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Dos Santos exit plan but a ploy

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Claudia Gastrow |01 Apr 2016 |  Mail & Guardian The Angolan president is buying time in an attempt to diffuse growing political tensions and balance popular demands with his personal interests. On March 11 this year, Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, in power since 1979, announced his intention to step down in 2018. The statement was unexpected and no … [Read more...] about Dos Santos exit plan but a ploy

Africa’s $30 Billion Rail Renaissance Holds Ticket for Trade

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Liezel Hill | April 8, 2016 | Bloomberg Railway will link Mombasa port to landlocked Uganda, Rwanda Enough track to connect Cape Town with Copenhagen are planned On a sweltering Kenyan morning on the outskirts of a national wildlife park, Chinese and local workers maneuver a massive concrete rail-bridge structure onto towering support piers. In the … [Read more...] about Africa’s $30 Billion Rail Renaissance Holds Ticket for Trade

‘There Will Be Bloodshed if He Comes Here’

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Bel Trew | April 8, 2016 | Foreign Policy Can the world’s hand-picked prime minister for Libya survive long enough to put the country back together? TRIPOLI, Libya — It was an absurd entrance, befitting the chaos of Libya’s civil war. The man the world hoped would unite the country, having been blocked from Tripoli at every turn by hostile militias, gallantly sailed into … [Read more...] about ‘There Will Be Bloodshed if He Comes Here’

African heads of state to carry ‘African passport’ by July

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African News Agency (ANA) | 07 Apr 2016 | Mail & Guardian The AU is making efforts to popularise the use of a single African passport for travel across the continent. In a bid to show solidarity and promote free movement of Africans within their region and other parts of the continent, African heads of states are to carry an African passport for the next African … [Read more...] about African heads of state to carry ‘African passport’ by July

BACK2KCAB

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Reaction of Eritrean Embassy in London regarding shootings of April 3rd in Asmara Apr 8, 2016 | sallina.com ========================================================================================================================== Yemane Gebremeskel Speaks Untruth [Serving the Untruth!] April 8, 2016 | Awate Team | awate.com Yemane Gebremeskel broke his five-day … [Read more...] about BACK2KCAB

A Silver Lining In The Panama Papers

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Malaka Gharib | April 7, 2016 | NPR Africa's not the only corrupt continent. That message is the silver lining for Africans in the Panama Papers scandal — a collection of documents linking 143 politicians (and their family members and cronies) to outrageous sums of stolen cash hidden in a topsy-turvy network of offshore bank accounts and shell companies. Yes, … [Read more...] about A Silver Lining In The Panama Papers