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AU launches .africa domain name which is set to be a ‘disruptor’

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AGENCY STAFF | 10 MARCH 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Despite Sub-Saharan Africa having the lowest rates of internet penetration, Africa now has its own domain name which gives the continent a ‘digital identity’ Addis Ababa — In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world’s first domain name was registered, the African … [Read more...] about AU launches .africa domain name which is set to be a ‘disruptor’

Uganda: UPDF lieutenant arrested over extortion

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JOSEPH KATO | SATURDAY MARCH 11 2017 | DAILY MONITOR KAMPALA. A senior army officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is being detained at Old Kampala Police Station on allegations of extortion. Lt Juma Oketch was arrested this week after police’s intelligence officers received information linking him to the racket of criminals extorting and conning businessmen … [Read more...] about Uganda: UPDF lieutenant arrested over extortion

Foreign envoys slam Zimbabwe over missing activist

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AFP | FRIDAY MARCH 10 2017 | DAILY NATION HARARE - Western officials in Zimbabwe criticised the authorities on Thursday over the investigation into the abduction of a leading critic of President Robert Mugabe two years ago. The case of Itai Dzamara, a journalist and activist who vanished after five men dragged him from a barber shop near his home in Harare, is often used … [Read more...] about Foreign envoys slam Zimbabwe over missing activist

THE ZAMBIAN “AFRONAUT” WHO WANTED TO JOIN THE SPACE RACE

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Namwali Serpell | March 10, 2017 | THE NEW YORKER At the height of the Cold War, a schoolteacher launched the Zambian Space Program with a dozen aspiring teen-age astronauts. Was he unfairly mocked? My country was born on October 24, 1964. The former British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, taking its new name from the great Zambezi River, would henceforth be known as … [Read more...] about THE ZAMBIAN “AFRONAUT” WHO WANTED TO JOIN THE SPACE RACE

“I want to try. Live or die”: how refugees decide whether to make the dangerous trip to Europe

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REBECCA OMONIRA-OYEKANMI | 9 MARCH 2017 | NEW STATESMAN In a refugee camp in Ethiopia, women struggle with limited choices and a life in limbo.  Segen climbs up on to the concrete block and begins to dance. Her mother Freweyni clears away the remnants of lunch. Freweyni spent the morning teaching children to dance in a small classroom in the Adi Harush refugee camp in … [Read more...] about “I want to try. Live or die”: how refugees decide whether to make the dangerous trip to Europe

Bernie Sanders on Trump and the resistance: ‘Despair is not an option’

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Ed Pilkington in Washington | Friday 10 March 2017 | The Guardian The senator talks about his fight to make the Democratic party more attractive to working-class people – and on taking his progressive populism to the heartland in order to topple Trump When Donald Trump delivered his first address to Congress 10 days ago, sticking dutifully, for once, to the … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders on Trump and the resistance: ‘Despair is not an option’

ሚኒስተራትና ምምሕዳራ’ውን ባጀታ’ውን ስልጣን የብሎምን፡- መልሲ ንመስከረም

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ተወልደብርሃን ገብረ | 9 Mar 2017 | asmara-online.com ሀ) መእተዊ መጀመርያ ብዛዕባ ፍልልያት መንግስትን ሃገርን (ማለት ደውላ) ከብርህ ባህ ይብለኒ። ምኽንያቱ ንብዙሓት ዜጋታት ካብ ዘጋጊ ነገር ፍልልያት እዞም ሓደ ዝመስሉ ግን ካኣ በበይኖም ቃላት ስለ ዝኾኑ። እቲ ሃገር ወይ ደውላ ዝብል ኣምር (1) ብኣህጉራዊ ዉዑላት ዝፍለጥ መሬታዊ ግዝኣት ወይ ሓድነት (2) ህዝቢ (3) ልኣላውነትን (4) መንግስትን ዝብሉ ቃላትን ኣምራትን ኣለዉዎ። ስለዚ መንግስቲ ዝብል ኣምር ሓደ ክፋል ናይ ሃገር ኮይኑ ትካል ኢዩ። ከም ኣካል ሃገር መንግስቲ መሳርሒ ሓደ ሃገር ኢዩ። … [Read more...] about ሚኒስተራትና ምምሕዳራ’ውን ባጀታ’ውን ስልጣን የብሎምን፡- መልሲ ንመስከረም

Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help

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Robbie Gramer | March 9, 2017| Foreign Policy South Sudan is wracked by unfettered violence, ethnic cleansing, and famine. But now the government wants to charge aid workers $10,000 to operate in the country. Officials in Juba say it’s a way for well-off Western and international aid organizations to shore up the cash-starved government. But aid organizations say the … [Read more...] about Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help

The Ethiopian boomtown that welcomes water firms but leaves locals thirsty

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William Davison in Sululta | Thursday 9 March 2017 | The Guardian Business in the Sululta district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region is burgeoning. So why, despite abundant rainfall, does half the population have no access to fresh water? Towards the end of the day at the Abyssinia Springs bottled water factory near Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, workers … [Read more...] about The Ethiopian boomtown that welcomes water firms but leaves locals thirsty