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October 9, 2012 News
October 9, 2012
Mkapa to help in Kenyan poll preps
"Mr Mkapa, who played an important role in mediating peace talks between ODM and PNU at the height of post-poll upheavals in 2008, is visiting the neighboring country as it prepares to go to the elections..."
To read the full article, visit the Tanzanian Daily News site here
Pan-African Parliament wants AU to talk to it
"After eight years languishing in impotent obscurity, Africa's parliament appealed to continental leaders on Monday to start taking it seriously by giving it the powers to do the real work of legislation and oversight that it was created to do..."
To read the full article, visit the South African Business Day site here
A weight of contradiction
"Criticism of the Constituent Assembly tasked with writing Egypt's new constitution continues apace. It has been accused of betraying the democratic ideals of the revolution and drafting a constitution that turns Egypt into a religious state, with the assembly's chairman Hossam Al-Ghiriani singled out for particular opprobrium..."
To read the full article, visit the Al-Ahram Weekly here
We're Not Fools – Amidu Fires John Mahama
"Ghana's de facto whistleblower, Martin Alamisi B.K. Amidu and former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has described as "hollow," President John Mahama's call for evidence of corruption against him to be taken to appropriate agencies to deal with the issue, reminding the president that Ghanaians are not fools..."
To read the full article, visit Ghana's Daily Guide site here
Liberian Nobel laureate quits over government corruption
"NOBEL prize-winning rights advocate Leymah Gbowee has quit her post in Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's government, criticising her fellow laureate for corruption and nepotism, her spokesman said on Monday..."
To read the full article, visit the South African Business Day here
Cross border cereals trade makes headway
"Former cross-border trade in commodities could be one of the biggest economic activities in East Africa, which has combined population of more than 150 million people, who need to eat hundreds of tonnes of food daily..."
To read the full article, visit the Tanzanian Daily News site here
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