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TV Station Ordered to Stop Broadcasting
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 08, 2007
n 29 October 2007, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) ordered Joy TV to immediately stop all television broadcasts until the station is issued appropriate radio and broadcasting ... more
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Purging Peanuts of Deadly Aflatoxin
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 08, 2007
ocal efforts to put an end to aflatoxin outbreaks are helping groundnut farmers back to prosperity, reports Charles ... more
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Malawi: Insanity on the roads of Lilongwe
Global Voices Online - Thursday, November 08, 2007
p>Madinga blogs about insanity on the roads of Lilongwe : “These devices were placed there with the aim of brining sanity to the roads of Lilongwe. Unfortunately there are a few cowboys and cowgirls on the roads who have great disrespect for these expensive traffic regulators.” ... more
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Blind boxer Bashir Ramadan
Topix - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I'd love to start blind boxing as a sport but I know of no others like me. There is athletics, javelin, even wrestling for blind people. Why not boxing?" Blind boxer Bashir Ramadan, left, spars at East Coast Boxing Club in Kampala. It's an amateur boxing... more
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Central and Eastern Africa: Irin-Cea Weekly Round-up 405 for 27 October - 2 November 2007
Topix - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We believe there are almost 200 minors still present in various FARDC [regular army] brigades currently deployed in North Kivu" NAIROBI, 2 November 2007 - CONTENTS DRC: Demobilise child soldiers, free minors held by military courts, says MONUC CONGO: Chad arrests prompt suspension of international child... more
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Malawi: Fairer cyberwaves, female journalist bloggers
Global Voices Online - Monday, November 05, 2007
p>A recent phenomenon in the Malawi blogosphere has been the growing presence of women journalists setting up blogs. Not too long ago a search on Blogger.com for Malawian blogs turned up virtually no women bloggers from Malawi. That has since changed. In this write-up we follow four Malawian women journalists... more
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Fairer cyber waves: Malawian female journalist bloggers
Global Voices Online - Sunday, November 04, 2007
p class="MsoNormal">A recent phenomenon in the Malawi blogosphere has been the growing presence of women journalists setting up blogs. Not too long ago a search on blogger.com for Malawian blogs turned up virtually no women bloggers from Malawi . That has since changed.... more
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Rwanda: Country Scoffs At Amnesty Claims
Topix - Sunday, November 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Despite improvements in the Rwandan justice system serious concerns remain about its ability to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the 1994 Genocide fairly and impartially, in accordance with international standards of justice" Rwanda has strongly denounced yesterday's statement by Amnesty International which urged governments worldwide... more
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In Malawi, government agency shuts fledgling television station
Topix - Saturday, November 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"With the license expired, do you expect MACRA to just look on?" State regulators in the commercial city of Blantyre summarily pulled off the air on Tuesday Malawi's first private television station, citing an alleged regulatory violation, according to news reports and local ... via... more
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Woman Storekeeper Boosts Farming
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
n a small farming plot not far from her grocery store, Dinnah Kapiza points at the different types of fertilizers, explaining how each should be used. Local farmers gather around her, asking questions about the pros and cons of each brand she sells at Tisaiwale Variety Shop in Mponela, 60... more
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LRA rebels want Ugandan justice
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p> LRA leader Joseph Kony and his deputy is wanted for war crimes Ugandan rebels say they have come home to find a way to get International Criminal Court arrest warrants against four of their top commanders set ... via BBC ... more
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World Bank's $1 billion to spur Africa IT
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The World Bank is now doubling its commitment in Africa's broadband infrastructure development in the next five years by investing $1 billion in broadband infrastructure development" Product Review World Bank's $1 billion to spur Africa IT By: Michael Malakata IDG News Service The World Bank's private... more
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The World is in Our Palms, Or is It?
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
ocally, the temptation, always, is to criticize people with - for want of a better word - 'ubiquitous' cell phones or trendy cell phones, some of which look like they have just dropped out of an alien spaceship, seeing their curious and bizarre designs and colour ... more
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Interrogate the Global Village - President
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
eople must not speak of the global village as if all countries had equal presence and influence in it, the president of Malawi, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika has ... more
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Kenya's 'Lunatic Express' set for upgrade
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In the first five years, we are estimating we are going to spend around about $130-million in both countries" A South African-led consortium announced on Thursday it would invest $130-million in upgrading the 106-year-old Kenya-Uganda Railway over the next five years. via Independent Online ... more
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Ugandan Rebels Arrive in Capital For Talks
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p> Delegates from Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army have arrived in Kampala for talks Delegates from Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army have arrived in Kampala for talks aimed at advancing peace ... via Voice of America ... more
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WFP buys 35,926 tonnes Malawi white maize for Zimbabwe
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Food commodities have been bought from Malawi by WFP for operations in Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe" WFP buys 35,926 tonnes Malawi white maize for Zimbabwe Staff Reporter 01.NOV.07 LILONGWE -- The United Nations World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had bought 35 926... more
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UGANDA: Rebel leaders visit expected to boost peace process
Topix - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This is a sign of many more good things coming as far as the peace process is concerned." KAMPALA, 31 October 2007 - The first official visit to the Ugandan capital by members of the Lord's Resistance Army has raised hopes among people affected by two... more
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Bush wants northern Uganda to move toward peace
Topix - Tuesday, October 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"And it's important for the United Nations to get moving those troops into the Darfur region as quickly as possible" President George W. Bush discussed the long-running conflict in northern Uganda with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday and believes the situation needs to move toward... more
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UN Refugee Agency Closes Camp
allAfrica.com - Monday, October 29, 2007
ne of Malawi's two refugee camps has officially closed after the United Nations refugee helped the remaining 660 refugees and asylum seekers there move north to the country's remaining refugee camp, acting in response to a Government request which cited security ... more
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