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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Saturday 28 September 2013
Africa: African Economic Conference Underway with Key Focus on Regional Integration
This year, the African Economic Conference will bring together senior political and business leaders, heads of state, leading researchers and development experts from across the African continent and the rest of the world. - Thursday 26 September 2013
Liberia: UN Court Upholds Charles Taylor’s Conviction
Charles Taylor is the first former Head of State to be convicted for war crimes by an international criminal tribunal since Nuremberg in 1946. The Appeals Chamber upheld Mr. Taylor’s convictions on all 11 grounds of the Indictment with one minor modification, and agreed with the Trial Chamber’s decision sentencing Mr. Taylor to 50 years in prison. - Wednesday 25 September 2013
CAR: Fighting Makes Access to Health Care More Difficult
Thousands of people have seen their villages set ablaze and had to flee into the bush or to safer places such as school buildings or places of worship - Tuesday 24 September 2013
Tunisia: Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa scales-up operations
With this conversion, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will become the second anchor donor and make a financial contribution as part of President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative - Monday 23 September 2013
Kenya: At least 62 Killed and Hundreds Injured in a Deadly Mall Siege
Sporadic gunfire could be heard as Kenyan security officials said they were attempting to kill or capture the remaining attackers and end the 48-hour-long bloodbath at the Westgate mall. - Friday 20 September 2013
Somalia: AMISOM Ends Three-Day Civil-Military Coordination Conference
The conference analyzed the current situation in the four sectors of South Central Somalia and explored ways to enrich cooperation with civilian organizations. - Thursday 19 September 2013
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- Wednesday 19 September 2013
Zimbabwe: EU Lifts Sanctions On Diamond Firm
The ZMDC holds a 50 percent stake in several mining operations in Marange on behalf of the Zimbabwe government, but the company had been blacklisted under European Union sanctions. - Wednesday 18 September 2013
Swaziland: Country Adopts Innovative Medical Approach to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission
This new PMTCT B+ approach is an important development in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swaziland. - Tuesday 17 September 2013
Kenya: Gina Din-Kariuki to speak at UN Private Sector and Africa Leadership Forums
Gina will be the lead discussant at a high-level roundtable discussion on the topic of women’s empowerment; specifically, on how the private and public sectors can partner to support and sustain women’s entrepreneurship in Africa. - Monday 16 September 2013
Somalia: President Calls on International Partners to Support the New Deal Compact
The President called on international partners to support the money transfer system which is the lifeline of poor people and requested their support to encourage Barclays Bank to postpone the suspension of Somali remittance accounts. - Monday 16 September 2013
Tanzania: Country to Transform National Energy Sector with Influx of Renewables
The plan is designed to transform the country’s energy sector, shifting from its increasing dependence on fossil fuels and climate-sensitive hydro resources to a more diversified energy mix making use of the country’s abundant, reliable and cost efficient geothermal and solar resources. - Thursday 12 September 2013
DRC: Thousands of Displaced People Live in Precarious Conditions
In Gety, community leaders estimate that the population has increased fivefold in just a few days. MSF staff are working round the clock to supply drinking water for some 20,000 people. - Thursday 12 September 2013
Zambia: Amnesty Pleads for Same-sex Conduct Inductees
James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22 years old, appeared in court on 12 September in the Zambian town of Kapiri Mposhi for a remand hearing. - Thursday 12 September 2013
Africa: Ericsson Calls for Greater Collaboration Among Regulators and Infrastructure Providers
Speaking in Nairobi during the firm’s Networked Society roundtable, Erik Ekudden, Ericsson’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) said that Ericsson supports regulators with information relating to global IT industry trends that influence policy.