May 17

• With Billions of Euros Pledged, Mali Risks Aid Overflow

  IPS

  International donors pledged yesterday to mobilise 3.25 billion Euros to rebuild Mali, a figure that surpassed all expectations. But experts warn that the country does not have the... Read more »

• Is Aid Drying Up?

  IPS

  Commentators and business leaders in South Africa believe that the recent announcement of an end to the United Kingdom's aid programme to South Africa may be the start of a new... Read more »

• Zimbabwean Woman Shortlisted for Top UN Job

  SW Radio

  Prominent Zimbabwe human rights lawyer and women and children's activist, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, is reported to be among six women nominated for the position of Executive... Read more »

• Geneva Meet Told Kenya 'Glossing' Over Torture

  Capital FM

  The government of Kenya has been questioned over a report that it presented before the Committee Against Torture (CAT) in Geneva on Wednesday. Read more »

• China-Africa - Towards More Sustainable Health Care? [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  While the West's health diplomacy in Africa tends to be vertical and targeted at diseases, China's has typically been horizontal, infrastructure-based and recipient-led. Read more »

• UN Chief 'Very Concerned' About Deteriorating Security in Northeast Nigeria

  UN News

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on all extremist groups in Nigeria to cease their attacks amid deteriorating security in the country and where a state of emergency has... Read more »

• UN Reinforces Peacekeeping Presence in Pibor Town Amid Violence

  UN News

  Additional United Nations peacekeepers are on alert to protect civilians in the town of Pibor in South Sudan's Jonglei state where the situation remains tense amid recent violence,... Read more »

• Ruto Denies ICC Shuttle Diplomacy

  The Star

  DEPUTY president William Ruto yesterday clarified that he is on "an official bilateral trip" to four African countries, as the Senate saw heated debate on the issue. Read more »

• LACC, Britain to Collaborate

  NEWS

  Britain's Ambassador to Liberia, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet says the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) prioritizes the fight against corruption in Liberia and would therefore... Read more »

• Commonwealth Delegates for Tourism Campaign

  New Vision

  Commonwealth delegates head to Jinja tomorrow, Saturday, for the 'Paint the City Bright' campaign. Read more »

• National Food Policy Launched

  The Herald

  THE national nutrition situation is of major concern to Government as one in three children is chronically malnourished, President Mugabe has said. Read more »

• Police Arrest 18 Chinese for Immigration Violations

  New Era

  Police in Rehoboth arrested 18 Chinese nationals for overstaying in the country. The arrested men were all workers at a copper mine on the nearby Swartmodder Farm, a mere 30... Read more »

• South Sudan: MSF Hospital Destroyed After Deliberate Attack - 100,000 Left Without Healthcare [press release]

  MSF

  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This deprives... Read more »

• Children Treated After Attack in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [press release]

  MSF

  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

• Mopani Worms Good for Your Health

  New Era

  Namibian dieticians are in agreement with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation recommendations this week that eating nutritious insects could help fight obesity. Read more »

• U.S. Shows Strong Support for New Global Arms Trade Treaty [press release]

  AI London

  A senior US diplomat has said his government will be quick to sign the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a move Amnesty International said raises hopes for swift implementation of the... Read more »

• Uhuru Asks ICC to Postpone Trial to January 2014

  The Star

  President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the International Criminal Court to move his trial date moved to January 2014. Read more »

• UN Welcomes Donors' €3.25 Billion Pledge to Help Rebuild Mali

  UN News

  The United Nations today welcomed the international community's pledge of €3.25 billion to support a recovery plan for Mali, which is emerging from a recent crisis that saw... Read more »

• Kenya Addresses Human Rights Record, Torture in Report to United Nations

  Sabahi

  In its second report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture, Kenya defended its human rights record and said legal protections against torture have improved the situation... Read more »

• Global Land Forum Forges International Agreement On Territorial Development [press release]

  International Land Coalition

  As the global population continues to grow and the demand for food and the land to produce it on increase in lock step, the International Land Coalition brought together 273 people... Read more »

• The Morality of China in Africa [book review]

  African Arguments

  It is oddly appropriate that in reviewing a book that expends many pages in slightly obscure, not always enlightening and often whimsical accounts of the philosophy of Confucianism... Read more »

• African Groups Call for Justice At AU Summit [press release]

  HRW

  Civil society groups from more than 30 African countries called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes, in a... Read more »

• Rawlings Pleads With Israel to Distance Herself

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  An ex- President of the Republic of Ghana, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has, at a conference of former heads of state in Bahrain, called on Israel to restrain itself in its... Read more »

• UN Boss Hails Women Conservation Project

  Observer

  A women's fish farming project that emphasises conserving biodiversity on Lake Victoria, has been hailed by the UN Development Programme Administrator, Helen Clark. Read more »

• ITU Recognizes Rwanda's ICT Progress

  Focus

  After the global WSIS Forum 2013 prize in Media Category, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has also recognized Rwanda efforts in implementing WSIS (World Summit on... Read more »