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Articole din Iunie 2010

• Zimbabwe: State Prosecutors Seek Extension of Mines Activist Detention
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 22:06)
  
  State prosecutors on Wednesday sought to have diamond rights activist Farai Maguwu detained in remand prison for another two weeks. Maguwu, whose Centre for Research and Development has been investigating human rights abuses in the Chiadzwa diamond fields, has now spent nearly four weeks in...
  
  
• Somalia: Latest Mogadishu Clashes Kill 20
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 21:06)
  
  At least 20 people, mainly combatants have been killed and over 35 others, including journalists injured in heavy shelling and gunbattle that pitted pro-government forces against rebel fighters in Somali capital Mogadishu within the last twenty four hours.
  
  
• Somalia: Gunmen Kill a Civilian in Bakara Market
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 20:06)
  
  Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed an civilian man in Bakara market overnight according to witnesses in the areas in Hawl-wadag district in Mogadishu.
  
  
• Somalia: Somalis Denounce South African Government for Aimless Killing of a Somali Citizens
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 20:06)
  
  The Somali people in South Africa have denounced the South African government for the brutal killing against a Somali citizen who was shot and killed by gangs in Cape Town fortnight, officials, witnesses said on Wednesday.
  
  
• Nigeria: Jonathan Orders Withdrawal from Fifa Events
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 20:06)
  
  The Federal Government, Wednesday, directed the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all Federation of International Football (FIFA) related events to enable the country reorganise its football administration.
  
  
• Guinea: Claims of Fraud Ahead of First Polls Results
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 19:06)
  
  The first results from the first democratic election in Guinea are expected Wednesday, with some leading candidates alleging irregularities in voting.
  
  
• Congo-Kinshasa: Nation Marks Independence Amid Rights Abuse Row
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 19:06)
  
  The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates a half-century of independence from Belgium Wednesday with a military parade joined by UN peacekeepers, attended by dozens of foreign dignitaries, including the king of Belgium.
  
  
• South Africa: Govt Unveils Major New Mining Plan
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 19:06)
  
  Government wants to see at least 26 percent of historically disadvantaged South Africans getting a stake in the mining industry by 2014.
  
  
• Kenya: Analysts Warn Against Price Controls
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 19:06)
  
  If a new bill seeking price controls on maize, wheat and other essential commodities is implemented, it may benefit the poor who have been priced out of food in the short term but is unsustainable in the long term, warn analysts.
  
  
• Zambia: Drug Agency Unearths Scam
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 16:06)
  
  THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has unearthed a scam in which some unscrupulous people made fake claims of supply of goods and services worth more than K2 billion to Government departments.
  
  
• Chad: Highly Nutritious Green Cakes Could Save Lives
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 15:06)
  
  Donors hope spirulina, a blue-green, protein-packed algae, labelled a "wonderful future food source" 45 years ago by the International Association of Microbiology, will deliver on its promise by the time a US$1.7 million cultivation project in Chad, funded by the European Union (EU), ends in...
  
  
• South Africa: Firm Denies Wrongdoing in Iron Ore Bid
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 14:06)
  
  IMPERIAL Crown Trading has strongly denied there was any malfeasance involved in its acquisition of iron ore prospecting rights at Sishen.
  
  
• Nigeria: Police Bar Deputy Governor From Office
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 12:06)
  
  The reinstated deputy governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Gadi, was barred from entering his office yesterday by armed police men, who were stationed at the entrance of the office complex.
  
  
• East Africa: Disagreements Prevent Signing of Economic Partnership Agreements
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 09:06)
  
  The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the East Africa Community and the European Commission has been pushed to November.
  
  
• Nigeria: Southerners Ready to Back Jonathan in 2011 Elections
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 09:06)
  
  The shape and texture of the 2011 presidential contest may have begun to crystallize following a meeting yesterday between President Goodluck Jonathan and governors of the South-south geo-political zone.
  
  
• South Africa: Groups on High Alert for Post-Cup Xenophobia
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 09:06)
  
  THE South African Human Rights Commission is gearing up to detect threats of xenophobic violence with the launch yesterday of a project that would assist foreigners to access legal support.
  
  
• Nigeria: Obama Appoints Mcculley as U.S. Ambassador-Designate
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 09:06)
  
  United States President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Mr. Terence P. McCulley as Ambassador-designate to Nigeria.
  
  
• Nigeria: Army Chief Lambasts Lawmakers over Retirements
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 08:06)
  
  IN apparent deference to the intervention by members of the House of Representatives in the rancour from 79 recently retired senior military officers, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Abdurahman Bello Dambazau, yesterday, said any senior officer retired by Army authorities who felt his...
  
  
• Liberia: International Institutions Back Debt Relief
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 01:06)
  
  The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank announced Tuesday they would support a reduction of approximately 3.7 billion euros (4.6 billion dollars) of the debt of Liberia.
  
  
• Kenya: Kenyan School System Losing to Sex, Delinquency
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 00:06)
  
  Religion is good for schoolboys. Those who have put their faith in God have been found to be less involved in delinquent habits such as sex and drugs. Not so for girls.
  
  
• Kenya: PM Well After Head Surgery, Doctors Say
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 00:06)
  
  Prime Minister Raila Odinga is recovering at the Nairobi Hospital after he underwent head surgery, his doctors said on Tuesday.
  
  
• Nigeria: Mobil Confirms Second Oil Spill in Qua Iboe
  
  (30.06.2010 ora 00:06)
  
  Mobil Producing Nigeria, MPN, has confirmed a second oil spill within a week in the Qua Iboe oil fields.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Abducted Activists Found Detained in Police Station
  
  (29.06.2010 ora 23:06)
  
  Three MDC activists abducted by state security agents last week, and whose whereabouts were briefly unknown for days, have now been found, detained at Marondera central police station.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Jailed Diamond Researcher Back in Court Wednesday
  
  (29.06.2010 ora 23:06)
  
  Jailed diamond researcher Farai Maguwu is expected back in court on Wednesday, almost four weeks since his arrest.
  
  
• Kenya: Eurozone Debt Crisis Spells Doom for Exporters
  
  (29.06.2010 ora 23:06)
  
  Concern is growing on how the Eurozone economy is going to affect Africa and Kenya, in particular, with predictions the crisis may extend from Greece and force Portugal, Spain and Ireland to either default or restructure debts.