May 17

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• IMF Says Low Inflation in Uganda Spurs Business Confidence

  New Vision

  Uganda's low inflation and signs the economy is gaining momentum are boosting business confidence, and growth could reach 6-7 percent in the medium term despite the loss of foreign... Read more »

• Minister of Welfare Meets National Council for Population Secretary General

  SNA

  Minister of Welfare and Social Security, Mashaer Al-Dawalab inspected, , the progress achieved indifferent fields of the objectives of the Millennium which approved by the United... Read more »

• Kagame Jets in for Local Govts Meet

  New Vision

  Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, is in Kampala for the 7th Commonwealth local governments conference (CLGC). Kagame was received at Entebbe International airport by the foreign... Read more »

• Kenyan, Tanzanian APPs Win At Gist Startup Competition

  CIO

  Budding tech entrepreneurs from Tanzania and Kenya took the top prizes at the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative's seventh Startup Boot Camp last... Read more »

• UN Human Rights Expert Calls for Close Scrutiny of Eritrea

  Sudan Tribune

  The United Nations special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, said the human rights situation in the reclusive Red Sea nation remained "unacceptable", calling for the... Read more »

• Kagame's Speech At the Seventh Commonwealth Local Govt Conference

  New Times

  Honourable Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Governments Forum (CGLF), Mr. Lawrence Yule; Read more »

• Ruto Begins ICC Shuttle Diplomacy

  The Star

  DEPUTY President William Ruto is about to start a round of shuttle diplomacy over the ICC. Read more »

• We Don't Support Forceful Evictions - UN

  The Star

  A United Nations agency has express dissatisfaction over indiscriminate demolitions of dwelling structures by authorities. The executive director of UN-Habitat Joan Clos said... Read more »

• USAID to Work With Machakos On Devolution

  The Star

  The United States Agency for International Development will conduct a pilot project to assist Machakos county in training and capacity building on devolution. Read more »

• Step-Up Fight Against Human Trafficking, Rwandan Tells UN Summit

  New Times

  A Rwandan diplomat at the Rwandan mission at the UN has asked the world body to devise urgent measures to curtail human trafficking as the crime is on the increase. Read more »

• Foundation Gets Sh40 Million Shot in Arm for Sickle Cell Centre

  Daily News

  A CAMPAIGN by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tanzania to set up the first ever sickle cell centre in the country has received a major boost, thanks to the efforts of a Canadian... Read more »

• Food - Future of Agriculture Promising

  Daily News

  A LONG time struggle to transform agriculture is bearing fruit, giving hope for a brighter future. That was the implication in President Jakaya Kikwete's move when launching an... Read more »

• SARPCCO Vows to Curb Transnational Crime

  Daily News

  SOUTHERN African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) has made resolution to beef up security on borders to curb transnational organised crime in the region. Read more »

• Somalia Gears Up to Resume Control of Airspace

  Sabahi

  When the Somali federal government announced Monday that it was preparing to take control of its airspace by the end of the year, it was largely hailed as a positive move... Read more »