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Population Explosion Threatens to Trap Africa in Poverty Cycle
Topix
- Tuesday, September 05, 2006
There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million, close to that of Britain, which has a similar land
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Price of Rice Out of Reach
allAfrica.com
- Saturday, September 02, 2006
Whether living in towns or rural farming communities, residents of Guinea-Bissau can't afford to buy their national staple, rice, despite government price
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Investcom's subscribers up 86%
Topix
- Friday, September 01, 2006
Lebanese-based mobile group Investcom, which South Africa's MTN Group acquired in July for USD5.5 billion, has reported an 86% year-on-year rise in total subscribers to 6.14 million at the end of June 2006.
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Thousands flee south Senegal fighting
Topix
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Nearly 4,000 people have fled to Gambia from Senegal's southern Casamance region to escape a week of fighting between Senegalese troops and Casamance separatists, a U.N. official said on Friday.
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October Issue Interview 'Both sides to the Lebanon conflict are...
Topix
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Mr. Jan Egeland was appointed United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator in
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Government targets price speculators
IRIN
- Friday, August 25, 2006
In an effort to control the cost of rice in Guinea-Bissau as it soars above state-dictated levels, the Ministry of Commerce is coming down hard on merchants who inflate prices.
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Coloured issue must not be abused
Topix
- Friday, August 25, 2006
August 23, 2006 By Chris Nissen The leaders of coloured people cannot claim victories over struggles they have not yet fought, writes Chris Nissen It was Amilcar Cabral, revolutionary thinker and leader of the ...
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Peace-building in Africa at KAIPTC '
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- Friday, August 25, 2006
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Teshie, in collaboration with the University of Alberta of Canada, will hold a conference entitled, "Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Africa: Assessing
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America's Third World Economy
Topix
- Friday, August 25, 2006
Daily Kos diarist 7November amidst a larger argument about the estate tax throws in an interesting tidbit about where the United States ranks of the Gini index , a widely accepted measure of income
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Government Targets Price Speculators
allAfrica.com
- Friday, August 25, 2006
In an effort to control the cost of rice in Guinea-Bissau as it soars above state-dictated levels, the Ministry of Commerce is coming down hard on merchants who inflate
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Capital declared safe from mines
IRIN
- Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Officials in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday declared the once embattled nation's capital mine-free and said citizens were safe to roam anywhere in the
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Guinea-Bissau discovers offshore oil deposits
Topix
- Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Bissau - Offshore explorations have revealed the presence of oil reserves in Guinea-Bissau with an annual output of around 120 000 tons of crude oil, the country's energy minister Aristides Ocante
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Capital Declared Safe From Mines
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Officials in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday declared the once embattled nation's capital mine-free and said citizens were safe to roam anywhere in the
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Senegal rebel factions clash in south, army says
Topix
- Monday, August 21, 2006
Skirmishes have broken out between rebel factions in Senegal's southern Casamance region after a separatist leader was chased back there from neighbouring Guinea Bissau earlier this year, Senegal's army said on ...
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Guinea-Bissau striking. No pay in 14 months
Topix
- Monday, August 21, 2006
Around 500 school teachers in Guinea-Bissau took to the streets in the capital, Bissau, on Tuesday to demand their
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Brazil pledges to help Guinea-Bissau search offshore oil resources
Topix
- Monday, August 21, 2006
Brazil and Guinea-Bissau have signed an accord to cooperate in oil exploration and the development of renewable energy resources in the West African nation, a report reaching here said on
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Teachers take to the streets over non-payment of salaries
IRIN
- Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Some 500 school teachers in Guinea-Bissau protested on the streets of the capital, Bissau, on Tuesday and said that year-end exam results would not be released until salaries overdue by up to 14 months had been paid in
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Teachers Take to the Streets Over Non-Payment of Salaries
allAfrica.com
- Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Some 500 school teachers in Guinea-Bissau protested on the streets of the capital, Bissau, on Tuesday and said that year-end exam results would not be released until salaries overdue by up to 14 months had been paid in
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Would-be migrants caught en route to Spain
Topix
- Monday, August 14, 2006
By Ahmed Mohamed Nouakchott - Mauritanian police said patrol boats captured 101 Africans en route to Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday - an arrest following two days of reports of deaths of would-be migrants
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IFC Global Trade Finance Program Announces Fiscal Year Results: $266...
Topix
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The International Finance Corporation's Global Trade Finance Program ended its first fiscal year having issued $266.5 million in
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