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[allAfrica.com]
Cape Town -
The Gambian lawyer who is about to become chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has hit out at suggestions that the court has a bias against Africa.
[RFI]
Cairo -
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Moursi will face off against Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq in the second round of Egypt's presidential election, according to unofficial results Friday.
[allAfrica.com]
Cape Town -
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's 14-year rule of the country will be hotly contested when the population goes to the polls tomorrow. Mosisili faces a great deal of discontent as recent polls list him among Africa's most despised leaders.
[SKA Organisation]
Amsterdam -
The Members of the SKA Organisation today agreed on a dual site solution for the Square Kilometre Array telescope, a crucial step towards building the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope.
[IPS]
Segou -
Her neat, bright yellow headscarf matches the rest of her outfit, but contrasts with her weary expression. Sokona Soumounou sits a little apart from the crowd queueing for assistance from the World Food Programme in the southern Mali town of Ségou.
[IRIN]
Dakar/Ouagadougou -
Unexpectedly sharp price rises in April for local cereals like millet, rice and maize in parts of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad mean many vulnerable people in the drought-hit Sahel could find it even harder to get enough to eat.
[IRIN]
Antsohihy -
The Basic Health Centre or Centre de Santé de Base (CSB) II in Anjalajala, near Antsohihy, the capital of Madagascar's northern Sofia Region, is housed in a recently renovated building and its status as a CSB II promises the availability of a trained doctor. But the doctor left for Antananarivo, the capital, in 2002 and has not been replaced, and whenever the remaining nurse is absent, services stop.
[IRIN]
Addis Ababa -
Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely affected the mid-February to May 'Belg' crop.
[IRIN]
Isiolo -
Thousands of infants born in remote northern parts of Kenya in the past six weeks risk contracting tuberculosis (TB) due to a vaccine shortage, with medics warning that the effects could be severe in areas where there is already little access to maternity and vaccination services.
[New Democrat]
The one-time leader of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), now senator of Nimba County, Thursday claimed that the Independent Human Rights Commission (INHRC) has announced plans to forward him and others listed in the TRC report for prosecution to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial.
[RFI]
Somali leaders, meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa over the last three days, have finally agreed to end the political transition process and set a date for the creation of a parliament and a new president.
[RFI]
Cairo -
Cairo's graffiti artists offered a sarcastic rebuttal to city authorities on Thursday during the last day of voting in Egypt's presidential elections. Following plans to whitewash street art on Mohamed Mahmoud St, artists instead began the whitewashing themselves spelling out a cynical phrase in Arabic - "forget about the past, focus on the elections".
[Fahamu]
With the 54 leaders of the African Union due to try again to elect a new Chairperson of the AU Commission in July, isn't it time the African had a say in the election, rather than the outcome being influenced by outside interests?
Africa: AU Election Test of Continent's Unity and Commitment to EqualityFri, 25 May 2012 09:04:08 GMT
[Gender Links]
Africa Day 2012 is being celebrated under the theme "Towards the Realisation of a united and integrated Africa and its diaspora." The theme is particularly significant as the election of the AU Chairperson in draws closer with a strong female contender, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Home Affairs in South Africa.
[RNW Africa]
Kigali -
While the EU battles the euro crisis and security of its member states wobbles, East Africa is becoming ever more community-minded. A common market is developing. Considerations of a universal monetary unit are serious. And some can even foresee the formation of a political federation.
[AlertNet]
Lambasted for their voluminous greenhouse gas emissions, implicated in massive land degradation, and denounced for driving deforestation, livestock are supposedly the bad kids on the block - the black sheep of sustainable agriculture.
[Vanguard]
Cape Town -
South Africa's Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe has said that his country is looking to Nigeria for the purchase of its crude oil.
[Vanguard]
Kaduna -
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar (III), yesterday, condemned for the umpteenth time, the spate of killings and destruction in the northern part of the country by the militant Islamic sect Jama'atu Ahlus Sunnah Lid Da'awati Wal jihad, commonly refered to as Boko Haram and declared "enough of the bloodshed". Towards this end, the Sultan has charged Emirs and Islamic clerics to do all within their powers to end the bloodshed.
[Vanguard]
Abuja -
Against the backdrop of the resolution of the 19 northern governors not to support any presidential candidate from the southern part of the country in 2015 election, elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark declared, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2015 presidential election because former Presidents of the country contested for second term in office.
[Vanguard]
Lagos -
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said he had no power to reinstate the 788 sacked doctors in the state health service, adding that he has no power to employ or sack any doctor.
[The Star]
A debate is raging in South Africa about whether democracy and freedom from censorship should override an individual's right to privacy and dignity. For those who have not heard, an artist painted a picture of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals showing.
[The Star]
Barely a week after Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta launched his party, The National Alliance, his former Kanu rival Gideon Moi has moved to block him from using some colours. Gideon, the acting Kanu chairman, through his secretary-general Nick Salat accuses TNA of using Kanu's red, black and green colours.
[The Star]
MORE than three million girls in Kenya have no access to sanitary towels, Saidia Dada Network Kenya, a non-governmental organisation, has said.
[The Star]
The National Hospital Insurance Fund yesterday denied that Sh900 million was wired to an account in Jersey. It explained that it had used the money "to meet various payments under the scheme", without elaborating.
[U.S. Congress]
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) today again implored the Obama Administration to do more to address the looming humanitarian crisis on the border of South Sudan and Sudan.
[World Bank]
Washington -
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors discussed a Management Report on May 22 together with a Supplemental Note that responds to the Inspection Panel's (IP) investigation of South Africa's Eskom Investment Support Project (EISP). The request to the Inspection Panel raised concerns about potential harm from the Eskom project in the future and the Panel did not find instances of current harm stemming from non-compliance.
[UN News]
Leaders in Somalia have agreed to set up a Constituent Assembly that will adopt the East African nation's new constitution in line with an existing roadmap to end the current transitional governing arrangement by an upcoming deadline, the United Nations envoy for the country said today.
[UNHCR]
Juba, South Sudan -
The UN refugee agency is expanding aid operations for refugees in South Sudan's Yida camp, whose population has swollen to more than 35,000 people.
[State Department]
Today, the Egyptian people concluded a historic two days of voting in the first round of their presidential election, marking another important milestone in their transition to democracy. We look forward to working with Egypt's democratically elected government. We will continue to stand with the Egyptian people as they work to seize the promise of last year's uprising and build a democracy that reflects their values and traditions, respects universal human rights, and meets their aspirations for dignity a
[Gates Foundation]
Seattle -
Statement by Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the occasion of the World Health Assembly resolutions declaring completion of polio eradication a global emergency and endorsing the Global Vaccine Action Plan
Android und iOS beherrschen die Smartphone - Welt Laut IDC wurden im ersten Quartal 2012 weltweit 152 Millionen Smartphones verkauft. Mehr als die Hälfte davon sind mit Android ausgerüstet, ein knappes Viertel iPhones mit iOS.
(heise)
Elton John Sänger Elton John wurde mit einer schweren Atemwegs erkrankung ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert – der Popstar musste sogar einige Konzerte absagen. Er entschuldigte sich bei den Fans.
(bunte)
SpaceX: Dragon dockt an die ISS an Die Nasa hat das Andocken der privaten Raumfähre Dragon an die ISS erlaubt. Das Manöver hat am frühen Freitag morgen begonnen und soll am Nachmittag abgeschlossen sein.
(golem IT)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) zum installieren bereit.