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1. Kenya port to benefit as rebels quit Somalia's Kismayu

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   2 October 2012 (Reuters) - Kenya's main port of Mombasa, East Africa's chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has driven rebels out of Somalia's Kismayu port and is therefore likely to reduce offshore piracy further, the Kenyan transport minister said. Attacks by Somali gangs on commercial cargo vessels destined for Mombasa and beyond had forced some companies to re-route their ships from the pirate-infested waters and pushed insurance and security costs sky-high. Read complete text.. . Categories: Transport…

2. From Texas to India to the Horn of Africa, Concern about Weather, Water and Crops

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   spells which will impact on crop production and food security.” The forecast comes just weeks after the United Nations downgraded Somalia’s food crisis from a famine to a “humanitarian emergency.”  Across…

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   were Somalia, Niger, Ethiopia, Chad, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Mali. One shared character- istic of the bottom 10 countries is that they are mostly fragile…

4. Challenges of Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in War-affected Economies

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   Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan. Publication date 1999 Document type Research paper Language(s) English…

5. Give China all the roads; traditional donors have moved on to other projects

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   16 April 2012 East African - 14 April 2012 In her column last week, Rasna Warah offered a critique of “traditional donors” in Africa, and heralded a new approach, led by China and embodied most recently by Turkey. What is this “new development aid paradigm?” The model emphasises, in her words, “mutual trade benefits and infrastructure development.” This is in contrast to the Western focus on “humanitarian aid and governance issues.” Warah is a seasoned aid critic, and has written passionately and keenly about Somalia. It is undoubtedly true that Western donors have shifted their attention over time…

6. Ethiopia 'requires investment' to advance energy infrastructure

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   and Somalia will have to sign cooperative agreements in order to copper-fasten any plans. It continued the feasibility of renewable power generation technologies could be aided by Ethiopia's willingness…

7. World Bank announces power infrastructure plans for Dijibouti

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   30 July 2010 Power infrastructure is to be improved in Dijibouti, with the announcement on Tuesday (July 27th) the World Bank is to finance an energy generation project with a grant worth $8.9 million (£5.7 million). The programme, known as the Power Access and Diversification Project, should help extend access to electricity for low-income citizens. Sandwiched between the developing countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, the region might be known for unsettled political regimes and occasional food shortages. And the building of power facilities could also offer employment in the republic,…

8. Hilary Clinton to visit Africa

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   have visited the continent. Clinton is due to speak at the Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum and meet with Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. President Obama made his first visit to Africa…

9. Broadband to 'change lives of millions in east Africa'

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   23 June 2009 Broadband is set to transform the lives of millions of people in east Africa, it has been claimed. Having been one of the only populated areas in the world up until now not to have broadband access to the world wide web, residents in countries such as Kenya and Sudan have previously had to rely on satellite links. Last week, Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki plugged in a fibre-optic submarine cable that should speed up the connection of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda - as well as some parts of Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia - to the online community. According to the Economist,…

10. Ten Africa countries to benefit from sat broadband

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    14 September 2009 An agreement between SES and Intersat will increase broadband penetration in ten eastern and central African countries, it has been announced. Due to start in the January 2010, the deal is aimed at bringing internet to the rural households, SMEs and schools that are not connected by the submarine fibre currently providing service to much of east Africa. SES' Astra2connect will offer use of their World Skies NSS012 satellite to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Norbert Willems, managing director at Astra Broadband Services, asserted:…