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MTN Group Reports Sound Operational Performance for the Year Ended 31 December 2009 (redOrbit)

JOHANNESBURG, March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights - Group subscribers up 28% to 116,0 million - Revenue up 9,2% to R111,9 billion - EBITDA up 6,7% to R46,1 billion - Adjusted Headline EPS down 16.6% to 754,3 cents - Adjusted Headline EPS, excluding the impact of functional currency losses, up 8,5% to 878,9 cents - Dividend per share of 192 cents Overview MTN Group revenues ...

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

Running on an endlessly flat plain, the UBTH course is massive. It is almost three times the size of the Benin Golf Club, and its many trees are young, so you hardly get punished if your shots go awry.

Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader.

FEATURE-Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters * Security worries still a concern for Niger tourism * Efforts to promote the safer south By David Lewis LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger, March 11 (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco- ...

Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader.

Chelsea & Ghana's Michael Essien Contests WAFU “Best of the Best” Award (Goal.com)

Ghana midfield ace Michael Essien has been named in a 16-man list for the inaugural West Africa Football Union Award. According to the organisers, the award, tagged “Best of the Best”, will be presented to any player from west Africa who performs exceptionally during the year under review.

CD Review: Lionel Loueke's 'Mwaliko' (Las Cruces Sun-News)

When Benin-born guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke was touring with jazz ensembles led by Terence Blanchard and Herbie Hancock, both bandleaders went out of their way to showcase his talents.

We were merchandise, says former sex slave (Sify News)

/AKI) When Isoke Aikpitanyi left Nigeria in search of a new life in 2000, she thought she was going to work as a fruit vendor in a market in London.

Women and Entrepreneurship (Part I) (The Globalist)

While at least half the brainpower on earth belongs to women, women remain perhaps the world’s most underutilized resource. As Ronnie Goldberg argues, not only is equal opportunity in the area of entrepreneurship not a reality — its absence is a drag on growth, development and poverty alleviation.

Polio immunization campaign begins across West and Central Africa (News-Medical-Net)

More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic.

Wrestling: Loper set for one last shot (Omaha World-Herald)

Marty Usman checked the weather Wednesday. It was a little snowy. You can't blame the University of Nebraska at Kearney's top-ranked 174-pounder if he gets a little antsy this time of year. Three years ago he had qualified for...

President Mills for CAF Platinum (Ghanaweb.com)

Accra, March 10, GNA - Ghana's President, John Evans Atta Mills would be a recipient of the 2009 Glo-CAF Platinum Award when the annual event takes place at the plush Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra on Thursday, March 11.

Nigeria : Ex-Militants Fault Reps on Council Chiefs' Suspension (AllAfrica.com)

Benin City — EX-MILITANT leaders in Edo State have condemned the resolution passed by the Federal House of Representatives condemning the suspension of two local government council chairmen by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the removal of Speaker Zakawanu Garuba.

Slain Peace Corps Volunteer's Family Speaks (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)

Kate Puzeys parents have endured a year of heartache. They lost their daughter under tremendously difficult circumstances, and felt they couldnt get the answers they needed about her death.

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