Africa: Fisheries Must Deal With Threats, Opportunities
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are central to the survival of millions in Africa, but the resource is under threat, yet the region should exploit market possibilit (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Biti Wades Into Kingdom War
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaFINANCE minister Tendai Biti has officially intervened in the "vicious corporate war" between Meikles Africa Ltd and Kingdom Financial Holdings Ltd (KFHL), which has drawn into its v (By News Poster)... |
Liberia: First U.S. Direct Flights in 20 Years Begin
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Notwithstanding the current infrastructurally cramped conditions of Roberts International Airport (RIA), Liberia in the days of old was the epic center of international air traffic in West Africa, wit (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Country Close to Joining BRIC Group
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Pretoria - South Africa is confident that it could become the newest member of BRIC, a powerful economic coalition of the four largest developing nations in the world - Brazil, Russia, India and China (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Regime Resumes Jamming SW Radio Africa Broadcasts
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Lance GumaRobert Mugabe's regime has resumed jamming news broadcasts from SW Radio Africa, despite the existence of the coalition government with the MDC, that is supposed to guarantee freedom of e (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (03-09-2010)
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Howzit
Foreign currency mid-rates updated.
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Please be aware that this Sunday there will be no posting as I have our regular local Royal British Legion meeting.
Thanks for understandi (By The BeardedMan)... |
USA: & S.Africa: History: Military lessons the ANC learned from Vietnam
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [Here are some interesting facts from history. Jan]
By 1974 the ANC realized that it’s armed struggle was ineffective against the Apartheid state. At this time they suffered a reduction in f (By Jan)... | [Pic] USA: Just a post it reminder on the fridge for Americans for November 2nd...
Friday 03-Sep-2010:  [This is just a reminder... sent from Jennifer in Nevada! Jan]
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The black capitalists - lessons from Zimbabwe - Black man: S.Africa will go the same way...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [Liberals might be destroying the very things they want to protect. This is a brilliant article by a black guy, and it goes deeper than you think. This black man is ignoring the base ideology of Zanu (By Jan)... | USA: Nearly Half of United States Considering Arizona-Style Immigration Legislation
Friday 03-Sep-2010: CNSNews.com) – Twenty-two states are now in the process of drafting or seeking to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s law against illegal immigration. This is occurring despite the fact that the Oba (By Jan)... |
Zimbabwe: Warriors Ready - Mapeza
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - Warriors caretaker coach Norman Mapeza believes his charges are ready for their opening African Cup of Nations qualifying assignment against Liberia and has expressed satisfa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Metropolitan Bank Posts U.S.$1,15 Million Net Profit
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Harare - Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe recorded a net profit of US$1,15 million for the half-year period ended June 30 2010.The bank's chairman Mr Wilson Manase said in a statement that the bank's lar (By News Poster)... |
Côte d'Ivoire: No Political Mandate, No Development
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Abidjan - Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and pub (By News Poster)... | Ethiopia: Pastoralism Against the Odds
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Jijiga - Pastoralists' disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia's economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise l (By News Poster)... |
Mozambique: Govt Confirms Six Killed in Food Protests
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Thursday confirmed that at least six people lost their lives during the clashes between police and rioters in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Mat (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Clinton on Allegations of Mass Rape in DRC
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: U.S. condemns "epidemic of sexual violence in conflict zones"U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEOffice of the SpokesmanSTATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTONAllegation of Mass Rape in the Democratic Republic of the Cong (By News Poster)... |
Somalia: Journalist is Stabbed to Death in Puntland
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Reporters Without Borders today voiced its deep distress at the murder yesterday of Abdullahi Omar Gedi, aged 25, a journalist on Radio Daljir in Galkayo, capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland regio (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Bujagali Power Project On Course
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Ismail Musa Ladu and Martin Luther OketchOn August 21, 2007 President Yoweri Museveni and the Aga Khan, Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, laid the foundation st (By News Poster)... |
USA: Stock Markets: Paul Krugman - This is NOT a recovery...
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: What will Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, say in his big speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyo.? Will he hint at new steps to boost the economy? Stay tuned.
But we can safely predict what he and othe (By Jan)... | Mandiwanza's Bag of Mixed Fortunes
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Shame Makoshori and Dumisani NdlelaHarare - INDUSTRIALIST, Anthony Mandiwanza, the Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Limited chairperson and Dairibord Holdings Limited chief executive officer, is celebrate (By News Poster)... |
Car Makers Committed to Local Industry
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Beth ShirleyJohannesburg - DESPITE the numerous challenges facing major car makers in SA, they remain committed to investing in the motor industry, viewing SA as rich in opportunities and strategic (By News Poster)... | South Africa's Poor 'Have No Friends'
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Allister SparksFinance Minister Pravin Gordhan's warning last week that we need to achieve a sustained 7% growth rate for the next 20 to 30 years if we are to meet the social and economic needs of (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Diamond Output to Surge
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's diamond output from Marange fields could reach 40 million carats within the next three years, realising about US$2 billion per year, a Belgian diamond expert has said.Mbada Diamond (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (02-09-2010)
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Howzit
This posting is/was late as I had a doctor's appointment earlier this morning, and then, at about 1030hrs, the internet, cable television and the telephone all died... Then, in ill-timed fit (By The BeardedMan)... |
Africa: Funding Begins Flowing for Agriculture
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Claire NgozoWindhoek - The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made (By News Poster)... | Africa: Development of Agricultural Projects Attracting Investors
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - THERE has been a large positive shift in global investment perceptions towards agriculture in Africa, driven by the global race for resources and food.In addition, many Af (By News Poster)... |
Congo-Kinshasa: Displacement, Discrimination - the Lot of the Bambuti Pygmies
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Goma - Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma are tough, but tougher still are those endured by hundreds of people fr (By News Poster)... | Kenya: International Court to Issue Sealed Warrants
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Nzau MusauNairobi - THE International Criminal Court is expected to request sealed warrants of arrest for the post-election violence suspects, the Star has established.The decision to ask for seale (By News Poster)... |
Mozambique: Govt Remains Committed to Mitigating Effects of World Economic Crisis
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican government remains committed to finding solutions to offset the effects of the international financial crisis, which oblige countries with fragile economies, such as Mozambique (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Govt Needs U.S.$200 Million for Election
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - GOVERNMENT will require US$200 million to hold elections next year if principals to the inclusive Government stick to the provisions of the Global Political Agreement, which (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Civil Society Launches 'Right to Know' Campaign
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: A petition launched by the Right2Know Campaign, a civil society-organized lobby, to defend the free flow of information and a free media:A responsive and accountable democracy that can meet the basic (By News Poster)... | Africa: Former Presidents Sound Warning Over Land Ownership
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Samuel KamndayaAfrican governments need to reform ownership of land in the countries without looking for foreign assistance, former presidents urged yesterday.They should do so in a way that suppor (By News Poster)... |
Liberia: Family Over Education
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Ora GarwayMonrovia - Meriam Dukumue, like the majority of women in her country, cannot read and write. Having suffered through years of conflict and now the breadwinner of her family, she is giving (By News Poster)... | Africa: Agri-Projects 'Unprecedented'
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Edward WestJohannesburg - THE number of investment projects in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa is at "unprecedented" levels, Paul Runge, the MD of Africa Project Access, said at an ag (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: ZDTC Hailed
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Harare - MASHONALAND West Governor and Resident Minister Faber Chidarikire has hailed the construction of the Zimbabwe Diamond Technology Centre that is expected to create more than 10 000 jobs while (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Broaden COMESA Free Trade Area - President
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Tumeliso MakhuraneHarare - PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa to broaden its Free Trade Area to take on board other regional blocs and move away from expor (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Mwanjali Gets Armband
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - THREE months after leading the home-based Warriors to the African Championships of Nations finals, Method Mwanjali is bracing for his first major battle as the senior team ca (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Credit Facility Vote of Confidence
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Harare - The regional banking community was slow to back Zimbabwe's economic recovery, presumably wanting to see if it was sustainable and that political risk was minimal.More than 18 months of steady (By News Poster)... |
Uganda: Bank Systems Leave Homes Unwanted
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Eriasa S. MukiibiKampala - Joseph Kironde's house in Kansanga, an up-market residential suburb of Kampala, looks somewhat misplaced amid the storied multi-roomed properties behind high wall fences (By News Poster)... | Liberia: Oil Maneuvers - Hopes, Woes, Worries in Wait
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Liberia via the seat of Government, for the first time in its 163 years of existence as an independent nation and even including the colonial days, announced an agreement with a transnational company (By News Poster)... |