HUMNEWS HEADLINES-March 10, 2010 (Africa and the Middle East)

Africa and the Middle East

ANGOLA:    Angola to host International Youth Conference- http://bit.ly/ayqwS7

BENIN:       Beach volleyball team places 3^rd in Olympic qualifier in Nigeria –  http://bit.ly/aPMQ5u

BOTSWANA:     Safari Company lists on BSE despite odds- http://bit.ly/bDi83e

BURKINA FASO:   Cloud Computing in Developing Countries- http://bit.ly/cQqACn

CAMEROON:     Minister ordered to monitor PR sector-http://bit.ly/bdOtnw

CAPE VERDE:    Ambassador pays tribute to fallen UN in Haiti- http://bit.ly/92sMlx

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 

UNHCR chief visits Central African Republic, pledges support for the forcibly displaced- http://bit.ly/dcrok5

CHAD:      Low rainfall to blame for cereal prices at 5-year high- http://bit.ly/bNzkra

COMOROS:    Qatar, others pledge millions in aid at OIC in Doha- http://bit.ly/btxT7S

DJIBOUTI:  PTA bank receives US$50 million loan for development projects- http://bit.ly/akYPib

ERITREA:   Eritrean, Sudanese intellectuals mark development progress - http://bit.ly/cbao2A

GABON:   

President says seat on UN Security Council time to highlight reforms, fight corruption- http://bit.ly/ajiI36

GHANA:    President promises oil money to be used for “benefit of all”- http://bit.ly/9GkTMp

GUINEA-BISSAU:   Japan pledges EU1.5 million for trade, development-http://bit.ly/aPF4cp

LESOTHO:   

Joshi underlines rural development cooperation between India, Lesotho-http://bit.ly/bT227J

LIBERIA:    WFP’s ‘Purchase for Profit’ program boosts farming- http://bit.ly/c6wGwX

LIBYA:    Libya, Azerbaijan set up ‘cooperation commission’- http://bit.ly/aHVCTG

MALI:      Release of two Al-Qaeda hostages, a Spaniard and an Italian- http://bit.ly/aq4Bcl

MALI:       Italian 'freed' in Mali still held by Al-Qaeda: source-http://bit.ly/bubFYm

MALAWI:     US hails Malawi’s commercial courts-http://bit.ly/aQWTPM

MAURITANIA:        Japan gives US$6.5 million towards food security-http://bit.ly/bPDTuy

MOZAMBIQUE:    Foreign Minister admits to ‘friction’ with donors- http://bit.ly/cGLJv9

NAMIBIA:    Namibia to follow Zimbabwe land reform example- http://bit.ly/aCKtt3

QATAR:     Sudanese government, opposition hold talks in Doha-http://bit.ly/9DU1eV

REUNION ISLAND:    Airport hails high tech terminal opening - http://bit.ly/d00iVk

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE:    Liberation figure, writer dies- http://bit.ly/aMLHwd

SEYCHELLES:   To hold global conference on maritime security-  http://bit.ly/bhbKaK

SIERRA LEONE:     UN commends Sierra Leone on Haiti relief effort- http://bit.ly/aE0TNF

SUDAN:      US eases restrictions on IT exports- http://bit.ly/9gjQQZ

TOGO:     President urges CAF to lift ban on Togo national team- http://bit.ly/art121

WESTERN SAHARA:  West Saharan Fish in Swedish Products-http://bit.ly/dvKRbg

YEMEN:   Government cut mobile service in south because of ‘security requirements’-http://bit.ly/axn3Fy