JUN 5, 2008
Africa: U.S. Military Set for a Long Campaign
allAfrica.com
Strident hostility towards a US military command centre for Africa (Africom) has prompted the US defense establishment to lobby civil society and key stakeholders in Africa, in a bid to garner support for the centre's planned relocation on African soil.
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JUN 3, 2008
Rwanda Strives to Become High Technology Hub for Africa
Voice of America
The Rwandan government wants to use advanced information communication technologies, or ICTs, to transform its traditionally agricultural society into what has been dubbed "the Singapore of Africa".
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JUN 1, 2008
U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
The Washington Post
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.
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MAY 28, 2008
Net access for African universities would boost continent
The Daily Yomiuri
In addition to providing educational and research opportunities, high-speed Internet access will also help improve cultural exchanges and improve understanding between Africa and the rest of the world. It is one of the most effective tools for advancing public diplomacy.
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MAY 28, 2008
Significance of the Africa global sister city conference and youth summit held in Accra
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Africa Global Sister Cities Foundation, an umbrella body of the Sister Cities International, currently has a membership of twenty countries with Ghana having the biggest number of twenty sister cities...After forty-five years of a seemingly losing battle by the African Union to unite the continent, the African Global Sister Cities Foundation is one of the ways of bringing the African people and cities together for meaningful cooperation and development.
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