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Afghanistan: Oil extraction at northern Amu River to begin in 5 months

5/17/2012

 
According to ministry of mines of Afghanistan oil extraction in northern Amu River will be launched within the next 5 months.

Africa: Keeping Pace With Change

5/13/2012

 
While Africa is home to some of the world's fastest growing economies, if it aims to sustain this growth and improve the quality of life of its citizens, the continent cannot ignore current global trends. That's the word from the Africa Progress Panel chaired by Kofi Annan.

Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan to Ink Agreement on Refugees

5/13/2012

 
TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghanistan's Refugees and Repatriation Deputy Minister Samad Hami announced on Tuesday that Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are due to sign an agreement on issues related to the Afghan refugees.

Tajik, Iranian officials meet on railroads to connect Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China

5/13/2012

 
Visiting Tajik Minister of Transportation and Communications Nizom Hakimov conferred on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart Ali Nikzad on construction of new rail track connecting Iran, China, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, IRNA reported.

In Afghanistan, underground girls school defies Taliban edict, threats

5/13/2012

 
SPINA, Afghanistan — Every morning in this mountain village in eastern Afghanistan, four dozen girls sneak through a square opening in a mud-baked wall, defying a Taliban edict.

Elite female night raiders break down barriers in Afghanistan

5/13/2012

 
(Reuters) - Crouching behind a wooden barrier, 27-year-old Sergeant Sara Delawar fires her M-4 rifle at a target showing the silhouette of a man, part of a training exercise for Afghan special forces.

Agreement reached on $1.9b Afghan refugee plan

5/13/2012

 
KABUL - A new strategy for supporting repatriation, sustainable reintegration and assistance to countries hosting Afghan refugees was adopted at a two-day international conference in Geneva.

Turkmenistan plans natural gas sale deal with Afghanistan, India, Pakistan later this month

5/5/2012

 
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Senior officials in Turkmenistan say the energy-rich Central Asian nation plans to sign a natural gas sales agreement with Afghanistan, Pakistan and India later this month.

Ghazni to have First-Ever International Airport

5/5/2012

 
GHAZNI CITY - Ghazni Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the first-ever international airport in the southern province.

Big projects in Ghazni after budget approval

5/5/2012

 
Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada on Tuesday said key development projects would be launched in southern Ghazni province soon after the Wolesi Jirga approved the annual budget.

300 Female Students from Eastern Afghanistan Complete Business Training

5/5/2012

 
Today some 300 young women from high schools in Jalalabad, Mehtarlam and Asadabad received certificates after completing the Taraqi Saba, or “Development for Tomorrow,” business training course arranged by the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives for the North, East and West (IDEA-NEW) Project.

Rural tinkerer builds the first airplane made in Afghanistan

5/5/2012

 
Afghanistan’s rural Ghazni Province usually appears on the news radar only to herald a tragedy: Five Polish soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb days before Christmas. A group of armed men accused a widow and her daughter of adultery in November and stoned the pair before shooting them in front of their home.

India invests $11 billion in Afghan natural resources

5/5/2012

 
India the largest regional provider of humanitarian and reconstruction aid to Afghanistan is proposing what may become Afghanistan’s biggest foreign investment: $11 billion to build an iron mine, steel mill and railroad. India has already played a vital role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan in the past one decade after the fall of the Taliban regime, having spent $1.5 billion on Afghan roads, power lines, schools and the parliament.

Kenya Shilling Gains for Second Day as Central Bank Curbs Supply

4/5/2012

 
Kenya's shilling strengthened for a second day as the central bank removed money from the market through repurchase agreements to curb supply.

Africa's richest man is cementing his place in history

4/5/2012

 
Earlier this year, a century-old wasteland of limestone and red dirt in south-west Nigeria was transformed into the biggest cement plant in Africa. The $1bn (£626m) Ibese plant will produce 6m tonnes of cement a year – expanding to 12m – cement that will quickly be swallowed up by the huge demands of Nigeria's construction boom.

$3.9 billion pledged to prevent E. Africa famines

4/5/2012

 
NAIROBI, Kenya—International donors say they won't allow a repeat of last year's Horn of Africa famine and are gearing up to spend billions of dollars on programs to help communities withstand cyclical droughts.

Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: Dangote Cement Nigeria, Sasini Kenya

4/5/2012

 
Kenya’s All-Share Index (NSEASI) dropped for the first time in three days, declining 0.1 percent to 60.18 by the close in Nairobi.

An Arab War-Crimes Court for Syria

4/5/2012

 
THE United States and other governments don’t want to intervene militarily in Syria. That’s understandable; hardly anyone wants another Middle East war.

India Billions Secure Afghan Mines in Challenge to China Drive

4/5/2012

 
An Indian security guard, cradling a Kalashnikov assault rifle, shadowed two Indian engineers as they inspected the concrete shell of the parliament building they are constructing -- in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

With U.S. Leaving, War-Zone Living Carries a Higher Price

4/5/2012

 
KABUL—As the U.S.-led military commitment winds down, one business is booming in Afghanistan: the construction of heavily fortified compounds where foreigners can take shelter.

SOMALIA: Benefits - and risks - of Puntland oil

3/18/2012

 
NAIROBI, 8 March 2012 (IRIN) - The recent discovery of oil deposits in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, could improve its population's livelihoods as long as it is handled properly, officials and locals told IRIN.

SOMALIA: Diaspora for development

3/18/2012

 
LONDON, 9 March 2012 (IRIN) - Somalis living abroad send home more than US$1 billion - perhaps even as much as $2 billion - every year, and they have kept on doing so, despite bureaucratic obstacles.

Gender is just one of many inequalities that generate poverty and exclusion

3/18/2012

 
Much of the talk at these events is about inequality. It's widely recognised that the MDGs, by focusing on targets that are about average attainment, have done little to tackle all kinds of social inequalities. If your aim is just to halve the percentage of the population who live on less than $1 a day, for example, you can do that and exclude whole communities who face discrimination based on ethnicity, race or gender.

Security Fears Lead Groups to Rethink Work in Afghanistan

3/18/2012

 
WASHINGTON — The management at a company that does aid and development work for the American government knows that some of its employees in Afghanistan are keeping weapons in their rooms — and is choosing to look the other way. At another company in the same business, lawyers are examining whether the company can sue the United States Agency for International Development for material breach of contract, citing the deteriorating security in Afghanistan.

UN, OECD reports call for 'reforms' in water policies, management

3/18/2012

 
The United Nations estimates the world’s population will reach 9 billion by 2050. This means, there will be increased demand for basic necessities, such as food and water — which are now in limited supply.
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