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- Tuesday 14 June 2011
Africa: Framework Set to Create a Common Market Between EA –SA States
The objective of these negotiations is the creation of a vast free trade bloc, encompassing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Monday 13 June 2011
Somalia: SRSG Condemns Minister’s Murder
The Interior Minister, Abdishakur Sheik Hassan Farah, who also was Minister for National Security, was killed in the blast at his home on 10 June. - Saturday 11 June 2011
Sudan: Civilians at Risk in Southern Kordofan
Amnesty International has received reports from residents of the besieged towns of Kadugli and Dilling that the SAF, as well as Sudanese security forces in plain clothes, have been searching streets and houses, arresting and killing people suspected of supporting the SPLA. - Saturday 11 June 2011
Somalia: AMISOM Condoles Minister’s Death
Minister killed by suspected female suicide bomber - Friday 10 June 2011
Africa: Third Carbon Forum to Help Spur CDM Projects
The Forum, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Marrakesh Accords – the adoption of the rules that govern the CDM – will feature a trade fair and serve as a knowledge sharing platform for carbon investments in Africa. - Friday 10 June 2011
South Africa: Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Registers Success
In an effort to reduce infant and child mortality, all HIV-positive infants under the age of one are eligible for ARVs under South Africa's treatment guidelines. - Friday 10 June 2011
Somalia: Special Envoy Welcomes Agreement Between t President and Speaker
Under the agreement, known as the Kampala Accord, the terms of both the Presidency and the Parliament have been extended for one year, while a new Prime Minister should be appointed within the next 30 days . - Friday 10 June 2011
Somalia: AMISOM Condemns Suicide Attack on Mogadishu Seaport
Several insurgents carrying pistols, two of whom were wearing suicide vests, infiltrated the area and directed an attack against the business community trading through the port. - Thursday 9 June 2011
Africa: Leaders Call for More Aids Funds at UN Summit
Thirty presidents and heads of government across the continent were Wednesday at the summit where UN leader Ban Ki-moon set a target of ending new infections by the end of the decade. - Thursday 9 June 2011
Africa: AU Celebrates First African Border Day
Member States urged to transform its borders from barriers into bridges - Wednesday 9 June 2011
Zimbabwe : Liberation Hero Tekere Passes On
Tekere, 74, a hero of the 1970s liberation war, was widely regarded as a key leader in the military and civil struggle against minority white rule and for denouncing corruption after independence. - Wednesday 9 June 2011
Kenya: Engineering Students to Benefit From Huawei, Safaricom Deal
Under the MoU, students from Moi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Nairobi Universities will benefit from advanced training in latest telecommunication technologies through Huawei’s East Africa state-of–the-art training centre situated along Mombasa Road - Wednesday 9 June 2011
Nigeria: Borno State under Attacks by Boko Haram
Shettima, the Governor of Borno state, had in his maiden interactive session with reporters, urged the people of the state not to entertain any fear “as the government will leave no stone unturned in bringing the perpetrators to book”. - Tuesday 7 June 2011
Africa: Faith Communities Meet to Confront the Unethical ‘Scramble for Africa’s Carbon Space’
Key on the discussion will be the current global pledges to emissions cuts that leave Earth on track for between 2.5–4 degrees of warming despite 17 years of negotiations to cut warming emissions. - Monday 6 June 2011
Rwanda: Celebrations as Another Pair of Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins is Born
Their arrival comes soon after the Gorilla Organization announced the birth of a pair of twins to the Hirwa Group - also in the protected Volcanoes National Park - and just as Rwanda is gearing up to celebrate the annual world-famous Kwitza Izina gorilla naming festival at the end of this month.