Displaying results for "joyce banda"

Today’s VOA60 Africa

Zimbabwe: President Mugabe casts shadows over potential presidential candidates due to his personal authority.

Nigeria: Officials say two bomb blasts targeting the offices of Nigerian newspaper, in the capital Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna, killing at least three people.

Egypt: Syrian opposition calls for Arab League backing to help implement a cease fire.

Malawi: Citizens hope President Joyce Banda will usher in a better government to end repression and economic troubles seen under her predecessor.

South Africa: The nation’s Department of Transport aims to revamp the passenger rail sector and launches new stock of trains worth over 12 billion US dollars in the next 20 years.

Posted Apr 26, 12 #zimbabwe #mugabe #president #nigeria #abuja #kaduna #egpyt #bomb #blast #malawi #joyce banda #south africa #train

Today’s VOA60 Africa

Mali: Northerners living in the capital Bamako demand the government free northern territories now in the hands of Tuareg rebels.

Somalia:  After recent bombing in Mogadishu Somali people say they are longing for peace and an end to war.

Ethiopia: Government undertakes huge program to move thousands of itinerants to villages so land they lived on can be sold to foreign investors.

Malawi: Newly installed President Joyce Banda says overseas donors will restore aid that was suspended during reign of President Mutharika.

South Sudan:  To raise awareness of the dangers of land mines, landmine victims play basketball at primary school in the capital Juba.

South Africa:  Growing international market for South African fashions is breathing new life into the country’s struggling textile industry. 

Posted Apr 11, 12 #mali #somalia #ethiopia #malawi #south sudan #south africa #bamako #mogadishu #joyce banda #mutharika #landmine #juba #textile