Tag Archive for "Middle East"

Sigurd Neubauer: Somalia: A Terrorist-Piracy Nexus?

Sigurd Neubauer
May 22, 2013 9:05 pm

Significant strides have been made in recent years towards combating piracy, especially off the coast of Somalia, but a robust international...

Mali: Timbuktu’s literary gems face Islamists and decay in fight for survival

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Afua Hirsch
May 20, 2013 6:03 pm

Ancient manuscripts on science and history are symbols of Africa's cultural heritage, say guardians of priceless libraryThere is a proverb i...

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Orange inaugurates a new Campus in Dakar dedicated to managerial development

Andrea Ayemoba
May 17, 2013 12:07 pm

With the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group, which is present in some 20 African countries, re...

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Qantas and Emirates Welcome New Zealand Decision on Partnership

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 16, 2013 12:04 pm

Qantas and Emirates have welcomed the New Zealand Minister for Transport’s decision to approve their partnership. The partnership will p...

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AOG’s upstream division Oryx Petroleum completes IPO

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 16, 2013 12:04 pm

AOG is pleased to confirm that the initial public offering (IPO) of its upstream energy division, Oryx Petroleum, was successfully completed...

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Standard Chartered to expand banking business in Africa

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 13, 2013 9:07 am

Standard Chartered, an international financial institution, is planning to expand its banking operations in two more African countries, incl...

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Sanjay Sanghoee: The Case for American Intervention in Syria

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Sanjay Sanghoee
May 11, 2013 12:04 am

America's motives for intervening in Syria, as they were in World War II, might be a mix of humanitarian ideals and selfish agendas, but tha...

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Koshari: Egyptian king of foods, or over-hyped and over-carbed? | Rachel Shabi

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Rachel Shabi
May 10, 2013 9:00 am

A new restaurant, Koshari Street, has brought Egypt's much-loved street food and national dish to LondonThe food that apparently fuelled a r...

Egypt walks out of nuclear talks

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April 30, 2013 9:02 am

Egypt has walked out of a round of global nuclear talks in protest, saying other nations are not acting quickly enough to establish the Midd...

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EMEA Businesses struggling to protect their value chains

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Staff Writer
April 26, 2013 9:11 am

A research study launched by Oracle revealed that the majority of businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have been unable to pr...

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Djibouti and the World Bank Sign New Project to Deliver Better Health Services to Mothers and Children

Andrea Ayemoba
April 24, 2013 12:03 pm

Djibouti and the World Bank signed a US$7.0 million credit agreement for Improving the Health Sector Performance project, designed to impro...

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Pentagon chief heads to Egypt

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Africa News Cloud
April 24, 2013 9:19 am

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is set to travel to Egypt as part of a Middle East tour designed to bolster America's alliances amid growin...

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Mobile Internet Survey reveals heavy usage, high expectations

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Staff Writer
April 24, 2013 9:11 am

Analysys Mason recently conducted primary research with mobile Internet users in six countries in the Middle East and Africa (MEA): Egypt, K...

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StanChart acquires South African firm

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 24, 2013 9:07 am

Standard Chartered Bank has announced its acquisition of South African custody and trustee business of Absa Bank.This planned acquisition, t...

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Wind Brings Light to Somaliland

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Ed McKenna
April 22, 2013 9:02 am

A wind turbine, situated some 20 kilometres outside of Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa, has become a significant totem of the country’s ch...

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New CCO at Nigeria’s IHS

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Staff Writer
April 18, 2013 9:03 am

Nigerian-based telecommunications infrastructure provider IHS has appointed Rhys Phillip as Chief Commercial Officer to support continued ...

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Mobile devices in Africa are unprotected, says Norton

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 17, 2013 9:04 am

Norton by Symantec, weekend released new insights into Middle East and African consumers’ mobile use and behaviours, revealing that adul...

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Africa: Fuel Subsidies – Grasping the Nettle

Africa News Cloud
April 16, 2013 12:06 pm

[African Arguments]Faced with a rising food and fuel import bill, numerous African governments are reviewing their energy subsidy schemes. B...

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IMF keen to splash the cash in Egypt

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Heather Stewart
April 14, 2013 12:00 am

The IMF is very interested in spreading its money and influence in Egypt, but concerns remain over US-style policies and Morsi's legitimacyE...

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Mobile phones in Africa unprotected

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 12, 2013 9:07 am

Norton has released a research report that shows that many mobile phones used in the Middle East and African are not secured and locked posi...

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Apricot industry a winner for SA

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 9, 2013 9:03 am

South Africa is known internationally for the quality of its fresh citrus, deciduous and subtropical fruit produce, and the country is no sl...

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South Africa: Mandela discharged from the hospital

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Africa News Cloud
April 6, 2013 6:13 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to the Middle East on his third trip there in just two weeks in a fresh bid to unlock long-stalled I...

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Procter & Gamble sees growth opportunities in Africa

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
April 4, 2013 12:04 pm

Emerging markets were the markets of the future and the potential for the retail industry in Africa was "absolutely huge", Standa Vecera, vi...

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Ethiopia: SMS service to help Importers.

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Ephraim Batambuze
April 3, 2013 3:05 pm

The Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprises (ESLSE) has installed new software that will enable it to automatically notify c...

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eGov Africa 2013 Special: Q&A with ZTE’s Wang Yi Wen

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PC Tech Staff
April 3, 2013 9:09 am

Last week, Uganda hosted the 7th edition of E-Gov Africa 2013 at the Commonwealth Speke Resort Munyonyo, under the theme for this conferenc...

Egypt’s top prosecutor orders arrest of hit TV satirist

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Patrick Kingsley
March 31, 2013 12:00 pm

Critics damn move against Bassem Youssef, Egypt's Jon Stewart, whose show, al-Bernameg, gets over 30 million viewersEgypt's top prosecutor h...

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Future energy potential in North-Africa and Middle East

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Andrea Ayemoba
March 27, 2013 12:05 pm

10th Maghreb, Mediterranean, MidEast Upstream Conference 2013 in Paris With oil prices and production still going up, North Africa and th...

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Yaron Schwartz: Remembering a Foreign Policy Hero

Yaron Schwartz
March 26, 2013 12:01 am

U.S. foreign policy capabilities in the Middle East were greatly strengthened by Ambassador Stevens' efforts to treat others as his equal an...

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Majid Rafizadeh: The Character of Revolution

Majid Rafizadeh
March 25, 2013 9:02 pm

A number of analysts and scholars of the Middle East have argued that the revolutions and uprisings taking place in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Y...

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Egyptian prosecutor issues arrest warrants for five activists

Jason Patinkin
March 25, 2013 9:00 pm

Angry President Morsi warns of unspecified measures after violence outside Muslim Brotherhood office in CairoEgypt's top prosecutor issued a...

Seacom still working on restoring Mediterranean cable

Ephraim Batambuze
March 25, 2013 3:02 pm

Undersea cable provider Seacom said on Monday it was still working on restoring transmission across the Mediterranean Sea after its telecomm...

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EMEA CIOs eye increased spending

Africa News Cloud
March 25, 2013 3:02 pm

Seventy-one percent of CIOs in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region are expecting increases in IT spending this......

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