KENYA GOVT GO SCIENTIFIC TO CURB POACHING
18/10/2013Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with rhinos not the only animals targeted. Whole elephant herds have been massacred for their ivory. The lucrative Asian black market.
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Saudi Arabia turns down UN Security Council seat
18/10/2013Saudi Arabia has turned down a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, accusing the world body of “double standards”. The Saudi foreign ministry said the UN needs to.
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Using IT To Rebuild: Rwanda eyes knowledge economy with tech revolution
18/10/2013The One Laptop Per Child initiative has seen thousands of laptops distributed across Rwandan schools Olive Uwineza is 12 years old and dreams of becoming president one day. She sits.
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Musical revival – World stars of African Express seek to revive Mali’s music industry
14/10/2013A collective of musicians from around the world, known as Africa Express, is in the Malian capital, Bamako to give the music industry there a much-needed boost. The event is.
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Can Africa unlock solar potential?
14/10/2013Which country boasts the world’s fastest growing clean energy investment? Germany? No. United States? Think again. Jumping from a few hundred million dollars to $5.7 billion, South Africa recorded last.
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Fast-food giants target Africa
14/10/2013Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic renaissance is fueling an investment drive by fast food joints looking to tap the continent’s growing middle class. The likes of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Domino’s.
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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor challenges UK jail sentence
14/10/2013Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than the UK. In a letter sent to the court that convicted him,.
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Nigeria To Make Cost Of Internet Access Affordable
14/10/2013Nigeria has joined the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), an organisation that aims to make the Internet more affordable in developing countries where the cost of access remains a barrier.
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Africa’s Newest Billionaire: Ugandan-Born Sudhir Ruparelia, Builds $1.1 Billion Fortune From The Ground Up
14/10/2013Ugandan-born Sudhir Ruparelia worked menial jobs in the United Kingdom, saved up, returned to the country of his birth and built the largest property portfolio in the land The next.