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A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Economy   Mozambique   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Mozambique  
 The Star 
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
| MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second day of riots caused by soarin... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
 Millions in Ethiopia Said to Need Food Aid
Addis   Deals   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Ethiopia  
 The Guardian 
Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away
* Petronas has not pulled out of Ethiopia, minister says * Govt negotiating deals with three more oil and gas firms By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Rebel claims that Malaysia's Petrona... (photo: WN)
Ghana.airways  Joy Online 
Mpiani: Workers of Ghana Airways are partly to blame for demise of national carrier
Former Chief of Staff, Kojo Mpiani says former workers of the defunct Ghana Airways are partly to blame for the collapse of the erstwhile national carrier. | Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, form... (photo: Public Domain / Denniss)
Airlines   Ghana   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia:Ghana Airways  
Tyres burn in a street , Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. State television said that six people were killed in the clashes.  Hartford Courant 
Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting high prices; 7 dead
MAPUTO, (AP) — Police opened fire Wednesday on stone-throwing mobs who were protesting rising prices, killing seven people as the U.N. noted that international food prices have risen to their hi... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
Mozambique   Photos   Police   Protests   Wikipedia: Mozambique  
Top Stories
Popular travel destinations are very unprofitable for the insurance companies TravelDailyNews
Popular travel destinations are very unprofitable for the insurance companies
Egypt and Turkey became the leaders in number of insured events. Such conclusions can be made by ROSNO statistics of the first six months of 2010. | According to ROSNO In... (photo: WN / marzena)
Companies   Egypt   Insurance   Photos   Travel  
Civil servants protest during a strike in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Gulf News
Zuma tells his ministers to negotiate end to strike
| Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has told government ministers to negotiate immediately to end a public-sector pay strike and expects both them and... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Labor   Photos   Politics   S Africa   Wikipedia: South Africa  
Deposits of manganese in northern Zambia IRINnews
ZAMBIA: Land and mineral rights in conflict
web | MANSA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to v... (photo: IRIN / Nebert Mulenga)
Africa   Mineral   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: Zambia  
Mochudi, one of the larger villages in Botswana. Business Report
Botswana's GDP seen growing 8.4 percent in 2010 - IMF
  | * Diamond production seen boosting economy | Submit your comment | Botswana's economy should expand by 8.4 percent this year due to higher diamond demand but the... (photo: Creative Commons / Mirko Raner)
Botswana   Diamond   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Botswana  
A vendor prepares packs a small portion of rice for a customer at the Agbogboloshie food market in Accra, Ghana Friday June 6, 2008. Peace FM Online
FAO Launches Campaign Against Hunger
The Food and Agricultural Organisation's office in Accra (FAO) has launched an international campaign against hunger in Ghana. Dubbed: "The One Billionhunngry Campaign", ... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
Campaign   Food   Hunger   Photos   Wikipedia: Food and Agriculture Organization  
President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honour during the official opening of the second session of the seventh parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The Independent
Blair secretly courted Robert Mugabe to boost trade
| Tony Blair secretly courted Robert Mugabe in an effort to win lucrative trade deals for Britain, it has emerged in correspondence released to The Independent under the ... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Photos   Politics   UK   Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe  
BP head office in St. James's, City of Westminster The Miami Herald
BP's life on frontiers of energy industry at risk
| LONDON -- At a celebration of BP's centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company "lives on the frontiers of the energy industry." | B... (photo: Creative Commons / WhisperToMe)
BP   Frontiers   Industry   Life   Photos  
Women stand around at a local market where renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda controls the area in Mushake, Congo, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. The Guardian
Congo rapes: Scramble for Africa
| The rape of more than 150 women and children is probably, though not yet proven to be, connected with the exploitation of mineral mines | Cassiterite, wolframite, colta... (photo: AP / Anjan Sundaram)
Crime   DR Congo   Exploitation   Photos   Wikipedia: Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Morocco -  Tourism - Travel. December 2009 Khaleej Times
Globetrotting Ramadan trends
Last week I began a virtual tour of Ramadan around the world, inspired by the stories of my Moroccan, Pakistani and US-based colleagues at Search for Common Ground, a non... (photo: WN / marzena)
Global   Islam   Muslim   Photos   Religion  
Economy Trade
- Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
- MOZAMBIQUE: Price increases 'irreversible'
- Striking workers reject South Africa government's wage o
- Ghana's Growth Target On Course - IMF Director
A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
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- Suspected Baby Dumping at Ongwediva Trade Fair
- Annual Trade Fair to Hit More Than Ten Thousand
- Nation Embarks On Vast Free Trade Zone With China
- Beg, borrow and deal
Women stand around at a local market where renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda controls the area in Mushake, Congo, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.
Congo rapes: Scramble for Africa
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Finance & Investment Agriculture
- Congo rejects recommendation in UN report on genocide
- Gordon Brown announces charity work plans
- Political Finance and Transparency
- Egypt: Into the tombs of the pharaohs
A view of the company Bogoso Gold Limited, open cast gold mine near the town of Prestea, Ghana, Sept. 27, 2005. Gold prices, much of it mined in Africa, are hitting new 25-year highs, letting mining companies post surging revenues as they search for new ways to extract every nugget from the ground. Yet one thing they say they can't do is substantially increase production, a limitation that could keep prices high for years.hg3
Miners' $20bn rush for African resources
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- Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
- ETHIOPIA: Pastoralism against the odds
- GLOBAL: Vaults to protect agricultural biodiversity
- Kenya asks celebrities to save its endangered wildlife
A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
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Industry Science & Technology
- Numbers that alarm
- Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
- Ghana's Growth Target On Course - IMF Director
- Trade Ministry to Partner Centarl Region Uproot Poverty
A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
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- 'Brain haemorrhage' SMS causes panic
- Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
- AFP: Thousands flee south Sudan floods
- Altergy forms joint venture to produce, market fuel cells in
Tiananmen Square
The Red Dragon gets a free ride
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Taxes Employment & Work
- NMBZ Suffers U.S.$2,3 Million Before Tax Loss
- Low Production, High Taxes Push Sugar Price Up
- DR Congo rebel commanders could face war crimes charges
- Robert Mugabe allies face rare legal challenge
Coca-Cola - Beverages
Coca-Cola wants Ghana to reduce taxes
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- 'Nation Needs 25 Million Jobs By 2030 to Check Unemploym
- Give us jobs, say Somali pirates
- Processed Food Imports Dent Jobs
- Arts Are an Untapped Source of Jobs for Youth
Mango  - fruits - wet market
Indigenous Fruit, Vegetables Can Create Jobs
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