Central Africa News
| Congo ferry overturns after striking sandbank More than 100 people are believed to have died in a ferry accident in
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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7/29/10 11:22 PM
Missing airman found in Sudan The Russian helicopter pilot who disappeared in Sudan has been found and
handed over to the United Nations mission in Darfur.
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7/29/10 11:07 PM
Dozens of Darfuris injured during clashes Divisions over the faltering peace process in Darfur have provoked
violence in Sudanese refugee camps, according to peacekeepers in the region.
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7/29/10 10:52 PM
'People here don't know how to swim' As many as 138 people have reportedly died after an overloaded boat
capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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7/29/10 10:37 PM
Congo-Kinshasa: General Assembly Chief Voices Deep Sadness After Deadly Boat Accident General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after
learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people.
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7/29/10 8:46 PM
Luanda the Costliest City for Expats and Visitors If you are planning to visit Luanda, Tokyo, N'Djamena Moscow or Geneva,
be warned that they are the top five most expensive cities in the world.
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7/29/10 8:45 PM
Cameroon: Man Swooped Over Fake Currency The culprit says the counterfeited notes were smuggled in from a
neighbouring country.
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7/29/10 6:05 PM
Cameroon: Kribi Deep Seaport Project - Stakeholders Harmonise Construction Programme The project's 8th meeting held in Yaounde yesterday.
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7/29/10 6:05 PM
Cameroon: CEMAC Universities Embrace Modern Technology Technology experts from African nations met in Douala to improve
training strategies in Central African universities.
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7/29/10 6:02 PM
Cameroon: Bonaberi - Man Flogged for Attempting Suicide Joshua's wife, just returning from the US, insisted on a joint HIV/AIDS
test before sex.
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7/29/10 6:02 PM
Nutrient-Rich Algae Can Boost Women's Incomes And Tackle Malnutrition - UN A local variety of the nutrient-rich, blue-green algae known as
spirulina could boost incomes for women in Chad who harvest the product
as well as help fight nutrition, the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) reported today.
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7/29/10 4:19 PM
Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese journalist under arrest - stations forced off air Authorities arrested a journalist on Tuesday on criminal defamation
charges in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hours earlier,
in an unrelated incident, armed men briefly forced the city’s
three main opposition broadcasters off the air, according to local
journalists and news reports.
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7/29/10 3:19 PM
Interior Deputy Minister Works in Benguela The Interior deputy minister for Public Order, Ângelo Barros
Veigas Tavares, is paying a three-day working visit in the central
Benguela Province, in order to check the functioning of the sector in
the region.
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7/29/10 2:17 PM
Maiombe Network to Hold Environmental Study On Floods Impact The Maiombe Environmental Network will develop as from August a
feasibility study on environmental impact, due to the floods that hit
the southern Cunene Province for three consecutive years.
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7/29/10 2:16 PM
Society With Little Habit for Plastic Arts - Artist The plastic artist Benjamim Sabby, Wednesday here said that Angolan
society creates little opportunities to promote the habit for plastic
arts arguing that for this reason the number of buyers or collectors of
these works is still small.
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7/29/10 2:16 PM
American NGO Organises Workshop On Good Governance A workshop on Promotion of Good Governance started Thursday in Longonjo
District, central Huambo Province, in an initiative of the north
American NGO World Vision as part of a partnership project of
sustainable development in the country.
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7/29/10 2:16 PM
Chieftains Called to Publicise Voter's Registration Update Chieftains in Lubango city, southern Huila province, were on Thursday
appealed for a major involvement in awareness campaigns in the
communities on the voter's registration update.
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7/29/10 2:16 PM
Kenya: Athletes Toil in Nairobi THERE was little to brag about as far as Rwanda's performance on the
opening day of the 17th African championship in Nairobi is concerned.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda/Swaziland: U-19s Humiliate Swaziland RWANDA shook off Tuesday's defeat against Nigeria by trouncing hosts
Swaziland yesterday in the ICC Africa U19 Division 2 World Cup qualifiers.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Hefty Bonuses Await Junior Wasps IF the Junior Wasps needed something to motivate them ahead of their
crunch 2011 Africa Youth Championship return leg qualifier against Congo
Brazzaville, they now have it.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: Forest Conservation is Paramount - NAFA Boss The Director General of the National Forestry Authority, Frank
Rutabingwa, has called on local government leaders to protect forestry
reserves in their constituencies against human activity, as a means of
ensuring a safe environment that contributes to sustainable development.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: 2,000 Community Health Workers Get Cell-Phones Over 2000 community health workers in Ngoma and Rwamagana districts, on
Tuesday, received mobile telephones.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: Bugesera Will Be My Priority - PL Candidate The Liberal Party (PL) presidential candidate wound up his campaign in
Eastern Province, with a rally in Bugesera District, which he vowed to
make a top priority if he is elected president.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: 26 Hospitalised Over Possible Poisoning At least 26 people are hospitalised at Rwamagana Hospital after drinking
a suspected poisoned banana juice locally known as 'Umutobe.'
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: Region Woos Investors in Creative Industry Rwanda is using the 7th Pan African Dance Festival to woo potential
investors into its blossoming creative and performing arts industry.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: REMA Launches Climate Change Project Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), On Tuesday, launched a
four year project aimed at protecting the population from the negative
effects of climate change.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Rwanda: CNLG President Laid to Rest The president of the National Commission against Genocide (CNLG), Prof
Celestin Misago Kanimba, who passed away last week in a French hospital,
was yesterday laid to rest at Remera cemetery.
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7/29/10 1:24 PM
Fifth person charged for attack on Rwandan A fifth person was charged in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court for
the attempted murder of a former Rwandan general.
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7/29/10 11:30 AM
Congolese journalist arrested Authorities arrested a journalist on criminal defamation charges in
Kinshasa, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.
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7/29/10 11:15 AM
Keep the Winning Team, Kagame Tells Gisagara As the Presidential campaign entered its nineth day yesterday, the
Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) candidate, Paul Kagame told party
supporters in Gisagara, Southern Province that they are yet to see the
best the party has in store for them.
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7/29/10 10:59 AM
Ntawukuriryayo Vows to Fight Illiteracy The Social Democratic Party (PSD) presidential candidate, Dr Jean
Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, has promised to enhance literacy levels once
elected president in the August 9 poll.
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7/29/10 10:59 AM
The Best is Yet to Come - Kagame Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), Presidential Candidate, Paul Kagame, has
said that his party still has a lot to offer to Rwandans beyond what it
has delivered in the past seven years.
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7/29/10 10:59 AM
NGOs Too Have to Be Accountable The ultimatum issued to NGOs, by the Directorate General of Emigration
and Immigration should send out a clear message that the government not
only strives to enforce accountability in public institutions, but also
other organizations that affect the lives of the Rwandan people in one
way or another.
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7/29/10 10:59 AM
RPF Record is Simply Unassailable The campaign season is here, Rwanda is heating up and the four
candidates are promising us things as varied as "increasing
teachers' salaries, boosting cooperatives, increasing women's'
participation in decision-making and economic development".
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7/29/10 10:59 AM
Angola: Opposition Unita Rebuts Content of Newspaper Article The leadership of Angola's main opposition Unita party Wednesday in
Luanda refuted the content of an article that appeared in the wednesday
issue of the the State-run daily paper "Jornal de Angola",
titled "The coup thesis of Unita Youth Wing", and labelled it
as a way of counteracting the outcome of the congress of the party's
youth wing (JURA), held recently in Luanda.
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7/29/10 10:43 AM
Angola: Most Workers in Informal Market Are Women - Govt Official Women are the majority in the Angolan informal market, even though they
now start to have the same levels of professional responsibility and
competences as men.
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7/29/10 10:43 AM
Angola: Basketball Squad Test With S. Korea in USA The Angolan senior males basketball team will face South Korea on
Friday, in the USA, ahead of the preparation for the Turkey World Cup,
which will happen from 28 August to 12 September, ANGOP has learnt.
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7/29/10 10:43 AM
Angola: Pawo Highlights Women Achievements The various posts of political, social and scientific relevance held
skilfully and clearsightedness by women, particularly concerning
conflict resolution, show the great role African females play in the
post-independence period.
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7/29/10 10:28 AM
Angola: First Division Football Championship"s Standing Check below the standing of the National First Division Football
Championship, also known as Girabola2009, after the opening of the 19th round.
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7/29/10 10:28 AM
Angola: 1º De Agosto Thrash Benfica De Luanda Into Third Position 1º de Agosto reached the third position in the national first
division championship of football, after thrashing Benfica de Luanda by
4-1, in a 19th round match played at Luanda's "Coqueiros"
stadium on Wednesday.
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7/29/10 10:28 AM
Angola: Japanese Banker Defends Reciprocal Protection of Investments The conclusion of the Agreement on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection
of Investments between Angola and Japan, being negotiated since November
2009, will stimulate the participation of Japanese firms in the Angolan
economic growth.
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7/29/10 10:28 AM
Angola: Historian for Cultural Sensitiveness to Greater Valorisation of Arts The Angolan historian Filipe Vidal appealed on Wednesday, in Luanda, for
the need to intensify the cycles of cultural awareness campaigns to
educate people, so as to valorise the Angolan arts both at national and
international level.
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7/29/10 10:28 AM
Angola: Luanda Govt Presents Agricultural Season Credit Programme A workshop aimed at presenting the credit programme of the agricultural
season is being held on Thursday at the Polytechnic Institute of Cacuaco
District, in Luanda, ANGOP has learnt from an official source.
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7/29/10 10:25 AM
Angola: Stock Market to Open in 2011 The Angolan Stock Market and Derivatives (BVDA) will open in 2011, the
Finance minister, Carlos Alberto Lopes, announced Wednesday in Luanda.
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7/29/10 10:25 AM
Angola: Health Sector Prioritises Reduction of Maternal Mortality The reduction of maternal mortality and HIV/ Aids infections from mother
to child during childbirth, is a priority of health authorities in the
country, regarding the health care of women.
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7/29/10 10:25 AM
Angola: Petro De Luanda Beat Académica Do Soyo Petro de Luanda beat on Wednesday Académica do Soyo by 3-2, in
Luanda's Cidadela stadium, in the opening of the 19th round of the
national first division football championship (Girabola2010).
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7/29/10 10:24 AM
Cameroon a Haven of Peace, Says Its U.S. Ambassador Ambassador Foe-Atangana also says his country enjoys multi-party democracy although critics say many political parties are funded by President Biya James Butty Washington, D.C. 29 July 2010 Cameroona s ambassador to the United States said his country is a a oehaven of peacea in central Africa. www.topix.net | 7/29/10 8:31 AM Launching of the under-regional forum of the young people of central Africa at Grand Hotel Kinshasa This forum organized by the network of the teenagers and African young
people in development and population (Afriyan) will allow, according to
Trésor Kasala, executive secretary of Afriyan and national
coordinator of Racoj/aids to provide the foundations of the presidential
initiative "generation without AIDS and maternity at the less risk".
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7/27/10 3:56 PM
Cecafa Backs Kagame for Presidency FOLLOWING his unmatched support in developing football in the region, it
is not surprising that the Council of East and Central Africa Football
Association (Cecafa) has candidly backed Rwandan president Paul Kagame
to win next month's presidential elections.
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7/26/10 7:52 AM
New Market Research Report: West & Central Africa Telecommunications Report Q3 2010 It also includes overviews of the fixed-line and internet markets, although in general limited data is available about these, and the markets remain very small and slow to develop on the internet side, and declining in general on the fixed-line side. www.topix.net | 7/24/10 2:22 AM |