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Norway to Donate $45m to Fund Construction of a 1,500-km High Power Transmission Line in Mozambique
Norway will donate $45m to fund the construction of a 1,500-km high power transmission line linking the northwestern province of Tete and the capital Maputo, a top government official said Friday. Planning and Development Minister Aiuba Cuereneia said...
Zimbabwe And Zambia to Launch One-stop Border Post At Chirundu in September
Zimbabwe and Zambia will launch a one-stop border post at Chirundu in September, marking a giant leap towards the opening up of free movement among members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa). Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai...
President Zuma to Honor Mandela with a National Day
South Africa’s national heritage council has applauded President Jacob Zuma for presenting former head of state Nelson Mandela — affectionately called Madiba by his ethnic clan name — with “one of the best gifts” that South Africa could...
Despite Ongoing Conflict Over 4000 Somali University Students Sit Finals
Although the Somali capital is experiencing almost daily armed conflicts, at least 4047 university students sat for the final examination of semester two at the Mogadishu University in Somalia’s lawless capital Mogadishu. The head of Mogadishu University’s...
Egypt Confirms First Case of ‘Swine Flu’
Egypt has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 virus (swine flu), which is said to be the first such case in Africa. The Egyptian Minister of Health Hatem el-Gabali announced in Cairo that the case involves a 12-year-old Egyptian girl with a United States...
South African Trade Union Wants Interest Rate Cuts, Threatens Unrest
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has threatened mass strikes for bigger interest rate cuts after the ruling African National Congress cautioned that labor unrest could deepen the country’s first recession in 17 years. The metal...
Series of Explosions Injure At Least 25 People in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry has said a series of bomb explosions that ripped through a bank in the town of Melitopol in southeast Ukraine have left 25 people injured. According to preliminary information, the blasts hit the building of a local bank...
Over 20,000 Women to Stand in Moroccan Local Elections
A total of 20,458 women out of 130,223 applications are candidates in Morocco’s local elections scheduled for June 12, the Moroccan authorities, who hailed the move as a record since the country’s first communal elections in May 1960, said. Against...
