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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Friday 22 June 2012
South Africa: Innovation Africa Summit set to Bring Together World Leaders in ICT, Education, and Technology
African Brains, the organizers of the Innovation Africa Summit, says that the goal is to encourage greater investment into education and professional training in South Africa and across the continent. - Thursday 21 June 2012
Africa: Kenya to Host Forestry Meeting Next Week
The Congress will highlight research that puts relevant information in the hands of forest communities, forest managers, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. - Wednesday 20 June 2012
Tanzania: Former Rwandan Army Officer Jailed for Life over Genocide
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Wednesday 20 June 2012
Kenya: Nairobi to Host Broadcast, Film and Music Africa Conference
From the confirmations, the speaker line-up for BFMA reflects widespread participation of experts from across the continent. - Tuesday 19 June 2012
Kenya: ISK Urges Landlords Not to Increase Rent
Taxation on rental income is not new and landlords should not take advantage of it to increase rent under the guise of passing the burden to tenants. - Monday 18 June 2012
Nigeria: Dozens Dead in Church Bombing
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Monday 18 June 2012
Africa: ECA Boss Lauds AGOA’s Benefits; Calls for its Strengthening Post-2015
Signed into law in 2000 by former President Bill Clinton, AGOA represents what has been termed as a fundamental change to US policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa. - Saturday 16 June 2012
Africa Raises Concerns Ahead of Rio+20
The warning came from Ambassador Macharia Kamau, the Kenyan Ambassador to the UN and veteran of the Rio process who addressed the first meeting of the African Group last evening. - Wednesday 13 June 2012
Tanzania: AU Set to Commemorate Day of the African Child 2012
The expected outcomes will be to enlighten more than 1000 children - mainly children with disabilities and other stakeholders of the rights of children with disabilities - Tuesday 12 June 2012
Tanzania: EAC Holds Transboundary Conservation Workshop
The overall objective of the workshop is to trigger and promote conservation and management activities for the transboundary ecosystems for enhanced socio-economic development. The workshop will help Partner States to develop frameworks for management of shared ecosystems which currently are inadequate, poorly enforced or uncoordinated. - Tuesday 12 June 2012
Somalia: Nairobi Hosts Draft Constitution Meeting
The Nairobi working session followed recent Addis Ababa Signatories meeting where many constitutional issues were agreed. - Friday 8 June 2012
Kenya: Preparations in Top Gear for Special Olympics
Last week, the SOK gathered coaches from around the country in Nairobi for a special training in various disciplines although the country will basically be participating in floor hockeying. - Friday 8 June 2012
Kenya: Operation Smile Medical Mission Brings Joy to Patients
As part of the initiative, Operation Smile contributes medical personnel – including doctors and nurses – to conduct various facial surgeries to patients drawn from needy households while financial resources to cover logistics and other overheads for the exercise are provided by other firms including the Safaricom Foundation. - Friday 8 June 2012
Sudan: Nuba Emergency
Who remembers the Nuba people of Southern Kordofan? Once again they are alone—trapped in the middle of a war. The area which includes the Nuba Mountains is part of Sudan, and it borders the newly independent South Sudan. The place names of this little known geography are strange and confusing. Beyond the names are a people who number about a million caught in the middle of two wars: the war between Sudan and South Sudan for control of the oil fields and the war against the Nuba people themselves because the majority supported South Sudan independence. They fought along side the freedom fighters of South Sudan, but at the negotiating table were denied the possibility of self-determination. - Thursday 7 June 2012
Ethiopia: Africa and South Korea Senior Officials Meet to Discuss Cooperation Ties
The meeting will provide a platform for strengthening multilateral ties that the Korean Government has with African countries through the African Union.