jonathan Trott ensured there were no gremlins in England's batting as they chased down South Africa's modest target of 176 at The Oval. ?Ian Kington / ...
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Attack will not end Somalia mission UN
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage at a "despicable" Islamist attack on a UN compound in Somalia which left 16 dead but has vowed the organisation won't end its work in the troubled country.Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents killed nine people as they shot and blasted their way into the UN compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, the most serious attack on the UN there in recent ...
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Mugabe tries to stall elections by two weeks
ZIMBABWE'S highest court said it has received an application from long-time President Robert Mugabe's party to delay crucial elections by at least two weeks following pressure from regional ...
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Kenya Moore Evicted Real Housewives of Atlanta Stars Eviction Is Official According to Reports
A Fulton County, Ga. judge officially ruled that the reality television star will have to leave her current six bedroom six bathroom mansion in Fulton County, Ga after owing $848 on her $3999 per month rent. Conya Dillon, Moore's landlord who had her evicted, recently spoke about the eviction in a Radar Online report."I am making this statement as a result of the eviction order and ...
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KTF speaks out on attempt to rob Kenyas tourism through budget cuts
(eTN) - The Chairperson of the Kenya Tourism Federation, Mrs. Lucy Karume, wasted no time to go on record and condemn the attempts by the parliamentary budget and appropriations committee to rob the tourism sector by diverting half the allotted budget to other, non tourism related purposes. The Chairman of the Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association, seasoned hotelier Mohammed Hersi, too let fly ...
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Kenya Kenya Revenue Bill Debate Highlights Power Struggle in Parliament
Nairobi - Recent disputes over the powers of Kenya's newly established Senate in relation to the National Assembly have exposed a number of challenges that could scuttle devolution gains and hinder growth countrywide, constitutional lawyers say. Tensions between the two chambers of parliament boiled over June 6th when the National Assembly rejected a Senate amendment to the Division of ...
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Somalia Al-Shabaab Suicide Unit Attacks UN Compound in Mogadishu
Mogadishu - Al-Shabaab suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the United Nations compound in Mogadishu Wednesday (June 19th), leaving at least eight dead. At least three civilians were killed in the streets outside the compound as Somali and African Union troops forced their way into the complex to end the hour and an half siege, AFP reported, adding that three foreign contractors and at least two ...
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Tanzania Vodacom to Invest Sh200 Billion
VODACOM Tanzania plans to build over 650 network sites this year to intensify its network coverage countrywide. According to the company's Managing Director, Mr Rene Meza, over 200bn/- is set for investment in network expansion. "We spent 230bn/- last year to build over 890 sites, bringing to 2,500 the total number of sites with the coverage of 90 per cent of the country's ...
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Tanzania Tigo Huawei Introduce New Smart Phone Product
AS competition in introducing smart phones in the local market rages on, Tigo had partnered with Huawei Technologies Tanzania to introduce the new product - Ascend Y300. Speaking at the product launch yesterday, Huawei Technologies Tanzania Managing Director, Zhang Yong Quan described Ascent Y300 as a powerful smart phone offered at affordable price, that will make it more popular in the ...
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Tanzania Muhongo Mulls TPDC Ophir Energy Deal
ENERGY and Minerals Minister, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, has started discussions with Ophir Energy Plc over an envisaged joint venture between the London based firm and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) in upstream oil and gas exploration. Prof Muhongo who accompanied President Jakaya Kikwete to a recent UK visit, ahead of the most industrialised countries (G8) meeting in Northern ...
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Tanzania Local Artistes Urged to Take Hold of Opportunities
TO have a better chance of achieving their goals, local artistes must be ready to take advantage of all platforms when available. This could entail an on-the-spot performance, at a minute's notice or participating in a workshop. Such advice was given by the Zanzibar International Film Festival's (ZIFF) Board Chairman, Mahmoud Kombo, at this year's 16 episodes launch in Dar es ...
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Tanzania 32 Countries Confirm DITF Participation - Official
THE 37th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair will have a special pavilion for products from Tanzania and 32 countries have confirmed participation. Likewise, the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TANTRADE) has said that this year's ticketing will be done electronically. The Acting Director General, Ms Jacqueline Maleko, whose speech was read on her behalf by the Acting Director for ...
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Tanzania Shopping Malls Construction Earmarked for Stone Town
THE government is in serious discussions with two investors who have shown interest to construct huge shopping malls, a move likely to change the scenery of stone town, members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives were informed. "It is not true that the government is doing nothing about developing Zanzibar town. We are serious with implementing the town plan," said the Minister of ...
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Tanzania One of Five Accident Victims Buried
Bukoba - IBRAHIM Kajeba (30), who was among five people who died on the spot in a road accident which occurred at Kiziramuyaga Village, in Muleba District, was buried at Kishenge Cemetery in Bukoba Municipality. The Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Philip Kalangi, said five people died on the spot when an Isuzu bus christened 'Minziro Kwetu' with registration number T 503 BSL, ...
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Tanzania Boat Sinks in Rufiji Eight Missing
AT least eight out of 19 people are missing after a boat christened 'Tabia Zao' in which they were travelling capsized near Bunduki Island in the Indian Ocean in Rufiji District, Coast Region, on Sunday evening. Acting Coast Regional Police Commander (RPC) Juma Ally told the 'Daily News' that the ill-fated boat, with registration number 2013 and owned by Shaaban Mpinga of ...
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Libya Chad row over mercenaries
Libyan revolutionaries and human rights group insist "mercenaries" from Chad are playing a vital role in the fighting. Chadian sources vehemently deny this, pointing to "naturalised ...
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Swaziland gears up for national uprising
The opposition in Swaziland plans a "North Africa inspired" uprising against the totalitarian regime of King Mswati II. The timing is good, as budget cuts are leading to reduced ...
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