103 Results found for "east africa"
Angola, Algeria : looks like they made it to the next round
...next round. The Palancas Negras easily made it to their next match, since all they needed was at least one point to finish first in group A with five points. The Algerian team was qualified as well, e...
Stadium stampede kills 22
... South Africa, a day after a stampede at a World Cup qualifying match in Ivory Coast killed at least 22 people. When the World Cup comes to South Africa in 2010, match tickets will have to be pu...
Zimbabwe secures more funds
...ines from African banks. Finance Minister Tendai Biti said the African Export-Import Bank and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank had offered Zimbabwe 250 million dollars and 1...
African governments lack of investment in land leading to foreign aqcuisition
The recent surge in foreign companies from Asia, America and the Middle East purchasing large swathes of arable but fallow land in Africa has provoked outrage from land activists who view the phenomen...
What is your vision of Africa ?
... juncture, Tanzania hosts the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa, held for the first time in East Africa. In addition, the Forum’s Young Global Leaders Summit will be held concurrently in...
Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is set to host a film festival !
...p; The film festival will run from June 14th through 19th. Winner of the prize for best East African short film will win an all-expenses paid trip to France for 10 days of cinematography tra...
Clint Eastwood directs South African rugby epic
Clint Eastwood’s new film Invictus, the true story of how Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team came together to unite the divided country, is now released.Cinematic legend Morgan Free...
Mobile phones soar in Africa
...he says that appears to be changing. “Now in July we saw Seacom, a new cable that links the east coast of Africa with Europe and India; there is another one called the TEAMS cable, which will li...
BYE BYE MR PRESIDENT: A footballers dream starts at school
...chool should come first. Later if they get the chance to play professional football they will at least be able to express themselves and stand up for their rights,” says 72 year old Pondo Alfred...
Kenya MPs reject anti-corruption chief
... government, in the attempt to resolve ethnic tensions and political instability that plagued the East African nation. However, the bill still remains to be signed by President Kibaki....
Despicable Somali camp conditions
...ch the aid agency Oxfam described as “barely fit for humans”.The Dadaab camp in north-eastern Kenya is the world’s biggest refugee complex. It is home to almost 300,000 people but it...
