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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Monday 3 December 2012
DRC:Rebels to Withdraw From Eastern City of Goma
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Friday 30 November 2012
Africa: Forum Helps Farmer Organisations Scale-up Food Production
The forum brought together farmer organisations from more than 12 sub-Saharan Africa nations to learn from shared successes and challenges. - Wednesday 28 November 2012
Kenya: National Hockey League Winners off to Africa Cup of Club Championships
The week-long African Cup of Club Championships (ACCC) is to be held at the Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo. Other countries expected to have representation at the competition are South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria and Zambia. - Wednesday 28 November 2012
Kenya: Orange launches Christmas “Kamata Goody Goody” Promotion
The promotion, dubbed “Kamata Goody Goody” that will run till January 6, 2013, will see shoppers enjoy offers on various mobile and data devices, ranging from tablets to data enabled mobile phones. - Wednesday 28 November 2012
European Commission Signs Pact to Protect Traditional African Agricultural Products
The move is aimed at improving the protection of traditional agricultural products (geographical indications or “GIs”) in Africa. - Monday 26 November 2012
East Africa: UNODC Chief Calls For Isolation of Piracy Ringleaders and financiers
The ten-day mission was undertaken to gain personal insights into the complex nature of piracy and its impact on the countries of East Africa. - Friday 23 November 2012
DR Congo: President to Listen to M23 Rebels Grievances
The M23 fighters whom the UN experts say are backed by both Rwanda and Uganda, entered Goma on Tuesday following fierce battles with the Congolese army that has since seen tens of thousands of residents flee the town. - Thursday 22 November 2012
World: Ericsson Mobility Report Shows Rapid Smartphone Uptake and Doubling of Mobile Data Traffic
Ericsson’s research shows that online video is the biggest contributor to mobile traffic volumes, constituting 25 percent of total smartphone traffic and 40 percent of total tablet traffic. This puts new requirements on networks to cater for quality anywhere and anytime. - Thursday 22 November 2012
Africa CEO Forum Opens in Geneva
According to Ben Yamed, one of the major objectives of the forum was to facilitate discussions to ensure African countries find themselves at the forefront of growing emerging economies, supported by a strong private sector managed by internationally recognized leaders. - Wednesday 21 November 2012
Madagascar: Amnesty Calls for End to Mass Killings
Official sources have claimed that ongoing ‘Operation Tandroka’, which started in September, has seen 40 cattle thieves (dahalos) killed and 76 arrested in the southern region of Anosy. - Wednesday 21 November 2012
Africa: Airtel Completes Largest Network Transformation in Telecoms History
This network transformation program, under which Ericsson has deployed latest wireless technologies, will enhance Airtel’s network capacity and robustness and help deliver best-in-class services to customers at affordable rates. - Tuesday 20 November 2012
East Africa: Piracy Poses Complex Challenge
Piracy is a multi-million dollar transnational threat with Somali youth ready to commit acts of piracy as far South as Mozambique and Madagascar according to UNODC chief at press conference in Garowe, Puntland - Tuesday 20 November 2012
Seventy Percent of African women lack a safe toilet increasing their risk of illness, shame, harassment and violence - Water Aid
A survey commissioned by WaterAid of women living across five slums in Lagos, Nigeria, showed that one in five had first or second hand experience of verbal harassment and intimidation, or had been threatened or physically assaulted in the last year when going to the toilet - Monday 19 November 2012
Kenya: Stakeholders Rally Support for Climate Change Working Group
The move by the group was geared to stem a fall out among members some of who felt the organization, credited with driving the agenda of having favourable national policies and law in the promotion of climate justice in the country, was falling into redundancy. - Saturday 17 November 2012
East Africa: UNODC Chief Meets Seychelles’ President, Visits Prison on First Day of Counter-piracy
Since the start of the counter-piracy programme in Seychelles, UNODC has provided support for a number of activities. Most recently, it provided the concept for a piracy court in Seychelles