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Tanzania CTI Urges More Taxes for Imported Cement
THE Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) wants the government to slap more taxes on imported cement to create a level playing field with local cement producers. At a news conference in Dar es Salaam, the CTI Chairman, Mr Felix Mosha, expressed concern that highly subsidised imported cement is unfairly competing with locally-made cement, thus threatening local producers. "Local ...
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Kenya MPs Cut Kibaki Kitty for Teachers Pay
THE Budget and Appropriations Committee has reduced the Sh700 million set aside for retired President Mwai Kibaki's office to pay teachers. Tourism and Industrialisation ministries will lose Sh4 billion to raise more than Sh21 billion for teachers and lecturers. Committee chairman Mutava Musyimi said the amount meant to acquire Kibaki's office is extravagant at a time when teachers ...
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Tanzania Minerals Exploration Underway in Lindi Region Says Masele
Dodoma - THE Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST) is conducting exploration in Lindi Region to establish the amount of minerals found in the area. Deputy Minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Stephen Masele told the National Assembly here that after completion of the exploration, a detailed survey will be done to establish if the minerals can be commercially exploited. Mr Masele was answering, ...
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Africa Ids Alumni News June 2013
Dear Alumni, IDS is now searching for its next Director to take over from Lawrence Haddad who completes ten years in the role next summer and we would like to offer you the opportunity to participate in this process. Perrtt Laver, a well-regarded international executive search agency, has been commissioned to assist in the global search, under the leadership of a specially-constituted Search ...
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Tanzania Legislators Decry Uplifting of Imported Cars Prices At Dar es Salaam Port
Dodoma - Members of Parliament have decried a tendency by Tanzania Revenue Authority officials to uplift the price of imported vehicles at the Dar es Salaam Port to increase import duties and other levies. The legislators said the uplifting of buying prices for imported vehicles as a measure to increase government revenue was counterproductive as it fuelled corruption. "It is a zero sum ...
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30 suspected cases of Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organization has registered 30 suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus in Congo in an outbreak that comes on the heels of one in neighboring Uganda. It says 14 people have died. The WHO said in a statement that as of Sept. 1, they had counted 30 cases in Isiro, located northeast of Kisangani. Another 169 people have come into contact with infected patients and are under ...
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SKorea to Buy European Long-Range Missiles
South Korea has decided to upgrade its long-range missile arsenal with European-made weapons, after the Pentagon did not approve the sale of similar U.S. ...
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England win toss choose to bowl vs South Africa
LONDON (Reuters) - England won the toss and elected to bowl in their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa amid overcast conditions at The Oval on ...
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Survey African Americans Fearful Of U.S. Economy
And now another chapter in our series on African-American lives. NPR conducted a poll of African Americans with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. The survey found optimism but many respondents expressed fears about the ...
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Libyas transition can benefit from political dialogue UN
New York, June 19 : Managing Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of decades of brutal rule, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council Tuesday, adding that the country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way ...
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UN concerned over refugee outflows from Nigeria crisis
New York, June 19 : The United Nations refugee agency Tuesday reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the insecurity resulting from confrontations between the army and ...
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40 killed in tribal clashes in Sudans Darfur
About 40 people were killed and 45 others injured in fresh clashes between two tribes in Sudan's Central Darfur state, Khartoum's Al-Sahafa daily reported Wednesday.The clashes between Al-Salamat and Messiria tribes have spread from the areas around Zalengie of Central Darfur state to the Shataya locality in South Darfur state, the paper quoted Al-Saddiq Abdalla Hamdalla, commissioner ...
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2 killed 16 wounded in shell explosion in Egypts Assiut
Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ...
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Kenya dismisses investor worries over capital gains tax plan
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:20am EDT NAIROBI, June 19 (Reuters) - Kenya sought to assuage concerns over a planned review of capital gains tax, saying it was too early to say what asset classes will be targeted in a measure aimed at compelling the rich to fund development. Finance Minister Henry Rotich told lawmakers in his budget speech last week there would ...
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Mugabe seeks to delay Zimbabwe election by two weeks
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs into law the Zimbabwe draft constitution in Harare, on May 22 2013. Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, his justice minister ...
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Shunting hectares Land Reform in South Africa
Agricultural Regions of South Africa (image: Africa Research Institute) On 19th June 2013, South Africa marks the centenary of the 1913 Natives' Land Act, which effectively excluded the black population from the ownership of some 90% of land. The emotive issue of the land reform programme, initiated in 1994 by the African National Congress (ANC) to redress historical injustices, is once ...
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Nigeria Gunmen Kill 77 in Zamfara Maiduguri
About 50 people were killed yesterday in Kizara village of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State by group of gunmen suspected to be cattle wrestlers. The gunmen numbering about 150 and riding motorcycles besieged the village at about 4am, and suddenly opened fire on any adult community member on sight. The gunmen also killed the village head, Mallam Lawali Madawaki, the chief Imam ...
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Nigeria Nigeria Drops Arms Importation Charges Against Eight Russians Prosecutes Seven Others
The Federal Government on Tuesday dropped the charges against eight out of the 15 Russian sailors charged with unlawful importation of arms into Nigeria. They are Zhelyazkov Andrey, Savchenko Sergel, Lopatin Alexey, Baranovskly Nikolay, Llia Shubov, Dimitry Bannyrh, Alexander Tsarikov and Kononov Sergel. The 15 sailors had appeared before a Federal High Court, Lagos, on a four-count charge for ...
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Rwanda Best of East African It Implementations to Be Showcased At CIO100 in Kigali
Oracle, Coseke, Cyberoam and Compulynx have come in as sponsors for the CIO100 Symposium and Awards. The four firms confirmed their commitment at a press briefing held Tuesday morning at a Nairobi hotel. At the event, CIO100 announced that over 320 applications had been received, from which the best 100 will be shortlisted. The top implementations will be awarded at a gala dinner during the ...
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Africa ICCs Funders Seek Greater Efficiency
As the court asks for a bigger budget, it will need to consider where cost savings can be made. The gleaming new front desk which greets visitors as they enter the International Criminal Court's, ICC, Hague-based headquarters does not exactly scream austerity. Renovating the entrance lobby, which is jointly shared with Eurojust, a judicial agency of the European Union, cost 50,000 euro, ...
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Africa Future Earth Takes Flight With Inaugural Science Committee
Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with Institute of Development Studies Professorial Fellow Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major ten-year international research programme which aims to provide the critical knowledge needed to address the challenges of global environmental change and to identify ...
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Africa Joint Bodies Share Experiences Through Visits
Joint Body representatives from Cilmor Trust Farms identified a better way of building their capacity through participating in exchange visits to two of their neighbouring Fairtrade wine producers. Their first trip was at Fairhills community center, where they were shown all equipment bought by Fairtrade premiums. They were also introduced to a database that displays how Fairtrade premiums ...
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Ophir Spuds Starfish Well Offshore Ghana
Africa-focused independent oil firm Ophir Energy reported Wednesday that it has begun drilling the Starfish-1 well in its Accra production sharing contract, offshore Ghana. The Starfish-1 well is located in 4,920 feet of water and has a target depth of 12,630 feet. Its aim is to test a stratigraphic onlap trap. Ophir estimates mean prospective resources of around 292 million barrels of oil ...
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Blues boosted with ABs for African tour
Source: Photosport All six of the Blues' All Black squad members have been named in the 26-man squad to travel to South Africa. The team departs for the Republic on Friday afternoon, playing the Sharks in Durban on June 29 before heading to Bloemfontein to face the Cheetahs on July 6. Current All Blacks squad members Charles Piutau, Francis Saili, Steven Luatua, Piri Weepu, Keven Mealamu ...
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Afghanistan suspends US security talks as Washington readies Taliban peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend talks on a security pact with the United States, claiming Washington sends mixed messages regarding peace talks with the ...
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Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
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