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- Wednesday 24 August 2011
Libya: Gaddafi a Fugitive as Rebels Advance in the Capital
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Tuesday 23 August 2011
Cape Verde: Jorge Carlos Fonseca Wins Presidential Poll
Fonseca of the Movement for Democracy (MFD), who takes over from ruling party’s Pedro Pires after the incumbent’s two terms in office, is the fourth president to rule the Atlantic archipelago nation since independence. - Monday 22 August 2011
Angola: Amnesty Warns Planned Forceful Eviction of Families by Authorities
Hundreds of families in Angola’s southern city of Lubango could be left destitute, as authorities prepare to demolish their homes on Thursday to build a new road. - Saturday 20 August 2011
Kenya: AccessKenya Group Signs Contract with Airtel Kenya
Deal to provide backhaul for Airtel’s fixed voice services on fibre network. - Friday 19 August 2011
Seventy Women Agricultural Scientists Bag AWARD Fellowships
Established in 2008, AWARD is a professional development programme that strengthens the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science, empowering them to contribute more effectively to poverty alleviation and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. - Friday 19 August 2011
Nigeria: Two Satellites Launched for Disaster Management
President Goodluck Jonathan described the move as another milestone in his country's effort to solve national problems through space technology. - Wednesday 17 August 2011
Ethiopia: Ten Somali Children Die Daily in Kobe Refugee Camp – UNHCR
Kobe camp opened in June when Somalis fleeing drought and conflict poured over the border in large numbers. It reached its 25,000 capacity in a month, and while new arrivals from Somalia are being directed elsewhere the death toll is not slowing. - Wednesday 17 August 2011
East Africa: Kenya to Host Biennial Business Summit
Currently in its 9th year, the biennial East Africa Business Summit is a forum that brings together the captains of industry in the region to exchange thoughts and ideas about major issues facing them and how they can be part of a solution to those issues. - Tuesday 16 August 2011
Somalia: Rights Group Urges End of War Crimes to Help Tackle Famine
The 58-page report, “‘You Don’t Know Who to Blame’: War Crimes in Somalia,” documents numerous abuses during renewed fighting in the past year by parties to the 20-year-long conflict in Somalia. - Tuesday 16 August 2011
Somalia: AMISOM Discovers Bomb-making Factory in Mogadishu
The extremists left behind piles of rusting improvised shrapnel as well chemicals to enhance the explosive power and burning effect of the bombs. A total of 435 items of munitions and bomb-making equipment were found. - Tuesday 16 August 2011
Cameroon: Amnesty Calls for Release of Men Detained for ‘Homosexuality’
The two men - a 19-year-old known only as Jonas, and a 20-year-old known only as Francky - were arrested on 25 July in a car outside a night club in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. - Monday 15 July 2011
AU Organizes Event in Aid of the Humanitarian Situation in the Horn of Africa
At this event, particular emphasis will be on the different areas of requirements needed to alleviate the unbearable plight of the affected populations in the countries affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. - Monday 15 August 2011
Somalia: Al Shabaab Weapons Discovered in Bakara Market
The extremists were storing up large stocks of munitions in order to make improvised bombs to launch a campaign of terror in Mogadishu. - Monday 15 August 2011
South Sudan: Nation Gears up for First Investment Conference and Trade Fair
Participants in the business summit will get first hand information in the investment and business opportunities available in South Sudan. - Saturday 13 August 2011
Africa: Zambia to Host Land Policy Meeting
The forum to address underlying transnational commercial land deals in Africa comes at time when many Western Super powers are promoting and perpetuating improper land acquisition and use, hence agricultural challenges and food crisis facing the continent.