Emirates brings West Africa closer with launch of new Dakar route Gulf News | Dubai. Emirates says it has strengthened its links to West Africa with the launch of a new direct service to Dakar. | A company spokesman said: “EK 797 took off this morning for the airline's 105th destination, creating the only non-stop, scheduled passenger link between Dubai and Senegal&rd...
Congo rapes: Scramble for Africa The Guardian | The rape of more than 150 women and children is probably, though not yet proven to be, connected with the exploitation of mineral mines | Cassiterite, wolframite, coltan: they might be the spoiled offspring of celebrity parents, or characters from an unfamiliar fairytale. The truth is much more pr...
Bob Geldof swaps aid for trade in £650m bid to help Africa The Daily Mail | Champion of the poor: Bob Geldof is hoping to raise £650million to invest in businesses in Africa | For 25 years, Bob Geldof has been seen himself as a champion of Africa's poor. | But the founder of Live Aid is apparently turning away from campaig...
SOUTH AFRICA : Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again IRINnews web | JOHANNESBURG, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) - South Africa will resume the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, ending its 17-month moratorium, the Cabinet announced on 1 September. | "After the 31st of December [2010] all undoc...
Mobile Phone Banking Comes to South Africa. Will It Work? The Christian Science Monitor Johannesburg, South Africa | About half of South Africa’s citizens don’t have bank accounts. Nearly 40% are either unemployed or work informal jobs paid in cash. So how do they pay their bills? How do they send cash to relatives during an emergen...
2012 AFCON Qualifying Preview: South Africa - Niger Goal Bafana Bafana begin their qualifying campaign against the Mena tomorrow in a match that could set the tempo for a tricky Group B... | By Clyde Tlou | Share Share | Kick-off: Saturday, September 4, 2010. 20:30 CET. | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit | The ...
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HSBC to buy up to 70 pct of S.Africa's Nedbank The Guardian * Old Mutual, HSBC in exclusive talks on Nedbank stake * HSBC could buy up to 70 percent of Nedbank, worth $6.8 bln * Deal would give HSBC better foothold in Africa * Nedbank, Old ...
Ghana The 3rd Best Country To Live In Sub-Saharan Africa Peace FM Online Ghana is the third best Sub-Saharan African country to live in terms of education, health, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and political environment, a Newsweek magazine...
'BRIC nations should add S Africa to become BRICSA' Zeenews Pretoria: South Africa's foreign minister said on Thursday the informal grouping of fast-growing emerging economies known as BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- should add South Africa to become BRICSA. | "We have doubled our efforts on BRIC a...
Mama Sita's scores a goal in South Africa Malaya BY MINNIE C. ADVINCULA--> | WHILE the Spaniards battled the Dutch for the World Cup in South Africa, Mama Sita’s scored goals for the Philippines when the team traveled to the beautiful "rainbow nation." | In commemoration of Mama Sita’...
A Language Explorer Who Heard Echoes of Africa The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Like many small-budget, education-intensive institutions, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum here depends on the kindness of friends and strangers for certain kinds of support. Related | In order to view this feat...
The 'Merchant Of Death' Asia Times | Aug 27, 2010 The 'Merchant Of Death' | By Richard Solash | He has seven aliases, a handful of passports, and has been described by US officials as one of the world's most prolific arms traffickers, with clients ranging from the Taliban to Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. | But today Viktor Bout sits in a cell in Thailand ...
