| 921 - 940 of 1000 African News Headlines |
Page 47 of 50 Pages |
Microfinance Beckons Investment
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 24, 2008
hen you follow the media in Burundi, you hear of many cases of failed attempts at providing microfinance services. The victims, having lost their hard-earned savings, are crying out for help. This is not unusual in the region. ... more
|
West Africa's Largest Bank Expands Network in Region
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 24, 2008
fter setting up shop in Uganda and Tanzania and the Kenya licence not too far off, West Africa's largest bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) is looking to increase its footprint in East Africa by expanding to Rwanda and ... more
|
Welcome Elders, Unless There is Something to Hide
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 24, 2008
HE government should have welcomed the humanitarian fact-finding mission by the group of Elders, unless it has something to ... more
|
Botswana MP Wants Zim Shoppers Deported
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 24, 2008
Botswana MP last week called for a ban on Zimbabweans buying maize-meal in bulk, accusing them of fuelling food shortages in the neighbouring ... more
|
DEVELOPMENT: After Accra, Some Action
Inter Press Service News Agency - Monday, November 24, 2008
ONDON, Nov 24 (IPS) - The cynics do not exactly have a pleasant surprise
waiting for them, but there are indications that the Accra Agenda
for Action could be leading to the beginning of some action on
gender equality in ... more
|
Congolese stone UN convoy at camp
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Congolese troops beat a prisoner yesterday as they hauled him and others off a UN convoy near a refugee camp. ... more
|
UGANDA: Draft HIV bill's good intentions could backfire
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>KAMPALA, 24 November 2008 - AIDS activists in Uganda have slammed a proposed new law that will force HIV-positive people to reveal their status to their sexual partners, and also allow medical personnel to ... ... more
|
Winfrey wants suit over abuse remarks...
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Oprah Winfrey wants a court to dismiss or order arbitration in a defamation suit filed by the ex-headmistress of her girls school in South Africa. ... more
|
Somalia: Talks Resume Amid Continuing Violence
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Talks aimed at ending the conflict in Somalia have resumed in Djibouti, amid reports that dozens of civilians died in weekend violence in Mogadishu. ... more
|
Medical aid resumes behind Congolese rebel lines
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>The distribution of medical aid to 40,000 people trapped behind a rapidly changing front line in eastern Congo has resumed after last week's territory grab by the rebels, an aid group said Sunday. London-based medical aid group Merlin took a truckload of basic medication to 20 clinics around the... more
Advertisement
|
Namibia: Ruling Party Group Tries to Stop Meeting
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>THE Police had to intervene on Saturday to restore order after a group of Swapo members tried to prevent an opposition party from holding a meeting in Windhoek's Greenwell Matongo area. ... more
|
Mauritanians jailed over al-Qaeda
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Three men have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Mauritania for reportedly belonging to a group linked to al-Qaeda's North African wing. ... more
|
Appeals court in NYC upholds convictions - AP
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>A federal appeals panel has upheld the convictions of three men in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. ... more
|
Somalia talks resume amid continuing violence-IRIN
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Talks aimed at ending the conflict in Somalia have resumed in Djibouti, amid reports that dozens of civilians died in weekend violence in Mogadishu. ... more
|
Cameroon: UB Prepares Students For Success In Job Market
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Thousands of varsity students and hundreds of non-students alike from within Cameroon's national territory took advantage of a widely publicized two-day Business and Employment Forum, oraginsied by the ... ... more
|
Botswana: Poultry Producers Accused of Price Fixing
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>High prices of chicken prices have been blamed on manipulation of the market and profiteering by large-scale poultry producers. ... more
|
Brotherhood leaders grounded
News24 - Monday, November 24, 2008
airo airport authorities have prevented two leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from travelling to Syria to attend a pro-Palestinian ... more
|
Militants threaten chaos
News24 - Monday, November 24, 2008
igerian militants have threatened to bring chaos to the Niger Delta by interrupting shipping and attacking oil and gas facilities run by US firm ... more
|
Big funeral for DRC journalist
News24 - Monday, November 24, 2008
undreds have turned out to pay final respects to a Congolese journalist described as a "knight of peace" who was shot dead in the country's troubled ... more
|
Sailors recall hijack terror
News24 - Monday, November 24, 2008
ndian crew members released by Somali pirates say they lived in fear of being killed by the marauders who kept pointed guns at ... more
|