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QUEENS, N.Y., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Akhnaton Films (www.akhnatonfilms.com) announced today that Sherif Sadek's award-winning documentary, "From Queens to Cairo" (2012) is continuing on its film-festival journey with a screening Sunday, June 23 at the San Antonio Film Festival. The festival runs from June 19 to June 23, in San Antonio, TX (www.safilm.com). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/CG33799) Nominations, Awards and Screenings Nominated as...
Effort funded by IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge grant program LAGOS, Nigeria, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of IBM (NYSE: IBM) experts completing a month-long pro bono consulting assignment today presented recommendations to Nigeria's Lagos State Government to ensure that private traffic and public transportation flows more efficiently in the city of Lagos -- Africa's most populous. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO) Working with the Lagos...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ghana Gold Corp. (OTCMarkets: GGCO) announced today that it has received the complete support from the government of the Central African Republic to accelerate the development of its gold reserves. The company is pleased to report that a strategic meeting was held in the presence of the World Sports Alliance ("WSA"), and joined via conference call by the President of the Central African Republic, Mr. Michael Djotodia, to discuss...
NEW YORK, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Akhnaton Films (www.akhnatonfilms.com) announced today that Sherif Sadek's award-winning documentary, "From Queens to Cairo" (2012) will have a screening on Friday, June 7, in the Egyptian Works program at the 16th annual Ismailia International Film Festival. The festival is in Ismailia, Egypt, from June 4 through June 9. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130606/CG27890) Launched in 1988, the Ismailia festival is one of the...
Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration Number 2002/031365/06 JSE Code: WGR ISIN: ZAE000079703 TSX Code: WGR CUSIP Number: S98297104 ("Wits Gold") JOHANNESBURG, June 3, 2013 /CNW/ - In compliance with Rules 3.63 - 3.74 of the JSE Listings Requirements, Wits Gold wishes to disclose the following information: Wits Gold Company Director: P Kotze Date of transaction: 30 May 2013...
At the invitation of the Bishop, representatives from the Dayton, OH, seminary attend the Sierra Leone United Methodist Annual Conference Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 At the invitation of Bishop John Yambasu, United Theological Seminary(United) President Dr. Wendy Deichmann attended the 133rd session of the Sierra Leone United Methodist Annual Conference in March in Kenema, Sierra Leone. United is expanding its international connections, so the invitation came at an opportune time....
Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration Number 2002/031365/06 JSE Code: WGR ISIN: ZAE000079703 ("Wits Gold" or "the Company") TSX Code: WGR CUSIP Number: S98297104 JOHANNESBURG, May 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Shareholders are advised that the Wits Gold annual report, which contains the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012, will be posted to shareholders today, 28 May 2013 and will be available on...
The project addresses five pressing agricultural development challenges and the teams, comprising Southern Researchers and senior researchers from across the globe have produced policy research papers, policy briefs and documentaries, which showcase the ground realities of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 The GDN project, Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, commissioned ten country research...
Facility to Create Hundreds of Jobs, Produce Quality Product ARUA, Uganda, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan African Tobacco Group (PTG) Founder Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa announced today that ground has been broken on the company's new $20 million tobacco processing and production operation in northern Uganda. The new warehouse and factory, located in Arua, will be operational in five months and will produce its own water and electricity. Once up and running, it will employ 200...
Riverpark Farm's new location offers guests a direct view of the unique urban farmscape NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverpark restaurant and Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) have relocated New York City's most urban farm with resumed construction of the West Tower at the Alexandria Center for Life Science. Launched in 2011, the Riverpark Farm was originally located on a stalled construction site where construction of the West Tower at the Alexandria...
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As the world’s second-largest and second most populous continent, Africa is about 11.7 sq. miles including adjacent islands. It covers 6 percent of the Earth’s total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. With 1 billion people, it accounts for about 15 percent of the world’s human population. It is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Indian...
