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Mauritius News Journal
Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.
Workers on illegal strike at chrome mine in S.Africa-union
By Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Operations at a chrome mine in South Africa owned by chemicals group LANXESS have been suspended since Thursday after workers started an illegal strike over bonus payments, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Saturday. The dispute at the mine in Rustenburg, 120 km (70 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, adds to growing labour tensions around ...
Somaliland waits for worldwide recognition
Citizens and leaders in the autonomous region of Somalia say they are historically and politically a separate country.
UN chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country. Ban said Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane of Niger would replace Koenders as head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast. Souleymane is currently ...
Egypt hotel pool tragedy girl named
A five-year-old British girl who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named by her family, according to reports.
Zimbabwe: Election Date Will Only Be Decided After Voter Registration
[SW Radio]The date for an election will only be decided when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission completes its voter registration and inspection exercise, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
Sudans defuse row over rebel support, promise more talks
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Friday neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border, defusing a row that had threatened a key oil deal. The countries, which fought one of Africa's longest civil before a 2005 peace deal, agreed in March to resume cross-border crude exports and defuse tensions that have ...
Nigeria bombs Islamists, US sounds alarm
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians. Troops used jets and helicopters to bombard targets in their biggest offensive since the Boko Haram group launched a revolt almost four years ...
Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts. She said a recent audit of resource contracts by accounting firm Moore Stephens contracts had been commissioned to fix, and not hide, problems in the West ...
Tunisia Salafists urge supporters to defy congress ban
Tunisian Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress, setting the scene for a possible showdown Saturday on the eve of the planned meeting.
Mozambique, UAE sign air transport pact
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Mozambique and the UAE on Thursday in Dubai signed a bilateral accord covering air transport. The agreement will pave the way for airlines to launch services for the ...
Kickboxing - Ghana to Host Australia and Indonesia
Ghana’s Kickboxing Ambassador, Lawrence Nyanyo Nmai has disclosed to sportsinghana.com and ghanaweb.com that Ghana will host Australia and Indonesia in an international kickboxing competition to be staged at the rlg Hathiramini sports hall in Accra on June 22, 2013.
Up close and personal with South Africa, via a bespoke tour for someone else. And are you coming along on a Travelife ...
Last night I skipped a function and deliberately stayed home to finish a bespoke luxury trip to South Africa that I'm helping a reader arrange for her family. In a way, it's quite fun to do as she left all the decision-making to me . She seems to have a pretty wide berth as far as budgets are concerned, and she wanted best-of-breed experiences . One of my favorite hotels in a never-endingly ...
Somalia’s Sufis make return to the light
Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s.
UAE, Mozambique sign air transport accord
Dubai, May 18 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mozambique have signed a bilateral accord covering air transport.