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Tanzanias president, Jakaya Kikwete, leder for World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, og visegeneralsekretær i FN og leder for UN-Habitat Nairobi, Anna Tibaijuka, på World Economic Forum on Africa i Dar es Salaam 7.mai 2010. © Foto: World Economic Forum on Africa

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South Africa: Union boss slams proposed media tribunal
Johannesburg (South Africa) - Cosatu has announced that it will not support the idea of a statutory media appeals tribunal, which the ANC wants to introduce as a way to regulate the print media in South Africa, but says the current system of self-regulation is also not desirable.
Africa: 'EA needs to emulate the European Union'
Kampala (Uganda) — Member states of the East African Community (EAC) should establish a network of service centres that would facilitate the free movement of goods and services.
Africa: Chinese firms take to Africa
Nairobi (Kenya) — The Chinese influence, in the form of its people, investment and business, is sweeping across the African continent like a wild fire.
Uganda: Oil deal goes bust
Nairobi (Kenya) — The simmering battle between Uganda and exploration companies over oil revenues boiled over last week with Irish firm Tullow Oil losing its rights to the 400 million-barrel Kingfisher well.
Ghana: Biotechnology can change country's agriculture
Accra (Ghana) — A Ghanaian biosafety and biotechnology expert, Prof. Walter Alhassan has said that introducing Agricultural Biotechnology in the countrys agricultural sector will not only come to compliment the already traditional methods of farming, but deal effectively with issues of food security and the likely impact on farming from climate change.
Uganda : Opposition coalition cracks
Kampala (Uganda) — The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party, one of the five political parties that form the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC), has opted out of the coalition over what it called irreconcilable reasons.

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Nyerere og panafrikanismen: Samtale og bokpresentasjon

Presentasjon av boka ”På väg til presidenten” av Stig Holmqvist 25 August, 10.00 – 12.00
Voksenåsen, Oslo
Arr: Fellesrådet for Afrika, Dag Hammarskjöldprogrammet og Networkers SouthNorth
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