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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Wednesday 8 May 2013
Somalia: Int’l Community Pledges for Support
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Monday 6 May 2013
Somalia: Deadly Blast in Mogadishu Kills 11 People
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Saturday 4 May 2013
Africa: Ericsson Fetes Kenya Winners of “Apps for African City Life” Awards
The five software developers – two from Tokelezea and three from Easy Parking – were each handed an “ASUS Transformer Pad” tablet. - Saturday 4 May 2013
Tanzania: Australia Funds Food Security and Health Programmes
Supported by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), NGOs have contributed to improving health for mothers and children in Tanzania. - Friday 3 May 2013
Somalia: United Nations Approves Funding to Support Anti-Piracy Efforts
The announcement was made in New York by United Nations Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, who chaired the Board of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. - Wednesday 2 May 2013
Burundi: Freedom of Expression Under Threat From New Press Law
The proposal restricts the right to report on anything relating to state and public security, as well as information that threatens the economy or "insults the President". - Tuesday 30 April 2013
Kenya: Orange, ESBC and Sight & Sound Launch TelePresence Centre
Telepresence is gaining popularity as a technology that enables groups of people to meet and collaborate in multiple locations worldwide, while feeling as if they were all in the same room together at the same time. - Monday 29 April 2013
Kenya: Orange Launches Bonus Offers to Boost Mobile Internet Usage
The two-month campaign will involve consumers of mobile Internet in a variety of experiential platforms, inviting them to share their own inspiring stories and examples of Internet-enabled opportunities. - Friday 26 April 2013
African Developers Among the Global Ericsson Application Awards Semi-Finalists
Ericsson has announced the semi-finalists for the annual Ericsson Application Awards with TeamKenya from Kenya, Team Trokxi and Team Nimdee Mobile from Ghana among the semi-finalists. - Thursday 25 April 2013
World: Developing Nations Put Climate Change at Heart of Plans
The group developed its plans at the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which ended Thursday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. - Thursday 25 April 2013
Kenya: Telkom Kenya Reaps from Growth of Fixed Line Subscribers
The growth in the number of subscribers has further translated in increased traffic on the fixed network as well as revenues for Telkom Kenya. - Tuesday 23 April 2013
Kenya’s Poverty Level Higher than Uganda Reports Says
According to the Global Monitoring Report 2013, Kenya’s poverty head count stands at 43.37 per cent against Uganda’s 38.01 per cent using the poverty cut-off point of $1.25 per person. - Tuesday 23 April 2013
Sudan: Negotiations between Sudan’s Government and SPLM-N Begins Tuesday
The Movement has responded positively to the invitation and reaffirmed their readiness to negotiate with Khartoum - Saturday 20 April 2013
World: Current Policy Narratives Limit Climate Resilience in Dry Regions
This is among the conclusions of an international study whose partners Friday released a series of policy briefs that identify flaws in policy narratives in the Indian, Chinese, Kenyan and global contexts. - Saturday 20 April 2013
Somalia: Govt Takes Major Step Forward on Counter-Terrorism
Chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting, His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon welcomed the draft legislation, which will now be sent to Parliament for debate and ratification.