Africa: Investment Grows as Aid, Trade Drop
Updated: Tue 7 Aug, 08:01 am
Growth and investment is showing a steady increase as new opportunities develop, despite a decline in aid flows and the export of goods and services, amongst others. read more »
WFP Resumes Food Distribution in South Sudan
Updated: Mon 16 May, 05:41 am 2011
The UN World Food Programme has, after nearly a month of suspending its operations, officially resumed distribution of food rations to the population in Lakes and Jonglei states of South Sudan. read more »
Mali: Cholera Response to Reach 120,000
Updated: Wed 18 Jul, 11:21 am
Some 120,000 people, including 60,000 children, are expected benefit from UNICEF's water, sanitation and hygiene kits as part of its emergency response to a cholera outbreak in the north of the … read more »
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The UN says it is concerned about a new wave of fighting between government troops and M23 rebels in the east of the country, allegedly involving militia from Rwanda. Read more »
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A report by the US-based Enough Project has accused the government of sponsoring violence in the war-torn western region in order to control North Darfur's gold mines. Read more »
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At the inaugural U.S.-Liberia Partnership Dialogue, a special forum created to address Liberia's development agenda, officials from both countries underscored the need to improve ... Read more »
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Calls for transparency and good governance in Africa assumed new prominence at the 2013 World Economic Forum meeting on Africa. Read more »
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The international community has made public pledges amounting to billion of euro for the reconstructin and restoration of the country's territorial intergrity after a brutal civil ... Read more »
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The country has introduced the low priced GAVI-supported Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to protect school girls against cervical cancer. Read more »
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Hospitals across the continent are adopting Kangaroo Mother Care to help curb high mortality rates for preterm infants. The technique emphasizes skin-to-skin contact between ... Read more »
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The steady growth that Africa has experienced in the past decade is being threatened by one of the continent's greatest challenges - unemployment. The World Economic Forum for ... Read more »
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More than one million babies die the day they are born and the countries with the highest rates of these deaths are in Africa, according to Save the Children's annual report on the ... Read more »
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The European Union has pledged U.S.$58 million aimed at improving Somalia's legal system and national security. Read more »
