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Africa RSS FeedsZimbabwe: How Do You Rein in 231 Million Percent Inflation? - Zimbabwe's official annual inflation rate reached 231 million percent in early October, from the July estimate of 11.2 million percent, and the deadlock in talks between the ruling ZANU-PF and opposition parties is likely to push hyperinflation higher....Feed Source: allafrica.com Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting Flares As Civilians Run in East - Serious fighting has broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province and in the neighbouring district of Ituri, with thousands of civilians displaced, and others cut off, amid claims that foreign troops had deployed in parts of the east.... Nigeria: Four More Banks Join Bail-Out Plan - Efforts by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and some banks to bail out the nation's stock market from its lingering slide received a boost yesterday as more banks signified their interest to be part of the package.... Uganda: Govt Fears Attack on Comesa Summit - President Yoweri Museveni yesterday confirmed reports that security organisations are on high alert to tackle terrorist groups believed to be planning attacks in urban areas.... Congo-Kinshasa: UN Ready to Use Force to Protect Civilians - The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has not been able to confirm persistent reports of incursions by Rwandan troops into the eastern part of the vast country where they are said to be fighting alongside rebels.... Zimbabwe: Mugabe Agrees to Call In Mbeki - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected in Zimbabwe early next week, according to a statement by the Mutumbara MDC. The leaders of the political parties, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara met in Harare on Friday but failed to resolve their differences over the distribution of cabinet posts, but finally agreed to recall the facilitator to help break the impasse.... Kenya: As Obama Pulls Ahead, America-Lovers Can Hardly Wait - When my oldest son was a little boy, he'd always cause a ruckus at the local restaurant.... Rwanda: Former Minister Pleads Not Guilty to Genocide - A former top Rwandan official has pleaded not guilty to ten counts of genocide and other crimes at the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 mass killings in the small Great Lakes nation.... Zimbabwe: EU Foreign Ministers to Meet Over Zim Monday - THE European Union (EU) foreign affairs ministers will meet on Monday to review targeted sanctions imposed on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle.... Somalia: Pirates Deny Negotiating Ransom for Ship - Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks denied that there were talks with the company that belongs to the ship following media reports said that the two sides agreed $8mln for the release of the ship.... Kenya: Government Launches Anti-Malaria Campaign - Kenya's Ministry of Health has launched a four-day nationwide campaign to retreat at least 1.8 million bed nets with long-lasting insecticide to control the spread of malaria as the rainy season sets in, a senior health official said.... Africa: 'Sexually-Transmitted Grades' Kills Quality Education - Sexual exploitation in African schools has become so widespread that children have come up with their own terms to refer to sexual relations with their teachers.... Uganda: Children Eke Out a Living on the Streets - John Kibwola, 14, braves the scorching afternoon sun as he sells his collection of plastic bottles along Acholi Street in the northern Ugandan town of Gulu.... Zimbabwe: Divisions Over Powersharing Rock Parties - THE main political parties that recently signed a power-sharing agreement have been rocked by internal divisions over the deal.... Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Suspends Talks - THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC yesterday suspended talks with Zanu PF on the allocation of cabinet posts until the facilitator of the unity government, former South African president Thabo Mbeki, intervenes.... Nigeria: Oil Union Gives Govt Strike Ultimatum - Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), joint group executive councils of the NNPC, have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if after 14 days the Federal Government fails to reverse the proposed sale of the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC), and the National Gas Company (NGC).... Nigeria: Govt Denies Deploying Northern Soldiers in Delta - THE Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, code-named Operation Restore Hope, Brig-General Wuyep Rimtip yesterday said there was no truth in the rumour making the rounds that Northern soldiers had been deployed to kill Southerners in the Niger Delta region.... Africa: Commonwealth Says IMF 'Slept On the Job' - Commonwealth countries have called for stricter regulation and surveillance of financial institutions to stop the spread of the current crisis.... Nigeria: Saro-Wiwa Family Relieved at Shell Trial - The family of the slain writer and Ogoni rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has said the impending trial of oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum, in the United States over the 1995 hanging of Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists is a big relief.... Nigeria: 'A Child of Nigeria' Wins Nobel Prize for Literature - The highly respected Nobel prize for Literature has been won by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a French writer, who lived part of his childhood in Onitsha, Nigeria, and even wrote a book named after the town, recollecting his memories of the city on the banks of the Niger.... Nigeria: Yar'Adua Not Alarmed at Global Economic Crisis - In spite of the global economic crisis, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday assured the nation to remain calm, saying there was no cause for panic as government was doing everything possible to ensure that its impact did not affect government policies.He added that government-private sector partnership would remain the only way out of the crisis.... Kenya: Gloomy Forecast for Economy - Just weeks after praising Kenya's economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that the country will be among six African states "hit hardest" by the global financial meltdown's effects on trade.... Zimbabwe: Mbeki Set to Return to Mediate Deadlock - Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday said talks to form a new government under the power sharing agreement had reached a deadlock.... Zimbabwe: Dispute Over Ministries Halts Talks - ZIMBABWE'S main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has suspended talks with President Robert Mugabe over the allocation of key ministries meant to pave the way for a new power-sharing government to tackle the country's problems.... South Africa: Global Slowdown May Hit Exports - The slowdown of economic growth in developed countries was likely to reduce demand for SA's mineral exports and reduce export earnings, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told the cabinet this week.... South Africa: Govt Agrees to Big Sale of Mobile Phone Firm - SA's largest cellular operator, Vodacom, will soon be under British ownership, with the government agreeing that Telkom should divest from the business.... South Africa: Local Farmers Asked to Help Zimbabwe - AGRICULTURE and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana has asked SA's commercial farmers to join the agriculture department in coming to the aid of Zimbabwean farmers to prevent a food crisis in that country in the year ahead.... Nigeria: Legislators Unhappy Over New Committees - SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday named new chairmen of the House's Standing Committees, sparking troubles from some members who felt they were not well taken care of. The committees increased to 84 from the former 72.... Uganda: Museveni Wants Double Shift in Schools - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has called for improved quality and efficiency in the education sector, including the re-introduction of the double shift system in secondary schools.... Zimbabwe: Mugabe to Meet Tsvangirai - Govt Paper - PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to meet MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and Professor Arthur Mutambara of MDC to come up with guidelines for the negotiators in their consultations in the allocation of ministries.... Copyright © 2008, The Veggie Lady - Free Organic Gardening Advice. All Rights Reserved. |