East African woman Stripped Naked, Robbed
A woman from East Africa who is in India for her medical treatment has alleged that she was robbed, disrobed and abandoned by three men..
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What happened to the 1.8-billion Malawi kwacha paid out for a timber mill that was never built? : Mystery of Malawi’s missing factory
Malawi’s current finance minister, Goodall Gondwe, helped to facilitate a 1.8-billion Malawi kwacha (R54-million) state loan for a timber processing factory that, three years later,..
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Intra Energy Ltd booming on the coal mining market
Intra Energy Corporation Ltd, active in the coal sector in East Africa, with a strong anchoring in Malawi, booming with a steady growth of its..
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African Union elects its first female chief: South Africa’s Dlamini-Zuma
A female leader has taken up the top leadership position at the African Union for the first time. South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday took..
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Malawi ready to resume talks with Tanzania over Lake Malawi
Malawi has expressed willingness to resume talks with Tanzania to resolve a protracted territorial dispute concerning the border in Lake Nyasa, a senior official with..
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Unicef calls for end to child marriages
Parents should avoid marrying off underage girls, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday. The UN agency in a statement issued ahead of the..
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Al-Bashir and Kiir fail to reach deal over South Sudan Independence issues
Sudan President Omer Al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit managed, after another round of marathon talks on Wednesday, to strike a deal..
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Malawi, Tanzania border dispute escalates
Despite Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete's insistence on a peaceful resolution to the Lake Nyasa dispute, tension continues to rise as elders dispute Malawi's claim of..
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100 things you didn’t know about Africa
1. The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens sapiens) were excavated at sites..
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Bill, Melinda Foundation Gives 90 Billion to Tanzania to Support Seed Production
LOCAL seed industries, crop breeding and agro-dealer networks last week received 56 million US dollars (over 88bn/-) from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support..
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