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AllAfrica News: LatestAll Africa, All the Time.
[RFI]
Cairo -
Proposed plans to change the interim constitution before Egypt's landmark presidential election have made some candidates nervous - enough to break the 48 hour campaign silence rule.
[Sudan Tribune]
Juba -
Hundred of citizens from the contested region of Abyei demonstrated across South Sudan and in the United States on Monday, according to an official from the area, in protest at the failure of the Sudanese government to withdraw troops from the area.
[RNW Africa]
Banki/Amchide -
For weeks now, the Boko Haram sect spreads panic at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. The latest attack left at least twelve persons injured. Residents on both sides of the border are traumatised.
[RFI]
The trial has opened in Paris of six Somalis charged with taking the 30 crew of luxury sailing ship Le Ponant hostage in the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008.
[African Arguments]
When Joyce Banda was sworn in as president on 7th April, following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, she was faced with an uphill struggle.
[SW Radio]
The United Nations High Commssioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay jetted into Harare on Sunday to begin a five day visit that will include a meeting with President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
[SAPA]
Ventersdorp -
A teenager was acquitted of the murder of rightwing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche on Tuesday, but his co-accused was found guilty.
[UN News]
The United Nations food and refugee agencies today launched a joint emergency operation to respond to the food needs of hundreds of thousands of people who have fled conflict in Mali and crossed the border into neighbouring countries.
[ISS]
Turkey has suddenly and vigorously undertaken a series of initiatives to help Somalia out of its dire political and economic crisis.
[IRIN]
Johannesburg -
Georgette* is jumpy and on the verge of tears even before she starts recounting her long and harrowing story of loss and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), her desperate flight to South Africa, and the struggles and setbacks she has endured since arriving in Johannesburg a year ago.
[Daily News]
Washington -
THE eight most industrialized countries have pledged 897 million US dollars support to Tanzania under the new alliance to bolster agriculture and food security in Africa announced by President Barack Obama here last Friday.
[IPS]
Chipata -
Climate change may have led to declining water levels in Genda Village in Zambia's Eastern Province, but Mercy Mwanza and the women here discovered there was a positive side to it and found a new way to earn a living.
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
A university professor and a 15-year-old boy are believed to be behind Tuesday's defacing of a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma.
[SAPA]
Johannesburg -
ANC leaders were still smarting over a painting of its president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, branding it racist on Monday as they prepared for a court challenge to have it removed.
[Swazi Media]
Swaziland police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse students protesting about the lack of equipment at their university.
[New Dawn]
Dozens of alleged sex workers were rounded up early Saturday morning from entertainment centers around central Monrovia by Police officers led by top government officials.
[Sudan Tribune]
Juba -
The head of the African Union team mediating between north and South Sudan over a host of security, economic and political issues that arose from South Sudan's independence last year, said negotiations date could be determined within the week.
[Swazi Media]
A Government minister has warned workers in the kingdom that they cannot invite trade unionists from overseas to Swaziland without permission.
[Addis Fortune]
Pascal Lamy is a European in a French way. His rich experience in politics and business has acquainted him with a rare capability to talk about global issues easily. As the director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a 155-member global trade supervising body, he unrelentlessly works to create smooth global trade. With Ethiopia approaching the critical step of its accession to the WTO, disclosing its service sector offers, he claims that he sees progress, though not swift.
[IPS]
Cairo -
As Egyptians prepare to elect their country's first president since the uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, the military junta that has ruled for the last 15 months has shown little sign it is prepared to accept civilian oversight.
[UN News]
So far, some 4,200 of the estimated 12,000 South Sudanese who were stranded at a river port in Sudan for months awaiting transportation back to their country have been flown to Juba, in South Sudan, in an ongoing airlift, a senior United Nations official said today.
[IPS]
Moscow -
As Russia's new president Vladimir Putin begins a new phase of economic growth, trade experts are keeping a watchful eye on Moscow's policies with the African continent, which they see as a huge, untapped source of economic opportunity.
[Aswat Masriya]
In armed vehicles, military patrols distributed fliers on Tuesday, calling on Egyptians to vote in tomorrow's historic presidential election.
[Aswat Masriya]
The Salafi Nour party, supporting presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and the Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice party, supporting Mohamed Mursi, have agreed not to clash by polling stations tomorrow, May 23, as Egyptians vote for president.
Egypt: Prosecution Investigates Complaints Against Presidential CandidatesTue, 22 May 2012 18:52:16 GMT
[Aswat Masriya]
Egypt's General Prosecution has begun investigating a number of complaints filed by the Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC) against several presidential candidates. Complaints include accusations of violating electoral propaganda rules.
South Africa: Daily Maverick Launches New Website 'For People Who Matter'Tue, 22 May 2012 18:33:47 GMT
[Biz-Community]
The Daily Maverick has announced that it has launched a simpler, better and smarter new Web site.
[UN News]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today an attack against Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traoré, which left reportedly the leader with head injuries.
[AGRA]
NAIROBI (21 May, 2012) -
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was given a key role in the G8's next phase of a shared commitment to achieve global food security. The Scaling Seeds and Other Technologies Partnership, part of the new initiative focused on increasing agricultural food production in Africa, will be housed at AGRA and will focus on strengthening Africa's seed sector.
Somalia: Amisom Operation to Help Largest Concentration of Displaced People in the WorldTue, 22 May 2012 17:16:03 GMT
[Shabelle]
Mogadishu -
Early this morning, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) launched a carefully planned operation to bring security and stability to the people of the Afgoye corridor, west of Mogadishu.
Sudan: 100,000 People Left Without Essential Healthcare in Jebel Si in North Darfur StateTue, 22 May 2012 17:10:50 GMT
[MSF]
Geneva -
As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the conflict area of Jebel Si, in Sudan's North Darfur State. MSF is the sole health provider in the region.
