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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Thursday 18 July 2013
Canada Announces Support for Women in North Africa
Yelich said that Women’s participation in decision-making processes is essential to ensure that democracies are truly representative of their populations. - Wednesday 17 July 2013
EU to Support Infrastructure Development in South Africa and the Region
EU grants will support a range of activities, including technical assistance for the preparation, management and implementation of projects, as well as direct grants to co-finance capital expenditure of infrastructure projects. - Wednesday 17 July 2013
Rwandan Jailed in US For Lying About Genocide
Beatrice Munyenyezi, was sentenced on Monday in Concord, New Hampshire state, following her conviction in February on charges of lying to federal authorities to grant her status of US citizenship. - Wednesday 17 July 2013
Sudan’s Bashir Leaves Nigeria Amid Arrest Calls
Sudanese envoys accompanying Mr Bashir said he left because he had another engagement to attend to, denying reports that his early departure from Nigeria was to evade arrest. - Monday 15 July 2013
Kenya Denies Defiance in UN Ban on Somali Charcoal Trade
The report compiled by a UN panel of experts says Kenya’s army and the Somalia militia, Ras Kamboni “took the unilateral decision to begin the export of charcoal” from the port. - Friday 12 July 2013
Nigeria Secures $1.1Bn Chinese Loan
The agreement between the two governments was signed in Beijing on Wednesday in a ceremony, at the start of Jonathan’s four-day tour of China. - Thursday 11 July 2013
Africa: Orange Launches the First Offer for Mobile-to-Mobile Money Transfers Between Three Different Countries
Orange Money International Transfer allows money to be sent and received from one’s mobile phone with complete security. Users no longer need to have cash with them when they travel, and sending cash doesn't have to be done by a third party. - Thursday 11 July 2013
Gambia: Amended Media Law Restricts Internet Freedom
Information Minister Nana Grey Johnson said the amendment had been passed to prevent Gambians from engaging in “unpatriotic behavior” against the government and public officials, according to news reports. - Tuesday 9 July 2013
Mauritius Receives EUR 1.3 million to support COMESA-led Regional Integration
The specific objective of the Regional Integration Support Mechanism programme is to support Member Countries to participate more fully in the COMESA, EAC and Tripartite Free Trade Areas and COMESA and EAC customs unions with minimum disruptions to public expenditure commitments, while enabling them to implement economic reform programmes in the context of regional integration. - Monday 8 July 2013
Egypt: Supporters of Ousted Morsi Shot in Cairo
At least 40 people are believed to have died in a shooting incident in Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the ongoing unrest following depose of President Mohammed Morsi by the country’s army. - Thursday 4 July 2013
Egypt’s President Morsi Ousted by Army
The army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement televised on state TV on Thursday that Morsi’s rule was over since he had “failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people”. - Thursday 4 July 2013
World: Concerted Efforts Needed to Ensure Food Security
The paper urges a rethink of the increasingly popular policy goal of “sustainable intensification”, which aims to produce more food per unit area in ways that exert less pressure on the environment. - Tuesday 2 July 2013
Egypt: Morsi Denounces Army ultimatum as Crisis Looms
A presidential statement on Tuesday says, Mr Morsi was not consulted ahead of the ultimatum and therefore he denounces “any declaration that would deepen division or threaten social peace” in the country. - Tuesday 2 July 2013
Kenya: Women Empowerment for Breaking the Poverty Cycles
This video done in Nairobi, aims at supporting the path of empowerment for a considerable number of vulnerable women and girls living in poverty-stricken areas of Nairobi, enhancing their capacity both to manage their own successful social businesses independently and to integrate themselves in the community, contributing in breaking the poverty cycles. - Tuesday 2 July 2013
Citizens of the World
This Video, done at Nairobi - Kivuli Centre, focuses on the Rwandan refugees making their living there after they left their country in search for peace, 19 years after the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. It aims at convincing the world that despite our different cultures, religions and geographical settlements, we all belong to each other.