HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST $1.6 BILLION TO HELP 18.7 MILLION CRISIS-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN SAHEL GENEVA, Switzerland, June 19, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations and humanitarian partners today launched new and updated humanitarian appeals for the crisis-stricken Sahel region of West Africa. The combined request for the region now amounts to US$1.6 [...]
LONDON – A report published Monday by Human Rights Watch says the Ethiopian government is forcing tens of thousands of people from their land in order to set up sugar plantations. According to Felix Horne, a consultant to the New York-based rights group who was in Ethiopiaâs Lower Omo Valley researching the report last June, approximately 245,000 hectares of land will be cleared for planting sugar. “Studies show that approximately 200,000 people live on that area, so we can …
DAKAR – Officials from the European Union, the United States, Japan and other countries are meeting today to mobilize aid for some 18 million people facing severe food shortages in West Africaâs Sahel region. Families there are approaching the lean season, with the next harvest months away. But, aid experts say, it is still possible to avoid the worst. Representatives of the affected West African countries are also taking part in Mondayâs meeting in Brussels, sponsored by the …
ECA study underscores progress in sustainable development within Eastern Africa RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Eastern Africa sub region has taken some concrete steps to integrate the three pillars of sustainable development in the region, in spite of the lingering challenges, concludes a new report being [...]
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean are big beneficiaries in the new Generic Top Level Domain selection process after the introduction of the controversial “batching” methodology by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The batching process allows for applications to be selected first on geography, and then involves a round robin process that [...]
GOMA – Eleven countries of Africa’s Great Lakes region have set up a new mechanism for sharing information on security threats. Intelligence chiefs from each member nation gathered in Goma this week for the opening ceremony of the Center for Intelligence Sharing for the Great Lakes Countries. According to the center’s executive secretary, Professor Ntumba Luaba, a former DRC government minister, partnering countries – Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Angola, …
14 June 2012 Last updated at 00:46 By Mark Doyle BBC international development correspondent Niger feels threatened by the the rebellion over its western border Governments in West Africa fear both the separatist and the Islamist agendas of rebels in Mali. The move to get UN backing for West African military intervention in the country [...]
Despite weak growth and increasing uncertainty in high-income countries, medium-term growth prospects for sub-Saharan Africa were looking promising. The region was expected to record 5% growth during 2012, up from 4.7% in 2011, and 5.3% was predicted in 2013, as global demand firms and domestic demand remained robust, the World Bank stated in its latest [...]
EAC OFFICIAL ROOTS FOR COLLABORATION IN MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors has reaffirmed the importance of collaboration if the region is to successfully manage its transboundary natural resources. Hon. Jesca Eriyo [...]
Bassam Hage, MENA Markets Leader, Ernst Young, says, “While China is still very competitive, rising wages are opening up opportunities for Africa and the Middle East. With a fast-growing labor force, they have the potential to become the next world assembler, possibly replacing China, as China specializes in higher-value added goods. But for this to [...]
By John Irish PARIS | Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:17am EDT PARIS (Reuters) – West African nations will seek a U.N. Security Council mandate for military intervention in Mali where rising Islamist militancy has made the country an international security threat, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Monday. “ECOWAS (Economic Community Of West African States) [...]
10 June 2012 Last updated at 00:50 The Sahel region has been badly affected by drought An additional £10m ($15m) will be provided by the UK for countries in West Africa facing the threat of drought, the government has announced. Estimates suggest 1.5 million children in the Sahel region face starvation. International Development Secretary Andrew [...]
A protracted drought in the Sahel region of Africa is causing a food crisis that could leave up to 17 million people, and 1 million children, hungry this summer. In response, the U.S. Agency for International Development will provide $81 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the region, the agency announced Thursday. A child, who [...]
ABUJA – Former militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region are threatening to resume attacks if they are not paid $6 million in compensation for last year’s killing of one of their leaders, General John Togo. Last year, the Niger Delta Liberation Front laid down their weapons and joined thousands of other former militants in [...]
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EASYKOBO.COM presents Nigeria’s 1st Free NSE Stock Trials
Aug 9 (Lagos) –Easykobo Finance website welcomes you to the new and improved easykobo.com experience. In December 2010,Easykobo.com was formed during the financial crisis to bring a fresh approach to investing in the Nigeria capital markets, website was upgraded last month. Easykobo.com now features Nigeria’s first free Stock trials simulation with exciting prizes for winners [...]
Telkom SA joins IT Leaders East Africa Summit in September as platinum solution provider
The anticipated 2nd annual IT Leaders East Africa Summit will take place from 5 to 6 September 2012 in Nairobi; in the heart of Kenya’s esteemed capital city. The summit is produced and hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud association with the Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) and Kenya Information Technology and [...]
Hennessy Artistry To Release Music Video For Bartender On August 17th
The video of the year is about to drop! Hennessy Cognac announced today, that acclaimed Film Maker, Clarence Peters has delivered the music video for ‘Bartender’, the historic Hennessy Artistry collaboration between Naeto C and M.I – two of Africa’s best Hip hop artistes. The video promises to be very exciting and arguably sets a [...]
CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI AND THE RESOURCES OF RIVERS STATE – A SCORE CARD!
The main treatise of this attempt for avoidance of doubt is to examine and x-ray how Gov Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has diligently and prudently managed the resources of Rivers State or otherwise. This becomes imperative considering the Punch Newspaper publication in its edition of [...]