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Africa Report PROJECT ON BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AFRICA REPORT Second Quarterly Report on Africa April to June 2008 Volume: 2 Reports for the month of June 2008 Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani Contributors Abbas S Lamptey Snr Research Associate Reports on Sub-Saharan AFrica Abdirisak Ismail Research Assistant Reports on East Africa INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AFRICA REPORT Second Quarterly Report on Asia April to June 2008 Volume: 2 Reports for June 2008 Department of Politics and International Relations International Islamic University Islamabad 2 BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AFRICA REPORT Second Quarterly Report on Africa 2008 Volume: 2 Table of contents Reports for the month of June Week-1 June 04, 2008 117 Week-2 June 18, 2008 161 Week-3 June 25, 2008 207 Country profiles Sources 3 4 BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD Weekly Presentation: June 10, 2008 Sub-Saharan Africa Abbas S Lamptey Period: From May 18 to June 7, 2008 THE HEADLINES 1. CHINA -AFRICA RELATIONS WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: China - Nigeria, Our Major Development Partner: This Day (Lagos): 5 June 2008. • Nigeria: FG Rejects $2.5bn Chinese Loan: Vanguard (Lagos): 21 May 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Zimbabwe: China Denies Weapons Delivery: The Namibian (Windhoek): 22 May 2008. • Malawi: NGO Keeping an Eye On Govt's New Best Friend – China: Inter Press Service (Johannesburg):26 May 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Somalia: China Oil Company Representatives Visiting Puntland: Garowe Online (Garowe): 29 May 2008. • Tanzania: Seventh Telecom Firm Enters Market: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam):5 June 2008. 2. PAN AFRICA WEST AFRICA • Africa: Yar'Adua Explains Stand on Africom: allAfrica.com: 3 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Africa: Japan-Africa Outcome 'Inadequate': Inter Press Service (Johannesburg): 30 May 2008. • Africa: Critics Target U.S. Military Command: Inter Press Service (Johannesburg): 2 June 2008. • Africa: World Economic Forum on Africa Opens: The Herald (Harare): 6 June 2008. • Africa: Japan Plans to Double Aid to Continent: Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo):26 May 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA 5 • Kenya: Barack Obama is Africa's Talisman: The Nation (Nairobi): EDITORIAL: 8 June 2008. • Africa: 40 Heads to Attend Tokyo Conference: New Vision (Kampala): 25 May 2008. • Africa: Is Biofuel The Continent's New Oil?: Business Daily (Nairobi):4 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Africa: Kagame Calls for an Integrated Continent: The New Times (Kigali): 7 June 2008. 3. HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER AND SOCIAL ISSUES WEST AFRICA • Burkina Faso: New Child Trafficking Law Hard to Enforce: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks:4 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Zimbabwe: Pressure Mounts On Mugabe Over Violence: Zimbabwe Standard (Harare): 7 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Uganda: Landmine Survivors Welcome Ban On Cluster Bombs: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks:4 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Rwanda: Kenya Dragging Feet in Kabuga Hunt, UN Told: The Nation (Nairobi):6 June 2008. • Burundi: Military Court Refuses to Try Muyinga Massacre Suspects: Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne):3 June 2008. 4. REFUGEES, MIGRATION AND IDPs WEST AFRICA • South Africa: Xenophobia - Mbeki Apologises to Yar’Adua: This Day (Lagos): 4 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Zimbabwe: Dilemma for Citizens Hated in South Africa And Neglected At Home: The Nation (Nairobi):4 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Kenya: 424 Back From South Africa: The Nation (Nairobi): 4 June 2008. • Somalia: Immigrant Boat Missing in Libyan Waters: Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu): 5 June 2008 CENTRAL AFRICA 6 • Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Displaced After Rebel Attacks: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks:5 June 2008. 5. HEALTH MATTERS (HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, TB) WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: Ogun Seals 13 Drug Firms: Vanguard (Lagos): 6 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • South Africa: Funds Sought to Train New Category of Health Worker: Business Day (Johannesburg):5 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Kenya: Obel Claims Discovery of Another Aids Drug: The Nation (Nairobi): 6 June 2008. • Uganda: New Anti-Malaria Product Tested: New Vision (Kampala): 5 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Expert Blames Aids, Ebola to Bush Meat: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam): 6 June 2008. 6. ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE MATTERS WEST AFRICA • West Africa: Region is 'Ground Zero' for Climate Change – Egeland: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: 2 June 2008. • Ghana: Country to Host International Tropical Timber Organisation Meeting: Public Agenda (Accra):6 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Mozambique: Bush Fires Main Threat to Environment: Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo): 5 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Ethiopia: Country Launches New Tree Planting Campaign: The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa):6 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Rwanda: Local Appointed On Environmental Body: The New Times (Kigali): 5 June 2008. 7. ENERGY WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: Niger Delta Crisis Will Soon End, Bankole Assures U.S.: Leadership (Abuja):6 June 2008. 7 SOUTHERN AFRICA • South Africa: Govt to Penalise Excessive Electricity Users: BuaNews (Tshwane): 6 June 2008. • Namibia: Billion-Dollar Biofuels Production in Pipeline: The Namibian (Windhoek): 6 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Somalia: Foreign Oil Workers Evacuated From Puntland Exploration Site: Garowe Online (Garowe): 7 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Rwanda: Govt Waives All Taxes On Diesel: The New Times (Kigali): 6 June 2008. 8. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY SOUTHERN AFRICA • PetroSA Seeks Global Partners for Projects in Country: Business Day (Johannesburg): 5 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Tanzania: Shilling And Economy Bask in Positive IMF Rating: The East African (Nairobi): 9 June 2008. 9. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: Abacha Never Stole, Say Buhari, Babangida: This Day (Lagos): 9 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Was Never Arrested - Zim Police: The Zimbabwe Guardian (London):6 June 2008 EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Somalia: Talks in Djibouti Approach to Collapse: Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu): 9 June 2008. 10. PEACEKEEPING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND SECURITY MATTERS WEST AFRICA • Sierra Leone: Peacebuilding Commission Dele Arrives to Prepare Country: Concord Times (Freetown):3 June 2008. • Africa: U.S. Govt, G8 Undertakes Peacekeeping Initiative: The NEWS (Monrovia): 4 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Somalia: Islamic Courts Spokesman Says on Way Forward: Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu):31 May 2008. 8 • Sudan: Ugandan Shot Dead in Darfur: New Vision (Kampala): 29 May 2008. • Sudan: Abyei Oil Conflict Poses a Threat to Peace: The East African (Nairobi): 2 June 2008. • Somalia: Civil Society Groups Urge UN to Put Pressure on Politicians: Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu):5 June 2008. • Uganda: LRA Asks for One Last Chance in Juba Talks: The Monitor (Kampala):7 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Congo-Brazzaville: Security And Humanitarian Conditions Improve in Pool Region: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: 6 June 2008. • Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Blue Helmets Celebrate 60 Years of UN Peacekeeping: United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa): 30 May 2008. 11. REBEL, MILITANCY AND “WAR ON TERRROR” WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: Al-Qaeda Threat - Group Chides Police Ig : Leadership (Abuja) :9 June 2008. • Angola: Police Get 42 Fire Arms From Citizens: Angola Press Agency (Luanda): 6 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Kenya: Four Held in Terror Probe: The Nation (Nairobi): 26 May 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Want UN to Investigate Camp Attack: Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali): 5 June 2008. 12. NORTH AFRICA • Algeria: Four Condemned to Prison for Becoming Christian: Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi): 6 June 2008. • Algeria: Archbishop Asks State to Free Christian Convert: Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi):3 June 2008. • Algeria: Cartoonist, Newspaper Publisher And Editor Face Possible Prison Sentences in Defamation Case Over Cartoon of Former Army Chief: World Association of Newspapers (Paris): PRESS RELEASE: 4 June 2008. • Tunisia: 'Tunisia is a Role Model in the Region', Says Chief U.S. Commander of Africom: Tunisia Online (Tunis): 29 May 2008. • Liberia: Students in Morocco Commend President Sirleaf: The Inquirer (Monrovia): 29 May 2008. 9 • South Africa: Ugly Politics Aggravate Xenophobia: allAfrica.com: GUEST COLUMN: 4 June 2008. 13. NEWS COMMENTARIES WEST AFRICA • Africa: China in Africa - Implications for U.S. Policy: United States Department of State (Washington, DC): DOCUMENT: 4 June 2008. SOUTHERN AFRICA • South Africa: Ugly Politics Aggravate Xenophobia: allAfrica.com: GUEST COLUMN: 4 June 2008. EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA • Africa: Africa Must Wake Up to the Anarchy: The Monitor (Kampala): EDITORIAL: 22 May 2008. • Africa: Beneficial Asia Relations Stalled By Lack of Vision: The Nation (Nairobi): OPINION: 1 June 2008. • Africa: Can the Continent Produce a New Intellectual to Redeem Herself: The Monitor (Kampala): COLUMN: 5 June 2008. CENTRAL AFRICA • Africa: Challenges to the Rule of Law: Fahamu (Oxford): OPINION: 5 June 2008. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. THE REPORT IN DETAIL 14. CHINA -AFRICA RELATIONS WEST AFRICA • Nigeria: China - Nigeria, Our Major Development Partner: This Day (Lagos): 5 June 2008. Special Representative of
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