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Mozambique: Govt Backs Down On Price Rises - In the wake of last week's riots in Maputo against price increases, the Mozambican government on Tuesday announced that it will subsidise bread, and reduced the announced increases in water and electricity tariffs....

Africa: Signs of Success in Fight Against Poverty - Five years before the deadline set by world leaders in 2000 to achieve 8 major development goals, Africa is making progress. But more efforts are needed to reach the targets. Africa Renewal's André-Michel Essoungou reveals the trends....

Namibia: Opposition Wins Right to Challenge Poll Conduct in Court - THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year has been sent back to the High Court....

Rwanda: Kagame Hits Back at Critics - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame hit back on Monday at his international critics, using his inauguration for a second term to insist that Africa needed no lessons from the wider world....

Nigeria: UN Body Apologises Over Claims on Ogoni Oil Spills - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) involved in investigating the extent of oil spills in Ogoniland has apologised for what it called a mistake on the part of one of its officials who relied on the Federal Government figures on the causes of spills to pass a judgment on the issue....

Burkina Faso: UN Agencies Launch Appeal to Assist Flood Victims - United Nations aid agencies and their partners today launched an appeal for more than $14 million to help the victims of flooding in Burkina Faso rebuild their homes and livelihoods over the next six month. The emergency humanitarian action plan unveiled today estimates that about 105,000 Burkinabé require assistance as a result of floods which have struck the impoverished West African country since early July....

Cameroon: UN Launches Bid to Stem Cholera - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people....

South Africa: National HIV Testing Campaign Stalls - South Africa, home to the world's largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off the most extensive global HIV testing campaign but the ambitious initiative is facing some daunting realities....

Mozambique: Urban Poor Ignored - Carlos Matos, who has worked as a policeman in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, for the past 12 years, has to borrow a few dollars each month to supplement his US$52 wage....

Ghana: Politics Derail Firm's Bid For Stake in Oilfield - The announcement on 17 August by ExxonMobil that it is abandoning its campaign to buy a 23.5% stake in the Jubilee field, Africa?s biggest offshore oil field, is likely to precipitate a bid by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), backed by the China Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Africa Confidential has learned....

South Africa: Public Servants End Three-Week Strike - After 21 days of strike, hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers have returned to work....

Liberia: American Airline Makes First Flight to Monrovia in 20 Years - The first direct flight between Liberia and the United States of America in 20 years touched down Sunday afternoon, September 5, at the Roberts International Airport in Margibi County, some 40 miles from Monrovia....

Rwanda: Commonwealth Gives Election Mixed Report - Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today released the Final Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group which observed the 9 August Presidential elections in Rwanda....

Tanzania: Official Rejects Challenge to Kikwete - The Registrar of Political Parties, Mr John Tendwa yesterday refused to announce his decision over petition filed by Chadema against CCM presidential candidate but information from the ruling party confirmed that the petition has been thrown out....

Somalia: Kenyan Court Jails Seven for Piracy - EU NAVFOR welcomes the first judgement yesterday in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship....

Africa: South Still Battling to Stop North's Biopiracy - The United Nations declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity. But 17 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the issue of biopiracy is still pitching North against South....

Cameroon: Drive to Stem Worst Cholera Outbreak in 20 Years - As school resumes in Cameroon, some 1.6 million students in the north are receiving cholera-prevention messages via SMS, flyers, stickers and special textbooks, in a public-private effort to stem the country's worst outbreak in 20 years....

Africa: Mobile Phones to Help Find Missing Refugees - An online database of people separated from relatives by conflict or natural disasters can now be accessed by mobile phone, thanks to a joint venture between the UN, an NGO and two private sector companies....

Zambia: Investigate Police Brutality, Says Rights Group - The Zambian police routinely engage in cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, including torture, to extract confessions, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should investigate, discipline those found to be implicated, and train officers to interrogate suspects without coercion, Human Rights Watch said....

South Africa: National HIV Testing Campaign Disappoints - South Africa, home to the world's largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off the most extensive global HIV testing campaign but the ambitious initiative is facing some daunting realities....

Nigeria: Halliburton - Obasanjo's Aide, Others for Court Today - Share...

Uganda: Oil Well Licence Set to Expire - The government could take back a major oil field in western Uganda if the exploration licence over it, which expires today, is not renewed. Block 1, in which Heritage Oil Uganda had a 50 per cent stake with Tullow Oil Uganda holding the same size, has some of the largest oil fields that have been discovered near Lake Albert....

Zambia: Govt Wins World Bank Praise - The World Bank yesterday said Zambia's economic management has been exemplary and the projected growth will enable the country access more funds from the International Development Association (IDA)....

South Africa: Public Servants Suspend Strike - Public Service and Administration Minister, Richard Baloyi, has welcomed the move by unions involved in the public service strike to suspend their industrial action while negotiations over a final settlement continue....

Africa: Continent's Uphill Climb to the Millennium Development Goals - Africa is facing big challenges in achieving the world's anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The overall statistics may be sobering, but some countries are showing bright spots of progress. Africa Renewal sums up the success and the challenges....

Africa: World Must Change Perceptions of Continent, Says UN Official - Cheick Sidi Diarra, from Mali, is the UN Special Adviser on Africa. His job description includes increasing international support for Africa's development and security, especially for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)....

Zimbabwe: Independent Radio Broadcasts 'Jammed' - Since Wednesday there has been intermittent jamming by Robert Mugabe's regime of short wave broadcasts from SW Radio Africa....

South Africa: Strike Suspended, But Unions Keep Options Open - PUBLIC sector unions suspended their strike yesterday, but threatened more action if their original demands are not met....

South Africa: Rooibos Agrees to Change Anti-Competitive Ways - THE wholesome image of rooibos tea was stirred yesterday when Rooibos Ltd - the company that controls more than 90% of the South African market for the healthful drink - agreed to a settlement with the Competition Commission not to engage in murky practices with customers....

Kenya: Journalist's Wife Picked Up in Terror Probe - A Mombasa-based FM radio presenter's wife has been picked up by police hours after her husband was arrested over the Kampala terrorist bombings on July 11....