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BANGUI: Reporters Without Borders has strongly condemned the three-year jail sentence that a Bangui prosecutor, Arnauld Djoubaye, requested on Thursday, 7 July 2011, for Les Collines de l'Oubangui editor Faustin Bambou and Média Plus editor Emmanuel Cyrus Sandy on charges of inciting violence and hatred in a case involving President François Bozizé's son, defence minister Jean-Francis Bozizé. 
KHARTOUM: Judge Modather Al-Rasheed of the Khartoum press court on Wednesday, 6 July 2011, sentenced Fatima Ghazali, a journalist with the daily Al-Jarida, to a fine of 2,000 Sudanese pounds (€516) or one month in prison in case of refusal to pay. As Ghazali refused to pay the fine, she was immediately taken to Omdurman prison to begin serving her sentence. 
NEW YORK: Two Swedish journalists reporting on the activities of armed separatists operating in an oil-rich province of eastern Ethiopia have been detained without charge since last Thursday, 30 June 2011, in the Horn of Africa nation, according to news reports and government officials. 
David Ankers from Expresso Grafica - LDA in Maputo, Mozambique, has just completed the first Z-Card in the Maningue Nice series for the province of Inhambane. The eight-panel card contains detailed maps of the region as well as information about things to see and listings of restaurants and pubs, adventure activities and places to stay in each town. 
NAIROBI: Airtel Africa this week launched a thematic television ad that focuses on breaking down communication barriers. The commercial - named "Breaking Barriers" - delves into the need and use of communications across various cultures in the world. 
JOHANNESBURG: Gateway Communications, supplier of pan-African telecommunications services, has expanded its delivery of restored and non-restored IP (Internet Protocol) transit services to licensed African operators. Gateway Communications has partnered with Teraco, a provider of neutral data centres in Southern Africa to facilitate this expansion. 
As two technology giants in Google and Facebook position themselves to dominate the social networking space, an information and communications technology expert has warned against complacency, in particular from market leader Facebook. 
ABN Publishing announced recently the launch of Forbes Africa with its first edition scheduled to be on shelves in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya from 1 October 2011. The launch of Forbes Africa is a derivative of the vision of the founders of ABN Media Holdings, Zafar Siddiqi and Rakesh Wahi to build a multi-dimensional business media conglomerate in Africa. 
Mobile operator MTN said on Wednesday (6 July 2011) that it had partnered with airtime remittance services provider TransferTo to provide international mobile top-up services to customers across borders via TransferTo's global network. 
ROME: Africa's newest nation, South Sudan celebrated its independence on Saturday, 9 July 2011. The country faces many challenges in building a strong and stable economy that supports the food security and livelihoods of its population. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been working in South Sudan and plans to further assist in developing a strong and sustainable agricultural sector. 
The Clicks Group announced on Thursday, 7 July 2011, the opening of its first store in the country. Du Toit Britz, finance executive at Clicks, was in Gaborone's Game City for the launch of Clicks. 
The official opening of Nampak Bevcan's US$160 million beverage can factory, Angolata took place late last month. The factory is situated in the Viana Industrial Zone in Angola's capital, Luanda. 
DStv Online has launched a gaming portal that offers users over 600 games for PC and over 300 mobile games, with a focus on social media integration and multiplayer offerings for its online community of gamers. 
NEW YORK, US: Global advertising rose 8.8% year-on-year in Q1 to total US$118 billion* based on published rate cards, as advertisers spent more on television and continued to invest in booming consumer Asian and Latin American markets. 
LONDON, UK: Bike theft is an everyday occurrence in cities. As a cyclist, having your bike stolen is obviously inconvenient, but then so is the amount of locks, chains and tools that you have to carry around with you everywhere in attempt to keep your ride secure. 
LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc has released an overview of Internet usage in Europe, showing 366.9 million unique visitors went online in May 2011 for an average of 26.8 hours per person. 
RESTON, US: Netbiscuits, one of the world's leading cloud software services for cross-platform mobile sites and apps, today reports a traffic increase of 100% over the last six months. Today the company's mobile publishing platform delivers more than eight billion mobile pages per month for over 20 000 sites and apps. 
CUPERTINO, US: Apple has announced that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide. The App Store offers more than 425 000 apps and developers have created an incredible array of over 100 000 native iPad apps. 
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICARenault switches on TomTom Live
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] By next year all TomTom equipped Renault vehicles in South Africa will be equipped with the live version of the satellite navigation system which offers a number of benefits to motorists including a real-time traffic feed. Roll-out of the new system has already commenced. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAAmarok will rock the market
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Volkswagen South Africa finally unwrapped its eagerly awaited single cab Amarok bakkie during an international media launch in the rugged Fish River Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape - and, like its twin-cab fancier and more expensive sibling, the two-seater is an absolute gem. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICARamsayMedia grows green
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICASingita takes top honours in Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2011
South Africa's Singita Game Reserves has taken top honours in this year's [[http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest US Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2011 readers' survey, scooping both 1st and 2nd places among the World's Top 100 Hotels, as well as securing the winning slot for Best Hotel Spa in Africa and the Middle East. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACapetonians, help name your neighbourhoods
[Sindy Peters: Africa editor] Capetonians are renowned for being exceedingly proud of their city - and Cape Town does indeed have some unique characteristics to brag about (apart from the mountain). Most road trips will provide you with a scenic view - I've been here for more than eight years and still, while commuting between home and the office, I admire the beautiful surroundings. The vibe is so eclectic that just crossing over into a different street in the CBD could take you to a distinctly different atmosphere. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA15 On Orange for comfortable seats, bar none [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel]
SOUTH AFRICAGauteng Tourism Summit
SOUTH AFRICAKenya Airways opens new lounge at the JKIA
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAThree robot steps forward, two human steps back: Transformers 3
[Kervyn Cloete] We live in a modern, fast-paced, ethereal world. A world where there are very few true certainties: death, taxes and bad movie sequels. This was exactly the case with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the second of director Michael Bay's on-screen adaptions of the classic 80's toys and cartoons about giant alien shape-shifting robots waging a secret war on earth while taking the forms of various land, sea and air vehicles. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANo room for broom... on the upside of town
[Zeenat Ebrahim] A mediocre black comedy centred on two families whose differences are apt to adopt a 'chalk and cheese' label. Jumping the broom is every bit as literal as the phrase suggests and stems from a family tradition that symbolises 'tying the knot'. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
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