October 15, 2011
Africa: Simple Steps Can Curb Childhood Deaths
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Although she is five years old, Rose Nduta is about the same height as a 20-month-old toddler. Pale, spindly-limbed and severely underweight, the Kenyan girl suffers from chronic… Read more »
Kenya: Social Media Leapfrogs Drought-Hit Nation into a New Generational Order
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Defying elders who flatly reject western culture, youth in northeastern Kenya are resisting efforts by spiritual leaders to ban social media. Read more »
October 14, 2011
Africa: Tapping the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs
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Secretary of State Hilary Clinton admits she is surprised when she speaks with male economists and government leaders who doubt the ability of women to contribute to economic… Read more »
October 12, 2011
Gabon: Local Voices Spread Conservation Message [guest column]
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Although Gabon is a poster child for globalization's accelerated reach for resources, its president says he is committed to increasing support for national parks. Taking on the… Read more »
Africa: Elumelu Sees Impact Through Large-Scale Entrepreneurship [interview]
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Tony Elumelu, who made a meteoric rise as a banking executive before retiring last year, knows what he'd like to accomplish with his new initiatives. Read more »
October 11, 2011
Benin: Indoor Spraying Shows Promise Against Resistant Mosquitoes [interview]
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A recent study by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene shows that indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb has dramatically decreased malaria transmission… Read more »
October 10, 2011
Africa: Ibrahim Warns of 'More Tahrir Squares'
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Standards of governance have declined significantly in Madagascar in the past five years, while those in Liberia and Sierra Leone have improved significantly, according to Africa's… Read more »
Cape Verde: Pires Wins African Leadership Prize
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The former president of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires, has been awarded an African leadership prize of U.S. $5 million for transforming his country "into a model of democracy, stability… Read more »
October 07, 2011
Sudan: Harvard Team Refutes Critique of Report on Mass Killings [document]
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Following is the text of an October 6 letter to Dr. Andrew Natsios from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Natsios, who served as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to… Read more »
South Africa: Is South Africa Ready For Its Census? [blog]
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Just days before South Africa's national census is set to begin, the government body in charge of this massive national exercise, Statistics South Africa, claims that all is well… Read more »
October 04, 2011
Liberia: Collecting Stories to Heal a Nation
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When journalist Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna returned to her native Liberia in 2003, she found a country that was a shell of its former self. As the nation sought to rebuild,… Read more »
September 30, 2011
Malawi: Engaging Local Leaders to Save the Lives of Mothers
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Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female vice president. Before taking office in 2009, Banda served as a member of parliament, minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services,… Read more »
Liberia: Nation Ships First Iron-Ore After Two Decades
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A colorful ceremony commencing Liberia's first shipment of iron ore since of the end of the country's civil war took place on Tuesday in the southeastern port city of Buchanan. The… Read more »
Kenya: Tree Planting, Forest Queens Highlight Wangari Maathai's Legacy
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"Just look at that hillside over there," Mary Kiptanui said pointing at a green hillside sparsely scattered with trees. "That used to be covered, a forest, and now there's hardly a… Read more »
September 29, 2011
Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Should Reject Obiang's Prize [guest column]
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Over the past year, the world has watched, with great interest, the Arab Spring dissolve decades of repression as citizens weary of injustice have stood up and demanded control of… Read more »
September 23, 2011
Zambia: Banda Accepts Defeat
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Outgoing president Rupiah Banda has conceded defeat in Tuesday's election, saying "the people of Zambia have spoken and we must all listen". Read more »
September 22, 2011
Liberia: Prisons Report Upsets Assistant Minister
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The Liberian government has rejected criticism of conditions in its prisons made by an international human rights group. Read more »
September 21, 2011
Zambia: Election Too Close to Call
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Opposition presidential challenger Michael Sata's party claimed he was ahead in the vote count from Tuesday's election, but news agencies reported that the poll was too close to… Read more »
Botswana: Diamond Sorting, Sales to Move From London to Gaborone
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Botswana aims to transform itself into an international hub of the world diamond industry, boosted by a deal in which the De Beers mining and sales empire will transfer the… Read more »
September 19, 2011
Africa: Presidents Launch Malaria-Beating Scorecard
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A coalition of African leaders on Monday launched a "scorecard for accountability and action" to track their progress in the fight against malaria, following on successes in… Read more »
September 14, 2011
Libya: Burkina Faso and Niger Back Gaddafi's Victims [guest column]
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There is good news in the world of international justice: Burkina Faso and Niger have said unequivocally that they will not give safe haven to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi… Read more »
Libya: African Union Edges Towards Recognizing New Govt
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An African Union (AU) panel on Libya has taken a step towards allowing the new transitional administration in Tripoli to take the country's AU seat. Read more »
September 13, 2011
Kenya: Clean Water as a Life Force
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The streets of Gatwekera village in Nairobi's Kibera slum throng with people on a recent Sunday afternoon. Small shops and kiosks line the dirt paths separating brightly colored… Read more »
September 11, 2011
Nigeria: Did Vengeful Gaddafi Order Abuja Bombing? [guest column]
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It is now widely accepted that Boko Haram, an Islamic sect based in northeastern Nigeria, was responsible for the recent bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria's… Read more »
Africa: Stuff is Cool, If You're a Materials Scientist
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If postgraduate students at the Pan-African School of Materials (Pasmat) are asked what they're studying this month, they aren't being flippant if their answer is "stuff". That's… Read more »