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  • Explosive issue on Ghana's socio-eco political topics!! 25 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... Wednesday, 25 November 2009 Explosive issue on Ghana’s socio-eco political topics!! From: Kwaku Boatin, Public ... very disastrous to see gains fro m Africa’s hard struggle for independent to this time, ... years, is causing damage to Ghana’s industries, tourism and other vital sectors like health, education ...

  • Ukrainian killed in pirate attack on German ship off Benin - Summary 25 Nov 2009 13:13 GMT
    ... northern Ugandan airfield. Salva K... Mogadishu - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab on Wednesday ordered the ... and parliamentary elections hav... Johannesburg - South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, is back on the growth ... prosecuted for working in the city on tourist visas, officials confirmed Monday. The two bodyguards ...

  • Arik Air: Arik Air to launch direct flight from New York to Lagos 25 Nov 2009 12:14 GMT
    ... Arik also commenced operations to destinations in West Africa including Banjul (The Gambia), Dakar (Senegal) and ... on a long-term strategy to make the West African region more accessible to travellers. Arik Air ...

  • Talal Fattal made juror at International Emmy® TV Awards 2009 25 Nov 2009 08:10 GMT
    ... year’s event will include a lot of Ghanaian and other nationals from the Sub Region ... produced by Paw Paw Films from South Africa is the only African Nominee for this ... TV and Film industries from Ghana and Nigeria. Mr. Talal Fattal has been an Ambassador ...

  • Southern Sudanese president narrowly avoids plane crash death 25 Nov 2009 13:13 GMT
    ... A shipboard battle with pirates off the West African coast left a Ukrainian officer dead before the ... take one of the pir... Mogadishu - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab on Wednesday ordered the ...

  • Tehran, Caracas have signed 280 agreements: ambassador 25 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... on the fourth leg of his five-day African-Latin American tour which has already taken him to Gambia, Brazil and Bolivia. The Iranian delegation is ... willing to further boost cultural, social and tourism relations. Iranian companies have so far built ...

  • Defar Breezes in 25 Nov 2009 14:25 GMT
    ... Mountain Running Association (WMRA), Bruno Gozzelino arrived Nigeria Tuesday evening for this weekend's fifth Obudu ... Obudu international mountain race and the first African mountain running championships. Defar, one of the ... the acting head of the Cross River Tourism board who is also a member of ...

  • What Is the African Union? 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
    ... By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter The African Union (AU), established on July 9, 2002, is ... Members of the AU are: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African ...

  • Key trends influencing the travel and tourism industry 24 Nov 2009 01:04 GMT
    ... turmoil to ever hit the travel and tourism industry, the WTM Global Trends Report reflects ... Middle East. President Obama's recent visit to Ghana put Africa under the international tourism spotlight, opening up ...

  • Korea, Africa Share 'Green Growth' Vision 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
    ... agenda for the second round of the Korea-Africa Forum dealt with how to achieve economic ... of the environment of Africa such as eco-tourism and the preservation of biodiversity," the agreement ... and fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS/HIV. Nigerian Foreign Minister Jibril Maigari and Rosemary Museminali, ...

  • Alcohol is Being Forbidden-Limited in 80 Countries 24 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... or criminal penalizing. Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bhutan, East Timor, Gambia, Ghana, ... Togo, Tunis, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uganda, Finland, Central African Republic, Chad, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, ...

  • Timbuktu on travel blacklist after terror threat 24 Nov 2009 02:26 GMT
    ... Foreign Office has warned. By Mike Pflanz, West Africa Correspondent Published: 10:42PM GMT 23 Nov 2009 ... advisory raised the threat in and around Mali's oft-quoted oasis town to "high" The new ...

  • Obudu LOC Unveils Package for Media Race 24 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... African Sun Limited, the management company in charge ... winners of the media race to Accra Ghana. "African Sun Limited which has been managing ... of Cross River State in South Eastern Nigeria, only 45 miles from the border with ...

  • PREVIEW: Namibia votes, but little change in 20 years of democracy 24 Nov 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... international relations at the University of South Africa in Pretoria. "People will maintain the status ... citizens of the former German colony in south-west Africa voted in the country's first multi-racial elections, ... are the trump cards of the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), the ruling party of ...

  • Keeping history alive 24 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... Mary and Eliza Freeman houses, Connecticut's oldest African-American houses in Bridgeport, Conn. The homes, erected ... last remnants of the city's once-thriving "Little Liberia" neighborhood of free black residents (AP Photo/Douglas ... the houses will eventually become a museum, tourism center or other sort of attraction to ...

  • Homes built in 1848 by free blacks in jeopardy 24 Nov 2009 12:30 GMT
    ... Mary and Eliza Freeman houses, Connecticut's oldest African-American houses in Bridgeport, Conn. The homes, erected ... last remnants of the city's once-thriving "Little Liberia" neighborhood of free black residents (AP Photo/Douglas ... the houses will eventually become a museum, tourism center or other sort of attraction to ...

  • UK Warns Against Travel To Timbuktu 24 Nov 2009 23:31 GMT
    ... 2009 23:15 The UK Government is urging tourists not to visit Timbuktu in northern Mali because of the threat of terrorism. The ... five year, $500 million programme targeting nine African states. But the regional governor says poverty, not ...

  • Kiwis' batting could decide fate of Test 24 Nov 2009 06:01 GMT
    ... a New Zealand Invitation side against the tourists last week. Guptill made a century on ... started competing.” Greatbatch said that the South African-born Elliott brings solidity to the New Zealand ... Salman Butt, Khurrum Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Danish ...

  • Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Presents Country's Potential To International Investors 20 Nov 2009 16:57 GMT
    ... that has made the country one of Africa's best business reformers, according to theWorld Bank, ... the easiest place to do business in West Africa. "Sierra Leone is brimming with investment opportunities. ... 225 million people via theEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Products from Sierra Leone also ...

  • First Annual International Beach Festival in Sierra Leone, West Africa Set for December 2009 23 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
    ... annual Ma dengn Beach Festival is scheduled to take place December 19-20, 2009 in Sierra Leone, West Africa. This inaugural event aims to bring national awareness to the region and increase travel ...

  • UK's Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone 19 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... UK's Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone London – Former British Prime Minister Tony ... investment in Sierra Leone, arguing that the west African country has recovered from its brutal civil war ...

  • Sierra Leone presents country's potential to international investors 20 Nov 2009 13:19 GMT
    ... The Government of Sierra Leone marked eight years of widely under-appreciated ... that has made the country one of Africa’s best business reformers, according to the World ... many opportunities in agribusiness, fisheries, mineral resources, tourism, oil and gas, renewable energy and infrastructure. ...

  • Benin: by foot, by boat 21 Nov 2009 09:25 GMT
    ... others around while I was in the West African country. Still, the sightseeing trips to the ... It’s one of the prettiest cities in West Africa, full of stately colonial buildings and blooming ...

  • Ezekwesili, Utomi, Dangote, Others for 2009 U.S. / Nigeria Investment Development Summit 20 Nov 2009 10:00 GMT
    ... H. Ekpo, Director General/CEO, WAIFEM and Director African Finance/Economic Association USA; Dr. Mansur Ahmed, Director-General/CEO, ... Akpan H. Ekpo, Director General / CEO, West African Institute For Financial & Economic Management; Developing ... Strategic Collaboration and Intervention in Nigeria and West Africa, by Hon Ehigio West-Idahosa , Chairman, House ...

  • Al-Aboodi sees huge potential in Africa 23 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... Islamic bank in some of the North African countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, there were some ... the Islamic Bank of Niger. The Arab Gambian Islamic Bank is not part of the ... with Africa. At the same time, in West Africa, for instance, there is a currency union ...


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