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South Africa Motsepe Gives R12m to Cape Town Areas
Johannesburg - Mining magnate and billionaire Patrice Motsepe has donated R12 million to help rid Cape Town of poverty and unemployment, the Cape Argus reported on Wednesday. Motsepe reportedly said he was giving R6m each to Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to establish forums in the Motsepe family name. "The forums will be established by you [the community] and will be the vehicle to ...
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Liberia Students Debate On Concerns Around Extractive Resources
The girls of St. Teresa Convent High School in Monrovia have won this year's Inter-high School Debate organized by the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency (LEITI). The competition was held under the theme: "Talking about our Resources". Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Convent won the competition in which nine other schools involved in the LEITI ...
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US cable Ethiopia govt terrified by ONLF rebels
The low-level conflict in Ethiopia's Ogaden region is far more dangerous to the government's survival than earlier assumed, a secret US report reveals. Government fears for its ...
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Record Zimbabwe debts to Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea has emerged as one of Zimbabwe's main creditors following massive unpaid oil deliveries since the surrender of coup plotter Simon Mann from Harare to Malabo in ...
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Uganda churches make big business of aid
In Uganda, church communities may get access to major development aid funds. A new study shows that many church leaders abuse these funds and start neglecting religious ...
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Piracy forces Comoros into French military coop
After an 11-year suspension, France and Comoros have signed a new military cooperation agreement in response to the ever-approaching Somali pirates. At the same time Comoros condemned France in the ...
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East Africa a new population heavyweight
The East African region is slowly developing into one of the world's new population blocks, with the region surpassing all of North America in few years and all of Europe by the 2040s. A new, major power may be building ...
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Congo Kinshasa discusses criminalising gays
The Kinshasa parliament is in the process of discussing legislation that will prohibit homosexuality, or "unnatural sexual practices." But the debate climate in Congo is much calmer than in neighbouring ...
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What will the new South Sudan become
As the South Sudan independence referendum has reached its 60 percent turnout threshold and secession becomes likely, key open questions become pressing. The issues include borders, the economy, debts, democracy and human ...
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South Sudan historic vote or new conflict
With Sudan moving towards a referendum to determine whether the south remains part of the country or secedes, the international community has launched a major diplomatic push to keep the troubled process on ...
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Tanzania ready for elections
Seven presidential candidates will take part in the 31 October general elections in Tanzania, with incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete being the clear favourite. But the opposition may make important ...
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African competition regulators getting serious
Shoprite store in Lusaka, Zambia. The South African company is Africa's largest supermarket chain. In Zambia, Shoprite is currently investigated by the national Competition ...
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Domestic demand fuels Africas strong growth
African economies have reached the threshold where the growth in their own domestic demand is strong enough to fuel national economic growth. A new analysis sees domestic demand as key to the current strong ...
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England on top of S. Africa despite Trescothick blow
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Swing bowler James Anderson captured five wickets on Saturday to dismiss South Africa for 362 but not before the tourists had reduced the first innings deficit to 83 runs in the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. England then lost opener Marcus Trescothick to the first ball of the second innings and stumps were drawn after an absorbing day's play. Facing the ...
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Unusual Smith dismissal lifts England vs. S. Africa
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- England on Friday cheaply dismissed South Africa's record-breaking batsman Graeme Smith for the first time in the series to take control of the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. After England made 445 runs in its first innings, South Africa struggled to 84 for two by stumps on the second day, batting under pressure for the first time. England dismissed ...
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Smith eager for S. African series win in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Captain Graeme Smith said Wednesday his team needed to be relentless and ruthless to win South Africa's first series in England since 1965. The Proteas lead the five-test series 1-0, and Smith, 22, singled out the Thursday's third test at Trent Bridge as the most crucial for his young side. South Africa failed to win its two previous series here in ...
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Vaughans England at crossroads in South Africa series
By Charles Froggatt, CNN NOTTINGHAM (CNN) -- As South Africa reinforces its test-winning lineup with all-rounder Jacques Kallis, England and newly-appointed captain Michael Vaughan find themselves at a selection crossroads as they attempt to come back after last ...
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Cancer’s Lonely Soldier -- Dr. Jackson Orem Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute
Cancer’s New Battleground - the Developing World . Jackson Orem is a busy man. He directs the Uganda Cancer Institute – the only dedicated cancer treatment facility in a country of 33 million people. Yet he still finds time to see patients, like Musa Settimba. "Good to see you," Orem says as he enters a small exam room furnished with little more than a chair and table. ...
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The ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill Why It Matters Outside Uganda
The Speaker in Uganda’s parliament is promising a gift like no other for Christmas to her countrymen.Rebecca Kadaga has vowed to resuscitate the "kill the gays" bill, that was put into cold storage in 2009 after it spurred international outrage.At a time when the US Supreme Court is mulling same-sex marriage and the court in India has just heard arguments about decriminalising ...
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First Woman of African Descent Elected to UK Parliament
David Cameron's Conservative Party has quietly made history by electing the first woman of African descent to British Parliament. Helen Grant, whose father is Nigerian, practiced family law in private practice before winning her seat to represent one of the 17 constituencies in London's Kent County. Not known for a history of inclusiveness, the Conservative Party holds the majority in ...
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In Debate Africa at Center of International Security
"Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali, by al-Qaida-type individuals. We have in - in Egypt a Muslim Brotherhood president…."With those words, spoken Monday night by Barack Obama's Republican challenger Mitt Romney just 40 seconds in the last of three debates, Africa was placed at the center of U.S. foreign policy and international security. The radical and ...
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Prostate Cancer Hits African American Men Especially Hard
MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport administrator here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. "I’d rather know early on so that it can be treated, rather than sit around in denial until it’s too late," he said. "If it’s going to help catch ...
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One peacekeeper killed 3 injured by gunmen in Sudans Darfur
KHARTOUM, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least one peacekeeper of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed and three others injured in an ambush by unknown militants in the restive Sudanese western region of Darfur on Wednesday, the mission said in a statement. It said that the ambush took place on Wednesday morning, approximately 10 km from Hashaba North in northern Darfur. The ...
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S. Sudan dispels rumor of spat with Kenya over killing
South Sudan on Tuesday dispelled rumors of a diplomatic spat with Kenya over the murder of a government official in a robbery attack on Sunday night in a Nairobi suburb. Second Secretary of the South Sudan Embassy in Kenya Pauline Adhong Malok told journalists in Nairobi that the tragic death of Alemo Oneik Amulu, a 42-year-old official in the office of the Speaker of Council of State in Juba, ...
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6 Russian sailors Estonian national abducted in Nigeria
Six Russian sailors and an Estonian national working with a French oil and gas company have been abducted by gunmen off coast of Nigeria's oil Delta, spokesperson of the Nigerian navy Commodore Kabiru Aliyu has said. Aliyu told a Xinhua reporter on Wednesday afternoon that details of the kidnap were still sketchy, but the Paris-based company, named BOURBON, confirmed on its official ...
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