August 28, 2013
Tanzania: Group Shines Spotlight On Mines Over Child Labour
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Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are working in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, exposed to numerous health risks, says a report published today. Read more »
Tanzania: Govt Fails to Enforce Child Labour Laws, Says HRW [document]
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Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report, Toxic Toil - Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania's Small-Scale Gold Mines published today: Read more »
Tanzania: Accounts From Tanzanian Child Miners [document]
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Quotes from child miners, collected by Human Rights Watch: Read more »
August 26, 2013
Madagascar: Rajoelina Withdraws from Polls
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Madagascar's leader, Andry Rajoelina, has confirmed that he will respect the decision of an electoral court, and will not stand for election in October's presidential poll. Read more »
August 21, 2013
Ethiopia: African Media Leaders Must Boycott Ethiopia [guest column]
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Ethiopian journalists have come to expect the worst from our government. Read more »
South Africa: Jazz Singer, Composer Sathima Bea Benjamin Dies
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Renowned jazz singer and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin has died, the South African Broadcasting Corporation has reported. Sathima returned to Cape Town from New York in 2011, where… Read more »
August 19, 2013
Mali: Can the New President in Mali Sow the Seeds of Change That He Planted? [editorial]
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In Mali, the votes of the run-off have been cast. And in sharp contrast to elections in Africa or even Western democracies, the defeated candidate conceded not by press release or… Read more »
Egypt: Court Orders Mubarak's Release
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A Cairo criminal court accepted on Wednesday an appeal by former president Hosni Mubarak against a recent detention order he received, setting him free, reports Ahram Online. Read more »
Angola: Billionaire Daughter Enriched Through Dos Santos - Report
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A detailed investigation by a major American business magazine suggests that Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos has acquired her wealth through her father, President Jose… Read more »
August 16, 2013
Africa: Nigerian Central Bank Official Takes On Development Dogma
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On a sun-soaked mid-August morning in the American capital - when attracting even a small gathering to a serious discussion of international economic affairs is considered near… Read more »
August 15, 2013
Africa: Africa as the 'Last Frontier' - Moghalu Presentation [document]
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Talking Points for a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-sponsored by the Africa Program and AllAfrica. Read more »
August 14, 2013
Egypt: Bloodshed and Chaos After Authorities Break Up Sit-in
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Dozens of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi are reported killed and hundreds arrested after security forces moved Wednesday to end a weeks-long standoff and cleared two… Read more »
August 12, 2013
Nigeria: Thousands Face Eviction in Lagos - NGOs
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Tens of thousands of people living in the Badia East area of Lagos face forced eviction from their homes by the Lagos State government, and possible destitution as a result, warn… Read more »
August 11, 2013
Africa: U.S. Promotes Private-Sector Led Growth - Froman [interview]
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Since 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which allows eligible countries to export products duty-free to the United States) has defined American trade relations… Read more »
August 09, 2013
Africa: Public-Private Partnerships Can Transform Africa [guest column]
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While unveiling a bold initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama made it unequivocally clear that this undertaking will require private… Read more »
August 06, 2013
Tunisia: Tunisia Mulls Referendum to Resolve Crisis
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Tunisia's Islamist-led coalition government has raised the prospects of a referendum to resolve the country's worst political crisis since the revolution that ousted former… Read more »
Zimbabwe: African Observers Question Credibility of Polls
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The dispute over the fairness of Zimbabwe's election last week appears headed for the next summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after Botswana called the… Read more »
August 05, 2013
Africa: Response to Polio Outbreaks Shows Global Eradication Plan Is Working [guest column]
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Just as we were seeing record-low cases of polio worldwide and coming closer than ever to eradication, 105 new cases of wild polio have been identified in Kenya and Somalia,… Read more »
Zambia: Activist Questions Sustainability of Zambia's HIV Funding Plan [blog]
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Zambia's government says it has met the challenge raised in the 2001 Abuja Declaration for African countries to spend at least 15 percent of their annual budgets on health care.… Read more »
August 02, 2013
Tunisia: Labour Union Calls on Govt to Resign
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Tunisia's General Labour Union (UGTT) has given the government one week to resign or the group will be "forced to consider other options", news agencies are reporting. The labour… Read more »
August 01, 2013
Zimbabwe: Row Erupts After Mugabe Party Claims Election Win
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Zimbabwe's most credible civil society election monitors have raised serious questions about the credibility of the country's polls, as President Robert Mugabe's party claimed on… Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: Kenyan Doctor Receives Peace Corps Association's Highest Honor [interview]
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Dr. Mohamud Sheikh Nurein Said is the 2013 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award winner. The award is the National Peace Corps Association's highest honor, given to Said in… Read more »
July 24, 2013
Zambia: Chief Advocates Circumcision to Prevent HIV [blog]
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As the influential leader of Zambia's Kaonde people, Chief Jonathan Eshiloni Mumena's decision to undergo male circumcision was nothing short of a public health practitioner's… Read more »
July 19, 2013
Senegal: A New Wave of Basketball Players Has Big Plans for the NBA [interview]
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Former Senegalese basketball player Makhtar Ndiaye is a sport agent and mentor to Louisville college basketball star Gorgui Dieng (pronounced GOR-gee Jeng), one of the 30 players… Read more »
July 17, 2013
Guinea: Death Toll Mounts in Guinea Clashes
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Inter-communal clashes in southern Guinea have claimed up to 40 lives and left more than 100 wounded, according to local radio reports. Read more »
