April 10, 2008
Liberia: RUF Radio Operator Details Joint Fighting
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April 09, 2008
Kenya: Franchising Health Instead of French Fries
Scott Hillstrom is founder, chairman and CEO of the HealthStore Foundation, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States. The foundation aims to improve access to… Read more »
Liberia: U.S Medical Volunteers Share Expertise
Health Education and Relief Through Teaching (HEARTT), a U.S.-based non-profit organization operating in Liberia, aims to educate and otherwise assist local health care providers… Read more »
Africa: Corporate Coalitions Band Together to Fight Aids
One of the aims of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) – an organization representing about 200 American companies investing in Africa – is to help its members… Read more »
Africa: Program Sends Mobile Clinics to Continent
U.S. Doctors for Africa (USDFA), a non-profit humanitarian organization founded 11 years ago, has several ongoing projects on the continent, including sending mobile clinics to… Read more »
Africa: Rolling Back Malaria
One of the goals of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership – launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), the UN… Read more »
Africa: Taking From the Poor, Giving to the Rich
Sub-Saharan Africa has 24 percent of the global disease burden but only three percent of the world's health workers, according to the World Health Organization. Dorothy Ngoma,… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Gave Orders, Arms, and Ammunition to RUF
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April 08, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Isaac Mongor Ends
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April 07, 2008
Liberia: Fifth Day of Cross-Examination of Prosecution Witness Focuses on Arms, Ammunition, and Loose Ends
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Liberia: Cross-Examination of Isaac Mongor Takes on New Angles
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Liberia: Defense Attacks Isaac Mongor?s Credibility For a Third Day
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April 06, 2008
Africa: 'Quiet' India Could Offer Lessons to Continent
Several African leaders travel to New Delhi this week for the inaugural meeting of an Africa-India Forum Summit, organized by the African Union and the government of India. Citing… Read more »
April 04, 2008
Zimbabwe: Academic Challenged U.S. 'Pseudo-Democratic' Policies
As a professor of Politics who teaches in the African studies program at the University of San Francisco, a progressive activist, a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement and other… Read more »
April 02, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Defense Attacks the Credibility of Prosecution Witness Isaac Mongor
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April 01, 2008
Liberia: Direct Examination of Prosecution Witness Ends, Cross-Examination Begins
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March 26, 2008
Africa: Kosovo Vote Could Impact Continent
When South Africa takes over leadership of the United Nations Security Council next month it faces a decision which could have far-reaching consequences for Africa: whether to… Read more »
March 25, 2008
Comoros: African Union, Govt Troops Invade Anjouan
Comoran and African Union troops invaded the island of Anjouan on Tuesday to put an end to the rebellion led by Colonel Mohamed Bacar against the federal government of the… Read more »
March 20, 2008
Sudan: Govt Attacked Darfur Civilians, UN Finds
The United Nations' principal human rights agency has accused the Sudanese government of unlawfully attacking civilians during a recent military campaign against rebels in West… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Agency Acts to Stop Election Food Aid Abuse
The World Food Programme, determined to prevent food aid in Zimbabwe from being used to influence voters in this month's national elections, is speeding up the delivery of its food… Read more »
March 18, 2008
Africa: UK Envoy Calls for Urgent Citizen Advocacy on Trade
Paul Boateng, the British cabinet minister who left that post to become his country's high commissioner to South Africa, has been visiting the United States with the declared aim… Read more »
Liberia: Prosecution Witness 'Zigzag' Marzah Finishes Testimony
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March 14, 2008
Liberia: Former Aide Alleges Taylor Ordered Cannibalism
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March 13, 2008
Liberia: NPFL Insider 'Zigzag' Marzah alleges Taylor Ordered Atrocities
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Liberia: Judges Consider Arguments to Limit Examination of Next Prosecution Witness
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