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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Saturday 21 July 2012
Somalia: AMISOM Calls on Parties to Ensure Smooth process of Ending Transitional Processes
The selection of delegates for the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) is almost complete and it is expected that the NCA will soon take place. - Wednesday 18 July 2012
World: WHO Warns of Increased HIV Drug Resistance
Some 8 million people are now taking ARVs in low- and middle-income countries – up from 400,000 in 2003. By 2010, the amount of HIV that was resistant to ARVs among people initiating treatment in the areas surveyed for the report, stood at 6.8%. - Tuesday 17 July 2012
GHANA: AfDB Approves US$60 Million Loan for Expansion of Takoradi II Thermal Power Plant
The project consists of the expansion of the existing 220 MW single cycle gas/fuel oil power plant to a 330 MW combined cycle by adding a 110 MW steam turbine to the exhaust vent of the existing plant which has been in operation since September 2000. - Tuesday 17 July 2012
Africa: ECA Partners with SA Govt on Civil Registration Conference
The agreement was signed Sunday, on the sidelines of the African Union Heads of State Summit by the Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh and the South African Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. - Monday 16 July 2012
World: Annan Jets in Moscow For Talks with Putin over Syrian Crisis
It will be Annan's second visit to Moscow since he won support from former president Dmitry Medvedev for his initial six-point peace initiative for the brutal conflict during talks in March. - Monday 16 July 2012
Africa: ECA, AU and AfDB to Launch Regional Integration Report
ARIA V is published jointly by the ECA, the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank and will be launched on 16th July. - Saturday 14 July 2012
Kenya/Ethiopia: Rights Body Urges World Bank to Balance Rights and Development
Singling out the Gibe III dam project in Ethiopia, the HRW said the 1,000-kilometer power transmission line connecting Kenya to a controversial dam in Ethiopia has not factored the World Bank’s social and environment safeguard policies designed to prevent and mitigate undue harm. - Saturday 14 July 2012
DR Congo: Amnesty Urges UN to Protect Civilians in North Kivu
The UN and authorities in eastern DR Congo say Rwanda has backed the non-state armed group, M23, a claim denied by Kigali. - Saturday 14 July 2012
Somalia: African Union Troops Recover Stolen Relief Food from Al‐Shabaab Camp
The food, which was meant for humanitarian relief to the Somali people, had been confiscated by the Al Qaeda‐affiliated terror group, Al‐Shabaab, who used it instead to feed militants at the camp in Lanta‐Buro, 40kms west of Mogadishu. - Friday 13 July 2012
East Africa: Ministers Turn to Political Parties to Spearhead Integration
At a meeting in Nairobi, the ministers said political parties cannot only help in citizen mobilization and voter sensitization, but they can also shape the national agenda critical to the attainment of the regional interests. - Thursday 12 July 2012
DRC:UN Chief Calls on DR Congo, Rwanda to Defuse Tension
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Wednesday 11 July 2012
DRC: German Government Welcomes ICC Verdict on Lubanga
Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy in his statement said that the German Government welcomed yesterday’s decision by the International Criminal Court as another landmark in the fight against impunity in cases of serious crimes against international law. - Tuesday 10 July 2012
Egypt: Military Council Warns President Over Parliament Decision
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Tuesday 10 July 2012
Zambia: AfDB Holds Seminar on Youth Employment
With almost 200 million people between the ages of 15 and 24, Africa has the youngest population in the world and by 2030, nearly one in four young people will be African.