August 02

• Conference to Foster Mother, Child Health

  VOA

  The 1st International Conference on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Africa got underway Thursday in Johannesburg. Organizers say while much has been done to reduce mortality... Read more »

• Africa - Poverty, Hunger Attributed to Decline in Agriculture

  Vanguard

  Dr Kanayo Nwanze, the President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has identified the decline in agriculture as the cause of hunger and poverty in Africa which... Read more »

• Development Research - the Shape of Things to Come? [guest blog]

  IDS

  A colleague of mine outside of IDS recently asked me for my opinion on development research--what was the demand going to look like and what would need to happen to meet that... Read more »

• UK Minister Calls for 'Market-Based Solution' to Barclays' Withdrawal of Services [analysis]

  African Arguments

  UK Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, has stated that the government will not intervene directly in Barclays Bank's decision to withdraw banking services to Money Service... Read more »

• Brand Finance Release South Africa's Top 50 Brands

  Biz-Community

  Brand Finance has released its annual report, South Africa's Top 50 Most Valuable Brands, yesterday 1 August 2013. Topping the list was MTN, followed by Vodacom, Sasol, Standard... Read more »

• African Diplomats Present AGOA Recommendations to Foreign Affairs Committee [document]

  U.S. Congress

  The African diplomatic corps officially presented recommendations for the reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to members of the U.S. House Subcommittee... Read more »

• Time to Press the Reset Button On Climate Change [opinion]

  Greenpeace

  I'm sitting in my office in full winter wear - heavy jacket, gloves, the works. But suddenly it gets too warm and I have to take all of these off. It leaves me baffled, are we in... Read more »

• African Press Review 2 August 2013

  RFI

  Africa's newspapers react to the tense situation in Zimbabwe after claims of landslide victory by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in the 31 July election. And Ugandan... Read more »

• Forging a Common Shipping, Energy Front in Africa

  This Day

  Against the backdrop of the three-day investment roundtable in Cape Town, South Africa, John Iwori, who attended the event, writes that African countries are forging a common front... Read more »

• Understanding Africa's Urban Challenge [opinion]

  New Times

  My mother, like her mother, her grandmother, and so on, was born into poverty in the rural village of Rarieda, Kenya. I, too, was born in the village, and lived there until it was... Read more »

August 01

• Aid Worker Job Specs in the Network Age [analysis]

  IRIN

  The evolving humanitarian field, with multiple new actors, an ongoing IT-led information explosion, and a growing focus on accountability and coordination is reshaping the role of... Read more »

• Climate Change Causes Violence

  SciDev.Net

  Changes in climate, such as increased drought and above-average annual temperatures, have caused a rise in human violence across the world, according to a study published today in... Read more »

• Breastfeeding Is the Cheapest and Most Effective Life-Saver in History - Unicef

  Concord

  During World Breastfeeding Week starting today, Unicef is focusing on breastfeeding as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child's life. But with less than half of... Read more »

• Defections of Fighters Affect LRA

  New Vision

  Defections of fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and internal discontent by sidelined older commanders has greatly diminished Joseph Kony's control of the rebel group,... Read more »

• Helping Africa to Help Itself - the Ideology of Food [analysis]

  SACSIS

  Just as Chicken Little is convinced that the sky is going to fall on his head, the constant repetition of the scaremongering trope that we are under collective, imminent threat of... Read more »

• IMF Urges Concerted Policy Action to Reduce Risks to Global Growth [press release]

  IMF

  If the world's largest economies could make improvements in their policies in mutually reinforcing ways, they would lift global GDP over the longer run by as much as 3 percent,... Read more »

• Melvin and Dillish Play Kissy Kissy

  Big Brother Africa

  The singletons of The Chase are still sticking to their group sleeping arrangements and from the looks of things they are having a blast bumping beds with one another. Read more »

• Daybreak - Melvin and Angelo Exercise On Their Own

  Big Brother Africa

  Every morning Housemates get a trainer to take them through their early morning exercise routine but today things were a bit different. The trainer arrived as usual but Biggie... Read more »

• Ban Appoints Former Ugandan Vice-President As Envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa

  UN News

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Speciosa Wandira-Kasibwe of Uganda as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Read more »

• Diary - Corporate Vs Entertainment Industry

  Big Brother Africa

  Growing up we all aspired to be successful, be it in the office behind a desk or in the entertainment industry either singing or acting. The lovely Dillish shared with Biggie that... Read more »

• Task - Anyone for Tea?

  Big Brother Africa

  Getting Housemates downstairs for a Task brief is always tough for any Head of House. Today was no different but Elikem runs that House with an iron fist, you would swear he's the... Read more »

• Study Links Hygiene and Height in Childhood Growth

  IRIN

  Soap and clean water for effective handwashing can help boost a young child's growth, according to the first large-scale scientific review to link hygiene to height - one measure... Read more »

• Let's Make a Success of Failures [opinion]

  SciDev.Net

  Unsuccessful development initiatives offer vital lessons - but only if we are open about failure, says Ben Taylor. Read more »

• Fewer Children Born With HIV - Zuma

  SAPA

  Reports indicate that fewer South African children are being born HIV-positive, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. Read more »

• World Bank Mobilises Record Support for Africa

  Namibian

  THE World Bank Group committed a record US$14,7 billion in the 2013 fiscal year to support economic growth and better development prospects in Africa despite uncertain economic... Read more »