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- Wednesday 30 October 2013
North Africa: Unrest Stalls Progress on Business Regulatory Reforms
A new World Bank Group report finds that the pace of business regulatory reform in the Middle East and North Africa has slowed amid the unrest affecting the region. Governments find it increasingly challenging to keep up with reforms taking place in other regions of the world, the report finds. - Monday 28 October 2013
South Africa: Leaders Meet to Discuss Regional Integration
Gathering for the African Economic Conference in Johannesburg, leaders call on continent to seize the moment for wide-ranging structural change. - Thursday 24 October 2013
Africa: AfDB Advocates Gradual Transition to Green Growth
The Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA) seeks ways of strengthening Africa’s ability to seize opportunities from climate change to better prepare the continent for transformative development. - Wednesday 23 October 2013
Kenya:Inaugural Banana Conference Set to Discuss Issues Affecting The Banana Sub-sector
More than 300 experts will convene in Nairobi to discuss key issues affecting the banana sector - Tuesday 22 October 2013
Nigeria: EU to Support Women’s Engagement in Peace and Security
The programme decided EU funding: €10 million comes as a strategic response to the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 which called for the adoption of a gender perspective that includes the special needs of women and girls during repatriation and resettlement, rehabilitation, reintegration and post-conflict reconstruction. - Wednesday 16 October 2013
Zimbabwe:Poisoned Elephants Death Toll Reaches 100
The park reported 81 elephants had been killed in mid-September, and Washaya-Moyo said the discovery of the latest carcasses, and several others in between, brought the figure to over 100. - Wednesday 16 October 2013
Kenya Re-elected to Chair Commonwealth Telecommunications Body
The 53rd session of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) Council meeting was hed in held in Abuja, Nigeria and attended by 20 Commonwealth countries. Communications commission of Kenya (CCK) is the designated Kenyan Government representative to the CTO. - Africa
Amnesty Decries Calls by States to Withdraw from the ICC
It is understood that a proposal will be tabled for the en bloc withdrawal of African countries from the Rome Statute of the ICC.11 October 2013 - Kenya
Govt Urged to Fast track Access to Information Legislation
The lobby group, Freedom of Information Network, which brings together Civil Society Organizations and the media, has expressed concern that the process of enacting a Freedom of Information law had dragged on for the last ten years making it difficult for citizens to access information held by public institutions.9 October 2013 - Lilian Museka - Somalia
Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Welcomes Foreign Investment
The agreement will see Soma Oil and Gas begin a seismic survey of 60,000 sq. km of territorial water and limited onshore areas.7 October 2013 - NewsfromAfrica - Monday 7 October 2013
Kenya: Amnesty Calls for Urgent Legislation to Halt Devastating Forced Evictions
Nearly half of Nairobi’s population live in slums and many are at risk of forced evictions which not only often make people homeless, but also involve violence and lead to loss of access to services such as water and sanitation as well as livelihoods, education and healthcare - said Iain Byrne, head of Amnesty International’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights team. - Friday 4 October 2013
Africa : New Trade-Based Partnership with Tánaiste
This year’s Forum is the largest ever gathering of African and Irish business leaders, with Directors and CEOs from over 200 Irish companies and delegates from more than 20 African countries in attendance. - Thursday 3 October 2013
Sudan: Amnesty Condemns Crackdown on Protestors
A wave of arrests took place between the night of Monday 30 September and the early hours of Tuesday 1 October. Amnesty International is still receiving reports of arrests at the time of writing. - Thursday 3 October 2013
Kenya: First ADF Partial Risk Guarantee Approved for Largest African Wind Power Project
Africa’s biggest wind power project, it involves the development of a 300 MW wind farm comprising 365 wind turbines of 850kW capacity each and a 33kV electrical network - Monday 30 September 2013
South Sudan: SPLM will Rule for 100 Years Says Kiir
Kiir was reacting to infighting between SPLM members who are vying for a finite number of government and party positions.