| Lack Of Funding Threatens Humanitarian Efforts In Zimbabwe, Says Un Aid agencies in Zimbabwe are appealing to donors to support the $378 million appeal launched last December to support humanitarian and early recovery efforts in the country, the United Nations... | |
| Un Expert Group Urges Nigeria To Address Core Issues Behind Repeated Violence The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is calling on Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of repeated outbreaks of deadly ethnic and religious... |
| U.s. Senate Passes Bill Against African Rebel Group’s Atrocities Washington — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill with wide bipartisan support aimed at curbing atrocities in Uganda and Sudan committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a vicious rebel group... |
| Fatima Meer, Mandela Biographer, Dead At 81 The South African Press Association quoted a local politician and family friend, Logie Naidoo, as saying Meer died in a Durban hospital Friday. The cause of death was not... |
| Us Dismayed After Morocco Expels Americans PARIS (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to Morocco has expressed dismay over the expulsion of Americans accused of trying to convert Moroccans to Christianity in the North African... |
| Tropical Storm Hubert Kills 14 In Madagascar ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) -- Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 14 people have died and 32,000 have been affected by Tropical Storm... |
| U.s. Has No Plan To "americanize" Somalia Conflict (Reuters) - The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to "Americanize" the... |
| Zimbabwe: Lack Of Funding Threatens Humanitarian Efforts, Says Un Aid agencies in Zimbabwe are appealing to donors to support the $378 million appeal launched last December to support humanitarian and early recovery efforts in the country, the United Nations... |
| Botswana: Struggle Extraditing Murder Suspect Highlight Strained Relations Francistown — Botswana Police are struggling to get extradition for a murder accused, Bright Ndlovu said to be arrested in Zimbabwe. Station Commander for Gerald Police Station Superintendent... |
| Nigeria: Jonathan Orders Probe Of Nitel Sale Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Friday ordered an immediate probe into the controversies surrounding the recent sale of the Nigerian Telecommunication Company, NITEL, to a new generation telecom... |
| Nigeria: Court Nullifies Dangote's Election As Stock Exchange President A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today (Friday) nullified the August 6, 2009 election of Alhaji Aliko Dangote as the President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE. Meanwhile, Dangote's counsel,... |
| Africa: New Player Transfer System By Fifa Windhoek — The world football's governing body, FIFA, is set to tighten player transfer regulations after discovering many loopholes with the current player registration system. According to... |
| Africa: Africare To Receive Nobel Prize Money From President Obama press release Africare, the oldest and largest NGO working exclusively to provide development and humanitarian assistance to Africa is among 10 charities that will receive a portion of President... |
| Index: Democracies Decline In Quality, Not Number US Pro-Democracy Stance Has Limited Impact in Mideast, New Study Suggests A new study finds the number of democracies in the world remained relatively stable in the past few years, but the quality of... |
| West Africa: Fewer Meningitis Cases But More Deadly This year there are less than half the reported meningitis infections than in the same period in 2009, but more patients are dying - 13 percent in 2010 versus 8 percent in 2009 - according to the... |
| Tropical Storm Kills 14 In Madagascar The storm hit the southeast coast of the Indian Ocean island nation on Wednesday.Madagascar's National Office for Disaster Preparedness said on Friday many homes have been destroyed by... |
| Fnds3000 Executive Is Keynote Speaker At 'prepaid Cards - Africa 2010' JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FNDS3000 Corp (OTC Bulletin Board: FDTC) (Frankfurt: "FT4," A0MWLG), a financial transaction processing services company, currently introducing... |
| Imf Boss Impressed By Africa’s Recovery Speaking in South Africa, the IMF chief Dominique Straus-Kahn, said he was particularly impressed by messages from Kenya, that stressed self-reliance and good... |
| Un Mission In Chad Receives New Two-month Mandate New York - The United Nations Security Council on Friday gave its mission in Chad another two-month mandate, while a decision on its future will be made after negotiations between the UN and Chadian... |
| Award-winning Architect Of African Schools To Deliver 2010 Birdair Lecture At Ub Renowned architect Diébédo Francis Kéré will deliver UB's annual Birdair Lecture. His work on sustainable architecture is included in a "Design Africa" exhibition at UB's School of... |
| Rising Oil Prices Will Get Angola Growing Again Luanda: Angola, once one of the world's fastest-growing economies, is expected to expand between 6.5 and 7.5 per cent in 2010 due to higher oil prices from around zero last year, the World Bank said... |
| Kenya Strongly Opposes Resumption Of Ivory Trade A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) sniffer dog named ''Charlie'' inspects a shipment of elephant tusks packed in a wooden case in Kenya's Nairobi National Park, September 30, 2009. Kenya security forces... |
| Us Airs 'dismay' Over American Expulsions From Morocco For Alleged Proselytizing North African kingdom. The episode, involving several other foreign nationals, threatened to overshadow U.S. praise on Friday for Morocco's recent steps to improve human rights, women's rights and... |
| Africa: This Time It's Different guest blog My final destination in this week's visit to Africa was Zambia, where I sought the views not just of the government but also of the people—in a town hall with civil society,... |
| Africa: Low-cost Prosthetics Provide Hope To Amputees In Developing Countries Of A Return To Daily Activities Jonathan Naber, an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, won the Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize for innovation on 3 March for his work on developing an affordable prosthetic arm for... |
| <span Class='h10'>gambia Wave Of Arrests Causes Protests</span> A wave of arrests of high-ranking officials in The Gambia over the past week is causing protests by the opposition and rights groups. None of the detained have been charged or been able to meet a... |
| <span Class='h10'>swaziland To Get Broadcasting Bill</span> The government of Swaziland has launched a bill to regulate the broadcasting sector in the country. Once the bill becomes law, a new commission will among other things, issue licences to TV and radio... |
| <b>us Dismayed After Morocco Expels Americans</b> By JAMEY KEATENASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PARIS -- The U.S. ambassador to Morocco has expressed dismay over the expulsion of Americans accused of trying to convert Moroccans to Christianity in the... |
| <font Color="#996633" Face="times New Roman,times,times Newroman">nigeria Forms Panel To Vet Telecom-privatization Investors</font> Chigbo Anichebe, head of public communications at the Bureau of Public Enterprises, or BPE, said in a statement that the decision to form the panel was made during a meeting Friday of the NCP,... |
| [03/12] Us Dismayed After Morocco Expels Americans PARIS (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to Morocco has expressed dismay over the expulsion of Americans accused of trying to convert Moroccans to Christianity in the North African kingdom. The episode,... |
| Ugandan Doctor Fears Ground May Be Lost Against Hiv/aids If U.s. And Other Funding Is Not Increased del.icio.us A Ugandan doctor says ground may be lost in the fight against HIV/AIDS, if U.S. and other funding for treatment programs is not increased. Dr. Peter Mugyenyi, director and founder of the... |
| Activists See Social Media As Key Tool In Fight Against Extremism del.icio.us Average citizens are using the Internet and mobile phones to fight violence, and the movement is set to grow. That was the message of a two-day London summit in which social media... |
| Un Force In Chad Gets 2-month Extension, Plans Exit The U.N. Security Council voted on Friday to keep peacekeepers in Chad for at least another two months, but diplomats said the government is pressuring the world body to withdraw them. A resolution... |
| Tropical Storm Lashes Madagascar, Kills At Least 14 A violent tropical storm battered Madagascar's eastern coastline killing at least 14 people and leaving thousands more homeless, the government... |
| Security Council Extends Mandate Of United Nations Mission In Central African Republic And Chad For Two Months The Security Council this morning decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad for two months, as discussions on its future continued with the... |
| Canadian Doctors Fear 'life And Death' Crisis At African Aids Clinic Dr. Philip Berger, second from left, and Sister Christa Mary Jones, part of the Ontario Hospital Association team working at Leribe Hospital in Lesotho in southern Africa, flank their colleague Dr.... |
| Nz Beat South Africa In Shootout To Take 9th Pol Amat scored a goal within 18 seconds of the start as Spain beat South Korea 2-0 to finish fifth in the men's World field hockey World Cup on... |
| Mandela's Ex-wife Denies Interview In Uk Paper JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid... |
