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UN | Irin Africa | News
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Afrik.com
SABC | Africa news
AllAfrica News | Africa
NYT | Africa | News
IPS | Africa | News
POLITICS-KENYA: Civil Society Scores Victory Against Corruption
IPS | Africa | News 09 07 2008
SA, United Kingdom divided over Zimbabwe
SABC | Africa news 09 07 2008
Un site kenyan inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO
Afrik.com 08 07 2008
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UN / Irin Africa / News
News and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa for the humanitarian community.
ZIMBABWE: No foreign currency, no food
08 07 2008 BULAWAYO , 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - A R100 (US$13) remittance from a relative living in South Africa was a lifeline to food for Lydia Nxumalo, 36, and her family in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city.
GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus
08 07 2008 NAIROBI, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS.
DRC: Pacifying Ituri: Achievements and challenges ahead
08 07 2008 BUNIA, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - The pacification of Ituri, a region in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo badly affected by conflict, has been a long and arduous process. Much has been achieved over recent years but, as analysts and officials involved point out, the region is not yet out of the woods.
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BBC News / Africa
G8 to move against Mugabe allies
08 07 2008 G8 leaders say they will seek targeted sanctions against members of Zimbabwe's government.
Minister resigns over Kenya hotel
08 07 2008 Kenya's finance minister steps down over the controversial sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel.
G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe
08 07 2008 G8 leaders say they will seek targeted sanctions against members of Zimbabwe's government.
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Tralac / News
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
WTO mediator suspends talks on industrial goods
05 06 2008
Trade to Gain Despite Ban On Exports
05 06 2008 Trade in agricultural commodities is expected to thrive as harvesting begins despite export bans imposed by various countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Trade flow can fight starvation, says UN
05 06 2008 The UN yesterday urged a summit on the global food crisis to help stop the spread of starvation threatening nearly 1 billion people, by lowering trade barriers and removing export bans.
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Afrik.com
Afrik.com, offre un Journal quotidien contenant des informations sur 54 pays africains.
L'Europe valide le « pacte d'immigration » français
08 07 2008 L'Union Européenne a accepté lundi à Cannes (Sud de la France) le principe du pacte d'immigration de la France. Les négociations entre les 27 ont été ardues : l'Espagne, notamment, s'opposait à certaines dispositions du texte, qui devrait être adopté en octobre.
Bouteflika promet à Sarkozy d'être présent au sommet de l'UPM
08 07 2008 Le Président algérien, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, s'est entretenu, lundi, en marge du Sommet du G8, au Japon, avec son homologue français, Nicolas Sarkozy. il a tenu à lui confirmer sa participation au sommet de l'Union pour la Méditerranée à Paris.
Contre-G8 : le Forum des Peuples, la solution alternative ?
08 07 2008 Comme un pied de nez au trop sélect G8, le 7ème sommet altermondialiste se tient, du 6 au 9 juillet, à Katibougou près de la capitale malienne. Rassemblant les pays laissés-pour-compte de la sphère des décisions, cette rencontre est résolue à promouvoir des solutions et des réponses adéquates au problème du développement des pays les plus démunis, sous l'égide de la CAD-Mali.
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SABC / Africa news
South African Broadcasting Corporation
SA, United Kingdom divided over Zimbabwe
09 07 2008 South Africa and Britain remain divided on Zimbabwe. Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is trying to persuade both the government and ANC to support sanctions.
Mwanawasa has 'minor' surgery in France: Banda
08 07 2008 Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has undergone minor surgery in Paris to improve his breathing after he suffered a stroke while in Egypt last week, Vice President Rupiah Banda said today.
Zimbabwe talks to resume under Mbeki: govt
08 07 2008 President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and Zimbabwe's opposition are to resume talks to resolve the country's political crisis, state media reported today.
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AllAfrica News / Africa
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
Africa: Keep Your Promises, Continent Begs G8 States
08 07 2008 African leaders urged the Group of Eight nations yesterday to keep their promises to assist the continent, saying soaring oil and food prices were making their poverty worse.
Africa: French Govt Report Condemns Trade Policies
07 07 2008 The approach taken by the European Union (EU) in trade talks with Africa has been strongly criticised in an official report commissioned by France, the new holder of the EU's rotating presidency.
Africa: IMF Steps Into Food Crisis
07 07 2008 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is augmenting an existing facility and reshaping a second to help countries worst hit by the food and fuel price crisis, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
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NYT / Africa / News
New York Times - Africa News
Bush Pushes Hard Line on Zimbabwe at G-8
08 07 2008 African leaders at the Group of Eight meeting resisted pressure to adopt a tougher stance against Robert Mugabe.

British Mercenary Sentenced in Coup Plot
08 07 2008 One of Africa’s most infamous soldiers of fortune, Simon Mann, was sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea.

Gunmen Kill U.N. Official in Somalia
07 07 2008 Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque in Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing one of the country’s senior U.N. officials and wounding his son and another man.

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IPS / Africa / News
Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south
POLITICS-KENYA: Civil Society Scores Victory Against Corruption
09 07 2008 NAIROBI, Jul 8 (IPS) - Two days after publicly vowing to die rather than resign, Kenya's powerful finance minister, Amos Kimunya, announced he was resigning to allow an independent investigation of corruption charges against him.
RIGHTS-ETHIOPIA: New Media Law, New Threat to Press Freedom
08 07 2008 NAIROBI, Jul 8 (IPS) - A new media law -- six years in the making -- has been passed by Ethiopia's House of People's Representatives. Its preamble declares that "the proclamation removes all obstacles that were impediments to the operation of the media in Ethiopia." But an analysis by Ethiopian journalists finds it actually clears the way for government to continue to harass and persecute the messenger when the message is not in line with the whims of the rulers.
AGRICULTURE-TANZANIA: Higher Crop Prices Bring Farmers No Joy
07 07 2008 ARUSHA, Jul 7 (IPS) - The six-foot tall corn stalks on Kastul Baha's homestead are the envy of his pastoral village in northern Tanzania. Baha was one of the fortunate farmers this crop season with $35 to buy a package of fertilizer to apply over his half-hectare field. He expects to more than double output to 10 bags of corn compared to four bags last year.
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