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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV Africa
The Ugandan government is considering introducing a pension fund to support old musicians and their dependents. The fund is expected to assist most old musicians who regardless of their musical legacy they have nothing else to sho...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from African SpotlightA former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, says the Igbo did not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party in the last general election in the South-East, maintaining that the PDP massively rigged the election in the region. Kalu, who ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewThree retired African presidents to address the AGM on current affairs
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa - Voice of AmericaLeaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet Tuesday in Ghana’s capital, Accra, where they will be hosted by President John Dramani Mahama. Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh told VOA the meeting will consider an ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV Africa
British tennis star Andy Murray wants more female coaches to be given space in Tennis given that more stars of the game are managed by male coaches. This is after Murray revealed that working with his coach who is a woman Amelie M... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewMany are subjected to virginity tests, rape and gang rape after arrest, survey report says
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top StoriesRatings agency Moody’s sees South Africa’s sovereign rating as stable despite weak growth through 2017.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from International Business TimesIn order to cope with the surge in the number of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in recent months, the European Union (EU) on Monday approved a naval force to clamp down on people smugglers and traffickers. The EU hopes th...
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Tuesday, May 19, 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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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewNeighbours must avoid risk of the conflict becoming protracted and regionalised
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV Africa
A Nigerian student has broken a 50-yr record in Japan after graduating with 1st class degree and best overall student from Tokai University in Tokyo Japan. Ufot Ekong from Akwa Ibom State was the best overall student, and the firs... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[News24Wire] Cape Town -Channel24 has found hard evidence that photos circulating on social media of an apparent pornographic film being filmed on Cape Town's iconic Lion's Head is the real deal.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AFKInsider
In the traffic-clogged, potholed streets of Kenya’s capital city, there is a battle waging for the future of the African taxi ride that is pitting local startups eager to become the “Uber of Kenya” against, well, Uber. The winner will he... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsCNBCAfrica.com South African cement maker PPC says H1 profit down 38 pct Reuters Africa JOHANNESBURG May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa' biggest cement maker PPC Ltd reported a 38 percent decline in half-year profit on Tuesday, hurt by ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[ECDPM] As the United Nations admits that almost a third of all the proposed Sustainable Development Goals will be 'difficult' to monitor, it is easy to argue that measuring and tracking the implementation of 17 goals and 169 targets is ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsCNBCAfrica.com Moody's says risks for S.Africa downgrade or upgrade evenly balanced Reuters Africa JOHANNESBURG May 19 (Reuters) - The risks for another credit downgrade on South Africa's rating are evenly balanced with those for...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaHe sold insurance for 20 years. But now, Geraldo De-Souza shows off his skills as a bow tie maker extraordinaire.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NYT > AfricaOfficials warned against demonstrations after a failed coup attempt last week. At least 20 people have died in the unrest after President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[News24Wire] Zimbabwe's vice president has reportedly told rally-goers in the southern town of Kwekwe that they will be cleansed of their sins if they vote for President Robert Mugabe's party.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaBuba invests his drug money but makes a big mistake
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan AfricaThe European Union agreed a naval mission on Monday to target gangs smuggling migrants from Libya, but parts of a broader plan to deal with the influx began to unravel in a row over national quotas for the housing of asylum seekers.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from African SpotlightFounding pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, reportedly collapsed Monday evening during a lecture in Lagos. He has been rushed to Reddington Hospital. He spoke at “Renaissance Capital- 6th Annual Pan- African Investor Con...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top StoriesThe Black Business Council has hailed the DTI & SAA MoU.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] Local volunteers are at the forefront of the struggle to stop Ebola in Sierra Leone. They inform the public about ways to avoid the virus, counsel survivors and reach out to orphans - even though cases are declining.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsMail & Guardian Online DA says Jordaan can't lead both Safa and Mandela Bay Mail & Guardian Online The Democratic Alliance has called for the resignation of South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan, saying th...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV Africa
Stories of migrants from Africa, and their often tragic, painful experience as they cross the Mediterranean into Europe have dominated the news lately. Migrants from North Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia are not alone in paying a h... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaBurundi's government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup, the president's office says.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Capital FM] Nairobi -The Westgate shopping mall is set to reopen its doors this July after closure following the 2013 terror attack.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewMariam Sankara is back in Ouagadougou to se her husband's assassins unmasked
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV AfricaFull bulletin for Global Business 18th May 2015: South Africa power consumers now set to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for power that has rarely lit up their homes lately..as talks are underway to sale part of state utility Eskom ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsIndependent Online SA wants six new nuclear power plants Independent Online Cape Town - South Africa will start the process to procure a nuclear fleet to generate 9 600 MW of power this year, the energy minister said on Tuesday, as Afric...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AFKInsider
Phinda Forest Lodge provides a truly five-star experience. Set in a rare sand forest of Phinda Private Game Reserve, in KwaZulu-Natal, from your king-sized bed with its crisp white cotton linen you can watch red duiker walk in hesitant s... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[The Star] AS Kenya prepares to host US President Barack Obama in July, the American government believes the country is still not a safe destination for its citizens.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianThe new constitution’s promised decentralisation of power offers a chance for women to enter politics, but will the devolution be merely cosmetic? At a hotel in the desert city of Tozeur, 26-year-old pharmacist Mariem Bouattour is prepar...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[News24Wire] Job security in South Africa fell in the last year, driven down by a sharp drop in the employee confidence index, Solidarity's labour market report showed on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top StoriesBidvest Group's offer to buy all the shares it does not already own in Adcock Ingram was rejected by an overwhelming majority.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AFKInsider
Nigeria's real estate investment is expected to increase by 49 percent by the year 2020 to reach $13.65 billion, auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said a new report. The report titled 'Real Estate: Building the future of Africa'... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianIn 2012 a strike at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa ended when police opened fire, killing 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one rebel leader died trying to broker a peaceful solution. Nick Davies uncovers his story On 1...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[UN News] Gravely concerned at the ongoing violence in South Sudan, the Security Council has condemned both the renewed Government-led offensive in Unity state, as well as a recent large-scale attack by opposition forces on the war-torn ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewAlarm after Addis security agencies reportedly take over a police station
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaEgyptian security forces are using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale, according to human rights campaigners.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaAnimosity against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza boiled over in April when he stated his intention to run for a third term causing political turmoil. CNN's Robyn Kriel explains the unreast in Burundi.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa Review Africa ReviewAll Progressives Congress commences consultation on the new policy direction for the country
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsNews Tribe Ex-Tennis Star Bob Hewitt Jailed for Rape in South Africa News Tribe Pretoria – Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in jail in South Africa on Monday for raping and assaultin...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Newstime AfricaSierra Leonean soul singer, songwriter and actress Azania Noah will spice up the 68th Cannes Film Festival with her...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CCTV AfricaFrench and Niger forces killed three gunmen in a convoy carrying drugs and heavy weapons in Niger close to the Libyan border, the French army said on Monday, as its troops step up efforts to stop militants crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaMeet the hip-hop stars who have used rap to inspire and bring social change in Uganda.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianGuardia Costiera officers call for increased focus on saving migrants’ lives and more large-scale naval ships to be put under Italian command The Italian coastguards leading migrant rescue missions in the southern Mediterranean have voic...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsTimes LIVE Burundi elections postponed until there's stability: Zuma Times LIVE Burundian President Nkurunziza speaks to the media after he registered to run for a third five-year term in office, in the capital Bujumbura. Image by: J...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AFKInsider
According to fDi Intelligence , a data division of the Financial Times group, Egypt and Angola were the top destination for foreign direct investment in Africa last year as companies investing in the region searched for good growth poten... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldJason Rezaian has been in custody for 10 months for a range of charges, in what has been seen as a politically sensitive case.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldA teacher who gained permission to have an additional child in her hometown in one Chinese province has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has different rules.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldIndonesia has "given more than it should" to help hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded on boats by human traffickers, its foreign minister says.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedThe Democratic Alliance has called for the resignation of Safa president Danny Jordaan.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldAn Indonesian ambassador who was on a Pakistani military helicopter that crashed this month killing two other foreign envoys died Tuesday after battling severe burn injuries, Indonesia's foreign minister said.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldPakistan will investigate a firm accused by the New York Times of earning tens of millions of dollars by running a global fake degree empire, officials say.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedThe Cabinet is finally to see the nuclear deal that the South African government signed with Russia.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldAn Afghan court has sentenced 11 policemen to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul after being falsely accused of blasphemy.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedThe public works minister says a bleak future awaits the ruling party if their student arm, Sasco, continues to lose support to the DA and EFF.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldRescuers in a Nepal village hit by landslides have broken off the search for more than 100 people still missing after the Himalayan nation was struck by two powerful earthquakes authorities say.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedA labour market report released by the Solidarity Research Institute on Tuesday showed deteriorating levels of job security in South Africa.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldMigrants described nightmarish scenes of how rival groups fought with axes knives and metal bars killing 100, on a foundering boat off Indonesia after it was abandoned by the crew.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Swaziland[CAJ News] Rustenburg -Madagascar have moved to the top of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup Group B following the first round of matches in the group played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Swaziland[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Under-23 soccer team players started trooping into camp Monday with two foreign based players expected to link up with team mates ahead of an African Championship qualifier against Swaziland in Harare on Sunday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldPolice have warned of revenge attacks from motorcycle gangs after 170 people were charged in connection with the shootout among rival bikers that left nine dead and 18 wounded and turned a Texas restaurant into a blood-soaked crime scene.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedThe landslide wiped everything in its wake, nearly obliterating the small town of Santa Margarita in northwest Colombia.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Business Day LiveWhen it comes to fighting fakes, Alibaba’s head of internet security says co-operation beats the courtroom any day
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Business Day LiveIron-ore industry in Australia faces threat of a parliamentary inquiry amid claims that world’s biggest miners are flooding the market to wipe out smaller competitors
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Business Day LiveJSE says SA, Nigeria and Kenya planning to cross-list more exchange-traded funds on their stock markets to boost liquidity of the securities
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedWhen disasters strike, we often feel compelled to support fundraising campaigns online. But there are many pitfalls, warns Liron Segev.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mmegi Online - Editorial
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSRoad Traffic Management accused of attempting to hijack Electronic National Administration Traffic Information System (eNaTiS)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldA former chemistry professor has been identified by Chinese police as part of a gang which cooked up synthetic drugs for sale nationwide, media report.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Seychelles News Agency - WorldA massive landslide tore through a ravine in northwest Colombia Monday before dawn, killing at least 61 people and injuring 37, authorities said. Most residents were sleeping when the landslide hit the municipality of Salgar around 3:00 ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldA massive landslide has torn through a ravine in northwest Colombia, killing at least 61 people and injuring 37, authorities say.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 AfricaThe French defence ministry says troops from France and Niger have killed three armed combatants and detained three others who tried to force their way through a checkpoint near the Libyan border.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 AfricaMariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara, has for the first time given testimony in an inquiry looking into the assassination of her husband more than 27 years ago.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldA Dominican-born man who had spent 21 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit has been released from prison after a Massachusetts judge threw out his sentence.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSDanny Jordaan's new job as Nelson Mandela Bay mayor shows ANC concern about losing the metro, an analyst says.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldHundreds of protesters blocked the entrance to a terminal in Seattle’s port to prevent a Shell drill rig from heading to the Arctic.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedThe ANC is desperate to hold on to Nelson Mandela Bay but the appointment of Danny Jordaan as mayor may be met with hostility within the party itself.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Mail & Guardian News FeedAfter months of scrapping with Eskom at the Labour Court and the CCMA, suspended CEO Tshediso Matona has agreed to go quietly.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSJoburg firefighters have blamed one of their managers for the death of two of their colleagues.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldA Cambodian official says at least 16 garment workers were killed and two dozen injured when the van driving them to their factory was hit by a speeding bus.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSSuellen Sheehan and Theresa Tolken's faces dropped when they realised Bob Hewitt was not going straight to jail.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThree reformed jihasists suspected of joining IS were refused entry back into Australia, one said he wanted to use his experience to discourage others from joining the group.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 AfricaAuthorities say 10 Chinese citizens suspected of illegal gold mining in Ghana are facing firearms charges in court.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldAbout 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs have been charged with engaging in organised crime, a day after a shootout at a Texas restaurant that killed nine people and wounded 18.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Times Of SwazilandMBABANE – The police overlooked an opportunity to arrest suspended Chief Justice (CJ) Michael Ramodibedi when doors to his government allocated house were wide open. The
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Times Of SwazilandMBABANE – The father of the family that was caught parading naked at night at Ngculwini has since been evicted by the inner council of
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Times Of SwazilandTAIPEI, TAIWAN – Taiwan is one country Swaziland can count on for support towards the attainment of First World status by 2022. Reciprocally, Swaziland reaffirmed her
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Times Of SwazilandMBABANE – Cheques of bail returns have been lying at the Mbabane Magistrates court for over five years. Most of these cheques belong to people who
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from News24 WorldPakistani intelligence officials say two missiles fired from a US drone hit a compound in a troubled Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing three militants.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsAt least 1, 841 teachers will next month receive total of P 7, 728, 395 as overtime
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsBasarwa craftswomen were working with the hard to find ostrich egg shells again last week as the gods delivered them the rare gifts in five 50kg bags filled with the ostrich egg shells.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsResidents of Dikgonnye, a settlement 25 kilometres out of Rasesa village in the Kgatleng District, were reeling in shock and disbelief after one of their own was left homeless.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsThree candidates are gearing up to contest the Bokone ward by-election in Mochudi West constituency next week.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsFRANCISTOWN: Former Francistown West independent parliamentary candidate, Joseph Mabutho, is suing the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) for P1.5 million for wrongful termination of a tender contract.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsJWANENG: Boitekanelo College’s health promotion and education students have donated five dustbins to Jwaneng residents in an effort to fight littering in the town.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Monitor - NewsFRANCISTOWN: Outspoken trade unionist Ketlhalefile Motshegwa’s dis- ciplinary hearing has been moved to Gaborone next week Thursday, at an un- disclosed venue.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe Police in Ogun on Monday arraigned 4 men: Dada Sunday (22), Oguntola Dare (25), Adetipe Solomon (23) and Adetipe Michael (18), before an Ota
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesThe Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK denounced in a statement Monday the execution of six defendants on Sunday in Egypt, in the case known in the media as "Arab Sharkas." "Unequivocal evidence sug...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: A bomb-disposal expert had a part of his leg amputated Monday after he was injured attempting to diffuse an explosive device near a police club in Sharqia governorate, Youm7 reported. Another bomb, planted outside the same club, w... -
Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostLONDON : A BBC reporting crew spent two nights in a Qatari prison after being arrested while trying to meet migrant workers in the nation that will host the 2022 World Cup, the British broadcaster said Monday. BBC journalist Mark Lobel w...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.com"Meeruthiya Gangsters", the directorial debut film of Zeishan Quadri -- writer of the critically acclaimed movie "Gangs of Wasseypur" -- will hit the screens in September instead of June. The film ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostBAGHDAD: Islamic State militants advanced east on Monday from the Iraqi city of Ramadi towards an army base where Shi’ite paramilitaries were massing for a counter-offensive, witnesses and a military officer said. The Habbaniya bas...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comSUFFERN, NY--(Marketwired - May 18, 2015) - CDx Diagnostics announced today new clinical data from a multi-center study demonstrating the utility of the WATS3D biopsy for post-ablation surveillance ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Six U.S. healthcare companies may invest in Egypt after studying the potential of the Egyptian market in a three-day visit to Cairo, according to a Monday statement by the U.S. embassy. “We have had many very positive conversatio...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Ghanaian Chronicle » Lead Stories
By Emmanuel Akli Evidence is now emerging that the simbox fraud that has rocked the country, leading to the loss of millions of dollars that should have accrued to the state to fraudsters is the creation of the state itself. The Chronicl... -
Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comKashmir tourism is on the recovery path and inflows to the state is picking up gradually with the improvement in tourism infrastructure after last year's floods, a senior minister said on Monday. ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsChairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on the Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has said that he has
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsGreece 's government will pay public-sector wages and pensions in May but needs an agreement with creditors by the end of the month, its spokesman said on Monday, amid growing fears the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. Without ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comAn Australian teenager was reportedly killed while fighting with the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Iraq, media reported on Monday. According to sources, Melbourne teenager Irfaan Hussein, 19, ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsJOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, May 18, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Brand South Africa has learnt with sadness of the passing of former Chairperson Ms Anitha Soni on Sunday. Reflecting on the tenure of Ms Soni from 2009-2012, B...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostWASHINGTON: The United States will support Iraq’s difficult fight to reclaim lost territory in Ramadi and elsewhere, but the battlefield setback has not prompted consideration of deploying U.S. ground combat forces, U.S. military a...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comRussia's Maria Sharapova on Monday regained second place in the WTA world rankings after winning the Rome Masters on Sunday while Spanish finalist Carla Suarez moved to her highest ranking ever at ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostDUBAI:Two Iranian warships have begun escorting the Yemen-bound Iran Shahed cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel’s captain said in remarks published by Iran’s Tasnim news agency on Monday. “The 34th fleet has made...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsChipmakers Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Altera Corp (ALTR.O) have resumed talks on a possible deal that could top $13 billion, the New York Post reported. Earlier discussions on a deal fell through as the companies were unable to agree on a p...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Monday at an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Morsi, a spokesman for the United Nations said. "The secretary-general notes with...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comActor George Clooney, who is rumoured to be eyeing a political career in the US, believes it is up to society to elect politicians who they believe can give us all a brighter future. The 54-year-old ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsMiddle East MonitorThe Strong Egypt Party has criticised the ruling regime saying it will drag the country into "civil war".Headed by Dr Abdel Moneim Aboul
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsSmall groups of protesters shouted slogans against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in office on Monday, resuming street demonstrations days after he survived an attempted coup. The atmosphere was t...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo Post
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comOlympic champion Kirani James has defeated reigning world title holder Lashawn Merritt in the 400 metres for the second time this year at the Shanghai Diamond League here. The 22-year-old Grenadian, ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: Four Egyptian students won prizes in their respective categories in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF,) in the 2015 competition’s final round in Pittsburgh, USA, according to Intel’s press release May 17... -
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Sixty-seven percent of Egyptians believe their country is on the right track, according to an April poll released Monday by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC.) The poll showed that 84.6 percent of those s...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe Foundation for African Heritage (FACH), a coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has kicked against plans to help girls who were raped by boko haram
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The government is negotiating importing Harvoni, a U.S. hepatitis C treatment produced by Gilead Science, at a reduced price, Ministry of health spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar announced Monday. “We are currently negotiating wit...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) jumped at the close of Monday’s session, pushed by Arab and local purchases, while foreign investors mostly sold, gaining 20.3 billion EGP ($2.7 billion) after the Cabinet’s decision of suspending capit...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS and FRANKFURT, GERMANY--(Marketwired - May 18, 2015) - Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this release. The partners of the consulting company ...
- National chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Paul Afoko, has asserted that the current leadership of the party is resolute to make Nana Akufo-Addo the next president of Ghana in 2017
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comPaints major Asian Paints on Monday said its consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter of 2014-15 increased by 18.6 percent at Rs.341 crore against Rs.287.4 crore in the same time period in ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesThe United States believes the death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is "unjust and undermines confidence in the rule of law," the State Department said on Monday. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke sai...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comYemen's foreign minister on Monday blamed violations by Houthi rebels for an abrupt end to a five-day ceasefire in Yemen with a Saudi Arabia-led coalition, media reported. Riyadh Yaseen denied any ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsKaduna state Governor-elect, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that his children will attend public schools after he has been sworn in as Governor. PREMIUM TIMES reports that
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsOil prices firmed on Monday after a major advance by Islamic State militants in Iraq. Islamic State overran the western city of Ramadi in the biggest defeat for the Baghdad government since last summer. Front-month Brent futures LCOc1 we...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Panapress latest newsGaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana plans to invite its neighbours to the country’s national fire conference slated for the end of the month. Environment
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsTHE Kaduna State Governor-elect, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that the debt profile of the state will run into N100 billion before the May 29, 2015
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsThe Egyptian Interior Ministry said Monday that Egyptian police have killed suspects in an attack last week on a judge’s home in a Cairo suburb.The
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesTwo members of the Ghad al-Thawra Party have been refused travel to Prague, where they were scheduled to attend a conference on political crisis management, the party said on Monday. The party said in a statement the measure taken...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesMansoura Criminal Court sentenced on Monday a Muslim Brotherhood member to death and other 47 members, including the group’s spokesperson in Daqahliya, to life over charges of violence and rioting in the province in the wake of the...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comThe Indian cricket team for the Bangladesh series will be selected here on Wednesday. India will play one Test and three One-Day Internationals (ODI) in June in Bangladesh. This will be the team's ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comDescribing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "relentless efforts at major power diplomacy" as the main achievement of his first year in office, a leading English daily of China said on Monday there is, ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo Post
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsAn Afghan court on Tuesday sentenced 11 policemen to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul after being falsely accused of blasphemy. "You are sentenced... for negligence of duty t...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: A Muslim Brotherhood member was sentenced to death and 33 others were sentenced to life in separate cases Monday in Mansoura, Dakahlia governorate, Youm7 reported. A department specialized in cases of “terrorism” at Mansoura Crimi...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsAfter weeks in custody, a man implicated by an armed robbery suspect has been released by the police. Tunde Akanbi, 23, was released following the suspect,
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated improved facilities, including a blast-proof wall, at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The blast-proof concrete wall has ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Cairo PostBAGHDAD: A convoy of Shi’ite militia fighters arrived at a base near the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday after the western provincial capital was overrun by Islamic State militants, an eyewitness and a local official said. “Th...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomePolice said the incident in North Horr came just a week after surveyors had completed demarcating the Kenya-Ethiopia border.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomeChoppies Supermarket, a Botswana-listed retail chain has picked a Kenyan businessman as its partner to help in its expansion plan into East Africa
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The CitizenNews>The Government Mozambique is set to embark on registering all ita nationals who were born and brought in Tanzania but lacking relevant documentations.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The CitizenNews>Low income earners who work in government will smile all the way to the bank come July 2015 as the government increases the minimum salary by 13.5 per cent, a cabinet minister said here yesterday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesSingapore authorities seized the biggest illegal shipment of ivory and other exotic animal parts in more than a decade Tuesday, with the haul from Kenya worth an estimated Sg$8 million ($6 million).
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsListen up ladies, if you cannot take care of your man, another woman will take note and do it, not for you but for herself while you are left clutching on straws and memories that will only remain that - sweet memories.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesInterior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has put Chiefs and county commissioners on notice over cases of Alcohol and drug abuse in their locations.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsInvestigating agencies were locked in a row yesterday, with only six days to the 60-day ultimatum by President Uhuru Kenyatta for conclusion of probes against top officials implicated in corruption.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesReality and expectations are two different things; if they meet that's fate.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe engagement of popular fashion blogger ThisIsEss aka Sharon Mundia by her fiancé Lonina Leteipan had tongues wagging and almost ‘broke the Internet', at least in Kenya. Yes, that is how rare romance is here.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesAfter all this time she told me she wants a divorce, citing that we are “different people and want different things”
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesKilifi North MP Gideon Mung'aro has suffered a major setback after the High Court in Malindi cancelled 27 prime land leases issued in two settlement schemes on the Malindi beach in 2012.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsKenya and South Africa will in the next two weeks enter a Joint Commission of Co-operation (JCC) that will see the two countries take their relationship to the next level.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesKenyan mothers don't want to be grandmas early. Not if their daughters are below the voting age.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsAny kind of coup should be a thing of the past. Democracy is largely considered as the way to go or rather is seen as a modern way of leadership thus branded social development.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedThe city that nurtured uprising remains divided, scarred and struggling to survive after a year of clashes that have killed more than 1,700 people.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
May 18, 2015(BOR) – The chief administrator of the Greater Pibor Area Administration (GPAA), David Yauyau has appealed to the army to unite together as one force in order to resolve problems. Greater Pibor Administrator David Yauyau in J... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesWe're all guilty of putting other things in our lives before our own happiness.Whether it's your job, children, your partner - or even your addiction to social media
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsCONSIDERING that Tanzania is projected to attract over 8 million international tourists per year by 2015, the European Union is investing euro 10 million in the development of a local culture, arts and traditions centre.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsINFILTRATION of firearms and other dangerous weapons into the border precincts of Loliondo Division of Ngorongoro District in Arusha Region has endangered security at the area, leading to a declaration of a state of emergency.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Daily Nation RSS Feeds: AfricaProtesters opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in power gathered in several parts of the capital Bujumbura.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsTANZANIA Bureau of Standard (TBS) over the weekend destroyed a consignment of 33 bales of second-hand undergarments worth more than 600 US dollars confiscated from a godown and markets at Temeke and Tandika in Dar es Salaam.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The CitizenNews>Seventeen Burundian refugees being accommodated in Kigoma Region have died from an outbreak of cholera and several others appear to be trapped in a health crisis arising from poor sanitation in the temporary camps.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from » News EnglishMay 18 – (Jowhar).Al-Shabab militants attacked a convoy of Kenyan troops near the Somali border village of Hareri Hosle, witnesses and residents said Monday. Amino Hersi, a resident at Hereri Hosle told Bloomberg by phone that she ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomeAccording to several Singapore media outlets, the shipment consisted of 1,783 pieces of raw ivory tusks, rhinoceros horns and 22 canine teeth of African big cats.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomeUganda is by December expected to start a search process for a lead investor for the development of a 1,500km oil export pipeline.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Horseed Media • Somali News • Politics and Opinion » » Somali News in EnglishKing Burhan Musa, the 34th King of the Daarood Kingdom, one of the largest clans in the Horn of Africa who is in South Africa is expected to meet the Controversial Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithi. On Monday night, King Burhan and his delegat...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsTANZANIA and Mozambique have agreed on a Joint Permanent Commission to work on areas of cooperation between the two countries, the main focus being on trade and investment promotion, natural gas, education, fighting cross border crime an...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsKenya Seed Company (KSC) has devised a digital platform to fight counterfeits in the market.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The CitizenNews>Two ministers, some MPs and members of the House of Representatives are among those who were defeated in CUF nominations ahead of the October elections.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsBurundis embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza sacked his defenses and foreign ministers on Monday, five days after surviving an attempted coup by generals opposed to his bid for a third term in office.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsFormer FDC leader Dr Kizza Besigye and embattled Kampala lord mayor Erias Lukwago’s homes have been surrounded by police in an attempt to block them from going to parliament
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The CitizenNews>The Burundi elections may not be postponed as directed by the emergency East African Community Heads of State held in Dar es Salaam last week.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsConstant wrangles among leaders have made the Government to lose direction in the fight against corruption, Anglican Archbishop Eliud Wabukala has said.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsMINISTERS in charge of East African cooperation met here and directed eminent persons from EAC member countries and COMESA Committee of Elders to visit Burundi capital, Bujumbura, to consult with all actors and thereafter report to the s...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsSaudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsTwo 20-year-old girls who disappeared last Wednesday have shocked their relatives who have received a message saying that they are in Syria.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesInspector General of Police Joseph Boinett is yet to arrest Teachers Service Commission Secretary (TSC) Gabriel Lengoiboni, two months after the High Court ordered.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - Headlines25 students from Mama Ngina Secondary School in Rongai Sub County, Nakuru were rushed to Langa Langa cholera treatment centre after they complained of severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesMPs from Mt Kenya region have declared they have started assembling their arsenal ahead of the 2017 General Election.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesBut for a virus whose disease has no symptoms, the inefficacy of condoms allows for faster and wider spread, especially amongst those with multiple sex partners.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has urged the High Court to dismiss an application by two MPs seeking to stop their arrest.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe man, caught squatting with pants gathered around his knees, had passed a few pellets when he was ambushed and nabbed.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsOIL and gas companies operating in the country were yesterday challenged to explore the fast expanding domestic markets before crossing the borders for exports.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsActivities in public primary and secondary schools were paralysed during Monday's opening of the second school term as teachers implemented a strike announced by their union
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesSo boats have been on my mind this week. You can guess why. Well, perhaps you don't live in this world of ours called Kenya so I'll be kind enough to elaborate.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedGhana’s Akufo-Addo has contested the presidential vote twice before, compared to Buhari’s three times before he was successful.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsPROPERTY confiscation, execution of leaders convicted of corruption and fully empowerment of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) were proposed as the most effective measures to check the escalating corruption in the ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
May 18, 2015 (JUBA) - Dozens of children have been been abducted, raped and killed while others were recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan's Unity state over the last two weeks, various eyewitness told the United Nations Childr... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The EastAfricanHomeSA president says election due in Burundi next month should be postponed indefinitely until political stability returns.
