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The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that "confer " about a certain topic.
- Academic conference, in science and academia, a formalized event where researchers present their results in speeches, workshops or by other means
- Business conference, an event organized to discuss a pressing issue
- Conference call, in telecommunications, is referred to as a "multi-party call".
- A conference room is a place where conferences are held.
- International conference, in politics, a multilateral diplomatic negotiation or a Party conference
- In Christianity, a conference is a series of meetings to discuss topics related to the church.
- A Methodist or Catholic Conference is a formal meeting of church leaders.
In sports:
- Football Conference, in English association football, consists of:
- Conference National, the fifth tier of the league system
- Conference North and Conference South, which together form the sixth tier
- In college athletics
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.
123 Conference - Database of conference facilities in Southern Africa.
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Addictive Events - Event management and coordination company based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Alto Events - Services include event management, launches, tours, conferences and leisure activities throughout Southern Africa.
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Conference Connection - Offers a professional organising facility.
Meta Description: [ Conference Connection offers a professional organising facility. ]
Contacts - Conference facilitation; assists in conference organising, co-ordination, venue finding and accommodation.
Meta Description: [ Contacts is a comprehensive conference facilitation that will assist you in all aspects of organising a conference, co-ordinating a conference, venue finding or accommodation. ]
Corporate Events - Online guide for various services and locations.
Meta Description: [ Business Opportunities in South Africa ]
Function World - Hire and functions firm on the Kwazulu Natal South Coast.
Global Conferences (Pty) Ltd - Specializes in organising international and local conferences, and other meeting related events for any number from one hundred to thousands of delegates.
Meta Description: [ Global Conferences (Pty) Ltd specialise in organising large international and local conferences and other meeting-related events throughout South Africa. ]
Intermarket Corp - Suppliers of guest amenity products like shampoo, soap, and shower caps to the hospitality trade.
IQPC - Conferences and training events.
Meta Description: [ IQPC Africa: Business conferences, events, workshops, seminars & masterclasses across S. Africa ]
Khaya Lembali - Conference and functions centre based in Morningside, Durban, South Africa.
Meta Description: [ Conference and Functions Centre based in Morningside, Durban, South Africa ]
M and M Hiring - Function hiring equipment service.
Meta Description: [ function hiring equipment service in South Africa, and the African continent in the privat function industry ]
M.P.R Hiring - Marquee and cutlery for functions, parties, and promotions.
Mother City Events - Cape Town: offers group incentive tours, conferences, special launches premier events.
Meta Description: [ Our Groups and Events Management Company is based The Mother City, Cape Town - South Africa. Offering a broad spectrum of services ranging from Group and Incentive Tours, Conferences, Special Launches; Premier Events. ]
Motor House - Conference Centre and Private Motor Museum - An elegant and private Conference Venue. Ideal for a variety of functions such as conferences, strategic meetings, training, breakfasts and lunches.
Movers and Shakers - Motivational activities including motivation, teambuilding, firewalking, corporate social entertainment and sales training in South Africa.
Meta Description: [ Team building exercises and motivational activities including firewalking & helicopter adventures. Movers & Shakers are South Africa's premier teambuilders and corporate motivators. ]
Mr T. - Tent manufactures and tent hire.
Phoenix Event Management - Everything from birthday celebrations to live concerts.
Meta Description: [ Event Management company Cape Town, South Africa, organising spectacular events, from birthday celebrations to live concerts ]
Shawu Events Management - Provides teambuilding activities, event and conference management services.
Sue Dickerson and Associates - Event management service to corporate clients, specialising in conferences, launches, incentive programs, in-house functions and client relationship programmes.
Meta Description: [ Successful Events provides professional event coordination, conference management, event management and communication solutions. From seminars through to large international conferences. ]
The CWC Group - Provides strategic industry summits, conferences and retreats, predominantly within the energy, utilities and associated industries
Meta Description: [ The CWC Group ]
The Event Production Company - Specialists in event management and functions in South Africa.
Meta Description: [ Memorable events through excellent execution giving you complete peace of mind ]
The Invent Group - Specialises in corporate event management.
Meta Description: [ The Invent Group is a black empowered group of companies providing integrated corporate solutions to client’s event needs. ]
To-Nett's Flowers and Function Decor - Family run flower and function decor business with a track record for weddings through to large scale corporate functions.
Meta Description: [ Flowers and function decor ]
Train Smart - Durban based company offering training and motivation courses in the hospitality industry.
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