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A governorate is a subnational entity. The term is mostly used to translate the Arabic muhafazah (plural muhafazat), also spelled mohafazah (mohafazat). It may also refer to the Governorates and Governor-Generalships of Imperial Russia (, tr.: guberniya).
Arab countries
With the exception of Tunisia all translations into the term governorate originate in the arab word muhafazah.
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Zimbabwe reverses food aid ban
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:14:27 -0000
Zimbabwe's government lifts a ban on aid agencies, as negotiators meet to try to revive deadlocked crisis talks.
Morocco 'breaks terror network'
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:27:52 -0000
Moroccan police arrest 15 people they accuse of planning al-Qaeda-inspired attacks across the kingdom.
Mothers' anguish over baby mix-up
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:38 -0000
Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.
Deadly Cameroon tanker explosion
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:14:03 -0000
A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in Cameroon, with 30 feared dead after villagers try to salvage fuel.
Iran agrees Nigeria nuclear deal
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:46:36 -0000
Iran agrees to share nuclear technology with Nigeria to help it increase its power generation.
Senegal sacking over paper raids
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:52 -0000
Senegal's Aviation Minister Farba Senghor is sacked over alleged links to raids on two newspapers.
NYT > Africa
Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Aid Groups, but Its Effects Linger
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:00:31 -0000
The suspension of the groups’ field operations deprived more than a million Zimbabweans of basic assistance, according to the nations that donated the aid.
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Camp Raid Denounced
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:36 -0000
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights condemned Sudan’s attack on a camp in Darfur for displaced persons “disproportionate and excessive.”
A Threat Renewed: Ragtag Insurgency Gains a Lifeline From Al Qaeda
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:57:32 -0000
A group of Algerian militants has been transformed from a nationalist insurgency to a potent ally of Al Qaeda.
L.A. Times - Africa
Usain Bolt wins 100; Pamela Jelimo runs historic 800
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
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Hijackers of Darfur plane surrender in Libya
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
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U.N. Darfur force delayed
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Secretary-General Ban cites growing violence and logistical issues. Deploying all 26,000 members of a peacekeeping force in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur will take many more months because of growing insecurity and logistical difficulties, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report circulated Friday.
UN News Centre - Africa
Zimbabwe's lifting of aid agency restrictions positive' development, says Ban
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed Zimbabwe's announcement on lifting the suspension of field operations of aid agencies, which have a vital role in the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the southern African nation.
Top UN official in DR Congo deplores recent fighting in North Kivu
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has strongly condemned the recent fighting between the Congolese army and rebels in the country's east, stressing that it goes against the ceasefire signed earlier this year.
Top UN envoy welcomes move by Somali leaders towards reconciliation
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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The Economist: Middle East and Africa
Nigeria:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
The president shows who’s bossGIVEN Nigeria’s long record of military coups, President Umaru Yar’Adua’s dismissal of his top military commanders last week might have looked a bit risky—suicidal, even. And, indeed, there were rumours of rebellion in the air. But the fact that Mr Yar’Adua not only removed the officers but calmly left the country immediately afterwards for a pilgrimage to Mecca speaks of a growing confidence among Nigerians that the bad old days of military intervention have finally been laid to rest. Until recently Africa had a deserved reputation for violent military takeovers, and Nigeria was no exception. Half a dozen coups took place in the three decades or so from 1966 until elections restored civilian rule in 1999. Even then the new president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Yar’Adua’s predecessor, was a former general who had previously run the country as head of a military junta. With their aviator shades and shiny epaulettes, the generals plundered Nigeria’s vast oil wealth, none more aggressively or brutally than Sani Abacha in the 1990s. ...
Angola:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
An oil-rich country prepares to vote for the first time in 16 yearsAFTER recent election fiascos in Kenya and Zimbabwe, all eyes are on Angola. On September 5th, 8m-plus registered voters (in a population of some 17m) should cast their ballot to choose a new parliament. They have certainly had to wait for the privilege. Since independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola has had only one multi-party election, in 1992, and it led to a resumption of the horrific civil war that had ravaged the place since independence. The government has repeatedly promised and postponed fresh elections since the end of the conflict in 2002. Only now, it judges, is Angola finally ready. Decades of war, first pitting Angolans against their Portuguese colonial masters and then against each other, destroyed and traumatised a country that is rich in oil, diamonds and fertile soil. The two sides in the civil war are still the main political parties that will contest these elections: the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The latter, for many years a rebel movement, gave up arms after the death of its leader, Jonas Savimbi, in 2002. Now led by the articulate and urbane Isaias Samavuka, it has turned into a proper party. Though 14 groups are registered to contest the election, UNITA is still by far the largest opposition one. Incidents still occur in the oil-rich province of Cabinda, but a peace deal signed in 2006 has eased separatist tensions there. ...
Zimbabwe:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
The opposition scores a telling point IT WAS a humiliating week for Robert Mugabe. As the new parliament elected in March was convened for the first time, the chairman of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Lovemore Moyo, won the vote to become speaker, beating Mr Mugabe’s candidate. Then the veteran leader was booed and heckled during his speech, for the first time in his 28 years in power. Negotiations between the ruling ZANU-PF and the MDC are still suspended, after the two sides failed to agree on who should hold executive power. Mr Mugabe, not one to take humiliation well, looks set to harden his stance: prospects for an early deal look slim. But it was a rare and telling victory for the opposition.The Zimbabwean leader had violated ground rules, agreed on before the negotiations began, stipulating that the new parliament should not be convened, nor a new cabinet appointed, while negotiations were under way. Several MDC MPs have already been arrested, some as they were entering Parliament to be sworn in. Ahead of a regional meeting earlier this month, Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC leader, and his party’s secretary-general and chief negotiator were both detained at the airport and their passports confiscated en route to the meeting; they were allowed to continue on their way after South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki, mandated by the region’s leaders to mediate in the talks, apparently intervened. ...
Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
Zimbabwe lifts ban on humanitarian organizations
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
South Africa said power-sharing talks between Mugabe's government and opposition leaders would resume Friday although Mugabe's top negotiator said there was no need for further discussions.
Iran says it has 4,000 centrifuges working on enrichment
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The number was up from the 3,000 centrifuges that Iran announced in November that it was operating at its plant in the central city of Natanz. Still, it is well below the 6,000 it said last year that it would operate by summer 2008, suggesting the program may be behind schedule.
U.S. military secretly sending foreign fighters to home nations
By MARK MAZZETTI AND ERIC SCHMITT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The system is similar in some ways to the rendition program used by the Central Intelligence Agency to secretly transfer suspected militants back to their home countries to be jailed and questioned.
U.S. to turn security of Anbar Province over to Iraq
By ERICA GOODE Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The province had been a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one of the most violent regions in Iraq.
Hijackers of Sudanese plane free hostages
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The two hijackers who had commandeered a jetliner from the Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday had asked for asylum in Libya, but it was not clear whether their request had been granted.
43 years after canceled concert, Israel is ready to rock with a Beatle
By ETHAN BRONNER Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
Excitement is building for Paul McCartney's first concert in Israel, an epilogue to a tale that began in 1965 when the authorities canceled a Beatles concert on "spiritual and cultural" grounds.
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Zimbabwe reverses food aid ban
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:14:27 -0000
Zimbabwe's government lifts a ban on aid agencies, as negotiators meet to try to revive deadlocked crisis talks.
Morocco 'breaks terror network'
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:27:52 -0000
Moroccan police arrest 15 people they accuse of planning al-Qaeda-inspired attacks across the kingdom.
Mothers' anguish over baby mix-up
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:38 -0000
Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.
Deadly Cameroon tanker explosion
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:14:03 -0000
A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in Cameroon, with 30 feared dead after villagers try to salvage fuel.
Iran agrees Nigeria nuclear deal
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:46:36 -0000
Iran agrees to share nuclear technology with Nigeria to help it increase its power generation.
Senegal sacking over paper raids
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:52 -0000
Senegal's Aviation Minister Farba Senghor is sacked over alleged links to raids on two newspapers.
NYT > Africa
Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Aid Groups, but Its Effects Linger
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:00:31 -0000
The suspension of the groups’ field operations deprived more than a million Zimbabweans of basic assistance, according to the nations that donated the aid.
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Camp Raid Denounced
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:36 -0000
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights condemned Sudan’s attack on a camp in Darfur for displaced persons “disproportionate and excessive.”
A Threat Renewed: Ragtag Insurgency Gains a Lifeline From Al Qaeda
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:57:32 -0000
A group of Algerian militants has been transformed from a nationalist insurgency to a potent ally of Al Qaeda.
L.A. Times - Africa
Usain Bolt wins 100; Pamela Jelimo runs historic 800
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Olympic star runs 9.83 at the Weltklasse meet, but the 18-year-old Kenyan wins women's 800 in 1:54.01, the fastest time in more than two decades and the third fastest in history at the distance. Usain Bolt easily won the 100 meters in 9.83 seconds Friday night in the Weltklasse meet at Zurich, Switzerland, his first competition since a record-shattering performance in the Beijing Olympics.
Hijackers of Darfur plane surrender in Libya
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Two Sudanese men, armed with handguns and the threat of explosives, stormed the cockpit of the Boeing 737, taking control just minutes into the flight. Passengers said the hijackers remained calm but they still spent a night in fear.
U.N. Darfur force delayed
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Secretary-General Ban cites growing violence and logistical issues. Deploying all 26,000 members of a peacekeeping force in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur will take many more months because of growing insecurity and logistical difficulties, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report circulated Friday.
UN News Centre - Africa
Zimbabwe's lifting of aid agency restrictions positive' development, says Ban
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed Zimbabwe's announcement on lifting the suspension of field operations of aid agencies, which have a vital role in the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the southern African nation.
Top UN official in DR Congo deplores recent fighting in North Kivu
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has strongly condemned the recent fighting between the Congolese army and rebels in the country's east, stressing that it goes against the ceasefire signed earlier this year.
Top UN envoy welcomes move by Somali leaders towards reconciliation
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, has welcomed an agreement signed by the Horn of Africa nation's leaders to promote reconciliation, the rule of law and good governance.
The Economist: Middle East and Africa
Nigeria:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
The president shows who’s bossGIVEN Nigeria’s long record of military coups, President Umaru Yar’Adua’s dismissal of his top military commanders last week might have looked a bit risky—suicidal, even. And, indeed, there were rumours of rebellion in the air. But the fact that Mr Yar’Adua not only removed the officers but calmly left the country immediately afterwards for a pilgrimage to Mecca speaks of a growing confidence among Nigerians that the bad old days of military intervention have finally been laid to rest. Until recently Africa had a deserved reputation for violent military takeovers, and Nigeria was no exception. Half a dozen coups took place in the three decades or so from 1966 until elections restored civilian rule in 1999. Even then the new president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Yar’Adua’s predecessor, was a former general who had previously run the country as head of a military junta. With their aviator shades and shiny epaulettes, the generals plundered Nigeria’s vast oil wealth, none more aggressively or brutally than Sani Abacha in the 1990s. ...
Angola:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
An oil-rich country prepares to vote for the first time in 16 yearsAFTER recent election fiascos in Kenya and Zimbabwe, all eyes are on Angola. On September 5th, 8m-plus registered voters (in a population of some 17m) should cast their ballot to choose a new parliament. They have certainly had to wait for the privilege. Since independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola has had only one multi-party election, in 1992, and it led to a resumption of the horrific civil war that had ravaged the place since independence. The government has repeatedly promised and postponed fresh elections since the end of the conflict in 2002. Only now, it judges, is Angola finally ready. Decades of war, first pitting Angolans against their Portuguese colonial masters and then against each other, destroyed and traumatised a country that is rich in oil, diamonds and fertile soil. The two sides in the civil war are still the main political parties that will contest these elections: the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The latter, for many years a rebel movement, gave up arms after the death of its leader, Jonas Savimbi, in 2002. Now led by the articulate and urbane Isaias Samavuka, it has turned into a proper party. Though 14 groups are registered to contest the election, UNITA is still by far the largest opposition one. Incidents still occur in the oil-rich province of Cabinda, but a peace deal signed in 2006 has eased separatist tensions there. ...
Zimbabwe:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
The opposition scores a telling point IT WAS a humiliating week for Robert Mugabe. As the new parliament elected in March was convened for the first time, the chairman of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Lovemore Moyo, won the vote to become speaker, beating Mr Mugabe’s candidate. Then the veteran leader was booed and heckled during his speech, for the first time in his 28 years in power. Negotiations between the ruling ZANU-PF and the MDC are still suspended, after the two sides failed to agree on who should hold executive power. Mr Mugabe, not one to take humiliation well, looks set to harden his stance: prospects for an early deal look slim. But it was a rare and telling victory for the opposition.The Zimbabwean leader had violated ground rules, agreed on before the negotiations began, stipulating that the new parliament should not be convened, nor a new cabinet appointed, while negotiations were under way. Several MDC MPs have already been arrested, some as they were entering Parliament to be sworn in. Ahead of a regional meeting earlier this month, Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC leader, and his party’s secretary-general and chief negotiator were both detained at the airport and their passports confiscated en route to the meeting; they were allowed to continue on their way after South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki, mandated by the region’s leaders to mediate in the talks, apparently intervened. ...
Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
Zimbabwe lifts ban on humanitarian organizations
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
South Africa said power-sharing talks between Mugabe's government and opposition leaders would resume Friday although Mugabe's top negotiator said there was no need for further discussions.
Iran says it has 4,000 centrifuges working on enrichment
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The number was up from the 3,000 centrifuges that Iran announced in November that it was operating at its plant in the central city of Natanz. Still, it is well below the 6,000 it said last year that it would operate by summer 2008, suggesting the program may be behind schedule.
U.S. military secretly sending foreign fighters to home nations
By MARK MAZZETTI AND ERIC SCHMITT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The system is similar in some ways to the rendition program used by the Central Intelligence Agency to secretly transfer suspected militants back to their home countries to be jailed and questioned.
U.S. to turn security of Anbar Province over to Iraq
By ERICA GOODE Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The province had been a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one of the most violent regions in Iraq.
Hijackers of Sudanese plane free hostages
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
The two hijackers who had commandeered a jetliner from the Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday had asked for asylum in Libya, but it was not clear whether their request had been granted.
43 years after canceled concert, Israel is ready to rock with a Beatle
By ETHAN BRONNER Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0000
Excitement is building for Paul McCartney's first concert in Israel, an epilogue to a tale that began in 1965 when the authorities canceled a Beatles concert on "spiritual and cultural" grounds.
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