[Business]
Kenya: Deacons to quit Dar market after five-year losses
| Deacons, the clothing, and lifestyle goods retailer, will close its operation in Tanzania in the next two weeks due to a hostile business environment. The firm"s board decided to exit the country after its subsidiary, Tanzanian Fashion Stores, incurred loss worth Sh13 ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: State clears Sh42bn Railways debt to woo investors
| The government has rescued the Kenya Railways Corporation from a Sh42 billion debt " giving the state agency a healthy balance sheet critical in attracting investors. This follows a cabinet decision last week in which the government will repay the corporation"s debt ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: European Union carbon tax sparks row in airlines
Kenya: EAC ministers hold talks over load limit Bill
Kenya: Britain upset over trade snubs by India
Kenya: Nairobi florists stage fight for a piece of Valentine windfall
Kenya: Pressure piles on Kidero to quit over polls
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[Sports]
Kenya: Battling Kenya fall to Samoa
| Las Vegas Kenya fell to Samoa 19-14 in the quarter-finals of the IRB World Series in Las Vegas on Sunday. Alafoti Faosiliva scored a hat trick as Samoa claimed victory enter the main Cup semi-finals. The much-improved Kenya entered the ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: Brunlehner splashes to new record
| Maria Brunlehner of Mombasa Academy set a new 50-meters 10-11 years girls" Breaststroke national record when she clocked 38.78 seconds on the second day of Coast Casa Open and Age Group Swimming Championship at Aga Khan Academy on Sunday. Eleven-year-old Maria, under ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: Guardiola: Barcelona at Real Madrid"s mercy now
Zimbabwe: Zambia, Ivory Coast clash in Afcon final
Zimbabwe: Manchester United beat Liverpool to go on top
Zimbabwe: Ivory Coast favourites to win Afcon Cup " coach
Zimbabwe: Renard finally makes a name for himself
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[Health]
Congo (DRC): Forewarned Is Forearmed But For Lack of Funds
| Health officials" fears that insecurity and a lack of resources could lead to fresh outbreaks of preventable diseases are being proved painfully accurate in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Polio - thought to have been eradicated in DRC five years ago - has made a frightening reappearance in Central Africa.The ... | Read Africa News article at IPS Africa - Related articles
Haiti: Emergency sheds light on needs of pre-quake disabled
| PORT-AU-PRINCE, 15 September 2010 (IRIN) - A man who had a leg amputated after being shot during political unrest in 2004 recently came to an emergency clinic for earthquake victims in Haiti"s capital Port-au-Prince, hoping to get help. Many people with physical disabilities pre-dating the 12 January 2010 ... | Read Africa News article at IRINNews - Related articles
Somalia: A day in the life of a Mogadishu paramedic
Eritrea-ethiopia: Refugees embrace life "out of camps"
Niger: Small steps towards a sustainable future
Sahel: Peanut pastes and milk powders to save children
Kenya: Call to boost disaster preparedness in marginalized north
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[Arts & Entertainment]
South Africa: Scientists discover why smokers are thinner
| Smokers tend to be thinner than people who don"t smoke, and the study led by Yale University and published in the journal Science describes how nicotine activates certain neurons in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. Those neurons tell the body when it"s had enough to ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
South Africa: Michelle Obama to Hollywood: reflect military families
| The First Lady met with members of the writers, producers, directors and actors unions at the Writers Guild Theater to discuss Joining Forces, an initiative aimed at increasing public consciousness and support of military families. Obama said she created the initiative with Jill Biden to help the nation ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
South Africa: Quick Review: Nowhere Boy ****
South Africa: Jessica Simpson joins Fashion Star
South Africa: Connie Ferguson going back to Generations?
South Africa: The new additions to Isidingo
South Africa: Emma Watson is preparing for the next chapter of her life
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[North Africa]
Libya: Chess "tsar" unrepentant over game with Gaddafi
| Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and former head of the vast Russian desert region of Kalmykia, met with Gaddafi on Sunday and boasted he easily got the better of the Libyan leader on the board. "I would happily meet with anyone," Ilyumzhinov told ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Egypt: Bongani Khumalo will cry in his room: Pitso
| Beating Egypt 1-0 at home. Because that match gives you so much responsibility. Playing at home, you must attack to win and if you don"t defend well you lose. Playing Egypt was mentally exhausting. It was tormenting in the first five minutes to pass instructions to the guys. It was ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Morocco: Lady Gaga sings "Born this way" at Rome gay rally
Egypt: Pressure is early for Amakhosi
Egypt: Teamwork key for Bafana
Egypt: "Bafana must become road warriors"
Egypt: Brave Bafana hold the Pharaohs
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[South Africa]
Zimbabwe: "Mugabe won"t sign Constitution that disqualifies him"
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Zimbabwe: National healing failed: Villagers
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai defies Mugabe on Chihuri appointment
Zimbabwe: MDC-T mulls protests on Mugabe"s birthday
Zimbabwe: Council, Zinara clash over funds
Zimbabwe: Gokwe "mermaids" appeased
Zimbabwe: "Black Jesus" tastes own medicine
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[East Africa]
Kenya: Modest gains for "linda nchi" four months on
| NAIROBI, The Kenyan army says it has crippled Somalia"s Al-Shabaab rebels four months after launching an offensive to defeat them, but its superior firepower alone is unlikely to win the battle, analysts said. Military officials claim air strikes and ground assaults ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: Minister, MPs plot to censure Mutula
| An assistant minister is among MPs planning to censure Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo over his stand that suspects of crimes against humanity are not fit to lead the country. Roads assistant minister Lee Kinyanjui on Monday told the Nation that he and ... | Read Africa News article at Daily Nation - Related articles
Kenya: Shabaab hold demos to show Al Qaeda support, KDF
Kenya: Zambia hold nerve to beat Ivory Coast, take title
Kenya: House races against time over new laws
Kenya: Choose your doctors, civil servants told
Kenya: Africa to turn "brain drain into brain gain"
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[West Africa]
Benin: Mashaba goes for big guns
| Mashaba will be hoping that the inclusion of PSL star players will help the under-23 national side move into the last phase of next year"s London Olympic qualifiers. Mashaba"s team were beaten 3-1 by Benin in the first leg away two weeks ago. South Africa now need to ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Ivory Coast: Banned Toure obsessed with weight
| The 16-page report says the Manchester City centre back, who cannot play again until Sept. 2, "has had a problem controlling his weight" for some years. It reads "he has become obsessed with his weight and more particularly the appearance of his belly." The Ivory Coast ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Nigeria: Blue Bulls murder plot case postponed
Senegal: Semenya on track to cast off gender controversy
Cameroon: 4 die in clashes after Eto"o miss
Ivory Coast: FIFA reject whistleblower"s demands
Ivory Coast: Catherine"s wedding dress on display from July
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[Great Lakes]
Congo (DRC): Big break for local music act
| The group, which includes Ntokozo "KO" Mdluli, and brothers Bantu and Eeze Hanabe, have been nominated together with five other African acts - Congolese Fally Ipupa, Nigerians 2Face and D"Banj, Benin"s Angelique Kidjo and Ghanaian D-Black - in the category best African international act. The BET awards honour ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Congo: Portman faked it: ballerina
| Sarah Lane, 27, a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre, insists that she is the victim of a cover-up and that fans of the film were lied to about how much dancing Portman did in the movie. "Of the full-body shots, I would say 5% are Natalie," she ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Congo: "Thir
Congo: Darkness en pointe
Congo: Hunting monsters in deep unknown
Congo (DRC): Mazembe use the juju of moola
Congo (DRC): Mazembe use the juju of moola
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[Horn of Africa]
Somalia: The Journey from Hell
Jazeera) - The lorry sways slowly from side to side along a dirt track as it ambles towards its place of rest. The red straw bags, clothes and empty yellow water bottles tied to the rear end of the open cargo hold tower above the pensive faces peering over colourfully ...
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Ethiopia: Discover Africa"s lost kingdoms
| The informative programme is hosted by the British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford. He not only takes viewers on an exploration of treasured statues, ancient buildings, art and culture, but also shows us the beauty of our heritage. The African continent is believed to be home to nearly ... | Read Africa News article at Times Live - Related articles
Ethiopia: Mutai runs fastest marathon ever at Boston
Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
Ethiopia: Ethiopian loses shoe but wins race
Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
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