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Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
By DAVID MALINGHA DOYA - The East African - Saturday, August 30 2008A row is simmering between Uganda and Tanzania over the latter’s demand that Kampala share details of secret bilateral arrangements on the use of the River Nile’s waters that were allegedly agreed with Egypt during a brief stopover in Entebbe by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the end of July.Tanzania suspects that...
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lockandload (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
The religion of peace shows it's true colors, again. FROM REALCOURAGE.ORG: Tanzania: Two Church Buildings Burned Down, Threats to Burn Down Houses of Christians By R.E.A.L. Organization on July 2, 2009 Report: “Tanzania - Two Church Buildings Burned Down in Zanzibar” – Compass Direct News reports: “Two church buildings were razed Sunday night (June 28) on the island of Zanzibar...
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Business of Being Social (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Stilgherrian goes to Tanzania to train ActionAid workers on social media so they can publish a voice online, but it's pretty well ignored by Australian journalism - citizen and professiona.
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3wan.net (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
[East African] East Africa will have to wait a little longer to be connected to the global broadband network due to pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa and Somalia that have delayed the laying of the undersea cable there. The connection to the global broadband network was supposed to have taken place by the end of this month but on Wednesday the managers of Seacom, a $600 million project owned by...
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
(By Shina Neo, shinaneo@charlotteobserver.com) Jillian Froelick embraces the concept of giving back, and that simple acts of human kindness can transform the world. Jillian started “Give a Supply to Help Them Reach the Sky,” a book and school-supply drive in May. After next year, her senior year at N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, she plans to take a year off to spend seven months...
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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Sudan Radio Service's producer Francis Butili on Sunday (!) :) 05 July 2009 (Khartoum): The 2009 CECAFA football tournament is being held this year in Sudan. Sudan Radio Service producer Francis Butili pursues his coverage of the event with this report. “Sudan’s El-Merikkh has pushed itself to the top of this year’s CECAFA tournament by winning all three matches clean for the...
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Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just when you thought that the old ideological Conservatives had been sacrificed on the altar of Cameronism and electability, the shadow international development secretary pops his head above the parapet with another barking mad scheme . Andrew Mitchell is proposing to inject free-market thinking into development policy by giving aid vouchers will be given to millions of people in the poorest parts...
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Keeper of the Snails (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday was the official publication date of Ox-Tales : four beautifully produced books of short stories or extracts from unpublished novels. The royalties from the sale of the books will go straight to Oxfam. The launch is to coincide with Oxfam Bookfest. From July 4th - July 18th Oxfam's 139 bookshops will have unique events with three major events in London, Oxford and Edinburgh. Each book has...
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
Filed under: Surfing , Festivals and Events , Photos , Africa , Tanzania , Photo of the Day Happy Fourth of July everyone! I know you were probably expecting a photo of fireworks, but this photo really spoke to me as a natural firework in the sky. I'm not a huge fan of fireworks anyway -- at least not in the physical sense. I am, however, a huge proponent of emotional fireworks, and photos like this...
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TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Now some of them just buy the land they need: The UN's food and agricultural organisation and other analysts estimate that nearly 20m hectares (50m acres) of farmland – an area roughly half the size of all arable land in Europe – has been sold or has been negotiated for sale or lease in the last six months . Around 10m hectares was bought last year. The land grab is being blamed on wealthy...
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
The Blank Park Zoo now has approximately 150 small, colorful fish called African cichlids on display in a new, nearly 700-gallon aquarium, the zoo announced Thursday. The African cichlids residing in the zoo’s Discovery Center hail from Lake Malawi, the third-largest freshwater lake in Africa, located on the borders of Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania. Advertisement There are more than 1,500 species...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
• UN sounds warning after 30m hectares bought up • G8 leaders to discuss 'neo-colonialism' The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say. New reports from the UN and...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Auditions for East Africa’s biggest musical talent reality show “Tusker Project Fame 3″ will kick off concurrently this weekend in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, the official sponsors of the event, the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) have announced. EABL through its flagship brand Tusker Lager is continuing its sponsorship of the show for the third [...]
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Male circumcision has become an important factor in the spread of HIV in Tanzania, health officials have said, naming regions where it is not practised as the worst affected by the pandemic.
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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
From Sudan Radio Service , Friday, 03 July 2009 (Khartoum) - CECAFA 2009 Results : The CECAFA championships in Sudan entered its second day with four matches, two in Khartoum and two in Port Sudan. In Khartoum’s national stadium, Tanzania’s Prisons drew with Somalia’s Benadir Telecom 2-2 after a tough match. Benadir scored their two goals in the first half and were looking convincing...
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