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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere faces the political fight of his life after war veterans savaged him mercilessly on Tuesday ahead of the next crucial politburo meeting expected to take place soon at which the over...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Poor childhood nutrition costs Malawi's economy nearly $600 million, 10 percent of its GDP, annually because of increased healthcare expenses and low workforce productivity, according to a joint U.N.-governme...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African newsExplosions and gunfire rock capital as president Pierre Nkurunziza said to be in a secret location in Tanzania
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewBritain rejects the proposal and demands the refugees be sent back
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsNews24 'Our hearts are sore' News24 NUNS at Ixopo's Sacred Heart convent say her two killer/rapists must “take their punishment” but also expressed hope that “God will touch them” in prison. The nuns vowed to continue carryin...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaGunfire erupted in Burundi on Thursday, hours after an army general announced a coup and the President's spokesman dismissed it as a "joke."
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaArtists representing nations from the continent continue to become increasingly visible on the global stage.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from African SpotlightBujumbura – Burundi’s armed forces chief announced early Thursday that an attempted coup by a top general against President Pierre Nkurunziza had failed, although the claim was immediately denied by opponents of the central A...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Al Jazeera] Heavy gunfire and explosions have rocked Burundi's capital Bujumbura hours after a senior army officer said he had dismissed the country's president after weeks of protests over a controversial third term, our correspondent ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsIndependent Online SA won't raise rates over CPI breach - Kganyago Independent Online Johannesburg - South African inflation will need to rise above the central bank's target range over a longer period before the bank considers r...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesUpdate as of 4:42 a.m. EDT: Forces loyal to the coup against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza claimed to have taken control of most of the capital city of Bujumbura on Thursday, as fighting broke out across the city, according to re...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Nigerian army imposed a 24-hour curfew Thursday on the city of Maiduguri following a fresh attack by Boko Haram on the Borno state capital Wednesday night. The Islamist insurgents again tried to overrun the Giwa army barracks in the ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsMail & Guardian Online Seventy-two dead in Philippines factory fire Mail & Guardian Online Fuming loved ones blame the factory's disregard for their workers and poor safety standards for the rising death toll. The aftermath of the Ph...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaJan and Jay Roode capture Africa's hidden moments from the seat of their plane.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianAs Donald Kaberuka prepares to relinquish the reins as AfDB chief, his potential successors reveal their plans for reducing inequality and increasing prosperity The African Development Bank (AfDB) will elect a new president at the end of...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from African SpotlightReal Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has been given a two-game touchline suspension by the Spanish Football Federation, Sky Sports reports. The decision means the former Milan boss will be unable to sit on the bench for the rest of the La Li...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[ISS] On 9 May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) made a remarkable announcement. After 14 months and 4 573 deaths, Liberia was formally declared to be free from Ebola.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAccording to reports, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's attempt to return home to tackle a coup has failed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > AfricaFormer President Hissène Habré will stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity on July 20 at a special court in Senegal.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[RFI] The European Union unveiled on Wednesday details of a plan for dealing with an unprecedented wave of migrants. The plan includes controversial migrant quotas across member states.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CCTV AfricaIn June, the Democratic Republic of Congo will switch off its analogue television signals, as it migrates to digital transmission systems. However, as has been the case elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, from Tanzania to South Africa, to K...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaFor most women and children who were recently rescued from Boko Haram captivity, life is anything but normal.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > AfricaAt least 20 have been killed in recent weeks in the tumult over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek another term, and more than 50,000 people have fled to neighboring countries.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Atlantic Council] Embattled Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza was in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania today for talks with the East African Community (EAC) about the political crisis in his country.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesMore than 100 women say they were raped in a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a ruthless attack by militia earlier this month. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have treated 127 Congolese women between the ages...
- Burundi coup: Explosions and gunfire rock capital as president's return is blocked - Telegraph.co.ukThursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsTelegraph.co.uk Burundi coup: Explosions and gunfire rock capital as president's return is blocked Telegraph.co.uk Loud explosions and gunfire could be heard in Burundi's capital on Thursday morning, the day after an army general...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianAs the World Health Assembly nears, people in Uganda and beyond are mobilising to demand progress on reproductive health and childcare Remmie Wamala, who worked at the Ugandan parliament, died in childbirth at a hospital in Kampala two y...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Inter Press Service » Africa
Thefts, murders and mutilation of Africa’s wildlife, from white rhinos to elephants with their prized horns and tusks, are at an all-time high, say conservationists who are keeping track of the poaching of species by fortune-seeking hunt... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaProvides an overview, basic facts and key events for Burundi, this small country in Africa
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewBan remains in place for Sierra Leone where the disease is yet to be eradicated
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news: Egypt | theguardian.com• Three-times African player of year’s company had assets seized last week • Aboutrika’s company was allegedly used to finance terrorist attacks The three-times African player of the year Mohamed Aboutrika has denied that the tourism com...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsThe Hindu Taliban Attack in Kabul Killed 14, Including 9 Foreigners New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse left 14 people dead, including nine foreigners, in the most audacious assault by the insurge...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianLack of clarity over who should regulate and control water access causes competition between farmers, urban dwellers and foreign investment Related: Getting water where it's needed: will the Lisbon Charter help? The narrow Uluguru mounta...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Independent (Lagos)] CHADIAN Army in early Thursday raid killed 250 Boko Haram militants as the nation's intervention against the Islamist group nears its fifth month.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewGun battles rock Bujumbura as confusion reigns over Nkurunziza overthrow
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianArmed forces chief says the coup attempt against president Pierre Nkurunziza has failed, but opponents claim to be in control of airport An attempted coup against Burundi’s president Pierre Nkurunziza had failed, the armed forces chief s...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[IRIN] Bujumbura -Major-General Godefroid Niyombare on Wednesday announced the ouster of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi over his controversial bid to run for a third term in office. The apparent coup took place after almost two w...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesAn outbreak of lead poisoning in Nigeria has killed 28 young children in Niger state, health officials told local media Wednesday. At least 65 cases were identified in Niger state, where the poisoning was linked to illegal mining. Althou...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianBritain's Royal Navy has rescued more than 400 migrants in the Mediterranean, four miles off the coast of Libya. HMS Bulwark came to the aid of four inflatable boats, each carrying more than 100 people, including children and pregnant wo...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsCNN Who were the victims of the Amtrak derailment? CNN (CNN) A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman. A Wells Fargo executive. An Associated Press video software architect. A chief executive of a small tech company. They are among the seven peop...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[ISS] The need for balanced and accurate reporting about conflict situations in Africa is more crucial than ever. Surveys done in the run-up to World Press Freedom Day, which took place on 3 May, showed that government repression against...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianFighting reported around building of state broadcaster as claims over success of coup are made and president’s plane is prevented from landing in country Fierce fighting between rival Burundian troops has erupted in the capital, Bujumbur...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] Burundi's president, the target of an attempted coup, has appealed for calm from a secret location in Tanzania. There has been heavy fighting between rival troops in Burundi's capital.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianGunfire is heard on Thursday morning in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura. Violence erupted on Wednesday night after General Godefroid Niyombare launched a coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza. Fears are growing that the coup attemp...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African newsIn pics: A look back at Marion Kaplan's 1974 Indian Ocean voyage
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Daily Trust] At least 28 children all aged less than five, have died in an outbreak of lead poisoning in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, federal ministry of health confirmed yesterday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[IRIN] Gueckedou -"Life is back to normal, but everything has changed," said 30-year-old Yawa Keterine Camara as she slowly stirred a boiling cauldron of sauce outside her mud-brick home in southeastern Guinea. "I live again like before,...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Anzisha Prize] Entrepreneurship is challenging, and even more so in Africa. Here are tips from some leading young innovators on the continent.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Atlantic Council] Two months ago, I warned that unless the international community steps up quickly to pressure the incumbent regime in Guinea to achieve a consensus with the political opposition and civil society regarding the sequenci...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CCTV AfricaFull bulletin for Global Business 12th May 2015 The post Global Business 12th May 2015 appeared first on CCTV Africa .
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Top StoriesAMCU wants the basic pay for entry level workers in the gold mining sector to be more than doubled.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - After all has been said and done, one thing is very clear; Pakistan is not a safe destination to travel to at the moment. But sadly, the Zimbabwe cricket team will be travelling to the politically volatile South Asian country ne... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Seychelles News Agency - WorldChinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his ancestral home province Thursday, highlighting ancient ties as the Asian giants reportedly discussed a simmering border dispute. Attempting to put their rel...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsOver the past two days in Brighton, on England’s south coast some two hundred delegates gathered for the third annual Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC), now seen as a leading forum for exchange of ideas and forging ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday ratified the appointment of Joao Beirao as Deputy President of the Supreme Court.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMaputo Municipal Council has imported from South Africa a further 50 buses to reduce the chronic public transport deficit in the capital.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday told the population of the town of Chemba, in the central province of Sofala, that his government will do all in its power to reduce the gap in living standards between the urban centres and...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMozambique and Cote d'Ivoire are to establish diplomatic relations for the first time since the former Portuguese colony achieved independence in 1975, according to Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Oldemiro Baloi, ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsA complex of silos in the town of Nhamatanda in Sofala province was ceremoniously opened on Tuesday by Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the Mozambique Commodities Exchange (BMM) reports in a statement sent to Macauhub in Maputo.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsTwo visiting U.S. diplomats have ruled out a change of policy with Zimbabwe.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsA Burundian general said on Wednesday he had deposed President Pierre Nkurunziza for seeking an unconstitutional third term in office, and was working with civil society groups to form a transitional government.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsLong queues and understaffed vehicle-licensing centres frustrate thousands of drivers in South Africa - but now the national Transport Department could anger drivers further by compelling them to take a practical test when renewing a dri...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsZimbabwean war veterans have made sensational claims that some elements within the ruling Zanu-PF party are working together with Western countries to topple President Robert Mugabe.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsIndian PM Narendra Modi is in China on a three-day visit intended to boost economic co-operation but in danger of being overshadowed by mutual mistrust.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsTwo men convicted of the rape, robbery and murder of an elderly nun at an Ixopo convent will hear their fate on Thursday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe European Commission, the EU executive, proposed on Wednesday taking in 20,000 refugees over two years and distributing them across Europe but giving Britain, Ireland and Denmark the option not to accept any.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe chief of the UN’s education and culture agency launched a strong appeal in Cairo on Wednesday, saying that the destruction and looting of archaeological sites in the Middle East — such as the rampage perpetrated by the ISIL group in ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMillions of rands extra had to be spent to get President Jacob Zuma back to South Africa after an official visit to Moscow.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsPoor childhood nutrition costs Malawi's economy nearly $600 million, 10 percent of its GDP, annually because of increased healthcare expenses and low workforce productivity, according to a joint U.N.-government study released on Wednesday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Cannes Film Festival is getting under way in the south of France, with Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman among the notables due to attend.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, who has been at the head of the biggest political party in Mozambique for over 20 years, admits the possibility of being replaced by a woman, without explaining whether he would name his successor or no...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican government has approved regulations that fix the criteria for the ad-hoc public holidays known as “tolerancias de ponto”.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsAbout a ton and a half of elephant tusks and rhino horns were seized by the Mozambican police in the city of Matola, Maputo province, last Tuesday. The apprehended lot consists on 340 ivory tusks, weighing 1,160 kg, and 65 rhino horns, w...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday ratified the appointment of Joao Beirao as Deputy President of the Supreme Court.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsAngola's petrol price has risen 28 percent since the government ended subsidies at the end of April, residents in the capital said on Thursday, in a move likely to push up inflation in Africa's second biggest oil exporter.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican authorities foresee that the Mozambique Airlines company, LAM, which is currently ‘black listed’ by the European Union may resume flights to Europe in 2017, said the president of the National Institute of Civil Aviation (I...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsTwelve gunmen attacked, yesterday at dawn, four homes in Marracuene, Maputo province, seizing money and various goods. One of the victims was admitted to hospital in serious condition.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican environmentalist Carlos Serra Junior calls on the urgent need to destroy all the ivory tusks and rhino horns seized during the raid in Tchumene, Matola, yesterday, not only as a strong signal of condemnation against the tr...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) considers Mozambique’s economic performance to be robust and stronger than most other sub-Saharan African countries, according to a press release issued at the end of a visit by an IMF staff mission.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Malawi Nyasa Times - Malawi breaking news in MalawiWith his Homburg hats, his three-piece English-style suits, and his lion-tail fly whisk, Hastings Kamuzu Banda was one of the oddest dictators in African history but Malawi nation and his family on Thursday May 14, Kamuzu Day public holi...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Monitor - All Stories
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from TimesLIVEThe University of Cape Town today confirmed that it has suspended a student over an alleged racial altercation with a staff member‚ pending a disciplinary hearing. The terms of suspension – which is from today until July 19 - allow the s...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - Zimbabwean police have refused to state what action they took against officers who were suspected to have murdered local criminals deported from South Africa. A top policeman in SA Anwar Dramat has been suspended pending the out... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 WorldMillions of Shi'ite worshippers have prayed in Baghdad at the climax of a violence-marred pilgrimage that highlighted the persistent threat of jihadist attacks and sectarian tension.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 AfricaThe UN is airlifting seeds to farmers in civil war-wracked South Sudan in a race against time to ensure a grain harvest this year in the worst-hit areas.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 AfricaResidents of Bujumbura cowered at home as rival armed troops were out in force in the city’s streets, a day after an attempted coup plunged Burundi deeper into crisis.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 AfricaA court in Harare has ordered land invaders to leave a farm in Harare where a bride-to-be's wedding dress is 'trapped' inside a house.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 AfricaThe UN says it is sending experts to Madagascar to assess a claim by underwater explorers that they have found treasure and the wreck of a ship belonging to the pirate known as Captain Kidd.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News24 AfricaMali’s Tuareg-led rebels have signed up to a preliminary peace agreement with the government as a step to ending decades of separatist fighting.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from TimesLIVEThe head of Burundi's army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were in control but heavy gunfire in the capital suggested the battle for power was not yet over.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Herald » InternationalGunfire erupted in Burundi on Thursday, hours after an army general announced a coup and the President’s spokesman dismissed it as a “joke.” Political infighting sparked fears that Burundi would plunge into ethnic viole...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Herald » Top Stories
Morris Mkwate President Mugabe left for Mali today to witness a peace signing ceremony between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s government and Tuareg separatist rebels. The African Union and Sadc Chair’s delegation comprise... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSEskom announced on Thursday afternoon that it was moving from stage 1 to stage 2 loadshedding.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from TimesLIVEEskom’s goal of producing power from the massive Medupi project is “slowly inching towards target”‚ having run for six days without tripping during the current test phase.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSLawyer says Christopher Panayioutou visited by person who offered to “take out” state witness in his murder case
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSSoweto residents stage protest march and demanded public apology from Eskom over 10-hour power outage (VIDEO)
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from TimesLIVEState-run radio in Burundi went off the air on Thursday, an AFP correspondent and a station director said, after pro-coup troops launched a major assault on the state broadcaster.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News World Priority RSSAn Indian schoolgirl and her older lover were beaten to death and their bodies burnt in a suspected “honour killing”, police said.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News World Priority RSSThailand found a boat drifting off its west coast carrying 300 migrants but refused to grant it permission to land, an official said.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News World Priority RSSA Nepali woman was airlifted to hospital in the prime minister's helicopter, after two paramedics pleaded with officials to help save her life.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comUNITED NATIONS - A group of activists is calling for the United Nations to remove immunity granted to civilian and police personnel in peacekeeping missions, saying doing so will deter sexual abuse ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Morocco World NewsTaroudant - Australian model Jessica Gomes posted on Instagram photos of herself relaxing at the beautiful Jnane Tamsna, a hotel in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. Jessica appears wearing a white bathrobe with a statement that reads, “Wo...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesGulf stock markets may consolidate after oil prices pulled back, while the latest batch of first-quarter earnings report was mixed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt's Edita reported a first-quarter net profit of EGP59.5 million (USD7.8 million), up slightly from a year earlier, the food maker said.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Morocco World NewsRabat - Morocco’s autonomy initiative represents the “only viable way” to reach a political settlement to the Western Sahara issue, Former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson said on Wednesday in Rabat . The autonomy proposal is "the ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsNigeria's president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stated that he was not backing anybody for the position of Senate President or Speaker of the House of Representatives, adding that, he was willing to work with any leader ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: Pharaohs of ancient Egypt may have created monuments that tower over men, but in real life they suffered from diminutive stature, a recent study involving involved hundreds of ancient Egyptian mummies has revealed. “This is one in... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.com13 May 2015 -- A United Nations human rights report released today says that a Uganda-based rebel group has committed grave violations of international humanitarian law in crisis-riven ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comGreek officials, scrambling to reach a bailout deal with international creditors, confirmed new fears of an economic slowdown, with an official announcement Wednesday that the economy had slipped ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsCairo Criminal Court sentenced Wednesday two people to life in prison and another person to three years in a jail in the case of the
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesSaudi Arabia's stock market rose on Thurs on back of blue-chip names, while a broad sell-off on Egypt's bourse continued following reduction of country's weighting in MSCI's index.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comActress Cate Blanchett says she has had intimate relationships with women "many times". The 45-year-old actress is starring in the screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel "The Price of Salt" ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesUnprecedented media criticism of Egyptian President suggests he may no longer enjoy unquestioning support.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo Post
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt's stock index fell to a five-month low in a broad sell-off on Thursday, after index compiler MSCI reduced the country's weighting in its emerging markets index.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsKUNAEgyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met late Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande to cap his two-day visit here during which he also met the
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt’s investment plan for the next FY 2015/2016 will witness a hike in investment allocations for education, health and scientific research to reach 16 billion EGP ($2.1 billion,) said Minister of Planning Ashraf al-Araby ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostSANAA: A helicopter gunship belonging to the Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemeni rebels struck a truck in northern Yemen early Thursday, killing nine people, Yemeni security and military officials said, the latest in a series of violent...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s last-minute intervention to resolve the Wafd party’s internal crisis was a “life jacket” for all of us, a senior member within the party said Wednesday. “I think we should stick to...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesFormer President Hosni Mubarak has already served the sentence issued against him in the presidential palace case, while he was detained pending trial, according to sources at the Prisons Sector. The sources added, that Mubarak is...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsIf Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigeria 8217;s president-elect, Muhammad Buhari, were to have her way no girl should be married before age 17. Mrs Buhari believes that girls who are of 18 to 20 years old are better matured to give birth...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesA 50-year-old man was shot on Thursday by unknown assailants, south of the city of Arish in North Sinai, security sources said. The reasons behind the shooting and the identity of the attackers are yet to be known, but the SInai P...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB) reported Wednesday a 38 percent rise first-quarter net profits year-on-year (YoY,) totaling 1.108 billion EGP ($144.16 million.) CIB is the Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) bellwether with more...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesME stock markets continued to digest index compiler MSCI's semi-annual review, which was positive for most Gulf markets but sent Egypt's bourse to five-month low.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsNorth Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un took his father Kim Jong-il's brutality one notch higher when he reportedly executed his own defence chief, Hyon Yong-chol, by docking him in front of an antiaircraft gun at a firing range. The de...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesEgypt's market dropped 2.6 percent to a five-month low of 8,303 points, extending losses after MSCI's decision to exclude Telecom Egypt from its emerging markets index. Telecom Egypt tumbled 6.7 percent on Thursday after falling ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsSchools and government offices at both local and state levels were sealed up yesterday as civil servants in Bauchi State paralysed all government activities in the state. The indefinite strike followed non-payment of salaries and other e...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsThe senate rose from about two-hour executive session on Wednesday and announced the suspension of its planned process to override President Goodluck Jonathan's veto on the Fourth Alteration Act 2015 which seeks to further amend the 1999...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsReutersUnprecedented media criticism of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggests he may no longer enjoy unquestioning support from the diverse groups that helped him to
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsThe Osun Mandate Group has urged Governor Rauf Aregbesola to use any means to pay civil servants who have not been paid for the past six months. The group said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesJuhayna Food Industries, one of Egypt's largest dairy product and juice makers, reported first-quarter net income of EGP65 million (USD8.52 million), a 51% increase from the same period last year.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: It’s “rather hard” for any elections supervision committee to guarantee a 100 percent transparent parliamentary elections, said High Elections Committee’s (HEC) spokesperson Omar Marawan Wednesday. “I think its the vot...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comThe U.S. Olympic Committee said Wednesday that it would "begin efforts to have the medals returned" from its men's 4x100-meter relay team that finished second at the 2012 London Olympics. The ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsWhile some of the country is experiencing severe weather conditions, it 8217;s super sunny at the Jenner home. Kendall Jenner got a kick-start on summer by slipping into her scantily-clad swimsuit for a little lounging in the pool with h...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgyptian property developer Madinet Nasr reported first-quarter net profit of EGP24.8 million (USD3.25 million), a 51.3% fall from a year ago.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met Thursday with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to discuss ways to boost Egypt’s current efforts in educational, scientific and cultural fields, according to a Thursday presidential statement. ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Egypt TodayBy Daily News Egypt Four army soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion in the area of Taweel Al-Amir in Rafah on the Sinai …read more Via:: Daily News Egypt
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsThe senate on Tuesday on Wednesday and announced the suspension of its plan to override President Goodluck Jonathan's veto on the Fourth Alteration Act 2015 which seeks to further amend the 1999 Constitution. The plan which had earlier b...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Social media users reacted differently to a Wednesday tweet by the British Ambassador to Egypt, in which he wrote the embassy welcomes “the cleaner’s son” to work at the embassy. “You want to work at the British Embassy? We welcom...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt’s food maker Edita posted 59.5 million EGP ($7.79 million) in net profits during the first quarter of 2015, the foodmaker stated in a Thursday statement to the Egyptian Exchange (EGX.) Meanwhile, the leading snack manu...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: A 33-year-old man died after falling in a sewer Thursday morning, while trying to open a manhole in Meit al-Dareg town in Qalyubia, Youm7 reported. Eye witnesses said that the employee had opened the cover and then fell inside. Tw...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt is targeting 5 to 6% average growth in gross domestic product in the next fiscal year 2015/2016, up from an expected 4% for the current year.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsChampions League semi final, second leg, Bernabeu 8211; Real Madrid 1 (Ronaldo 23 pen) Juventus 1 ( Morata 57) 8211; (Juventus win 3-2 on aggregate). Alvaro Morata came back to haunt Real Madrid as Juventus claimed a 1-1 draw at the Bern...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesAn imprisoned leader of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood died, with supporters claiming death caused by authorities' failure to provide medical attention.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comHuman rights advocates say North Koreans working abroad are laboring under slave-like conditions. In a 2012 study, the North Korean Strategy Center, a private, defector-run advocacy and research ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsAfrican businessman and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu has proposed a new entrepreneur-led development model for Africa at two high profile events in Washington DC. Mr. Elumelu, who is Chairman of United Bank for Africa, and Founder, To...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Cairo Post
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesThe Cairo Criminal Court extended on Thursday the detention of photojournalist Mahmoud Shawkan and 51 others for another 45 days, pending investigation over charges of involvement in violence against the police in 2013. The defend...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt's Commercial International Bank reported a 38% rise in first quarter net profits compared to the same period last year.
- The inflation rate for April 2015 stood at 16.8 per cent with an increase of 0.2 per cent from the 16.6 per cent recorded in March
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesThe head of Burundi's army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were in control.
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Friday, May 15, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesFor the first time ever, up to 288,000 teachers in public schools will be entitled to medical insurance which, in some aspects, is even more generous than what is on offer in the private sector.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe North Korean leader is known for offing those close to him for perceived slights
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsHeavy fighting broke out between rival Burundian troops on Thursday around the state broadcaster, military officials and witnesses said, the day after a top general launched a coup to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsZambian police said they had questioned two journalists at a newspaper that published a story illegally drawn from classified documents about a graft investigation of a presidential aide, who was subsequently cleared.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsTHE debating chamber of the National Assembly on Wednesday turned into an arena for the exchange of jibes between MPs from the CCM and those from the Opposition.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsFlash floods that hit Nairobi city Tuesday night left a trail of damage with most city roads remaining impassable the following day, motorists were forced to spend hours on the road as the County government workers tried to clear and unb...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesI am pregnant and my parents help me because he drinks a lot and doesn't work - what do I do?
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Friday, May 15, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe National Treasury has set aside Sh1 billion of the Cabinet's budget for a special fund for victims of historical injustices and post-election violence.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesPoverty still strikes farmers especially from those from Nyanza despite the fact that they work so hard to cross the poverty line.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsBurundi's president appealed to the nation to stay calm in a brief state statement on the presidential website and his Twitter feed on Thursday, after one general said he had been deposed while another said the coup had failed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsKampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has been arrested and former FDC leader Dr Kizza Besigye’s car towed by the police
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe latest developments in Burundi, in which the military announced the “dismissal” of the President, are unfortunate and regrettable although they have not come as a surprise, given the events of recent months.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsSecurity agencies in the country are on high alert after a video allegedly posted by the Al-Shabaab, a Somali based terrorist group under a YouTube link “the final message of the Kampala warrior” went viral on social media
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsTwenty-three people have been killed in two new massacres blamed on Ugandan rebels in the restless east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional official told AFP on Thursday
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomeThousands of Burundians took to the streets to celebrate as media reports say the police virtually “vanished” as soon as the coup declaration was made.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsPolice in Mozambique have seized 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn -- the equivalent of 235 dead animals -- in the country's biggest ever find of illegal wildlife products, local media said Thursday.
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Friday, May 15, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesThe Standard Group Limited, the publishers of The Standard, The Nairobian, KTN, Radio Maisha and Standard Digital is mounting a campaign to identify and help Kenyans stranded in Bujumbura and link them with evacuation agencies.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsTEGETA Escrow Account and Operation ‘Tokomeza Ujangili’ scandals which compelled six ministers, the Attorney General and one Permanent Secretary to face the exit doors have resurfaced in the House, with lawmakers calling upon the governm...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsPolice in Mozambique have seized 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn -- the equivalent of 235 dead animals -- in the country's biggest ever find of illegal wildlife products, local media said Thursday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsZANZIBAR Finance Minister, Mr Omar Yussuf Mzee, unveiled his budget proposals, saying it will pave way towards improving the economy, supporting the elderly, creating jobs and longterm prosperity without relying much on foreign support.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsSuspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 22 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Wednesday, local officials said, the third deadly attack on civilians in the region in the last week.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsHeavy fighting has been taking place overnight between soldiers loyal to the president and those who back the coup. Confusion remains as to whether the coup has been successful or not.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
May 14, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese security agents have released two Warrap state lawmakers detained on orders of of the state governor, Nyandeng Malek last week. Acting head of parliamentary committee for information and public relati... - Sports: Ridiculous yet professional: Rate cards and demands of local artistes to perform at an eventThursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesThe gospel, dancehall artiste HopeKid has set a flat rate of Sh300,000 for any corporate event. His demands include a Shure cordless mic that weighs at least 1.5kgs.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsEAC Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera has called for protection of the Media, their property and freedom of expression in the region putting emphasis on the current turmoil in Burundi
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesThis are the go-to people when it comes to matters style and fashion. As the fashion blogging trend becomes the in-thing in the Kenyan fashion market.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from » News EnglishMogadishu, 14 May 2015: HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud this week opened a new training centre for the Somali National Army in Mogadishu. The government of the United Arab Emirates generously provided the new centre. It will operated by the UAE...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on SudanMay 13, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - European Union (EU) diplomats in Khartoum said "deeply concerned" by the resumption of tribal clashes in East Darfur and called to allow humanitarian access to the affected civilians. The attack by Rizeigat trib...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsIt will not solve the country’s problems, says Kikwete THE Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) on Burundi peace in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday strongly condemned the coup bid in Bujumbura, proposing the postponement o...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Mareeg Media: Somalia | World news » Somalia newsRetired Somali army general says the country may plunge into another ethnic based violence if there is no quick international response to restore order. Abdullahi Adan Iro told Radio Dalsan during an interview that developments in Burund...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsPolice last night foiled a plot to kill Prince Charles and Camilla.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesTribalism, corruption and politics are the triplets that are dragging Kenya from fully achieving Vision 2030.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
May 14, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese justice minister, Mohamed Bushara Dousa Thursday severely criticized the international community for not providing technical assistance to his government to fulfil its human right obligations. In Septem... -
Friday, May 15, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe drama that beset the East African Community heads of state at the Dar es Salaam conference on Wednesday when news of the coup attempt in Burundi broke can now be revealed.
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Friday, May 15, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe two multi-billion shilling contracts by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), currently under probe by a parliamentary watchdog committee, were a sham, Central Organisation of Trade Union (Cotu) Secretary General Francis Atwoli h...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from EastAFRO.com » NewsESAT Special News Reportage on Ethiopia and Horn of Africa Conference
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The CitizenNewsNews that President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi had been ousted by his former intelligence chief broke yesterday as East African Community (EAC) Heads of State were arriving at State House, Dar es Salaam, for an extraordinary summit on ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsHeavy gunfire was heard in Burundi's capital on Thursday from near the state broadcaster's headquarters, where there were earlier reports of fighting between presidential loyalists and supporters of a coup bid, a Reuters witness said.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsLead poisoning has killed 28 children in central Nigeria's Niger state, the government has said, in the latest incident that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsRival groups of soldiers are fighting each other in Burundi's capital amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup against the president
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesPolice in Kuria West have launched investigations into death of a third year student of Rongo University, whose body was found dumped in a forest, in Tagare, Migori County.
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Friday, May 15, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will require Sh44.3 billion to conduct the 2017 General Election.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from » News EnglishMogadishu, 14 May 2015: HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, this week launched the new National Commission for Somali National Army Integration. The President said the move is a critical element in bot...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsGovernment has castigated seed dealers for selling substandard products which have caused decline of the agriculture outputs on both local and international markets
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe head of Burundi's army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were in control, a day after another general said he had sacked Nkurunziza for seeking an unconstitutional thir...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsBurundi's president appealed to the nation to stay calm in a brief state statement on the presidential website and his Twitter feed on Thursday, after one general said he had been deposed while another said the coup had failed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on SudanMay 13, 2015 (BENTIU) – A renowned South Sudanese artists has been appointed one of the ministers in the country's oil-rich Unity state. Lam Tungwar, the chairman of South Sudanese Artist Association (SSAA), was appointed youth and sport...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesPolice roadblocks were erected on Parliament Road and Harambee Avenue to restrict motorists from accessing the area over security reasons.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from M&G Africa Index Feed“Meles, we will fulfill your word,” says a sign. “The Nile dam will become reality with the help of our people.”
