"); arnews[0]="Ghana: Politics Derail Firm's Bid for Stake in Oilfield
"; arnews[0] += "The announcement on 17 August by ExxonMobil that it is abandoning its campaign to buy a 23.5% stake in the Jubilee field, Africa's biggest offshore oil field, is likely to precipitate a bid by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), backed by the China Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Africa Confidential has learned."; arnews[0] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:30:27 GMT"; arnews[0] += "
"; arnews[1]="South Africa: New Technology Power for the Masses
"; arnews[1] += "As Mozambique, Iran and China have shown, mobile phone text messaging is showing an ability for the poor to mobilize quickly"; arnews[1] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:03:52 GMT"; arnews[1] += "
"; arnews[2]="Somalia: Kenyan Court Jails Seven for Piracy
"; arnews[2] += "EU NAVFOR welcomes the first judgement yesterday in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship."; arnews[2] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:33:10 GMT"; arnews[2] += "
"; arnews[3]="Uganda: Oil Well Licence Set to Expire
"; arnews[3] += "The government could take back a major oil field in western Uganda if the exploration licence over it, which expires today, is not renewed. Block 1, in which Heritage Oil Uganda had a 50 per cent stake with Tullow Oil Uganda holding the same size, has some of the largest oil fields that have been discovered near Lake Albert."; arnews[3] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:35:51 GMT"; arnews[3] += "
"; arnews[4]="South Africa: Sasol Unit to Sell Fertiliser Plants
"; arnews[4] += "SASOL Nitro, a division of Sasol Chemical Industries, intends to sell regional fertiliser blending plants by August next year, the division said yesterday."; arnews[4] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:44:50 GMT"; arnews[4] += "
"; arnews[5]="Rwanda: Name, Redesign Kigali Roads
"; arnews[5] += "Kigali City Council has embarked on the rehabilitation of the road network to ease the flow of traffic in the city. The multi million dollar project has transformed the roads."; arnews[5] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:33:59 GMT"; arnews[5] += "
"; arnews[6]="East Africa: Pension Fraud Cause for Alarm
"; arnews[6] += "Irregularities in government systems concerning pension are fast becoming point of concern among civil servants."; arnews[6] += "
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:33:47 GMT"; arnews[6] += "
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