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Women in the Lead.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Atiku Iddrisu ... As male MPs lose primaries Two NPP primaries held in Accra at the weekend (one in the Okaikoi North Constituency and the other at Ayawaso West Wuogon) turned into a...

President Tasks Church Leaders to Affect Conscience of Political Leaders.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) The President of Ghana, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor, has called on the Church to seek ways that will affect the conscience of political leaders in order to improve the lot of those they rule. He also made...

NDC Welcomes Ibrahim Adams & DR Yankey From Prison.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Akwasi Nti Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the weekend gave a hero's welcome to two of its members who had been released from prison after serving a 16-month jail term...

NPP Proves Point.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) There can be change without a coup In the coming days the New Patriotic Party would rush through a raft of primaries so as to meet the Electoral Commission's deadline. The primaries have been...

Ghana is Now a Credit-Worthy Nation - President Kufuor.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) Ghana is now a credit-worthy nation and more development partners are willing to offer more assistance towards its socio-economic development. President John Agyekum Kufuor who announced this...

AECAWA Committed to Playing Role Vigorously.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) The President of AECAWA, Most Rev. John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, has said the bishops of the association have committed themselves to playing more vigorously the roles that are more proper to them....

Upset in Tamale.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) ... but winner and loser pledge to work for NPP victory in December Yesterday, one of the most prestigious constituencies, Tamale Central, selected Mr Mohammed Anta to contest the elections on the...

Best of Rugby - Real Deal Gets the Fans' Vote.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: Dale Granger There were 40 000 reasons at Loftus on Saturday why South African rugby should not compromise strength versus strength in the Currie Cup. The fans voted with their feet...

Re-Branding Ghana Airways.
August 31, 2004... (From Accra Mail (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Akwasi Asibey Finally the Gods are smiling on Ghana Airways. The much-awaited search for a strategic partner for this venerable state-owned airline came to fruition last week with the...

Koeberg Tightens Emergency Plan.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: Adri-Ann Peters The Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant has beefed up its safety procedure plan after a breach of security by Greenpeace activists two years ago. Environmental activists...

Strandfontein Close in At the Top.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) What a day! What can you say about a day in which the league leaders were humbled by fifth-placed Glendale, the closest challengers run close before coming from behind to go joint top, and...

Settled Vasco Grab First Win.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: Rodney Reiners Vasco da Gama will remain a First Division soccer club based in Parow. After uncertainty leading up to the opening match of the new season at the weekend, club...

Bucs Snap Up Tyren Arendse.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: Rodney Reiners Orlando Pirates have pulled off a major coup by snaffling promising Bafana Bafana winger Tyren Arendse despite the interest of big-spenders Mamelodi Sundowns. The...

'Benign' Red Tide Hits False Bay.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: John Yeld Visitors could have been forgiven for thinking there'd been a marine massacre of epic proportions along the eastern shores of False Bay at the weekend as the sea was running...

Parents, Students Demonstrate in Makeni.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Abdul Karim Koroma Students and Parents opposed to the decision of the Ministry of Education to impose Victoria Kargbo as Principal of St. Joseph Convent last week mounted a chaotic...

Builders Leave Mall in Dark.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Byline: Murray Williams The cavernous halls of Somerset Mall were plunged into darkness yesterday - and stayed that way for the entire day after builders accidentally knocked out the Mall's...

Paul Kamara's Lawyer Threatens to Quit.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Regina Pratt Lawyer Joseph Cole, defense counsel representing Paul Kamara in the matter, The State vs. Paul Kamara and others at the High Court No2 presided over by Justice Bankole...

New Face of Guma Valley.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Regina Pratt One begins to wonder why Guma Valley Water Company has put up a new face? Few weeks ago people were panicked amongst the public over the color of water pumped by the...

RSLAF, Kenbatt 12 in Joint Explosion.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Reachel Horner Republic of Sierra Leone Army Forces (RSLAF) and Unamsil's Kenbatt 12 last Thursday made a joint explosion ordinance disposal operation at Masiaka. A four-man...

Street Vibe Sacrificed in Name of Development.
August 31, 2004... (From Cape Argus (South Africa) - AAGM) Regular visitors to Long Street soon develop a routine. Depending on your mood you either look for a specific item or you wander around until something strikes your fancy. Then you stop for a...

110 Ukraine Aviators Receive Medals.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Rachal Horner 110 peacekeepers of the Ukraine Aviation Unit past Wednesday received UN medals at Hastings. Unamsil Force Commander, Major General Sajjad Akram says Ukrainian...

Mercenary Planes Fly in Middle East.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Sierra Leone Police are currently investigating the activities of four airlines now flying in Jordan, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern destinations. Star...

Lufthansa Awards Loyal Agent.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Lufthansa German Airlines has held an award ceremony for its agents in Accra. Kesben Travel and Tours was adjudged the over all winner. Four others, Jonney Max Travel and Tours, Nita Travels and Tours,...

822 Zambian Peacekeepers Leave Sierra Leone.
August 31, 2004... (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) - AAGM) Byline: Rachel Horner 822 Zambian peacekeepers have left Sierra Leone for Zambia last week. Zambian peacekeepers were deployed at Tongo Fields, Eastern Sierra Leone. They handed over...

Tobacco Employs 80% of People in Nkoranza - Chief.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Nana Fosu Kyemereh II Benkumhene of Nkransa has said tobacco production employs about 80% of the people of Nkransa and it would be disastrous for his traditional area if tobacco were banned in the...

MP Unites Feuding Twin-Town.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Prince Zakaria, Anyinamae The Member of Parliament for the Kete-Krachie constituency, Mr. Francis Osei-Sarfo has brought to a happy end, the long reigning stand-off between the people of the...

33 Electricity Meters Stolen in Central Region.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: David Allan Paintsil The Central Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana has expressed concern about the illegal activities of some unscrupulous persons, which is hampering the...

Who Has Nkrumah's Hanky?
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: I. K. Gyasi As far as the Electoral Commissioner is concerned, there is currently only one party known as the Convention People's Party (CPP) with Mr. George Aggudey as its presidential...

Aspiring MPs Warned.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Sulemana Braimah * Parliament is not a money making place * You come in rich and go out poor FOR MANY people, becoming a Member of Parliament (MP) is a guarantee of the enhancement of...

Gov't Crippling the Disabled At Jachie?
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Sebastian R. Freiku ... salaries in arrears for 5 months The staff of the Jachie Rehabilitation Centre for the disabled are literally starving to death, having gone without salaries for...

Four Reporters Interdicted for GhanAir Story.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Over Ghanair story Four persons, including the Director of Television at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Kofi Bucknor, have been interdicted, The Chronicle has learnt. The other three...

Mining Companies to Rehabilitate Mined Soil Scientifically.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Coomso Proffessor Seth K.A. Danso, Director of Ecological Laboratory of the University of Ghana has advised mining companies to use modern and scientific methods to rehabilitate mined...

Drilling Accident Kills Man.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Gold Fields Ghana reports with deep regret the sudden death of Mr. Ali Adamu, an employee of St Lamberts Drilling Company, whose sudden event occurred last Friday 27 August 2004, as a result of injuries...

Rawlings' Sorties Meant to Destabilise Nation - Nyaho Tamakloe.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Bismark Bebli ... But Victor Smith says,"Nyaho shut up" A FOUNDING member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe, has accused the former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John...

PM Koffi Sama in Hard Political Bargain.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Ebow Godwin ... With Togo main opposition parties Barely a week after successfully freeing 500 prisoners on Presidential Pardon, the Togolese Prime Minister Koffi Sama put up another...

Remittances: Cedi Wise, Pound Foolish.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Ato Quayson Cedi wise, pound foolish (or vice versa) (1) McFante heard in his dream the faint ringing of a doorbell. He imagined it was that pretty Welsh woman down the road he had been...

NPP Party Drags to Parliamentary Aspirants to Court.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Ivy Benson & Bismark Bebli Party guru drags two aspirants to court FOLLOWING THE internal wrangling that characterized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries in recent days; two...

Recovering SSNIT Students' Loans.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) IT IS gratifying to hear that the management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has embarked on a global hunt to get students loans defaulters to pay up. The Chronicle...

Ghanaian Journalists, Politicians Goofing for Decades?
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Bennett Akuaku - experts say 'Flagbearer' is wrong political terminology - and condemn practice of 'Makola Journalism' Dr. Anthony Bonnah Koomson, Lecturer at the School of...

Chinese Employers Defy Gov't Agency Order.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: George Kyei Frimpong. The Chinese owners of a plastic manufacturing company, Shifa Plastic Ghana Limited, have made the laws of the country useless as they have constantly defied orders of the...

Kamwenge Gets Global Aids Fund.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Christopher Kiwawulo KAMWENGE district has received a sh109m grant from the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in the district. The fund to be managed by Kamwenge Developm-ent Agency (KADA)...

John is Groundnut Evangelist.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ssejjengo Gently, with a slight gait and an air of confidence, he strolls up to the bar with a smile of reassurance. His sweeping glance runs through the bar like a shepherd looking...

Three US Parishes Join Luweero Diocese.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John Kakande THREE parishes of the American Episcopalian Church of Los Angeles Diocese have seceded and joined the Ugandan diocese of Luweero, deepening the row in the Anglican Communion. ...

Condom Use Hits 19 Million.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Bifubyeka UGANDA buys 19 million condoms every month to combat HIV/AIDS, STDs and improve family planning, the national programme officer for information and communication in the...

UNICEF Warns On ARV Use.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Anne Mugisa THE UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and scientists have warned against use of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) without improving the nutrition of patients. The scientists said there...

Police Punch 'Free Press' Reporter.
August 31, 2004... (From Ghanaian Chronicle - AAGM) Byline: Jacquiline Bondzie Some law enforcement agents are beginning to exceed their limits in relation to the protection of individual rights and freedoms. Due to the chaotic primaries recently...

Water Shortage Hits Kisoro Town.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Catherine Ntabadde KISORO district is experiencing water shortage due to continuous load shedding of electricity. Some taxi operators in the town have resorted to ferrying jerrycans of...

Luweero Police Nabs 3 Over Game Meat.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fredrick Kiwanuka THE Police in Luweero over the weekend arrested three people after they were intercepted with sacks of game meat and animal skins. The meat was reportedly poached in...

Court Wins Do Not Fortify DP - Bwengye.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Wilber Muhwezi and Julius Mucunguzi DEMOCRATIC Party stalwart Francis Bwengye has said court cases Paul Semogerere has won against the Government have not popularised the party. ...

MPs to Miss Voting.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Magoba ELECTORAL Commission (EC) chairman Dr. Badru Kiggundu has said a number of MPs are not eligible voters. Kiggundu expressed disappointment with the MPs, saying "Instead of...

Dr. Kiggundu Warns Mengo of 'Federo Trap'.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa FORMER Bank of Uganda governor Dr. Sulaiman Kiggundu has warned Mengo against accepting the proposal for two nkiiko (councils), saying said it's a trap and a recipe for a likely...

More Tourists to Visit Uganda.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Gerald Tenywa STATE minister for trade, tourism and industry Jovino Akaki has said the number of tourists to the protected areas this year is to increase by more than 40%. Akaki said...

How Owerri Fans, Officials Harassed Enyimba.
August 31, 2004... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Udechukwu Every year, fans in the east are thrilled to entertaining soccer by two traditional soccer enemies, Enyimba and Iwuanynwu Nationale. This year's rescheduled match between the two...

UPDF Repulses Attack On Camp.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ochowun THE army repulsed an LRA attack on Awere camp in Odek sub-county, Gulu district on Friday. Northern army spokesman Lt. Paddy Ankunda on Saturday said the rebels, who were...

North Gets Sh13b.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Christopher Kiwawulo SINCE April this year, the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) has disbursed over sh13b to 972 community sub-projects in the north. NUSAF disbursed the money...

Gulu Opens Mental Unit.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Langalanga BUTABIKA Hospital senior consultant Dr. Tom Onen has said the new Psychiatric building at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH) is opening in November. He said when the...

Countdown: Mitsubishi Challenge.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Mazune ITS 60mm proflex suspensions cost a mind-boggling £10000 (over sh30m) - the price of two secondhand Mitsubishi Pajeros. Alpha Rally Team's Evo 7 that Emma Katto will...

16 Reach City Tyres League.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Norman Katende THE curtain for the preliminary round of the Friends of Football (FOF) organised U-14 soccer league drew on Sunday, paving way for the champions' league to be held at Nakivubo...

Gulu Welcomes Ex-LRA Captives.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Former LRA abductees were welcomed back home from Juba, southern Sudan at Gulu Support the Children Organisation (GUSCO) and World Vision reception centres on Friday. The malnourished-looking former...

Rhinos Finally Soar.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Gloria Kyomugisha CHARGING Rhinos will want to relive Saturday over and over again as the day they returned to winning ways after their disappointing two successive game loses in the MTN...

Aids Peer Clinic Ends.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Norman Katende THE three-day Global Fund peer-coaches workshop on HIV/AIDS at Jokas Hotel in Bweyogerere ended with a call to the 20 participants not to sit back and relax. "We are lucky...

FIA Guru Arrives.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Mazune NO-NONSENSE Kenyan rally expert Viren Goricha is the FIA technical delegate for the TOTAL Pearl of Africa Uganda rally this weekend. Goricha angered several drivers last...

Kenya, Uganda Rails Invite Private Investors.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mikaili Sseppuya Kenya and Uganda railways have invited the private sector to participate in running of the utility after the joint concession is finalised in December next year. ...

Caltex Marks 100 Years of Havoline Oil.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Kaujju CALTEX Uganda marked 100 years of their Havoline Oil, a brand used worldwide. "Havoline Oil was started in 1904 by the Havemeyers family. It has always been associated with...

Women's Conference Starts.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joe Nam Over 5000 women from 12 nations have come for the International Christian Women Annual Conference and crusade due for Kampala from August 30 to September 4. The conference will...

UNBS to Tighten Grip On Cigarettes.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Doreen Kansiime RECOMMENDATIONS are being made to change the warnings on cigarette packets to highlight the real dangers of smoking, an official from Uganda National Bureau of Standards...

DFCU Launches Pinnacle Club.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: David Muwanga THE Development Finance Company of Uganda (dfcu) has launched telephone banking through its Pinnacle Club. "This is one of the new banking techniques we are introducing for...

African Bankers to Meet.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Steven Odeu Bank of Uganda (BOU), German Technical Cooperation and Swedish International Development Agency will host central bank executives from eastern and southern Africa during a...

Punished for Being Mothers.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Alice Emasu TEN policewomen, eight expecting and two breast-feeding were recently discontinued from Masindi Police Training School. They were participating in a three-month promotional course...

Ghost of Power Shortage Re-Emerges.
August 31, 2004... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome Could we be sliding back into the another period of crippling power shortages of the kind witnessed in the year 2000? Short rains, which a broader regional prognosis says could...

Stone Quarry Wrecks Life in Mayuge Village.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John Kasozi and Robert Kanusu A stone quarry in Mayuge district has left 10 homesteads damaged and caused two miscarriages. Issah Muteguya Balaba an affected resident says, "We are now...

Stay Tough On Alcohol.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE POLICE have introduced breathalysers to test drivers for the amount of alcohol they have consumed. This will make Ugandan roads much safer although it will be unpopular with some drivers. Alcohol...

Ugandans Charged With Child Stealing.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Reuben Olita FIVE people, two of them Ugandans, have been charged in a Nairobi court in connection with child trafficking. Ugandans, Miriam Nyeko and Rose Kiserem, who hold British...

Museveni Chairs First NRM-O Meeting.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Felix Osike PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday chaired the first meeting of the National Resistance Movement political organisation (NRM-O) to brief the promoters of the upcoming...

Orombi Gets Assistant.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) The Church Mission Society (CMS) Africa regional director, the Rev. Dr Zac Niringiye, has been elected assistant bishop of Kampala Diocese. He replaces the Rt. Rev. Eliphaz Maari, who retires at the...

50 Percent of Freed Kids Have HIV.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joyce Namutebi HALF of the children rescued from the LRA rebels in northern Uganda are HIV-positive, the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Zoe Bakoko Bakoru, has said. ...

Kiboga Lc5 Boss Kneels Before Residents.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ronald Kalyango Kiboga LC5 chairman Siraje Nkugwa stunned residents of Ntunda sub-county when he knelt down on a dirty floor before them and asked them to forgive him in areas where he had...

Don't Politicise HIV/Aids Campaign - Health Chief.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Ouma THE assistant commissioner in charge of health promotion and education, Paul Kaggwa, has warned Ugandans against linking HIV/AIDS campaigns to politics, since it is a global...

Busia CAO Denies Complaints.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Busia chief administrative officer (CAO) Charles Okello has denied saying that the Government was imposing unplanned for activities on districts. "I explained that that was an urgent and important...

Kapchorwa RDC Begs for CAO.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rashid Muzungyo Kapchorwa resident district commissioner (RDC) Joseph Arwata on Thursday begged the district council and district service commission to appoint a chief administrative officer....

Vision Turned Ordinary.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) NEW VISION fielding of strike partners Raphael Okello, Joseph Opio and Gloria Mukiibi in the Corporate league for the first time in many months failed to produce a winning combination. The scribes...

Kitamirike for Trials.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Opio and Phillip Corry ENGLISH football club Walsall is keen to acquire the services of Joel Kitamirike to strengthen their porous defence in their Premiership promotion quest this...

Bugiri RDC Probed.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Jaramogi INVESTIGATIONS have began to establish circumstances under which the Bugiri deputy RDC Isaac Lulaaba shot in the air to disperse a National Freedom Party (NFP) rally. ...

Kazibwe And Bageya Have Not Been Active On the Ground.
August 31, 2004... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Kubeketerya Mr Henry Mukasa's recent article "The bulls in the Busoga kraal" deserves some comment. There is nothing wrong for people to compete for prominence or to try and assert...