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Breaking News Tue, 13 May 2008
A view of the company Bogoso Gold Limited, open cast gold mine near the town of Prestea, Ghana, Sept. 27, 2005. Gold prices, much of it mined in Africa, are hitting new 25-year highs, letting mining companies post surging revenues as they search for new ways to extract every nugget from the ground. Yet one thing they say they can't do is substantially increase production, a limitation that could keep prices high for years.hg3
Business   Climate   Photos   Production   S Africa  
 Business Report 
Weather and power problems knock mine output
| Johannesburg - South Africa's total mining production for the first quarter of 2008, after seasonal adjustment, decreased by 8.3 percent compared with the previous quarter, Statistics SA said on Tue... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
 Poland 2007. Oil Stations in Poland :BP , Statoil,  LOTOS,  Orlen. Oil and gas prices in Poland.  Polish Rafineries in EU. (mb1) WN Photographer
Africa   Economy   Maputo   Photos   Prices  
 Business Report 
High prices to drive Africa's economy
| Maputo - Africa's economy will grow by 6.0 percent this year and next, an acceleration from 2007, owing to high oil prices and demand for commodities, research from the African Development Bank (AfD... (photo: WN/Marzena Bozek)
 Achieve a knowledge-based society: help Europe to preserve its advances in mobile communications technology. (mb1)  The Times Of India 
'Africa fastest growing market for telecom'
|     NEW YORK: Africa has been the fastest growing market worldwide for communication technology in the past three years and will emerge as an important market for the industry, according t... (photo: EC)
Africa   Market   Photos   Technology   Telecom  
 An Indonesian Muslim student  holds a sign during an anti-AIDS demonstration in Jakarta.(nu1)  The Guardian 
'People do stupid things - that's what spreads HIV'
| Western governments are spending mind-boggling sums treating HIV-positive patients in the developing world. But would they save more lives by concentrating on prevention? Decca Aitkenhead meets the ... (photo: AP)
Disease   HIV   Health   Photos   Society  
Top Stories
 African elephant Houston Chronicle
Dallas Zoo euthanizes elephant suffering from colic
TOOLS | DALLAS - Dallas Zoo officials have euthanized a 39-year-old elephant with a history of colic. | A Dallas Zoo official said KeKe had been ill for more than 10 days... (photo: creative commons)
Africa   Dallas   Health   Nature   Photos  
Rice Business Report
Good rice harvest won't temper prices
| Rome - Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level in 2008, but world rice prices could remain high in the short term, the... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Myanmar   Photos   Prices   Production   Rice  
 South African President Thabo Mbeki giving a speech to District Six land claimants in Cape Town  Picture taken of Thabo Mbeki in 2001 in District Six, Cape Town, on the occasion of one of a number of "handing back District Six" ceremonies cg1 News24
Zille: Mbeki must go
| Cape Town - President Thabo Mbeki must go, and he must go now, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Monday. | "In a constitutional democracy such as ours, it ... (photo: Public Domain)
Cape Town   Constitution   Democracy   Photos   Politics   South Africa  
 A picture taken Saturday, May 26, 2007, and made available by the Italian Navy Monday, May 28, 2007, showing a group of 27 immigrants hanging on a tuna fishing net after their boat sank off the coast of Malta. The immigrants, coming from Africa, were res News24
50 immigrants die off Tunisia
| Tunis - Fifty illegal immigrants have died in an attempt to reach Europe from North Africa, the Tunisian Arab-language daily Assabah-Ousbouii reported on Monday. | The ... (photo: AP/Italian Navy, HO)
Africa   Europe   Immigrants   Photos   Tunis   Tunisia   World  
 Two women walk past empty bread baskets in a supermarket in Harare, Zimbabwe Tuesday, July, 10, 2007. The move by the Zimbabwean government to reduce prices of basic commodities by more than 50 percent has seen most supermarkets left with no goods to sel News24
MDC lawmaker held for violence
| Harare - A newly-elected lawmaker for Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was arrested on Monday in connection with post-election viol... (photo: AP )
Africa   Election   Harare   Lawmaker   Photos   Violence   Zimbabwe  
A worker carries relief aid distributed by the World Food Program from a truck in Nhwali, southwestern Zimbabwe, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002. An estimated 6 million of Zimbabwe's 12.5 million people are threatened by a hunger crisis caused by a terrible drought and the government's chaotic land reform program, which has badly wounded its agriculture-based economy, according to the World Food Program. The Charlotte Observer
Liberia bans food exports to protect rice supply
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | Associated Press Writer | MONROVIA, Liberia -- | Liberia banned all food exports Monday, saying profiteers have been taking advantage of its che... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Africa   Export   Food   Liberia   Monrovia   Photos   Prices   Rice  
Waste All Africa
Health Care Forum to Discuss Waste Issues
Delegates representing organisations and government will gather in Durban on Tuesday to discuss medical waste issues and the impact this has on both the environment and c... (photo: GFDL / Nino Barbieri)
Durban   Health   Issues   Photos   Waste  
Swartberg Pass All Africa
Hon. Alpha Kanu At the Fourth Conference of Ecowas Ministers of Public Service
Cabinet Minister Ministers of ECOWAS Hon. Members of Parliament, Commissioners and Members of ECOWAS Commission, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Traditional ... (photo: Creative Commons / Winfried Bruenken)
Conference   Ecowas   Environment   Parliament   Photos  
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete speaks during the Nonaligned Summit in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006. (js1) All Africa
Investigations of $133m EPA Scandal Could Go On for Another Three Months
A three man Committee formed by President Jakaya Kikwete to further investigate the External Payment Arrears account (EPA) of the Bank of Tanzania is requesting for more ... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)
Bank   Crime   Photos   President   Tanzania  
BUSINESS & ECONOMY POLITICS
- Africa mobile subscriber grows 33 pc: GSMA
- Kigali to Host 4th Africa Business Executives' Summit
- Current Trends in the Financial Sector Development
- Country Set to Import New Aids Drug From Canada
An Anopheles stephensi en:mosquito is obtaining a en:blood meal from a human host through its pointed en:proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its hosts blood. This mosquito is a known en:malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from en:Egypt all the way to en:China. Source: en:CDC    (js1)
A third of malaria drugs in Africa are ineffective
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- Parliament Elects Representatives to the EALA
- President of Bolivia sets date for recall vote
- Swedish Government Donates U.S. $ 1 Million to AG's Offi
- Burundi Vice President Jets in On First Official Visit
 Villagers on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, catch boxes of food tossed from a US Navy (USN) helicopter during Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia on December 26, 2004.
US help could save thousands of lives
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HEALTH & AIDS ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
- Poor Toilet Facilities Hamper Cholera Efforts
- Zimbabwe police quiz U.S. envoy
- Silence and Secrecy Spreading HIV/Aids
- Luanda Governor Hails Nurses Role in Hospitals
 An Indonesian Muslim student  holds a sign during an anti-AIDS demonstration in Jakarta.(nu1)
'People do stupid things - that's what spreads HIV'
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- Investors Warned On Pollution
- Ambassadors for Biodiversity World Migratory Bird Day 2008
- Watermelons, Conflict and Climate Change
- Poaching figures skyrocket in South Africa's
Wetland
Nema Chief Accused of Abetting Wetland Destruction
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SOCIETY & CULTURE UNITED NATIONS
- Inside the World of Movie Watchers in Rwanda
- You say Jehane Noujaim is a dreamer? She's not the only
- RSSF Takes On Registration Drive for Workers' Monies
- Social Security Fund in ICT Drive
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen in court as his trial reopened at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 7, 2008, six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and fired his attorney. Taylor pleaded his innocence, and is the first former African head of state to appear before an international tribunal. Ian Smillie, a Canadian expert on the international trade in blood diamonds, was the first witness to testify, telling the three-judge panel that diamonds fueled the war in Sierra Leone.
Money troubles at trial of first African leader to face a war crimes court
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- Country Must Be the Priority - UN Special Envoy
- Luanda Hosts UN Central Africa Security Committee Meeting
- Mr. Doss Awards UN Medals to the Departing Tunisian Continge
- Talks Begin Between Government And Opposition Group - UN
 Force Commander of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB), Major-General Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi, addresses a military parade during activitiesorganized in observance of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers in Bujumbura, Burundi. (mb1)
Burundi clashes as UN seeks peace
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REFUGEES HUMAN RIGHTS
- Immigrants to return to Nigeria
- Kenyan Refugees Begin New Life in Masindi Camp
- Kenyan Refugees Repatriated
- 50 immigrants die off Tunisia
 A picture taken Saturday, May 26, 2007, and made available by the Italian Navy Monday, May 28, 2007, showing a group of 27 immigrants hanging on a tuna fishing net after their boat sank off the coast of Malta. The immigrants, coming from Africa, were res
50 immigrants die off Tunisia
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- East African Conference Examines Positive Side of Migration&
- Hackers attack Zim news site
- Human Rights Lawyers Struggle in Equatorial Guinea
- If Mugabe remains in power...
President Robert Mugabe (sl1)
Beatings and torture intensify as Zimbabwe prepares to vote again
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