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By Joe De Capua Washington26 June 2007Countries in the Horn of Africa say theyll now take a more pro-active approach to reduce the effects of such natural disasters as droughts and floods. The countries are working with the UN World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization.WFP spokesperson Peter Smerdon, ...
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By Alisha Ryu Baidoa, Somalia04 July 2006Somalia's interim government in Baidoa says it will send a senior-level delegation to the capital Mogadishu in the coming days to meet with Islamic leaders, ahead of a second round of peace talks on July 15 in Khartoum, Sudan. The speaker of Somalia's Transitional ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington29 May 2006One of Ugandas leading AIDS activists is in Washington this week. Noerine Kaleeba is in town to promote a new documentary by the group Frontline, marking the 25th anniversary of the pandemic. Its called The Age of AIDS. Kaleeba founded the group TASO to ...
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By James Butty Washington, D.C.03 July 2007 The Ninth African Union (AU) summit meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra enters its third and final Tuesday. Discussions have been centered around the so-called Grand Debate for a United States of Africa. Mondays deliberations saw a split between leaders like Libyas Moamer ...
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SUBSISTENCE FISHINGSouth Africa has a longstanding tradition of subsistence fishing. The fishing communities clustered along the coastlines are steeped in the arts of catching, cooking and curing. Cape Town has a particularly rich subsistence fishing history. Watching the nets being pulled in on Fish Hoek beach, buying ...
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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi21 July 2006Islamist leaders in control of Somalia's capital are declaring a holy war against Ethiopian forces that are reported to have entered Somalia to protect the internationally-backed, but weak interim government. A hard-line leader of the Islamic group, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, and his followers have ...
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By Franz Wild 10 May 2006Supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday detained for several hours one of the leading opposition officials in the country. The detention came after allegations by opponents of the president that electoral lists are being tampered with ahead of elections later this year. ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington10 July 2006The G8 summit, a gathering of the leaders of the worlds richest nations, gets underway in St. Petersburgs, Russia July 15th. But in the meantime, the J8 Summit has already begun. The J8, or Junior 8 Summit, represents the worlds youth and is being ...
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By Lisa Schlein Geneva09 June 2006The International Labor Organization says progress in eliminating child labor is being made in countries that have the political will to get rid of it. Delegates attending the ILO's annual conference have been assessing the situation in a special daylong discussion on child labor. A ...
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By James Butty Washington, DC15 June 2006Leaders of Nigerias Igbo ethnic group meet today in the regional city of Owerri to plan strategies on how best to win the presidency in the 2007 election. The Igbos are Nigerias third largest with some 40 million people, but their region has not ...
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Jesuit Centre report calls for more bursaries to bring down costs.
Free education in Zambia only exists on paper, according to the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR).
The Catholic think tank said that some basic schools continued to administer parent teacher association (PTA) or project fees for primary education and all ...
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By Patience Rusere Washington20 July 2006Mabvuku Member of Parliament Timothy Mubhawu regained freedom Thursday on Z$20 million bail pending trial on charges he financed an attack on officials of a rival opposition faction that seriously injured another Harare parliamentarian.High Court Judge Tedious Karwi heard new arguments for Mubawu and his ...
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By VOA News 27 July 2006The United Nations says rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to lay down their weapons in advance of Sunday's elections - the country's first multi-party balloting in more than 40 years. The U.N. says rebels based in the violence-torn eastern province of ...
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By Franz Wild Abidjan23 May 2006Suspected Tuareg rebels are reported to have occupied a town in the northeast of Mali. They are believed to be led by a high-ranking deserter from the Malian army. Police in the northern town of Kidal say two soldiers were killed by the dozens of ...
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By Jonga Kandemiiri Washington08 May 2006The Zimbabwean government has dismissed warnings from local humanitarian groups that supplies of food for distribution to the needy are getting dangerously low.The nongovernmental organizations say unless Harare formally requests an extension of their food distribution programs with international donors, they cannot guarantee that the ...
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By James Butty Washington, DC22 June 2006The African Union (AU) will hold its seventh annual Summit of Heads of State on July 1st and 2nd in the Gambian capital, Banjul. This years summit theme is Rationalization of the Regional Economic Communities and Regional Integration. Wednesday, the AU Civil Society Forum ...
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By Joe Bavier Abidjan30 May 2006Guinea President Lansana Conte has again reorganized his cabinet. The changes appear to do little to lessen analysts' worries about the future of the country, which has been ruled by the ailing former coup leader for the past 22 years. Figuring prominently in Monday's cabinet shake-up ...
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By David Gollust State Department01 August 2006The United States and Ghana Tuesday signed a $547 million aid accord under the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge program. Ghanaian President John Kufour says it will help vault his country to middle-income status among developing nations by 2015.The grant is by far the biggest ...
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By VOA News 01 August 2006Congolese presidential candidate Azarias Ruberwa has alleged widespread fraud in Sunday's elections, saying the vote may have to be rerun in some areas.Speaking in Kinshasa Tuesday, Ruberwa cited cases of ballot stuffing, voter registration problems and intimidation by election officials.Monitors with the U.S.-based Carter Center ...
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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja08 July 2006Massive job cuts are underway in Nigeria as the authorities seek to restructure the country's civil service to improve efficiency and cut down on costs. Nigeria's largest trade union has rejected the move.The Nigeria Labor Congress, the largest worker's group in Nigeria, has rejected ...
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By VOA News 10 July 2006The United Nations Children's Fund is appealing for $7.7 million to save a health program for Ethiopian children.UNICEF's country director for Ethiopia, Bjorn Ljungqvist, says the program, known as Enhanced Outreach Strategy, may shut down unless donors supply the funding.The program provides children with measles ...
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By Peter Clottey Washington, D.C.04 July 2007Ghana has redenominated its currency the cedi in an attempt to make life easier for both shoppers and business people who are reportedly fed up with carrying large bundles of cash that makes them easy targets for thieves. But critics of President John Kufuors ...
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By Blessing Zulu Washington01 June 2006Countering reports that the Zimbabwean government is less than enthusiastic about receiving U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on an official visit to Harare, Information Minister Tichaona Jokonya said Thursday that Annan is welcome there.Jokonya also stated that President Robert Mugabe will step down in 2008 ...
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By Peter Heinlein United Nations19 May 2006U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a high-level mission to Khartoum to persuade Sudan's government to allow U.N. military planners into Darfur. That word comes as the top U.N. emergency relief official is warning that humanitarian operations in the region are in jeopardy, threatened ...
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By Lisa Schlein Geneva04 July 2007Three of the most important international organizations that deal with food, agriculture, and rural development are calling for an African Green Revolution. The World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and International Fund for Agricultural Development say they will work together to help ...
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