Rwanda: REMA Wants School Out of Marshland

In the wake of the recent floods that left more than 500 people homeless, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has instructed Kigali City to relocate Glory Secondary School situated on the former premises of Independent University of Kigali (ULK).

Rwanda: NEC Urges Citizens in Diaspora to Vote

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) is sensitising Rwandans living in the Diaspora to take part in the 2010 Presidential polls.

Zimbabwe: Empowerment Law Threatens South African Investment

PLANS by South Africa’s diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) to invest in Zimbabwe’s mining sector are facing resistance from shareholders worried about the new indigenisation law.

Tanzania: MCT Poised to Monitor 2010 Elections Campaigns

The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), has started working on modalities on media monitoring before the forthcoming General Election in October.

Tanzania: Muslim Urged to Pursue Harmony

Muslims has been urged to collaborate with youth committees and give their views on how best they can strengthen Islam and avoid disunity among themselves.

Africa: Deploy More AU Forces to Restore Peace in Darfur - Call

Canada wants the African Union (AU) to deploy more forces to restore peace in the war-ravaged Darfur province in Sudan.

Gold Fields SAfrica ops threatend with strike - Reuters


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JOHANNESBURG, March 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has threatened an indefinite strike at Gold Fields' (GFIJ.
Gold Fields South African Workers to Strike March 7BusinessWeek
NUM Serves Strike Notice on Gold FieldsPR Newswire (press release)
Gold Fields faces strikeiAfrica.com
Trading Markets (press release)
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Zambia: Country’s Cordial Relations with China Good for Economy

THE Chinese have lived up to the terminology ‘all weather friend’ because together with Zambia, they have weathered the storms even when the investment climate in the country was not conducive.

Zambia: Banda Courts More Chinese Investment

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has invited more Chinese investors to come and explore investment opportunities in various sectors of the economy in Zambia and thanked the Chinese investors for not scaling down on production and labour during the global economic crisis.

Zambia: Country, Cuba Deals Will Better Lives

CUBAN Ambassador to Zambia Carmelina Ramirez has said President Rupiah Banda’s last visit to Cuba was fruitful and a number of agreements were signed which her country was trying to implement.

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