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Current Feed ContentMozambique: Cheap rail travel boosts cross-border tradeMAPUTO Thursday, September 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Angelina Sidumo is one of the hundreds of traders that throng the busy train station in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on most Wednesday afternoons to catch the once-weekly train south to Chicualacuala town in Gaza Province, an 18-hour journey covering nearly 500km. Like any seasoned traveller, Sidumo knows that the train, run by Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique, or Mozambican Ports and Railways, will start at least three hours late as...SoS Badjie visits Pan-African e-NetworkThe secretary of state for Communication, Information and Information Technology, Fatim Badjie-Janneh, yesterday, visited the Pan-African e-Network site at the University of The Gambia (UTG). This e-project will connect 53 participants from different African States and the AU Headquarters to provide e-service with priority on tele-education, tele-medicine and Very Very Important Person (VVIP) connectivity. The connectivity will also enable the UTG to link with major universities in India and...Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens deadAt least forty people are reported to have died and another fifty are injured after an accident at a level crossing in Egypt. A truck failed to stop at the crossing near Marsa Matruh, pushing several vehicles waiting ahead of it onto the tracks. The train then struck the traffic that was in the way. Two carriages toppled on top of cars, and two more derailed. Thirty-five died at the scene, and five more were pronounced dead in hospital. The death toll has already risen from twenty after more...Chaa-Kunda Communities Train on Marketable SkillsA four-day training workshop on village basic skills training ended recently in Chaa-Kunda Village in Upper Fullaau West District in CRR South. Speaking earlier, the community development officer, Mr. Lamin Badgie, said the workshop was organised by the Department of Community Development and Funded Community Skills Improvement Project. It aims to train participants on such marketable skills as tie and dye, batik and entrepreneur ship. According to CDO Badjie the rationale behind the training...D5m ultrasound scanner for Westfield clinicAn ultrasound scanning machine (GE Ving Med Vivid 3), worth over D5M, was, on Tuesday January 8, handed over to Westfield Clinic by ScanAi from Oslo, Norway. The ultrasound scanning machine has the possibilities to carry out heart, ultravascular, tissue, abdominal, pregnancy and orthopedic examinations, among others. The machine could also be used for draining fluids in the body especially those around the heart, lungs, abcess etc. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Dr. Lenrie Peters,...ZIMBABWE: Water train to thirsty Bulawayo?With its main water supply dams expected to run dry by September, Bulawayo, Zimbabwes second city, is planning to transport water by train from the Zambezi River, about 400km northwest of the city. We are actively pursuing the idea of a water train to bring the precious liquid, because our current supplies will be exhausted by October. Under the plan, the train would draw water from the Zambezi River before it is purified and distributed to residents in Bulawayo, Moffat Ndlovu, the citys town... |
