Hilton commits to 41 hotels in MidEast, Africa pipeline
According to the latest STR Global research, the company's expansion programme makes up 11.5 percent of the entire MEA hotel pipeline and, with 15,000 rooms under development, Hilton Worldwide ...
View ArticleFranco Majok fled Sudan – but returned to build a school
Franco Majok (center, in Bruins shirt) fled from war-torn Sudan and found his way to the US. But after a return visit in 2005 he was moved to create Village Help for South Sudan, which has built a ...
View ArticleViral film aims to make African rebel leader 'famous'
If you didn't know his name, you will now. Web surfers around the world are posting, sharing and tweeting an Internet-based campaign aimed at bringing an elusive African rebel leader to ...
View ArticlePlatinum Group Metals Targets 2013 For South African Mine Start
Global news editor, Kitco News Toronto (Kitco News)–Platinum Group Metals (NYSE: PLG, TSX: PTM) is targeting 2013 to start full production of its Western Joint Venture Bushveld mine in South ...
View ArticleLibyan leader says ‘force’ will be used over autonomy bid
Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said he would defend national unity "with force" if necessary yesterday."We are not prepared to divide Libya," Abdel Jalil said as he called on ...
View ArticleChina seeks compensation in Libya
China has suffered enormous financial losses from projects it ran in Libya and is negotiating with the Libyan government for compensation, commerce minister Chen Deming said yesterday. "China ...
View ArticleLibya leader threatens 'force' to foil east autonomy bid
Libya's NTC chairman Jalil speaks during a news conference in Tripoli. REUTERS photo Libyan leader Mustapha Abdel Jalil said today that he would defend national unity "with ...
View ArticleEquatorial Guinea - Twenty-three African press freedom groups and journalists...
Franais (MFWA/IFEX) - The following letter is signed by 23 African press freedom organisations and journalists urging UNESCO's Executive Board to abolish the Obiang prize:February 29, 2012 ...
View ArticleLibya tribes declare breakaway zone
Tribal leaders and militia commanders have declared oil-rich eastern Libya a semi-autonomous state, a unilateral move that the interim head of state called a "dangerous" conspiracy by Arab ...
View ArticleUganda returns seized bank to Libyan govt
KAMPALA - Uganda's central bank has handed back to Tripoli control of a major Libyan-owned bank which it seized last year following UN Security Council sanctions targeting Muammar ...
View ArticleTanzania growth forecast above 6%
Tanzania's central bank said on Wednesday that economic growth could beat its 6.0 percent forecast for fiscal year 2011/12, with inflation falling to single digits by the June year-end, despite ...
View ArticleMaersk to Launch India-East Africa Service
Service will deploy four vessels, each with about 2,500 TEUs Maersk Line will launch a container service connecting the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and East Africa, starting in early ...
View ArticleEvents in Libya can lead to further disintegration – Kosachev
MOSCOW, March 7 (Itar-Tass) - Head of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Konstantin Kosachev said the latest events in ...
View ArticleGunmen attack Nigerian government buildings
Suspected Islamists attacked a prison, police station and local government office in north eastern Nigeria, wounding at least three police officers, officials and residents said on ...
View ArticleLibya's leader strikes out at autonomy bid
Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday said he would defend national unity "with force" if necessary, after tribal leaders and a political faction declared autonomy for an eastern ...
View ArticleSearch for Congo survivors delayed by safety concerns
Fears of more unexploded munitions at a Congo arms depot where a series of blasts killed nearly 200 people have delayed the search for more wounded, officials said on ...
View ArticleDarfur rebels say 49 AU-UN peacekeepers held
Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region said Monday they have detained 49 international peacekeepers and three suspected Sudanese intelligence agents for "investigation" after they entered a ...
View ArticleKibaki to attend London conference on Somalia
President Kibaki will update world leaders on the situation in Somalia and Kenya's and the regions vision for a peaceful country. Kenya has in the past brokered peace deals for Somalia. This ...
View ArticlePresident extends condolence to President of Congo
website for the President of Azerbaijan, the head of the state said that he is in deep sorrow over the news about the death of a great many of people as a result of the blast in Brazzaville. ...
View ArticleDrilling Continues at Range's Somalia Well
Range Resources Limited announced that the Shabeel-1 well continues drilling ahead on the Dharoor Block in Puntland, Somalia and is currently at a depth of 6,568 feet (2,002 meters). The upper 5,249 ...
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