Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology supports transformative development

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) will be held in Addis Ababa from 21 – 23 October, 2013</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The need for strong weather and climate services to reduce vulnerability and promote sustainable development will be addressed by the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and <a href="http://www.climdev-africa.org/ccda3">Development</a> in Africa (CCDA-III)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 21 – 23 October, 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Organized by the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), under the auspices of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Programme, the conference’s theme is Africa on the rise: can the opportunities from climate change spring the continent to transformative development? </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African Union and the World Meteorological Organization will co-host a side event that will identify current gaps and future needs in the provision of weather and climate services. It will also discuss a range of potential solutions through the implementation of the Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services), that can positively impact the lives and livelihoods of African communities.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The side event will further discuss the need for African political leadership and cooperation to strengthen and mainstream weather and climate services into the decision-making and development planning process in key sectors such as agriculture, water resources and transport.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African continent’s weak adaptive capacity increases its exposure to climate change and limits its ability to benefit from advances in climate science. Many National Meteorological and Hydrological Services have limited resources.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.wmo.int/amcomet">The African</a> Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET)  provides political support to strengthen national meteorological services to enable them to perform their mandate and thus contribute to transformative development in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology developed under AMCOMET and endorsed by the African Union, positions weather and climate services as essential components in poverty alleviation, disaster risk management and sustainable development efforts. The Strategy is a key component in the implementation of the Global <a href="http://gfcs-climate.org/">Framework</a> for Climate Service (GFCS)  in Africa to increase the provision of user-driven climate services, especially in the priority areas of food security, water management, disaster risk reduction and health.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET).</span></div> </div>

Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology supports transformative development

The Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) will be held in Addis Ababa from 21 – 23 October, 2013 ...

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Exset Provides Monetisation Solution for Sub-Saharan Africa Digital Broadcast Deployment with DMS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Pay-TV needs a new monetisation model for emerging markets in order to succeed – Exset</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.exset.com/">Exset</a>, pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, has today revealed that its unique digital broadcast ecosystem – Digital Monetization System - provides the ideal solution to Sub-Saharan digital broadcasting growth among those who cannot afford premium subscription services.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Speaking at the Digital Broadcasting Summit and Expo, Arusha, Tanzania – hosted by the Southern African Broadcasting Association and BSP Media Group - Andrew Pons, Exset’s Director of Marketing, is exploring DMS and the multi-faceted benefits that it brings to emerging markets.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Pons says, “Exset understands that pay-TV needs a new monetisation model for emerging markets in order to succeed. That’s why it created Digital Monetization System (DMS) - a unique business and technology model that makes pay-TV self-financing without depending exclusively on subscriber fees for revenue. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">DMS bridges the gap between technology supply and value-add service creation, facilitating digital television platforms that can be monetised where previously virtually impossible. This allows populations to benefit from new information and entertainment services while operators and governments, when partnering with Exset, monetise digital switchover and assist in bringing about social transformation.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">By deploying DMS, a very low subscription model of a few dollars a month can be charged for the digital television service, with additional operator income gained through selling the interactive TV space to governments (for health and education information dissemination), magazines, local service provides, teleshopping – the list goes on.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Rahul Nehra, Global Head of Sales and Marketing at Exset, says, “There’s a combination of issues in sub-Saharan countries that have held up the rollout of digital TV services to vast swathes of the population. The digital divide is therefore increasing, with governments coming under pressure from a variety of international bodies to tackle this. The TV set is the ideal way to allow people to access new, exciting services at a cost they can afford via digital broadcast infrastructures that are practical to deploy.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Pons will speak on the 23rd October 2013, 10:30 am, on the topic: "Using Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) to drive local innovation and business".</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Exset.</span></div> </div>

Exset Provides Monetisation Solution for Sub-Saharan Africa Digital Broadcast Deployment with DMS

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MaalimSeif awataka Wazanzibari kuvumiliana

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amewataka wananchi kuacha tofauti zao na badala yake waishi kwa kuvuliana.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema migogoro ni jambo la kawaida katika jamii yoyote, lakini hatimaye wanajamii huamua kukaa pamoja na kuondosha tofauti zao, ili waishi kwa amani na kupendana.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ametoa nasaha hizo wakati akitoa mkono wa Iddi el-Hajj kwa baadhi ya wazee na mayatima wa vijiji vya Jumbi, Chwaka na Marumbi katika Wilaya ya Kati Unguja.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema hakuna haja kwa wanajamii kuendeleza migogoro isiyokuwa ya lazima, kwani haina tija yoyote kwa wananchi na Taifa kwa ujumla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika hatua nyengine Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais amewasisitiza wananchi kusherehekea sikuu ya Eid-el-Hajj kwa njia za amani na kufuata maadili ya Kiislamu pamoja na maadili ya Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema asubuhi Maalim Seif alijumuika na viongozi wengine wa kitaifa pamoja na waislamu mbali mbali katika sala ya Eid iliyosaliwa kitaifa katika viwanja vya Marumbi na baadaye kujuika katika Baraza la Eid-El-Hajj lililofanyika Chuo Kikuu Cha Taifa cha Zanzibar kilichoko Tunguu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad (OMKR).</span></div> </div>

MaalimSeif awataka Wazanzibari kuvumiliana

Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amewataka wananchi kuacha tofauti zao na badala yake waishi kwa kuvuliana. ...

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Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Community Forest Pemba, Mbarouk Mussa Omar, akitoa ufafanuzi kuhusiana na mradi wao, wakati alipokutana na Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seeif Sharif Hamad, Ofisini kwake Migombani.

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Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Community Forest Pemba, Mbarouk Mussa Omar, akitoa ufafanuzi kuhusiana na mradi wao, wakati alipokutana na Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seeif Sharif Hamad, Ofisini kwake Migombani.

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Maalim Seif aipongeza Communitu Forest Pemba

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesifu juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Jumuiya inayojihusisha na urejeshaji wa rasilimali asilia ya “Community Forest Pemba”, katika kuwapatia wananchi elimu juu ya utumiaji wa nishati mbadala na kuhifadhi mazinigira kisiwani humo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ametoa pongezi hizo leo wakati alipokutana na uongozi wa Jumuiya hiyo, pamoja na watendaji wa Community Forest International ambao wamekuwa wakifanya shughuli hizo kwa mashirikiano.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema elimu ya uhifadhi wa mazingira, ikiwemo nishati mbadala, upandaji miti na utaalamu wa uvunaji wa maji ya mvua inahimizwa sana na Serikali, na kwamba hatua ya jumuiya hizo kueneza taaluma hiyo inasaidia sana juhudi za serikali.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif amezihimiza jumuiya hizo kuendelea kuwa karibu na wananchi katika Shehia mbali mbali kisiwani humo, ili wananchi waendelee kunufaika na utaalamu wao, ambao ni rahisi na unaoepusha madhara ya uharibifu wa mazingira.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Community Forest Pemba, Mbarouk Mussa Omar, wananchi wa vijijini wanaweza kupunguza gharama za matumizi kwa kutumia nishati mbadala na kuepuka uhariribifu wa mazingira, sambamba na kudhibiti athari za mabadiliko ya tabia nchi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema mradi huo ambao pia unajihusisha na utengenezaji wa majiko sanifu, upandaji wa miti na kilimo, pia umefanikiwa kujenga skuli pamoja na hodhi linalohifadhi lita laki mbili katika kisiwa kidogo cha Kokota Pemba, vitu ambavyo tayari vimeanza kutoa huduma kwa wananchi wa kisiwa hicho.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amefahamisha kuwa mradi huo ni miongoni mwa miradi 14 ya Tanzania inayofadhiliwa na Jumuiya ya Ulaya (EU), na kwamba wamebakiwa na mwezi mmoja kukamilisha mradi huo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa “Community Forest International” Jeff Schnurr, amesema Zanzibar inavyo vianzio vingi vya upatikanaji wa nishati mbadala vikiwemo takataka zinazozalishwa pamoja na upepo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Jumuiya yake itawahamasisha wadau wengine wa mazingira duniani kuja kufanya utafiti Zanzibar, ili kuona maeneo zaidi ambayo yanaweza kusaidia kupatikana kwa nishati mbadala na uhifadhi wa mazingira ya visiwa kwa ujumla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad, OMKR.</span></div> </div>

Maalim Seif aipongeza Communitu Forest Pemba

Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesifu juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Jumuiya inayojihusisha na urejeshaji wa r...

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CUF: hakina muungano na vyama vyengine vya kisiasa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wakati viongozi wa vyama vya upinzani wakijiandaa kukutana na Rais Jakaya Kikwete tarehe 15 mwezi huu, Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF) kimesema hakijaungana na chama chochote cha siasa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katibu Mkuu wa Chama hicho Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesema walichofanya ni kuunganisha nguvu za kupinga muswada wa sheria ya mabadiliko ya katiba, na wala sio kuunganisha vyama kama inavyodaiwa na baadhi ya watu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ametoa kauli hiyo katika viwanja vya Jadida, Wilaya ya Wete Pemba, wakati akihutubia mkutano wa hadhara ulioandaliwa na chama hicho.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amefahamisha kuwa kila chama kina sera zake na malengo yake, na kamwe vyama hivyo havijaungana isipokuwa kuunganisha nguvu kwa lengo la kupinga muswada huo ambao unadaiwa kupitishwa na kukosa ridhaa ya wabunge wa vyama vya upinzani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hivi karibuni vyama vya upinzani vya CUF, CHADEMA, na NCCR Mageuzi, vilitoka katika kikao cha Bunge vikipinga kupitishwa kwa muswada huo na baadaye kuamua kuunganisha nguvu kwa lengo la kutetea hoja yao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Maalim Seif amesema vyama hivyo vitaendelea kumshauri Rais Jakaya Kikwete asitie saini muswada huo, na badala yake urejeshwe Bungeni ili ujadiliwe upya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumzia kuhusu uchumi, Maalim Seif ambaye ni Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar amewata wananchi kushiriki kikamilifu kuliokoa zao hilo ambalo ndio tegemeo la uchumi wa Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha amewahimiza wakulima wa zao hilo kutumia vifaa vinavyokubalika wakati wa kukausha karafuu hizo ili kudhibiti ubora wa zao unaosifiwa duniani kote.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amewaagiza wakulima wa zao hilo kuuza karafuu zao katika vituo vya shirika la biashara la Zanzibar (ZSTC), na kuepuka kabisa vitendo vya kuuza karafuu kwa njia za magendo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema katika kuwahamasisha zaidi wakulima kuuza karafuu zao katika vituo vya ZSTC, Serikali inakusudia kuviimarisha vituo vya ununuzi wa karafuu, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuweka vikalio pamoja na viburudishaji.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wakati huo huo Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa CUF Zanzibar, Hamad Massoud Hamad amesema chama hicho kinakusudia kuwafungulia mashtaka masheha watakaowanyima wananchi vitambulisho vya Mzanzibari Mkaazi (ZAN ID), bila ya kuwepo sababu za msingi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Chama hicho kitalazimika kutafuta mawakili kwa gharama zozote kuendesha kesi hizo, ili kuhakikisha kuwa Wazanzibari wenye sifa hawanyimwi haki ya kupata vitambulisho hivyo na kupiga kura.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande mwengine Mhe. Hamad Massoud amewasisitiza wananchi wa kisiwa cha Pemba waliotimiza masharti kujitokeza kwa wingi katika zoezi la uandikishaji wapiga kura wapya linaloendelea katika Wilaya nne za Pemba.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Zoezi hilo limeanza rasmi katika Wilaya ya Micheweni na litaingia katika Wilaya ya Wete kuanzia tarehe 19 hadi 24 mwezi huu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad (OMKR)</span></div> </div>

CUF: hakina muungano na vyama vyengine vya kisiasa

Wakati viongozi wa vyama vya upinzani wakijiandaa kukutana na Rais Jakaya Kikwete tarehe 15 mwezi huu, Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF) kimesema h...

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Micheweni watakiwa kujiandikisha

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wananchi wa Micheweni wamehimizwa kujiandikisha katika daftari la kudumu la wapiga kura ili waweze kuitumia haki yao ya kidemokrasia ya kupiga kura wakati utakapofika.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema mbali na upigaji kura katika uchgauzi mkuu wa mwaka 2015, uandikishaji huo pia ni muhimu katika kushiriki kura ya maoni ya kuamua juu ya hatma ya kupatikana kwa katiba mpya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumza na wananchi baada ya kufungua Ofisi ya Jimbo la Tumbe katika Wilaya ya Micheweni, Maalim Seif ambaye ni Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar amewata wananchi kutopuuza fursa ya kujiandikisha ambayo tayari imeanza katika Wilaya hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hivi karibuni Tume ya uchaguzi ya Zanzibar ilitoa tathmini ya uandikishaji kwa upande wa Unguja, ambapo wananchi waliojitokeza ni chini ya asilimia 25.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumzia kuhusu Muungano, Maalim Seif amesema Muungano wa serikali mbili hauitendei haki Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema kabla ya Muungano Zanzibar ilikuwa dola kamili iliyokuwa ikitambulika Kitaifa na Kimataifa, na kwamba wakati umefika kuirejeshea Zanzibar haki hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad.</span></div> </div>

Micheweni watakiwa kujiandikisha

Wananchi wa Micheweni wamehimizwa kujiandikisha katika daftari la kudumu la wapiga kura ili waweze kuitumia haki yao ya kidemokrasia ya ku...

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Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, akibadilishana mawazo na wazee wa kijiji chake cha Mtambwe Nyali alipokwenda kuwasalimu tarehe 11/10/2013. Kuliani kwake ni mzee Khamis Ali Mohd na kulia ni bibi Aisha Sheha.

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Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, akibadilishana mawazo na wazee wa kijiji chake cha Mtambwe Nyali alipokwenda kuwasalimu tarehe 11/10/2013. Kuliani kwake ni mzee Khamis Ali Mohd na kulia ni bibi Aisha Sheha.

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International Criminal Court - African Union: Op-ed from the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Annual session of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court is a venue for all States Parties</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Recently, the International Criminal Court has been in the spotlight of the international stage. This Court is an independent judicial institution that States collectively established by agreeing to its founding document, the Rome Statute, in 1998. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Statute constitutes the legal framework within which the Court works. The Rome Statute system is a major achievement of the whole international community. Hence, the significance of this Court extends far beyond one case, one situation, or one region. All members of the international community should bear this in mind when discussing the current circumstances surrounding the work of the Court. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Currently 122 States have adhered to the Rome Statute; through their accession to the Statute they have voluntarily placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the Court. Together, these 122 States are responsible for the Rome Statute system, and together they constitute the Assembly of States Parties, where each one of them is equally represented and enjoys the same rights. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Assembly carries out essential functions for the overall Rome Statute system and constantly evaluates how to improve and refine it. The Assembly provides a forum to exchange views on issues of concern to States, to consider amendments to the Court’s legal framework, to discuss how to enhance the capacity of national judicial mechanisms and assistance to victims, and much more.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Indeed, the place of the Court in the overall Rome Statute system is to be the court of last resort, to get involved only when domestic avenues fail. It is by no mistake that we constantly stress the importance of the whole Rome Statue system and not the Court alone.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As a rule, the Assembly holds one regular session each year. This year is no exception: we will convene in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 20 – 28 November 2013. In light of the challenges that the Court has faced over the past year, many States Parties have expressed to me their wish to engage and constructively address issues of concern with other States Parties.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For these discussions to be truly comprehensive, it is essential for all States Parties to be represented and ready to engage with one another. I hope that any meetings of the African Union or African States Parties prior to this year’s Assembly session will focus on consolidating suggestions and proposals for consideration by all States Parties at the Assembly session. Moreover, representatives of the African Union are also invited to partake during the Assembly, as they have been in the past. I encourage African States to reaffirm their commitment to the fight against impunity by engaging actively with all States Parties.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.icc-cpi.int/">Ambassador</a> Tiina Intelmann is the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the International Criminal Court.</span></div> </div>

International Criminal Court - African Union: Op-ed from the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute

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AfDB Supports COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Capacity Building Programme

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, approved a grant of US $7.5 million to finance the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Capacity Building Programme (TCBP).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The programme will provide technical assistance to the three regional Economic communities (RECs) and the 26 Tripartite Regional Member-Countries (RMCs) with a view of increasing intra-Tripartite trade. It will enhance the Tripartite negotiation process, develop trade facilitation instruments and industrial cluster action plans in the Tripartite free trade area (TFTA).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Some of the expected outputs of the programme include: (i) installation of software for Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) databases and enhancing capacity to manage sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade (SPS/TBTs); (ii) improved capacity to negotiate market access and undertake implementation; and (iii) strengthened capacity to effectively develop industrial clusters and value chains.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The direct programme beneficiaries are the Tripartite RECs (COMESA, EAC and SADC), the Tripartite RMCs and the Tripartite Business Councils.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The rationale for the programme is to support intra-Tripartite trade growth which is instrumental to boosting the economic welfare of over 587 million consumers in the 26 Tripartite countries through the removal of barriers to movement of goods and services, development of regional value chains, job creation and poverty alleviation thereby facilitating the realization of inclusive growth. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The programme is also justified in view of the developmental approach to regional integration adopted by the 2nd Tripartite Summit held in 2012, which is anchored on the three pillars namely: market integration, infrastructure and industrial development. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The infrastructure pillar of the Tripartite arrangement is being supported by other development partners as well as the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This leaves a gap for provision of support under the other two pillars of market integration and industrial development – where the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has so far been providing administrative, technical and financial support to the Tripartite process through Trademark Southern Africa (TMSA) and Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA). Additional resources and technical support are required to complement DFID in implementing the Tripartite work programmes and decisions of the Tripartite Task Force.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The proposed interventions are anchored in the Bank’s Strategy 2013-2022 and will complement the implementation of the Regional Integration Strategy Papers for East and Southern Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The programme will contribute to institutional development and knowledge building in the Tripartite region, particularly in the areas of trade policy analysis, industrial transformation, mutual recognition and equivalence of Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary standards as well as Tripartite industrial capacity development.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Knowledge production and dissemination will be realized through skills training of both public and private sector officials, advisors and consultants to beneficiary Regional Economic communities. These will be supplemented by regional courses and workshops.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.afdb.org/">The programme</a> will be implemented from 2013 -2016 at a total cost of US $7.5 million (UA 5 million), from the African Development Fund’s public goods coffers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </div>

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Wanaowakimbia wananchi majimboni hawawatendeei haki:Maalim seif

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katibu Mkuu wa Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF) Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, amesema viongozi wa majimbo wanaowakimbia wapiga kura wao hawawatendei haki wananchi waliowachagua.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema ni jambo la kusikitisha kuona baadhi ya wabunge na wawakilishi wakiyakimbia majimbo yao baada ya kuchaguliwa, jambo ambalo linaleta sura mbaya na kutowathamini wananchi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ambaye ni Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar ametoa changamoto hiyo katika Skuli ya Ukutini jimbo la Chambani, kwenye hafla maalum ya kuwapongeza mawakala wa CUF walioshiriki katika uchaguzi mdogo wa Jimbo hilo mwezi Juni, 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika hafla hiyo Maalim Seif alimpongeza Mbunge mpya wa Jimbo hilo Yussuf Salim Hussein (CUF), kwa kuanza kuwapa matumaini wananchi wa jimbo hilo, na kumtaka kuendelea na moyo huo wa kuwatumikia wananchi bila ya ubaguzi wowote.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Tangu kuingia madarakani kwa Mbunge huyo miezi mitatu iliyopita, tayari ameshajenga Afisi ya Mbunge pamoja na kuanza matengenezo makubwa ya barabara ndani ya jimbo hilo la Chambani, hali inayowapa matumaini wananchi wa jimbo hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ametoa wito kwa viongozi wengine wa majimbo kubadilika na kuiga mfano wa Mbunge huyo, ili waweze kutekeleza ahadi za kimaendeleo walizozihidi wakati wa kampeni.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake Mbunge wa Jimbo la Chambani, Yussuf Salim Hussein, ameipongeza Tume ya Uchaguzi Zanzibar (ZEC) kwa kusimamia vyema zoezi la uchaguzi mdogo wa jimbo hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amebainisha kuwa Tume ya Uchaguzi inaweza kusimamia vyema masuala ya uchaguzi ikiwa itaamua kufanya hivyo, na kuwepo uwezekano wa kufanyika kwa chaguzi huru na za haki katika visiwa vya Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mbunge huyo pia amelipongeza jeshi la polisi kwa kuonyesha mfano wa kufanya kazi kidiplomasia, na kwamba utaratibu huo utasaidia kuliweka taifa katika hali ya amani na usalama.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kabla ya hafla hiyo Maalim Seif aliifungua rasmi Afisi ya Mbunge wa Jimbo la Chambani ambayo itakuwa ikifanya kazi wakati wote kwa ajili ya kuwahudumia wananchi wa jimbo hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad (OMKR).</span></div> </div>

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The 2013 edition of the ground breaking High Level Forum on water and sanitation in Africa: A platform for expanded business opportunities for investors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://hlf.wsafrica.org/" style="font-size: x-large;">The November </a><span style="font-size: large;">21 to 23 High Level Forum on water and sanitation for all in Africa presents an unprecedented opportunity for potential investors in water, sanitation and affordable housing businesses in Africa. The forum assembles Heads of States, Finance Ministers, Water and Sanitation Ministers, investors and donors from southern countries and also from the north, private businesses and trade associations from Africa, and development practitioners with a focus on identifying business opportunities in the water and sanitation sector.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Africa is among the fastest growing regions of the world with an average growth of 5.6% per year. Africa is also fast gaining increasing access to international capital, meaning that the potential for investment and expansion in infrastructure is higher.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Africa’s growth is largely constrained by poor infrastructure. A study conducted by the African Development Bank estimated that the total cost of bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap over the next decade will be about $93 million a year.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In 1980, Africa’s urban population was estimated at 28%. By 2008 it had risen to 40% and projected to reach 50% by 2030.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This rapid urbanization rate has created demand for more infrastructure including housing, water and sanitation systems. To spur the growth, many African governments have strengthened their legal frameworks, policy and strategy regimes, anti-corruption policies, and the quality of their human capital.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In 2000, it was estimated that 59 million households had $5000 or more income above which they start spending roughly 50% on non-food items. By 2014, this figure is expected to increase to 106 million households. Thus many more Africans are prepared to exchange cash for quality service especially in water, sanitation and housing.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Despite these positive trends, the water and sanitation sector has not yet received adequate investor attention in Africa. This state of affair is mostly but arguably attributed to the socialist focused development paradigm for the sector; water and sanitation services were branded as social services with strict governmental controls. This limited the business interest in the sector and led to over-reliance on government investment and charity.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Today about 400 million people living in Africa lack access to clean drinking water, while over 600 million people lack basic sanitation services. Several millions of children die from preventable water and sanitation-related illnesses every year. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In Nigeria and Ethiopia for instance, about 97,000 and 33,000 children die every year of diarrheal diseases caused by poor drinking water and sanitation respectively. All the countries with larger economies in Africa including South Africa, Ghana, Sudan, Angola still lose thousands of children every year through water and sanitation-related illnesses.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This realization has triggered the call for a shift in the development orientation for Africa’s water and sanitation sector from social to the inclusion of more economic and financial models.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">With focus on south-south cooperation for water and sanitation sector growth in Africa, the 2013 High Level Forum provides the platform for exploring business opportunities with potential partners from India, China, Turkey, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, not forgetting the continent’s traditional partners from the north. African investors can also explore opportunities outside the continent.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.wsafrica.org/">The event</a>, organized by Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) in collaboration with the government of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan, with sessions like the High Level Panel of Heads of States in Africa and Finance Ministers Roundtable, for instance provides opportunities for direct access to an estimated 25 governments for closer business discussions. There are also opportunities for one-on-one meetings through the Business-to-business and business-to-<a href="http://hlf.wsafrica.org/">government sessions</a>. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the Pan African Inter-governmental Agency, Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA).</span></div> </div>

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African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) features at the first Africa Climate Conference, 15-18 October 2013

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="yiv2577620823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381395218864_16315" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A joint initiative of the World Meteorological Organization and the African Union</span></div> <span id="yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381395218864_16345" lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The first of its kind, ACC2013, will bring together stakeholders to address new frontiers of knowledge on the African Climate system, and narrow the communication gap currently existing between African decision-makers and climate scientists with a view to improving climate early warning responses and adaptation in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Conference will be opened by H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania. World Meteorological Organization Deputy Secretary-General Jerry Lengoasa is guest speaker, with an address on “Defining a Common Climate Research Agenda for Africa: Addressing Priority Research Gaps to deliver Relevant Climate Services for End-Users in Africa.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">AMCOMET , a joint initiative of the World Meteorological Organization and the African Union, will be featuring on a side event with UNESCO and the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The panel will discuss the critical role of research and capacity development to promoting knowledge of the African climate.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">AMCOMET will focus on role of the Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services), developed under AMCOMET and endorsed by the African Union, which positions weather and climate services as essential components in national and regional development frameworks and highlights the need for the implementation of a structured GFCS in Africa. AMCOMET is expected to be a key platform in supporting the outcomes of the Africa Climate Conference 2013 (ACC2013).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A concrete pan-African and multi-disciplinary climate research program proposal is anticipated at the close of the Conference, and expected to be prominently featured during the Third Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA–III) which takes place in Ethiopia the 21 – 23 October 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African continent is particularly vulnerable to climate variability and climate change, poverty and environmental degradation constitute aggravating factors.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In Africa, the meteorological services operate under various ministerial departments – transport, equipment, agriculture, environment, etc. It is therefore important to strengthen the institutional framework for weather forecast, climate and water services for the continent to meet the many challenges it faces.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.wmo.int/amcomet">ACC 2013</a> is organized by the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC), the University of Dar es Salaam, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Ministerial Conference on </span><i id="yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381395218864_16346"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Meteorology (AMCOMET).</span></span></i></div> </span><br /> </div>

African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) features at the first Africa Climate Conference, 15-18 October 2013

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World Sight Day on October 10th, 2013: Demystification of blindness as scourge of humanity

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">According to WHO statistics, two thirds of blind children die within two years following their loss of eyesight.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">39 million people worldwide are blind. Another 246 million people live with moderate or severe visual impairments. Causes of blindness, still widely unknown 100 years ago, have since been discovered and demystified. Still, tens of thousands of children lose their eyesight due to malnutrition and starvation every year, despite highly effective means of prevention and treatment.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It is the stuff of great stories. It was as early as 1931 that Charlie Chaplin dealt with the topic in his tragicomedy “City Lights”. A tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl from a poor home whose biggest wish is to be able to see. Finally he can help her to gain eyesight.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Charlie Chaplin fictitiously anticipated what is now standard across the globe. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cataract surgery is one of the most cost-efficient and most effective treatment methods. Moreover, it is the most frequently performed surgery in industrialised countries. 46.000 cataract surgeries are made possible with the help of the specialised aid organisation 'Light for the World'  in developing countries, where every second blind person suffers from cataract and could regain their eyesight by means of a 15 minute operation, even after years of blindness. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">However, there is a lack of specialised hospitals, eye specialists and medication. This is where 'Light for the World' comes in to sustainably improve the situation of visually impaired and blind people. “We devote ourselves to the training of local eye specialists and ophthalmic nurses, as well as the construction of eye clinics and basic health institutions for early diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders,” says Rupert Roniger, Managing Director of 'Light for the World' in Austria. At the moment, the construction of an eye clinic including a training centre in the city of Beira in Mozambique is at the top of their agenda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Early diagnosis of eye disorders is particularly crucial for children in developing countries, where it can save lives. According to WHO statistics, two thirds of blind children die within two years following their loss of eyesight. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Malnutrition, in combination with infectious diseases, deprives tens of thousands of infants and small children in Sub-Saharan Africa of sufficient vitamin A, leading to irreversible loss of eyesight. A humanitarian catastrophe is going unnoticed. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Even today. Local partners of 'Light for the World' supply hundreds of thousands of children with high dosage vitamin A supplements, and thus save these children’s lives. “Every hunger catastrophe in Africa entails a large wake of blindness. Water shortage and starvation cause blindness especially in women and children. That is why our development aid programmes are planned to run for many years in order to absorb also the long-term effects of humanitarian catastrophes,” says Roniger.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.light-for-the-world.org/">The worldwide</a> causes for blindness have mostly been discovered and demystified, and possibilities of treatment are highly developed and effective. 80% of all cases of blindness in developing countries could be treated or prevented. 'Light for the World' calls attention to this to mark World Sight Day on October 10th, 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Light for the World.</span></div> </div>

World Sight Day on October 10th, 2013: Demystification of blindness as scourge of humanity

According to WHO statistics, two thirds of blind children die within two years following their loss of eyesight. 39 million people wor...

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London to host first international contemporary African art fair

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Next week is one of the most important in the contemporary art calendar with London’s Frieze. A stone’s throw away, in the iconic West Wing of Somerset House, 1:54, the first international fair dedicated to modern and contemporary African art, has announced an extensive programme to take place at Somerset House, from 16th to 20th October 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">1:54 Contemporary Art Fair refers to the 54 countries that constitute the African continent, while reflecting the multitude of artistic canons within its compass. Spanning several generations of diverse artistic practices, 1:54 will showcase 15 attentively selected galleries from Abidjan and Nigeria, through to London, Berlin and Seattle to present over 70 emerging and established African artists.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Taking place during Frieze Week, the new fair builds upon the burgeoning popularity of contemporary African art and presents a rare opportunity to explore the rapidly emerging African art market in an environment supported by some of the most influential people and organisations in the art world. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">From painting to sculpture and photography the fair will present visual African art in its many dynamic forms giving collectors, art enthusiasts and culture-seekers the chance to be the first to experience and engage with African art on this level.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The fair is founded by Touria El Glaoui, daughter of celebrated Moroccan artist Hassan El Glaoui. To mark the inaugural year, internationally acclaimed Ghanaian-born British architect David Adjaye, winner of 2013 RIBA International Award, will design unique elements of Somerset House’s West Wing. 
</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Touria El Glaoui, Founder of 1:54 says:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“1:54 will offer visitors the chance to experience and engage with contemporary art from Africa and the African Diaspora like never before. The fair aims to provide galleries, curators, artists, art centres and museums from Africa and those working with Africa-related projects with a unique platform to promote art by established and emerging talent to an international audience.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Omar Ben Yedder, publisher of New African magazine, media partners of 1:54 added: “Touria has worked around the clock to put together the world’s first and most extensive African contemporary art fair. Arts and the creative industries have a critical role in connecting Africans, and telling the African story to a global audience. We’re delighted to be associated with the fair and urge you all to participate.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of IC Publications Ltd.</span></div> </div>

London to host first international contemporary African art fair

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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">People around the world are increasingly aware that our human family is “greying”, with the proportion of those aged 60 and over expected to double this half century. From just over 605 million older persons in 2000, there will be an estimated 2 billion by 2050.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We can all benefit from the warmth and wisdom of older generations. But while many people look forward to a fulfilling old age, more than one in five adults aged 60 and over experiences mental or neurological disorders such as dementia and depression.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Health care professionals and older people themselves often do not recognize these mental health problems. Worse, people are frequently reluctant to seek help because of the stigma surrounding mental illness. Older adults are also vulnerable to physical neglect and shameful mistreatment -- abuse that can itself trigger mental health problems.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This year’s World Mental Health Day focuses on older adults, offering an opportunity to raise awareness of these problems and overcome them.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We have a path forward. In May the World Health Assembly adopted a Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan to the year 2020. It recognizes that social and health services must come together to provide an effective response to mental health problems. The Plan also calls for taking account of health and social needs at all stages of life, from infancy through childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older age.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">On this World Mental Health Day, I call for greater efforts to carry out the Action Plan for the sake of all people with mental health problems, especially those who are older and require special attention. This compassionate response will benefit all of society.</span></div> </div>

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Sidel Wins Another Turnkey Bottling Line in Ethiopia with Pepsi Bottler Moha

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The new line will be mostly producing carbonated soft drinks at a rate of 36,000 returnable glass bottles (RGB) per hour</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Sidel </span><span style="font-size: large;">, the international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, has won another contract with Moha Soft Drinks industry S.C., operating in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> The turnkey project involves installing the entire production line for Moha’s new Greenfield site in one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centres in the north of the country. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The plant at Mekele, the capital city of the Regional Government of Tigraye, is continuing the success achieved by Moha at its other plants. The new plant, sited around 780 kilometres north of the capital Addis Ababa, is where the Pepsi bottler aims to meet the rising demand with the new Sidel line for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and water. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> Previously, supply to the region had necessitated the trucking of products from Addis Ababa. The new line will be mostly producing carbonated soft drinks at a rate of 36,000 returnable glass bottles (RGB) per hour.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Clive Smith, Sidel Zone Vice President for GMEA (Greater Middle East and Africa), comments: “We are proud and happy to be working with Moha Soft Drinks once again. Moha is highly respected within the Pepsi world and the soft drinks industry in general. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> We are also very much looking forward to renewing acquaintances with Managing Director, Mr. Getachew Birbo and his team on this new project - which I am sure will be yet another successful Sidel collaboration with a leading beverage producer.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Leading brands of soft drinks, juices and spring water</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Moha Soft Drinks Industry S.C, was founded in 1996, following the acquisition of four state-owned Pepsi plants by Saudi Arabian-Ethiopian business magnate and the largest foreign investor in Ethiopia, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi and his wife.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Today, the company is probably the leading producer of CSDs in Ethiopia and is the principal supplier of Pepsi Cola products throughout the country, currently responsible for around half of the overall national production of over 40 million crates. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Major brands bottled by Moha include: Pepsi Cola, Mirinda Orange, 7-Up, Mirinda Tonic, Mirinda Apple (all Pepsi Brands), and Kool bottled water products. Presently the company has seven operating units in the country: Nifas Silk, TekleHaimanot, Gondar and Dessie plants (acquired from the Ethiopian Privatization Agency) plus the Summit, Bure and the Hawassa plant in the Southern Nations & Nationalities People's Region.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A history of collaboration - and success</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The second most populous nation in Africa with around 90 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is a country of remarkable potential and opportunities. It has a strong annual GDP rate of growth and, with a predominantly young population; the consumption of soft drinks in the country is also growing.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For this new venture in Mekele, the company has, once again, turned to Sidel, with whom Moha’s strong working relationship dates back a long time. The company had previously supplied similar lines at other Moha factories. Sidel’s leadership in beverage packaging solutions was a particularly relevant factor in the decision to award the contract, with the company’s strong regional support and its increased spares facility also playing an important role. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The introduction of the new line complements the range of Sidel equipment that is already successfully operating at other Moha plants. This will offer considerable synergies in terms of components across a number of production lines, with commonality of spare parts, as well as drawing on the skill sets already established on Sidel lines with the Moha operatives. This will provide the platform for a swift transition to the high production levels required at the new Mekele plant when the line comes on stream.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Getachew Birbo, Chief Executive Officer of Moha explained: “We were looking forward for a very successful completion of this plant as it will come at a time when most of the production capacity of our plants will reach their peak. Furthermore, we at Moha believe that the newly reorganized office in Dubai opens its doors at a time when closer cooperation between our companies was highly required to support this project. We have known Sidel now for many years. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> We have successfully collaborated with them on several occasions, including the new PET line which was commissioned in 2012, so we are well aware of their capabilities. Above all, we know the solution they provide us with will be efficient and reliable and we know their after-sales service will be good - especially now that the company is well represented throughout the whole of the region with its newly established HQ in Dubai.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.sidel.com/"><br /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sidel.com/">The turnkey</a> project at Mekele is set to be implemented in mid 2014 and will include all auxiliary services, such as CO2 production, steam, syrup room, generator, water treatment plant and piping.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Sidel International AG.</span></div> </div>

Sidel Wins Another Turnkey Bottling Line in Ethiopia with Pepsi Bottler Moha

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Alliance for Affordable Internet launches to stimulate global policy reform to lower access costs to users

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="yiv0226115037MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_8254" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_8253"><i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_8252"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_8251" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Global sponsors Google, Omidyar Network, UK DFID and USAID joined by a host of governments, tech companies and civil society organisations from developed and developing countries in launch of new initiative, backed by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee</span></span></i></b><span class="yiv0226115037Style9" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></b></div> <div class="yiv0226115037MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_8268" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.a4ai.org/" style="font-size: x-large;">Today</a><span style="font-size: large;">, a diverse group of private and public sector players came together to launch the Alliance for Affordable Internet , a coalition to lead policy and regulatory reform and spur action to drive down artificially high internet prices in developing countries. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">By advocating for open, competitive and innovative broadband markets, A4AI aims to help access prices fall to below 5% of monthly income worldwide, a target set by the UN Broadband Commission. Reaching this goal can help to connect the two-thirds of the world that is presently not connected to the internet (source: ITU) and make universal access a reality.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">A4AI’s</a> 30+ members reach across boundaries of geography, industry, and organisation type and include governments, companies, and civil society organisations from both developed and developing countries. Members share a belief that that policy reform, underpinned by robust research and genuine knowledge-sharing, is one of the best ways to unlock rapid gains in internet penetration rates. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Alliance was initiated by the World Wide Web Foundation, and its honorary chairperson is DrBitangeNdemo, the immediate former Permanent Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications, who is widely regarded as the father of Broadband in Kenya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A4AI has a strong focus on action and announced the following plans today at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation’s Annual Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, witnessed by communications ministers, policy makers and industry leaders from around the globe:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">● The Alliance will begin in-country engagements with three to four States by the end of 2013, expanding to at least twelve countries by the end of 2015.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">● Members have committed to a set of policy best practices (enclosed) that will guide advocacy work at the international level. Key policy levers to drive prices down include allowing innovative allocation of spectrum, promoting infrastructure sharing, and increasing transparency and public participation in regulatory decisions.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">● A4AI will produce an annual ‘Affordability Report’, with the first edition being unveiled in December 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Commenting, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation said:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The reason for the Alliance is simple – the majority of the world’s people are still not online, usually because they can’t afford to be. In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months wages for the average citizen. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The result of high prices is a widening digital divide that slows progress in vital areas such as health, education and science. Yet with the advent of affordable smartphones, new undersea cables and innovations in wireless spectrum usage, there is simply no good reason for the digital divide to continue. The real bottleneck now is anti-competitive policies and regulations that keep prices unaffordable. The Alliance is about removing that barrier and helping as many as possible get online at reasonable cost.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">DrBitangeNdemo, honorary chairperson of A4AI, added:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“In Kenya, we saw the number of internet users more than double in a single year after we liberalised markets. Now we need to spark the same revolution on broadband costs and access, not only in my country but around the world. To achieve this, we will use our combined voices, leadership and expertise to press for fair, competitive and socially responsible markets.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Quotes from Global Sponsors of A4AI </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jennifer Haroon, Access Principal at Google, said:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Nearly two out of every three people don’t have access to the Internet - this is a massive challenge that can’t easily be solved by a single solution or player. The world needs technical innovation and vision to bring more people online, but we also need a strong policy foundation that allows new ideas to flourish. By working alongside Alliance partners, we can help lay the groundwork needed to drive innovation and bring the power of the Internet to more people."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ory Okolloh, director of investments, Omidyar Network, added:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"The lack of affordable internet access in emerging markets is a key barrier to large-scale innovation, which in turn stifles social and economic advancement. Omidyar Network is delighted to help lead the formation of the Alliance for Affordable Internet to address this problem. The Alliance has the potential to help millions of people in the developing world come online, unlocking opportunities for them to access information and services that can meaningfully improve their lives."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID said: </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The growing digital divide is a global issue that can only be tackled collaboratively, and we are thrilled to be working with the diverse and committed group of the Alliance for Affordable Internet to enable even the most remote and impoverished communities to access the wealth of knowledge and connection that exists in the digital world.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Professor Tim Unwin, Secretary General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"In a world where information sharing and communication is increasingly dominated by the internet, it is essential that everyone should have access to it at prices they can afford. The rapid expansion of all types of <a href="http://www.apo-mail.org/131007.pdf">ICT</a>s is nevertheless currently leading to ever-greater inequalities in the world, and so the creation of the Alliance for Affordable Internet is timely and important. By working together in carefully crafted partnerships, we can seek to redress this balance and turn rhetoric into reality."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the World Wide Web Foundation.</span></div> </div>

Alliance for Affordable Internet launches to stimulate global policy reform to lower access costs to users

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UK yaahidi kushirikiana na Zanzibar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Uingereza imeahidi kuwa itashirikiana na Zanzibar katika kuwajengea uwezo wananchi katika sekta ya mafuta na gesi asilia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi wa Uingereza nchini Tanzania bibi Dianna Melrose, ameeleza hayo wakati akizungumza na Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, nyumbani kwake Mbweni, nje kidogo ya mji wa Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Melrose amesema anaamini kuwa Zanzibar ina utajiri mkubwa wa maliasili ikiwemo gesi asilia, na kwamba ili wananchi waweze kunufaika nayo, ni lazima wawe weledi na wataalamu wazalendo katika fani hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, amemuhakikishi balozi huyo kuwa Zanzibar itashirikiana na Uingereza, na kwamba itafarijika kupata msaada huo wa kitaaluma.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Zanzibar inahitaji sana wananchi wake kupatiwa taaluma na kujengewa uwezo katika sekta ya mafuta na gesi asilia, haa wakati huu ambapo suala hilo linatarajiwa kutolewa katika orodha ya mambo ya Muungano.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mazungumzo hayo pia yalimuhusisha Mkuu wa Idara ya Afrika Mashariki na Magharibi, Ofisi ya Mambo ya Nje na Jumuiya ya Madola wa Uingereza bibi Harriet Mathews.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wakati huo Maalim Seif amekutana na Balozi wa Norway nchini Tanzania bibi Ingunn Klepsvik na kujadiliana juu ya mambo kadhaa yakiwemo Serikali ya Umoja wa Kitaifa na mchakato wa mabadiliko ya Katiba.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema viongozi wa Serikali ya Umoja wa Kitaifa wanaendelea kushirikiana vizuri katika kutekeleza majukumu ya serikali, ingawaje bado zipo changamoto katika ngazi za chini za uongozi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema baadhi ya viongozi wa ngazi za chini wakiwemo masheha, bado wanahitaji taaluma zaidi katika kuufahamu muundo huo mpya wa serikali, ili kufikia malengo yaliyowekwa na serikali hiyo, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwanganisha wananchi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kuhusu mchakato wa mabadiliko ya Katiba, Maalim Seif amesema kwa sasa wananchi wanasubiri busara za Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Rais Jakaya Kikwete ambaye ndiye aliyeasisi mchakato huo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake balozi Ingunn ameelezea matumaini yake kuwa mchakato wa katiba mpya utamalizika salama na Tanzania itasonga mbele kimaendeleo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo amesema ipo haja kwa Tanzania kusimamia vyema zoezi hilo, ili kuhakikisha kuwa inapata Katiba itakayokidhi haja, kulingana na mabadiliko ya hali ya kiuchumi, kisiasa na kijamii.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad, OMKR</span></div> </div>

UK yaahidi kushirikiana na Zanzibar

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Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, akisalimiana na Mkuu wa Idara ya Afrika Mashariki na Magharibi, Ofisi ya Mambo ya Nje na Jumuiya ya Madola wa Uingereza bibi Harriet Mathews, nyumbani kwake Mbweni. Katikati ni Balozi wa Uingereza nchini Tanzania Dianna Melrose.

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Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, akisalimiana na Mkuu wa Idara ya Afrika Mashariki na Magharibi, Ofisi ya Mambo ya Nje na Jumuiya ya Madola wa Uingereza bibi Harriet Mathews, nyumbani kwake Mbweni. Katikati ni Balozi wa Uingereza nchini Tanzania Dianna Melrose.

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AfDB approves US $150-million loan to support access to reliable electricity supply in Zambia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="yiv0913101751MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_3380" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px;"> <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_3379"><i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_3378"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_3377" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to US $150 million to finance a 300MW coal-fired power plant as well as the revamping of the Maamba coal mine in Maamba, Zambia</span></i></b><span class="yiv0913101751Style9" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></b></div> <div class="yiv0913101751MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381227554314_3382" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 2 a senior loan of up to US $150 million to finance a 300MW coal-fired power plant as well as the revamping of the Maamba coal mine in Maamba, Zambia. The project aims to tackle a severe environmental concern at the mine caused by the unregulated and spontaneous self-combustion of tons of currently unused low-grade coal while producing much-needed electricity for the country and the region.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Maamba power plant project will increase supply and reliability of electricity in Zambia which is currently experiencing black-outs and is heavily reliant on drought-sensitive hydro power. Zambia’s hydro power production accounts for 96% of total production, which exposes the country to severe economic risks in case of drought. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">By capitalizing on readily available low-grade coal resources, and diversifying away from hydropower, the project thus serves as a good example of mitigation and adaptation to climatic changes in the region. The power plant will use well-proven and advanced technology featuring high combustion efficiency and reduced GHG emissions for a lower overall environmental footprint.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The project is being developed by Maamba Collieries Limited, a company incorporated in Zambia in 1971 and privatized in 2010 through a joint venture between Nava Bharat Singapore Pte Limited (NBS) and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), a public investments holding company. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As the transaction’s co-mandated lead arranger (MLA) alongside Absa Capital, a commercial bank from South Africa, AfDB is playing a leading role in mobilizing capital from development finance institutions (DFIs) and commercial financiers, and coordinating the due diligence process for the US $800-million project.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Following the Board’s approval, AfDB’s Division Manager for Infrastructure Finance, Tas Anvaripour said, “After the approval of the Ithezi Thezi hydropower project in 2012, I am delighted to reaffirm the African Development Bank’s commitment to support Zambia’s power sector as it embarks onto the path of energy source diversification and resilience in an increasingly climate change-sensitive environment. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">By capitalizing on readily available low-grade coal resources that are otherwise left to self-combust in the open air and inflict an environmental burden on the entire Maamba area, the project will produce much-needed power for <a href="http://www.afdb.org/">households</a>, businesses, and Government, while remediating a long-standing environmental concern.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </div>

AfDB approves US $150-million loan to support access to reliable electricity supply in Zambia

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Sierra Leone receives support for green growth with new AfDB report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Report explores challenges and opportunities of growth in a fragile state</span></div> <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1380928142871_2387" lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In response to a request for technical support from the Government of Sierra Leone, the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a comprehensive report outlining the key challenges and major opportunities for mainstreaming inclusive green growth into Sierra Leone’s 2013-2018 Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, known as the Agenda for Prosperity. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Sierra Leone: Transitioning Towards Green Growth; Stocktaking and the Way Forward, finds that there are three main advantages for Sierra Leone as it moves towards an inclusive green growth path: ensuring quality growth; an improved international reputation; and an economy that is more efficient and competitive, generating employment opportunities while attracting additional development financing, including from the private sector.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The Government of Sierra Leone and the AfDB share the belief that green growth can bring high-quality growth to all Sierra Leoneans, with more jobs, less pollution, greater resilience and better infrastructure,” said Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kaifella Marah, and the Director of the AfDB’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, Hela Cheikhrouhou, in the report’s foreword. “[Green growth] can play a role in improving Sierra Leone’s image, as it completes its transition to a post-conflict country committed to transparent governance and high-quality, sustainable growth,” they wrote.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Transitioning Towards Green Growth outlines key principles of green growth and explores the main development opportunities and challenges for engaging in green growth in Sierra Leone. The authors also make a number of suggestions for further integrating green growth in the country’s development strategy.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> At the same time, the report cautions that there are specific conditions for the successful implementation of green growth, including political leadership, adequate policies and incentives, development partner support and communications.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Transitioning Towards Green Growth was produced through literature review, technical analysis and extensive consultations with national authorities, development partners, private-sector representatives, and non-governmental organizations and benefited from inputs from AfDB managers and sector experts. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A knowledge product, it is part of the work undertaken by the AfDB in the context of its 2013-2022 strategy, whose twin objectives are “inclusive and increasingly green growth”. Kurt Lonsway, AfDB Manager in charge of Environment and Climate Change, confirms: “the transition towards a greener economy is even more critical in African countries for which strong growth relies on efficient natural resources management and climate-resilience.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Indeed, the Bank will continue to support Sierra Leone in implementing its green growth vision, in a pragmatic manner, through the new Bank’s Country Strategy Paper for 2013-2017. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Our concept of environmentally sound growth is neither prescriptive nor dogmatic. In the case of Sierra Leone, both parties agreed to work together to define what green growth means for a fragile state in Africa, realistically and in alignment with the development stage of the country,” explained AfDB Sierra Leone Resident Representative, Yero Baldeh.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.afdb.org/">Sierra Leone</a> authorities have mainstreamed green growth into the country’s development strategy, which they define as “developing infrastructure, energy, and cities sustainably, managing renewable and non-renewable natural resources efficiently, and building resilience for the benefit of its citizens.” The country is endowed with abundant natural resources – including fertile land, fisheries, abundant water, forests, minerals, oil and gas – all of which form the basis for a rich and diverse economy. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Properly managed, these endowments will provide a lasting supply of food while contributing to export revenues and financing for social and infrastructure development.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </span></div>

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Total Drives Road Safety Awareness for Its Petroleum Product Transporters in Africa and the Middle East

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- Four conventions will bring together some 600 transporter representatives in around 50 countries from October 2013 to January 2014</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- Transporters’ Conventions Kick Off in Tunis on October 1 and 2, 2013.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Road transportation accidents still claim too many victims, especially young people, in Africa and the Middle East. In this geographical region, road safety is a core focus for Total , with 15 million tons of petroleum products transported each year by more than 6,400 trucks driving nearly 240 million kilometers. As part of its comprehensive road transportation strategy and different stakeholder-centric programs to reduce accidents, Total is once again driving improvement efforts.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">About 600 representatives of the 300 transporters with which Total’s Marketing & Services’ affiliates have contracts in Africa and the Middle East will meet at a series of conventions to be held successively in Tunis, Ouagadougou, Kampala and Douala between October 2013 and January 2014. All will be attended by members of the Management Committee of Total Marketing & Services’ Africa/Middle East Division. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The two-day conventions will be working sessions addressing four central focuses: managing drivers, managing vehicles, managing delivery routes and managing HSEQ. Total’s mandatory transportation standards and management techniques will be reviewed, and return on experience and best practices will be shared with transporters.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The conventions bolster existing programs and systems such as PATROM, the Transportation Management System (TMS),<a href="http://www.total.com/"> Transporter Inspection</a> and the Golden Rule on Traffic (1), and offer a unique opportunity to more effectively network with our partners to tangibly improve petroleum product road transportation safety in Africa and the Middle East. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the Total S.A.</span></div> </div>

Total Drives Road Safety Awareness for Its Petroleum Product Transporters in Africa and the Middle East

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Kampuni Ya Garmin Imeteua Car and General kama Mwenezi wa Afrika Mashariki

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kampuni ya Garmin</span><span style="font-size: large;"> inafurahia kutangaza uteuzi wa Car and General kama mwenezi wake wa Afrika Mashariki. Kampuni ya Car and General imekuwa ikiendesha biashara zake katika eneo la Afrika Mashariki kwa muda mrefu huku ikiwa maarufu kwa uuzaji wa nembo kama vile Cummins, Briggs na Stratton, TVS, LML, Champion, Piaggio, Suzuki, Mariner, Electrolux, Ferodo, Ingersoll Rand na Eutectic Castolin katika himaya 11 za Afrika Mashariki, ambazoni Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Uhabeshi, Eritrea, Jibuti, Ushelisheli, Somalia na Sudan Kusini. Car and General waliteuliwa kwa msingi wa ustadi wao wa kutoa usaidizi wa ubora ambao wateja wa Gamin wamekuwa wakifaidika nao kote ulimwenguni.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Tunafurahia sana kutangaza uhusiano huu na tunakaribisha Car and General katika familia ya Garmin”, alisema Walter Mech, Meneja Mkuu wa Gamin katika eneo la Afrika Kusini mwa Sahara. “Uhusiano huu utaimarisha uwepo wa Gamin katikia eneo hili linalokuwa kwa haraka na tuna matumaini ya kufanya kazi kwa karibu na washirika na wateja wetu katika eneo la Afrika Mshariki.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Tangu kuanzishwa kwake mwaka wa 1989, Garmin imeweza kuuza vifaa vinavyotumia GPS zaidi ya milioni 100 - hii ni zaidi ya kampuni zote zinazojihusisha na uuzaji wa mitambo ya kuashiria dira. Kampuni ya Gamin ndiyo inayoongoza duniani katika utaalamu wa kuashiria dira kwa kutumia setilaiti, kwa uvumbuzi wa vyombo hivi, Garmin imeweza kuwa katika ulingo wa mbele katika masoko yote inayojihusisha nayo kama vile usafiri kwa magari na rununu, usafiri angani, usafiri baharini, michezo na burudani za nje.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Suluhisho la GPS Afika Mashariki linajumuisha vifaa vya mkononi vinavyotumiwa nje ambavyo vimetengenezwa kutumika katika ukulima, uchimbaji madini, uchoraji wa ramani, uvuvi wa kudumu, uhifadhi wa wanyama pori na nyinginezo. Vifaa vyote vya Garmin vinavyotumiwa nje vina mitambo ya GPS yenye uwezo mkubwa wa unasaji na pia uwezo wa kuweka alama za njia. Garmin ina MKD (Mtambo wa kuashiria dira) sahihi kwa soko hili kwani itawasaidia wateja kuweka mipaka ya mashamba yao, kupanda na kuvuna mazao, kuweka alama katika sehemu bora zaidi za uvuvi au hata kuitumia kama kifaa cha kujilinda dhidi ya uwindaji haramu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Garmin pia ina suluhisho la kuwezesha uendeshaji mzuri wa gari barabarani. Kifaa kijulikanacho kama Nuvi kina mtambo wa GPS ambayo iliyopakiwa ramani za kisasa zenye zaidi ya kilometa 204,000 za kuangazia barabara nchini Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nuvi ina uwezo wa kuonyesha dira na hata kutambua majina ya bararara. Ikiwa na maelekezo ya kupinda na majina ya barabarani, nuvi ina Alama Muhimu zaidi ya 45,000 zinazoashiria vituo vya kununua petroli vilivyo karibu zaidi, maduka na mikahawa inayopendwa zaidi na mashine za kutoa pesa zilizo karibu. Kifaa cha Bluetooth huwezesha watumiajii kuambatanisha rununu zao na nuvi ndani ya gari hivyo basi wanakuwa na uwezo wa kuendesha gari bila kushikilia kifaa chochote mkononi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Bila shaka ni ramani yenyewe itakayotiliwa mkazo zaidi Afrika Mashariki na jambo hili litasababisha kuwa na uhusiano baina ya nchi mbalimbali ili kuelewa mahitaji ya watumiaji. Usafiri kwa gari, Vifaa vya kutumiwa nje na pia Usafiri baharini ni mambo yenye umuhimu kulingana na jinsi muundo msingi unazidi kupanuka katika bara la Afrika”, kasema Mech. “Kuingia kwa Garmin Afrika Mashariki ni kwa minajili ya kuhakikisha kuwa, hata ukienda wapi, utakuwa na teknologia ya kisasa ya kusafiri mkononi mwako, hii ikiambatana na usaidizi wa ufundi wa hali ya juu zaidi na mpangilio <a href="http://www.garmin.co.za/">mzuri wa waranti kwa wateja.</a>”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Garmin Southern Africa (PTY) Ltd.</span></div> </div>

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