Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Tanzania's continued implementation of sound macroeconomic policies has contributed to sustained robust economic growth, an official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday.
The IMF Executive Board completed the third r ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) called on world leaders to make African women's health a priority on their development agenda, the UN said in a press release Friday.
The health of African women is lagging behi ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Rising growth levels across Africa have given rise to extraordinary levels of inequality which are likely to lead to political instability, the South African Press Association cited a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as saying on Fr ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has described the orgy of violence perpetrated by the MDC-T as barbaric after he and First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe visited the homes of some victims of the opposition attacks in Shamva, Mashonaland Central, ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on Friday expressed his outrage at the "unprovoked" attack on the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), which caused the death of a Ugandan officer.
The officer, ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has listed 22 countries as most vulnerable to the global food crisis that has seen prices of food items rising, a report has said, according to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
It is ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Accreditation of observers and journalists to cover Zimbabwe's presidential run-off and three by-elections starts on June 2 and will run until election day on June 27, The Herald reported on Friday.
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission dep ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Operations thus far to curb xenophobic violence had been successful, chief of the South African Army, Lieutenant General Solly Shoke, said on Friday.
Speaking at a media briefing, Shoke said soldiers had been deployed alongside poli ...
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