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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Mixed Reactions to Election Timetable]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-mixed-reactions-to-election-timetable/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:16:57 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There were mixed reactions to the timetable for 2011 general elections released yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congo-Kinshasa: Peacekeepers Launch New Operation After Mass Rapes]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-peacekeepers-launch-new-operation-after-mass-rapes/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-peacekeepers-launch-new-operation-after-mass-rapes/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:16:36 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken several measures to improve the protection of civilians i<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Sect Members Attack Prison, Killing Five]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-sect-members-attack-prison-killing-five/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-sect-members-attack-prison-killing-five/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:16:14 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the outlawed Boko Haram yesterday struck the Bauchi prison located adjacent to the emir's palace killing some armed forces personnel on pa<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Presidential Election to be Held on 22 January]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-presidential-election-to-be-held-on-22-january/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-presidential-election-to-be-held-on-22-january/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:16:28 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After extensive legal and administrative brainstorming, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the timetable for the<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Halliburton Trial in Shaky Start]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-halliburton-trial-in-shaky-start/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-halliburton-trial-in-shaky-start/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:16:19 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The trial of the six persons and corporations indicted in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scandal took off on a shaky ground in Abuja yesterday <br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Backers of Media Bill Had 'Hands in the Till']]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-backers-of-media-bill-had-hands-in-the-till/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-backers-of-media-bill-had-hands-in-the-till/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:16:06 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[SOME of the greatest proponents of the controversial Protection of Information Bill had been caught with their &quot;hands in the till&quot;, Govin Reddy, a St<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congo-Kinshasa: UN to Publish Explosive Report on Rights Abuses]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-un-to-publish-explosive-report-on-rights-abuses/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-un-to-publish-explosive-report-on-rights-abuses/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:23 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-un-to-publish-explosive-report-on-rights-abuses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The report documenting the most serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003 will be<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudan: Fresh Clashes in Darfur Kill Dozens of Civilians]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/sudan-fresh-clashes-in-darfur-kill-dozens-of-civilians/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/sudan-fresh-clashes-in-darfur-kill-dozens-of-civilians/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:20 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 50 people have been killed and many more have been injured in clashes in Darfur amid rising tensions in the troubled region of western Suda<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congo-Kinshasa: UN Chief in Rwanda to Discuss Contentious Report]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-un-chief-in-rwanda-to-discuss-contentious-report/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/congo-kinshasa-un-chief-in-rwanda-to-discuss-contentious-report/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:10 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Kigali, where he plans to meet with Rwandan leaders to discuss the soon-to-be-released United Nations <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Jonathan to Run for Presidency]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-jonathan-to-run-for-presidency/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-jonathan-to-run-for-presidency/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told PDP state governors he will run for president in next year's elections and will make a public announcement<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mozambique: Government Backs Down On Price Rises]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-government-backs-down-on-price-rises/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-government-backs-down-on-price-rises/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:16:13 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-government-backs-down-on-price-rises/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cameroon: Unicef Launches Hygiene Awareness Campaign to Help Combat Cholera in Cameroon]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/cameroon-unicef-launches-hygiene-awareness-campaign-to-help-combat-cholera-in-cameroon/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/cameroon-unicef-launches-hygiene-awareness-campaign-to-help-combat-cholera-in-cameroon/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:16:12 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/cameroon-unicef-launches-hygiene-awareness-campaign-to-help-combat-cholera-in-cameroon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso: UN Agencies Launch Appeal to Assist Flood Victims]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/burkina-faso-un-agencies-launch-appeal-to-assist-flood-victims/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/burkina-faso-un-agencies-launch-appeal-to-assist-flood-victims/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:16:10 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 reb<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Rooibos Agrees to Change Anti-Competitive Ways]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-rooibos-agrees-to-change-anti-competitive-ways/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-rooibos-agrees-to-change-anti-competitive-ways/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:43 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[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 t<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uganda: Oil Well Licence Set to Expire]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/uganda-oil-well-licence-set-to-expire/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/uganda-oil-well-licence-set-to-expire/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/uganda-oil-well-licence-set-to-expire/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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, <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Somalia: Kenyan Court Jails Seven for Piracy]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/somalia-kenyan-court-jails-seven-for-piracy/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/somalia-kenyan-court-jails-seven-for-piracy/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:30 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/somalia-kenyan-court-jails-seven-for-piracy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[EU NAVFOR welcomes the first judgement yesterday in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warshi<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberia: American Airline  Makes First Flight to Monrovia in 20 Years]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/liberia-american-airline--makes-first-flight-to-monrovia-in-20-years/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/liberia-american-airline--makes-first-flight-to-monrovia-in-20-years/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:13 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/liberia-american-airline--makes-first-flight-to-monrovia-in-20-years/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The first direct flight between Liberia and the United States of America in 20 years touched down Sunday afternoon, September 5, at the Roberts Inter<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ghana: Politics Derail Firm's Bid For Stake in Oilfield]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/ghana-politics-derail-firms-bid-for-stake-in-oilfield/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/ghana-politics-derail-firms-bid-for-stake-in-oilfield/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:12 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/ghana-politics-derail-firms-bid-for-stake-in-oilfield/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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       bigges<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mozambique: Urban Poor Ignored]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-urban-poor-ignored/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-urban-poor-ignored/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:10 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/mozambique-urban-poor-ignored/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 suppl<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: National HIV Testing Campaign Stalls]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-stalls/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-stalls/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-stalls/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 ambit<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: New Technology Power for the Masses]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-new-technology-power-for-the-masses/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-new-technology-power-for-the-masses/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:18 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-new-technology-power-for-the-masses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Mozambique, Iran and China have shown, mobile phone text messaging is showing an ability for the poor to mobilize quickly<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: South Still Battling to Stop North's Biopiracy]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-south-still-battling-to-stop-norths-biopiracy/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-south-still-battling-to-stop-norths-biopiracy/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-south-still-battling-to-stop-norths-biopiracy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity. But 17 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted at the Earth Summit <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tanzania: Official Rejects Challenge to Kikwete]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/tanzania-official-rejects-challenge-to-kikwete/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/tanzania-official-rejects-challenge-to-kikwete/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:08 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/tanzania-official-rejects-challenge-to-kikwete/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Registrar of Political Parties, Mr John Tendwa yesterday refused to announce his decision over petition filed by Chadema against CCM presidential<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rwanda: Commonwealth Gives Election Mixed Report]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/rwanda-commonwealth-gives-election-mixed-report/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/rwanda-commonwealth-gives-election-mixed-report/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:07 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/rwanda-commonwealth-gives-election-mixed-report/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today released the Final Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group which observed the 9 August Preside<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Public Servants End Three-Week Strike]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-public-servants-end-three-week-strike/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-public-servants-end-three-week-strike/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:16:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-public-servants-end-three-week-strike/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After 21 days of strike, hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers have returned to work.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: Halliburton - Obasanjo's Aide, Others for Court Today]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-halliburton---obasanjos-aide-others-for-court-today/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-halliburton---obasanjos-aide-others-for-court-today/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:16:37 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-halliburton---obasanjos-aide-others-for-court-today/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Share<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia: Investigate Police Brutality, Says Rights Watch]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-investigate-police-brutality-says-rights-watch/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-investigate-police-brutality-says-rights-watch/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:16:11 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-investigate-police-brutality-says-rights-watch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Zambian police routinely engage in cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, including torture, to extract confessions, Human Rights Watch said to<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia: Country Experiences Economic Boom]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-country-experiences-economic-boom/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-country-experiences-economic-boom/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:16:18 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-country-experiences-economic-boom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zambia's economic management to all intents and purposes has been exemplary and it is not surprising that this achievement has been recognised by the<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: National HIV Testing Campaign Disappoints]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-disappoints/</link>
<comments>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-disappoints/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:16:17 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boing</dc:creator>
<category>Africa News</category>
<guid>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-national-hiv-testing-campaign-disappoints/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 ambit<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria: INEC to Sensitise Politicians Against Violence]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/nigeria-inec-to-sensitise-politicians-against-violence/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:16:16 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmadu, says the commission will sensitise politicians and other stakeholders about<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe: Unity Government Endorsed Decision to Deport LOcals From South Africa]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:16:13 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The inclusive government reportedly endorsed a decision by the South African government to end a special dispensation that allowed thousands of Zimba<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia: Govt Wins World Bank Praise]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/zambia-govt-wins-world-bank-praise/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:16:07 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The World Bank yesterday said Zambia's economic management has been exemplary and the projected growth will enable the country access more funds from<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: World Must Change Perceptions of Continent, Says UN Official]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-world-must-change-perceptions-of-continent-says-un-official/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:28 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cheick Sidi Diarra, from Mali, is the UN Special Adviser on Africa. His job description includes increasing international support for Africa's develo<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: Continent's Uphill Climb to the Millennium Development Goals]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-continents-uphill-climb-to-the-millennium-development-goals/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:21 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Africa is facing big challenges in achieving the world's anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The overall statistics may be sobering, bu<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibia: Parties Win Poll Appeal]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/namibia-parties-win-poll-appeal/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:16 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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 th<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Public Servants Suspend Strike]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/south-africa-public-servants-suspend-strike/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:12 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Public Service and Administration Minister, Richard Baloyi, has welcomed the move by unions involved in the public service strike to suspend their in<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: Signs of Success in Fight Against Poverty]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/africa-signs-of-success-in-fight-against-poverty/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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 nee<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uganda: Mobile Money Transforms Business]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:13 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The days when you had to spend USh10,000 on bus fare just to deliver USh20,000 to a relative in the village or join a long queues in banking halls to<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya: Human Rights Commission Crisis Deepens]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/kenya-human-rights-commission-crisis-deepens/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The leadership crisis at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) deepened on Monday when commissioners stripped chairperson Florence Ja<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rwanda: Kagame Hits Back at Critics]]></title>
<link>http://www.boing.co.za/Africa-News/rwanda-kagame-hits-back-at-critics/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:06 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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