Africa News latest RSS headlines - Africa Leader.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageElectricity Restored to Zanzibar- June 19, 2008 The power blackout which rocked Zanzibar for four weeks finally ended yesterday when electricity was restored. A statement sent to newsrooms by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr Oscar Fernan...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639462/ Power Price to Increase After Utility Bailout- June 19, 2008 Electricity consumers should expect another substantial power tariff increase before the end of the year following a raft of recommendations to bail out the cash-strapped public utility firm, Tanesco.http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639464/ MPs Press for More Tax On Mining Firms- June 19, 2008 Members of Parliament have criticised the 20089 budget for not including more tax measures for the mining sector as expected. The lawmakers urged the government to revise its budget to announce more ...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639463/ Uranium Rush Lands N$6-B Investment for Namibia- June 19, 2008 Namibia is set to become home to the world&039;s largest uranium mine with the announcement yesterday by French state-owned energy company Areva that it is injecting US$750 million (about N$6 billion) int...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639446/ Come Clean On Firms- June 19, 2008 The key questions that are raised by opposition as well as some ruling party&039;s MPs include the motive behind the massive payments done by the Bank of Tanzania to the two companies and the real owners ...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639461/ Railway Workers to Resist Further Retrenchment- June 19, 2008 The indication came through the Nigeria Railway Corporation chapter of the Senior Staff As-sociation of Communications, Transport and Corporations (SSACTAC).http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639449/ Plane Crashes Worry Tourists- June 19, 2008 While investigations into the latest plane crash at Swakopmund are continuing, members of the public and tourists in particular remain concerned about the number of plane crashes experienced lately.http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639445/ Lagos Needs $40 Billion to Tackle Infrastructure Problems- June 19, 2008 Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State said Tuesday that if all infrastructural problems of water, roads, and security confronting the state must be addressed, the government would require about $3...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15639447/ Nigeria attack stops Shell- June 19, 2008 + By Nick Tattersall ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen in speedboats attacked Royal Dutch Shell&039;s Bonga oilfield off the coast of Nigeria on Thursday, shutting down a tenth of the country&039;s oil output in...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15642363/ Kenya says food trade barriers must be scrapped- June 19, 2008 + By Daniel Wallis NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africans must unite to demand an immediate end to Western trade barriers that are worsening the impact of a global food crisis on the world&039;s poorest conti...http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/15642362/ |