November 8
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Media Essential to Promote Good Governance, Forum Hears
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Social actors in countries plagued by corruption and ineffective governance can be held accountable only through the media, the executive director of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation,... Read more »
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New Constitution - Mugabe 'Will Comply'
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A leading figure in the development of a new Zimbabwean constitution says Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party will resist strongly any attempt by President Robert Mugabe to... Read more »
November 5
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Child Participation - Beyond Window Dressing [guest blog]
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How does one ensure meaningful participation of children in matters concerning them, and what needs to be done to guarantee effective and efficient government investment in... Read more »
November 2
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Farmers Increasingly Seen as 'Engine for Economic Development' [interview]
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At the recent African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha, Tanzania, fertilizer was a hot topic. Government leaders, policy makers, NGOs and businessmen and women in freshly... Read more »
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Armed Protesters Occupy Parliament Area
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A group of armed men have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building after new Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and his Congress approved the Cabinet line-up, according to... Read more »
November 1
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Mother and Baby Put to the Test
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In July, AllAfrica.com reported on a clinic in Cape Town, South Africa, that has defied the country's distressing trend over the past decade of maternal mortality rates rising... Read more »
October 31
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IMF Relaxes Restrictions On Zimbabwe
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has eased technical assistance restrictions on Zimbabwe in a move seen as moving towards normalising relations with the southern African... Read more »
October 29
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Army Officer Arrested After Coup Attempt
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An army officer was arrested over the weekend by military authorities in Guinea Bissau on suspicion of staging a coup to remove the country's new caretaker government, news... Read more »
October 24
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Tricky Draws for Soccer's Africa Cup of Nations
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Hosts South Africa have been handed a tricky draw in the group stages of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations to be played from January 19 to February 10, while Ghana's Black Stars face... Read more »
October 23
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Cattle in the Capital - Urban Agriculture Comes to Town
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Leonard Gichuru Gitau is a city dweller, but it doesn't take a detective to see that he is also a livestock farmer. The lowing of cattle greets visitors to his neatly... Read more »
October 22
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Govt Wants African Solutions, Not Tribal Alliances, Says Foreign Minister [interview]
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The verified Twitter account of the Rwandan president, @PaulKagame, suddenly came to life on October 10 after a five-month silence. The 15 late-night posts were a mixture of... Read more »
October 19
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U.S. Presidential Candidates Should Address Continent on the Move [guest column]
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During the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy Monday, Africa - except for Libya - is unlikely to be a topic. But American aid and investment in sub-Saharan Africa should be... Read more »
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Urgent Calls to Combat Drug Resistant TB
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In the face of the growing threat of tuberculosis that is resistant to standard medication, researchers are calling for renewed efforts to find a vaccine to prevent TB, while other... Read more »
October 18
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Govts Must Lay Foundation for Private Investment in Agriculture [interview]
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Government leaders, private business representatives, civil society groups and NGOs met recently in Arusha, Tanzania, at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) to discuss... Read more »
October 17
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Calls for Obama, Romney to Debate Africa
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American lobby groups advocating stronger United States government action to bring peace to Central and East Africa are calling on candidates in the U.S. presidential elections to... Read more »
October 16
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Can Big Business Contribute to Food Security? [guest column]
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Nothing could be more appropriate than the World Food Day focus on cooperatives this year, given the benefits they can have on livelihoods and food security. Read more »
October 15
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Governance Slips in Four African Powerhouses
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Although the average African country is being governed better than it was a decade ago, the quality of governance in the four leading nations of Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South... Read more »
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Vaccines, Vitamins and Vegetables - On Nutrition Fight Frontlines
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A colorful pamphlet flies through the clinic's open doorway and hits the rooster headed towards it head-on. The disgruntled bird stops mid cockle-doodle-doo and struts away. Read more »
October 8
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Tracking Killers and Healers - a Research and Reporting Collaboration [staff blog]
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Over the past several weeks, AllAfrica's crack investigative team has documented scientists acting strangely. At summits, symposia and scholarly consultations – and in... Read more »
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The Women Who Grow Africa's Food Need a Voice [staff blog]
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When Dr. Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o, a professor of food science and nutrition, shared advice from her mother at the September 2012 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), it really... Read more »
October 5
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Zwelakhe Sisulu - a Remembrance [opinion]
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In the early hours of the morning of June, 27, 1986, four armed, hooded men burst into the home of South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu in the black township of Soweto.... Read more »
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Mau Mau War Victims Win Right to Sue Britain
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Three Kenyans who say they were victims of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of British colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising have been granted the right to sue... Read more »
October 4
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Tutu Wins Extraordinary Ibrahim Award
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The foundation which presents Africa's premier prize for good governance has announced a "one-off extraordinary award" of U.S. $1 million to Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South... Read more »
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President Slashes Her Own Salary
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Malawian President Joyce Banda has decided to cut her salary by 30% in support of her government's austerity measures. Read more »
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A South African woman has been elected as the second female Anglican bishop in Africa. Read more »
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