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2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Tanzania: More Medical Interns Report for Work [Daily News] MEDICAL services in most public hospitals across the country are back to normal save for a few isolated cases especially at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI)....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Forex Inflow Raises Naira at WDAs [This Day] The naira was upbeat against the United States Dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) Wednesday as forex inflow from multinational oil firm at the interbank market improved the supply of the greenback....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Namibia: Works Ministry Denies Tender Exemption Scam at Govt Stores [Namibian] THE Ministry of Works and Transport is again at the centre of tender shenanigans, with reports suggesting that officials at Central Government Stores (CGS) manipulate tender rules to get exemption for their preferred suppliers....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Namibia: Shortage of Electricity Projected for This Winter [Namibian] NAMIBIA will face a shortage of about 80 megawatts (MW) of electricity by this coming winter....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Namibia: South Africa-Iran Oil Boycott in Limbo [Namibian] NAMIBIA is holding its breath as South Africa considers its position regarding the Iranian oil embargo being encouraged by the United States and European Union....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Tanzania: War on Fuel Adulteration Far From Won [Daily News] THE news that adulteration of fuel has tremendously decreased due to the hiking of price of kerosene, which was being mixed with diesel oil by profiteering retailers to swell volumes, is encouraging....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Tanzania: Dedicated Youth Lead the Way in Tanga [Daily News] THE daily routine for this group of young men was to go to the Tanga bus stand on a daily basis to do odd jobs and spend the little they got the same evening....
2012-02-02 04:40	AllAfrica.com	Cote d'Ivoire: UN Disarmament Operation Continues Near Abidjan [UN News] A United Nations voluntary disarmament operation began today in a suburb north of the Ivorian city of Abidjan, aiming to collect illegal weapons still in circulation among the civilian population....
2012-02-02 04:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: A'ibom to Spend N15bn on Industrialisation [Vanguard] Uyo - Akwa Ibom State Government, said it had set aside N15 billion industrial fund in the 2012 budget to provide soft loans to local entrepreneurs, who may wish to set up industries through Public Private Partnership, PPP, framework....
2012-02-02 04:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Internet Failure - Vodacom Introduces Dedicated Hosting Solution [Vanguard] Vodacom Business Nigeria, the leading provider of corporate total communication solutions, has introduced a Dedicated Hosting Solution, DHS, for its Nigerian customers....
2012-02-02 04:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: PHCN Sale - Canadian, Indian Firms to Bid for Transmission Coy [Leadership] The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has issued Requests for Proposal (RFP) documents to two investors - Manitoba Hydro of Canada and Power Grid of India to enable the firms prepare their bidding documents for the management contract for Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN.)...
2012-02-02 04:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Deploy ICT Tools to Address National Security, Senate Urges FG [This Day] Senate Committee on Communications has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency, deploy Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools that will address national security....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Africa: UNWTO Urges Tourism Investment in Africa [EA Business] Speaking at the Tourism Investment Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR), UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Taleb Rifai encouraged companies to continue investing in Africa and its growing tourism markets....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Somalia: Legal Action Against Minister and Ministry of Information, Posts, Telecommunications [Shabelle] The Executive Committee (EC) of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is dismayed and perturbed by the statements made by the Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications of Transitional Federal Government Abdulkadir Hussein Mohamed through a press Release Referenced: 14/PR/CO/12 with respect to NUSOJ's annual report on the state of press freedom in Somalia....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: AfDB, WCO Sign Pact to Strengthen African Customs [Ghanaian Chronicle] The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have signed a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) to enhance the capacity of customs administrations in Africa....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	East Africa: Joining of DRC, South Sudan Brings More Opportunities to Region [EA Business] Kampala - While addressing the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Kampala last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni advocated for the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan to become members of the East African Community (EAC)....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	East Africa: EAC Intra Trade Hits U.S.$4 Billion [EA Business] Kampala - East African Community (EAC) member states intra-regional trade has over the last 10 year's grown to over $4b up from $2b in the year 2005, Chairperson of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit and Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Uganda: Power Crisis to Go On Till June [EA Business] The Electricity Shortfall and Crisis in Uganda Has Not Spared Various Players in the Subsector as negative connotations surround the sector....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: FG Generates N9.230 Trillion in 10 Months [This Day] The cumulative federally-collected revenue between January and October 2011 stood at N9.230 trillion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Angola: 2012 General Budget Focuses on Investment Expenses [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan State Budget for 2012 (OGE) still focuses on expenses of investment in the fields of roads, energy, sanitation and water....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	East Africa: Dar es Salaam Edges Mombasa in Cargo Handling [EA Business] Dar es Salaam - The country's main gateway for imports and exports, Dar es Salaam Port, is realising a marked improvement in handling containers that has risen 16% by end of 2011....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Burundi: Country Tops Uganda Trade Partners [EA Business] Kampala - Uganda imported more goods from Burundi in the last half of 2011 than any other EAC partner state, a Uganda Revenue Authority tax analysis report has showed....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Tanzania: Bank Overnight Rates Reach Six-Month Low [EA Business] Dar es Salaam - Bank's overnight rate last week slid to six months low to 6.48%, thanks to the fall of the repurchase agreement and easing of tight money stance....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Uganda: Country At World Pace in Financial Reporting [EA Business] Kampala - Uganda's Accountant General, Mr. Gustavo Bwoch has noted that the level of accounting in Uganda has reached the acceptable world standards....
2012-02-02 03:40	AllAfrica.com	Uganda: Smart Phone U.S Mobile Internet Bid [EA Business] Kampala - Last year, Orange Uganda saw a fast paced growth of the mobile internet according to a company senior official....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Lagos Ministry of Commerce Accredits Bus Conductors' Association [Vanguard] The Lagos State Ministry of Commerce and Industry has accredited the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria(BCA), saying it is to legitimise their business activities in the State....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Al-Mustapha's Sentence is Political - Shehu Sani [Daily Trust] Kano - President of Civil Rights Congress Shehu Sani has described the ruling of the Lagos High Court which sentenced Major Hamza Al-Mustapha to death by hanging for the 1996 murder of Kudirat Abiola as political and called for his release....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Petroleum Minister Orders Evaluation of Oil Sector Facilities [Leadership] The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has directed the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to work with operating oil and gas companies to evaluate existing machine shops, dock yards, fabrication yards and other facilities which can be upgraded to meet industry specifications....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Angola: Agostinho Neto University and Danish Institute Sign Memo on Thursday [ANGOP] Luanda - The Geology Department of the Angolan public Agostinho Neto University (UAN) and Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) will sign on Thursday in Luanda a memorandum of understanding....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Angola: Sao Tome for Partnership With Country to Succeed in Gulf of Guinea [ANGOP] Luanda - The President of Sao Tome and Principe, Manuel Pinto da Costa, defended on Wednesday in Luanda the need of his country to establish a strong partnership with Angola in view to playing a key role in the Gulf of Guinea region....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Angola: Economist for Reduction of 2012 State Budget Expenses [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan economist Carlos Rosado said on Wednesday in Luanda that the expenses of 2012 State Budget (OGE) will relatively be lower if compared to 2011....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: UN, Intel Unveil ICT Initiative for Midwives [This Day] The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the computing company Intel have unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Stop Lobbying NASS Over Budget, Jonathan Warns MDAs [Leadership] President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday passed a damning verdict on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with a stern warning that, henceforth, they must stop approaching the National Assembly to lobby for fresh envelop review outside the budgetary estimate that the federal executive had carefully planned and sent to the lawmakers....
2012-02-02 03:00	AllAfrica.com	East Africa: Monitoring Software May Help Stabilise Food Prices [SciDev.Net] Kampala - Price-monitoring computer software that will produce monthly updates of staple food prices is being developed for East and Central African countries....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Lagos Govt Shuts Down Popular Mile 12 Market [Leadership] The Lagos State Government on Wednesday sealed off the popular Mile-12 Market in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA over various environmental offences, even as it threatened to close down Oko Oba Abattoir and Lairage in Agege Local Government Area of the state ....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Africa: Kamalesh Sharma Visits Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia [Commonwealth] Commonwealth Secretary-General holds talks with political and civil society leaders during his trip to Africa...
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	South Sudan: Kiir Explains Refusal to Sign Oil Deal With Khartoum [Sudan Tribune] Juba - South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayradit, on Tuesday told fellow heads of state at the (AU) summit that his country refused to sign a proposed deal on oil with neighboring Sudan because the deal failed to comprehensively address the fundamental causes of the crisis....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Abuja Road Contracts Inflated by N38 Billion [Vanguard] Abuja - Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has discovered that contracts for the construction of Abuja-Airport and Kubwa-Zuba roads were inflated to the tune of N38 billion....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Egypt: Abul-Naga - $70 Million to Prop Up Private Sector Enterprises [Egypt Online] Egypt and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank group, approved that the corporation would provide approximately $ 70 million to prop up private sector enterprises for the sake of contributing to the recovery of the Egypt economy....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: NUPENG Calls Off Strike as NNPC Intervenes [Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has intervened in the lingering crisis between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) and management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over alleged illegal deduction of N4, 896,000 from workers' salaries among others which prompted the union to stop loading of petroleum products on Monday....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Stock Market Value Drops By 0.41 Percent [Leadership] Trading activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) slid again yesterday by 0.41 per cent, following huge losses recorded by most blue chip stocks in the day's transactions....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Save the Economy Now, Private Sector Operators Urged [This Day] Operators of the nation's private sector have been urged to take energise the economy, given the profligate track that the country has pursued in the past....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Number Portability to Begin By September - NCC [Leadership] The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday said that the Number Portability (NP) service would begin by September....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Uganda: BoU Reduces Key Rate to 22 Percent [Independent] The central Bank of Uganda has reduced its policy lending rate to 22 percent down from 23 percent in February and January respectively....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Minister Raises Hope on Converged ICT Regulator [This Day] Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has assured Nigerians, especially stakeholders of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, that the dream to have a converged ICT regulator is still alive....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Economy Still Faces Daunting Challenges-Sanusi [The Moment] GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN], Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has said the Nigerian economy is still facing daunting challenges despite its robust growth....
2012-02-02 02:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Private Investment Critical to Achieve Universal Energy Access [This Day] UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has stressed the importance of private investment to ensure universal and sustainable energy access....
2012-02-02 02:00	AllAfrica.com	Zimbabwe: National Bank Sets Cash Withdrawal Limits [The Herald] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has set US$10 000 as the cash withdrawal limit with amounts exceeding this threshold now requiring prior notice to the processing bank....
2012-02-02 02:00	AllAfrica.com	Zimbabwe: Kingdom Seals Deal With Mauritian Investor [The Herald] KINGDOM Financial Holdings Limited and AfrAsia Bank Limited of Mauritius yesterday signed the agreement concluded last month under which AfrAsia will acquire 35 percent equity in Kingdom for US$9,5 million....
2012-02-02 02:00	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Commuters to Benefit From Information Project [BuaNews] East London - Metrorail has launched a project in East London to inform commuters of any delays in its service....


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