African News Update – Pakistan and Libya agree to boost multifaceted ties (Business Recorder)
Pakistan and Libya agree to boost multifaceted ties (Business Recorder)
TRIPOLI (May 02 2009): President Asif Ali Zardari and Libyan Leader Moammar Al Qaddafi on Friday expressed their resolve to further strengthen their multifaceted ties and agreed on adopting practical measures for boosting economic co-operation between the two countries.
Ghana Christian leaves Libya jail (BBC News)
A Ghanaian man who was imprisoned in Libya eight years ago for distributing Christian material is freed.
Djibouti: Meet nomadic tribes and brave flying fish in the tiny former French colony (Independent)
Being slapped in the face by a wet fish is, it is my duty to inform you, every bit as unpleasant as it sounds – and just as comically uproarious to others. The baby barracuda were whipped up to the top of the sea by the power of our tiny motorboat, the loudest thing for miles around in the Bay of Tadjoura, as we weaved a choppy course through the pitch-black night.
Wife of Kenyan PM joins sex strike (UPI)
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1 (UPI) — The wife of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says she has joined a week-long sex strike aimed at protesting the country’s leadership.
Burka, Mekonnen, G. Dibaba progress in a day of qualifiers – Ethiopian Championships Day 2 (IAAF)
1 May 2009 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – World indoor 1500m champion Derese Mekonnen, African women’s 1500m champion Gelete Burka, and World junior Cross Country champion Genzebe Dibaba all comfortably negotiated tricky heats on the second day of the 38th Ethiopian Athletics Championships (29 April- 3 May 2009) at the Addis Ababa stadium on Thursday (30).
US adds Canada, Indonesia, Algeria to copyright blacklist (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States on Thursday placed Canada, Indonesia and Algeria on a blacklist of intellectual property rights violators, joining nations such as China and Russia that were long branded copyright pirates.
Unruly Kenyan deportee puts U.S. in legal bind (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—What do you do with a Kenyan on an expired visa who just won’t go home? In the curious case of David Kihuha, the government wants to resume a rarely used and controversial practice and sedate him, then put him on a one-way flight to Nairobi. But that has proven to be difficult, at best. Indeed, the case of the 36-year-old Kenyan, a former Olathe, Kan., resident, has frustrated …
Ethiopian firms find India Inc ideal partner to do business (New Kerala)
By Groum Abate, Addis Ababa, May 1 : A little noticed story amid the economic gloom is how India’s ties are on a steady climb with Africa, a typical example being the way Ethiopian firms prefer to partner with India Inc that has emerged relatively unscathed from the current global financial crisis.
Zoo Day: New Guinea Singing Dog (Channel 8 San Diego)
Jenny Mehlow introduces us to Montana, a New Guinea singing dog.
Ethiopia says plotters sought to assassinate officials (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Plan to assassinate officials, blow up utilities * Ethiopia may seek extradition of diaspora figures By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (Reuters) – Ethiopia said on Friday a group led by an …
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