Proteas to rest Kallis for remainder of ODI series against Lanka
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced two enforced changes as well as a rotational change to the Proteas squad for the remainder of the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
View ArticleLiberia's president vows to tackle unemployment, corruption in 2nd term
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says tackling youth unemployment and fighting corruption will top her priorities after she takes the oath of office ...
View ArticleNigeria's president says government will subsidize fuel prices in face...
Jan 13, 2012: General view of the protesters on day five of the nationwide strike following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, ...
View ArticleNigeria Lowers Fuel Price, No Deal With Unions
Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday petrol prices would be reduced to 97 naira ($0.60) a liter, a week after nationwide strikes and protests began against the government's decision to scrap fuel ...
View ArticleSomali pirates free crew of Maltese-flagged ship
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed the 18-man crew of a Maltese-flagged chemical tanker after the payment of a $4 million ransom, the maritime editor of the Somalia Report said on ...
View ArticlePirates release Maltese chemical tanker
Andrew Mwangura, an authoritative source on piracy, said the crew -- three Turks and 15 Georgians -- sailed to the Kenyan port of Mombasa in a tugboat after their release last week, while the ...
View ArticleAfrican Union Seeks UN Support for Mogadishu Govt.
AFRICAN nations stepped up calls for greater international support for the African force fighting Islamist rebels in Somalia. The African Union called on the UN Security Council to increase the ...
View ArticleAmbassador Rice At UN Debate On UN-AU Cooperation
document Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Security Council Open Debate on UN-AU Cooperation, January 12, ...
View ArticleUSAID Seeking Comment On Expanding Academic Partnerships
press release The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is requesting comment on a draft Request for Applications (RFA) to build new opportunities through partnerships with ...
View ArticleEquatorial Guinea, Gabon Agog As Teams Get Set for Nations Cup Showdown
With seven days to the Kick off of the 2012 Africa Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea/Gabon, teams have named their squads for the competition which will have some giants like Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria ...
View ArticleEconomy Remains 'Moderately Free'
NAMIBIA scored 61,9 in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, making its economy the 76th freest in the 184 countries ranked worldwide. Its score ...
View ArticleMinistry Scouts for Desalination Partners
A NUMBER of investors have been approached by Government to partner with Namibia's national water utility to kick-start the planned second desalination plant just north of Swakopmund. ...
View ArticleAt Least 19 Die On Roads
THE death of two women in an accident in Windhoek on Saturday brought the number of deaths on Namibian roads this month to at least 19. At least 80 people died on the country's roads over the ...
View ArticleSugar Farmers Oppose Move to Contract Them to Specific Factories
Sugarcane growers have opposed plan by the ministry of agriculture to have them contracted to particular millers. Kenya sugar cane growers association KESGA and a section of millers termed the move ...
View ArticleRegion May Adopt Single Currency This Year, Says PS
The East African Community could have a single currency by the end of the year if all goes according to plan, according to a senior Kenyan official. David Nalo, permanent secretary in the ministry ...
View ArticleRegulator Targets Mobile Promotions
Mobile operators might soon be forced to stop sending unsolicited messages to subscribers urging them to participate in promotions or buy their products. They will also have to state clearly the ...
View ArticleAfricans Selling Africans in Africa Again
opinion AFRICANS must wonder what their next generation is going to use to pay off the Chinese, the Europeans and the Americans. We are borrowing and spending on foreign contracts like drunken ...
View ArticleQuit Notice - Fresh Apprehension Grips Muslims in the South
This is the puzzle in the south in the last few days following a 21-day ultimatum issued on Tuesday by a group, Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, NDIMRC, to northerners to quit the ...
View ArticleMDC-99 to Fight Fire With Fire
Job Sikhala is a master of the sound bite. "Mugabe is trying to compel the people of Zimbabwe to go to elections and we have resolved that we will never allow again for the people of our ...
View ArticleFG Debunks Claims of April Date for Subsidy Removal
THE Federal Government has debunked claims that oil subsidy removal was slated for April. Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, Minister of Labour and Productivity, has cleared the air on the date in an interview ...
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