HUMNEWS HEADLINES - August 16, 2010 (Africa and the Middle East)
AFRICA
African immigrants gravitating to China
The land rush doesn’t have to end in a poor deal for Africans
Evangelization campaign: Foreign languages and visas to lure Algerians
Siddiqui: (commentary) De-encrypting hypocrisy of BlackBerry issue
Cuba’s cash-for-doctors program (opinion)
President highlights Congo’s contribution to national liberation
Chevron spends USD 20 million on social projects
“Angola key to understanding earth history”
Oil profits: Transparency should be strictly adhered to (commentary)
Lovers of African cinema remember Rui Duarte (entertainment)
NAPTIP to prosecute 3 for human trafficking
Botswana will not deploy troops to Somalia
Takeover bid for African diamonds
East Africa is under the spotlight as explorers search for mineral wealth
Public screenings of games in Ghana, Cameroon a big hit (sports)
POSCO ICT to manage water and sewage systems in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea and Chile advance (sports)
Exiled Eritreans hail Ethiopia’s out-of-camp policy shift
Milking fog: the science of collecting drinking water
Sinai traffickers gun down four migrants
Gabon to get $4.5bn Asian investment
Will Ghana choose China over ExxonMobile for Kosmos’ jubilee stake?
Ghana: Kufuor’s ‘secret children’, new youth policy dominate Ghana media
Selective justice in Ghana – says Nana Darkwah the Seer (commentary)
Every reason to be proud (sports)
Liberia: A nation of receivers (opinion)
Liberians confident of 3rd appearance in CFA’s finals (sports)
CBL Inaugurates banking institute
Bad roads affect sub-regional economic growth
Libya: BP to start drilling by October
Nigeria, Libya mend diplomatic ties
197 people died from measles in Malawi since January
Kamwendo quits Flames (sports)
MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique’s Central bank to pay fuel imports
Phone glitch reported in central, northern Mozambique
Portugal’s Portucel plans on second factory in Mozambique
Germany supports Mozambican education sector
NIGER
Niger gets tough on ‘pure water’ producers
NIGERIA
Unlike the Gulf, Niger Delta oil spills have no end in sight
QATAR
Qatar cuts key deposit rate to boost economy
WOQOD – Qatar fuel achieves 34% increase in net profit
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Commercial importance of existing hydrocarbons in Sao Tome and Principe to be known in due time
Sao Tomean Premier praises Angola’s role in sub-region
SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone and the white shoppers’ burden
SUDAN
Darfur kidnappers file demands to release Jordan’s peacekeepers
Egypt, Sudan urged to sign Nile pact
Sudan claims Ugandan land, halts construction
SWAZILAND
Swaziland’s press proves loyal to the king
We need to have pride in our system (commentary)
UGANDA
Trauma needs serious address by the government (commentary)
YEMEN
Yemen, World Bank fighting QAT addiction among youth
Obama’s multigenerational shadow war (opinion)
US admits military involvement in striking al-Qaida in Yemen, embarrassing Yemen gov’t
Yemen says new gas discoveries in several oil sectors to mull investment
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