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West Africa's regional bloc says it will investigate who is responsible for allowing Monday's attack on Mali's president to happen.
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[New Times] The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Dr Richard Sezibera, has taken over the rotational chairpersonship of the coordination team of the Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee (IRCC).
Read More... Hughes Showcases Advanced Broadband Satellite Technology at SatCom Africa 2012Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700
JOHANNESBURG, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, is showcasing its latest technology innovations during the ...
Read More... Eutelsat at Satcom Africa: new Resources and Services to Boost Broadcast and data Markets Across AfricaMon, 21 May 2012 03:31:00 -0700
JOHANNESBURG, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --21-24 May 2012, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, Stand 26Closing the infrastructure gap in Africa: innovative satellite solutions for affordable ...
Read More... Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan AfricaMon, 14 May 2012 06:49:56 -0700
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record strong economic growth, despite the weaker global economic environment.
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West Africa's regional bloc wants to know who's responsible for attack on Mali's president
Read More... W.Africa nations to send troops to Bissau in daysMon, 14 May 2012 10:25:02 -0700
ABUJA (Reuters) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS will start deploying troops to Guinea-Bissau by Friday to oversee a reform of the local army and a transition back to civilian rule after an April 12 military coup, Nigeria's defence minister said on Monday. "We will deploy before the 18th of this month," Mohammed Bello Haliru told reporters on the margins of a meeting of the 15-state bloc's ...
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NAIROBI - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , (UNESCO) and officials from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia Tuesday launched a regional initiative to identify and improve groundwater resources in the region. UNESCO's “Strengthening Capacity to Combat Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa” project aims to ease the water and food shortages faced by some nine ...
Read More... East Africa: Someone Tell Uganda That EALA Is No House for Partisan InterestsTue, 22 May 2012 07:45:09 -0700
[Focus] Last Friday, legislators from both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate elected Rwanda's nine representatives to the Arusha-based East African Community Legislative Assembly (EALA).
Read More... East Africa to join world gas giantsSun, 20 May 2012 01:34:52 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's poorest countries. Finds announced just last week off Tanzania and Mozambique are estimated to hold enough gas to supply France, Germany, Britain and Italy for at least a year - possibly ...
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