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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Monday 10 June 2013
Ethiopia: Africa Ministers of Industry Convenes on Post-2015 Development Agenda
According to the organizers, the meeting will provide guidelines for policy orientation and coherence within the Post-2015 Development Framework, and highlight Africa’s industrialization as a key factor for the development process of the continent. - Thursday 6 June 2013
Kenya: UK Gov’t to Compensate and Apologise to Mau Mau Victims
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague will announce the £14m compensation package in the House of Commons and thereafter express “sincere regret” to the more than 5000 victims who have been fighting for reparation from the UK government. - Wednesday 5 June 2013
South Africa: Pistorious Murder Trial Postponed
The South African Paralympic sprinter was charged with pre-mediated murder after he shot Reeva Steenkamp, 29, in the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day at his home, in what he says he had mistaken her for an intruder. - Wednesday 5 June 2013
World: 60 % of Global Population to Have LTE Services by 2018-Ericsson Mobility Report
Video makes up the largest segment of data traffic in networks, and it is expected to grow around 60 percent annually up until the end of 2018. - Tuesday 4 June 2013
Libya Claims $1bn Gaddafi-Linked Assets in South Africa
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Monday 3 June 2013
Kenya: Orange Makes its ‘Tujuane’ Pre-Paid Tariff Permanent
Chief Executive Officer, Mickael Ghossein based this decision on the positive response to the promotional tariff, based on its uptake during the promotional period. - Thursday 30 May 2013
Sudan: Bashir Threatens South Oil Flow Cut Over Rebel Backing
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Wednesday 29 May 2013
South Sudan: Trust Fund Support for Reconstruction Ends on a Positive Note Says Government, Independent Assessment
When it emerged from five decades of civil war in 2005 following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Southern Sudan faced a unique set of problems with millions of displaced people, some of the lowest human development indicators in the world, virtually no infrastructure and very few government institutions - Wednesday 29 May 2013
World: Ericsson Calls for Closer Collaboration, Clearer Regulatory Framework to Enhance m-commerce
The 2012 World Bank estimates indicate that only 1.5 billion people in the world have a bank account even though more than 1.7 billion people who don’t have a bank account have access to mobile phones. - Tuesday 28 May 2013
Kenya: Orange CEO Commends COWU for Choosing Dialogue Over Strike
Chief Executive Officer, Mickael Ghossein, pointed out that the intended strike would have short-circuited the dialogue process agreed on between the parties. - Monday 27 May 2013
Kenya: Six Die from Somali Al-Shabab Attack
Two of the victims in the Saturday attack on Abdisugow and Damajale border posts were policemen, Kenyan police officials confirmed. - Monday 27 May 2013
Ethiopia: AU and UNAMID Sign Funding Agreement for Darfur
The Agreement was signed at the AU Headquarters on the margins of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the OAU/AU. - Saturday 25 May 2013
Kenya: Amnesty Urges AU to Reject Kenya’s Attempt to Shield its Leaders from Accountability
The current initiative follows an effort earlier this month by Kenya's Ambassador to the United Nations for the UN Security Council to terminate the cases against Kenyan President Kenyatta and Vice-President Ruto. - Saturday 25 May 2013
Africa: AGRA Welcomes AU’s Renewed Commitment to Agriculture
Thirty African leaders have pledged to commit at least 10% of their budget to raise agricultural productivity under the AU’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme. - Saturday 25 May 2013
Uganda: Amnesty Condemns Arrest of Activists as Crackdown on Media Continues
Riot police arrested five human rights activists yesterday for protesting against the closure of the Daily Monitor, the Kampala-based newspaper that first published the story earlier in May.