July 22, 2011
South Africa: What is on 'The Table' for Dinner?
The Table - a play showcased at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown - is spread with delectable dishes of love, jealousy, infidelity and remorse prepared by a dysfunctional… Read more »
July 21, 2011
Africa: Campaign Against Polio at Risk
The effort to eradicate polio is on "knife's edge". Read more »
Malawi: Anti-Govt Protests Spark New Clashes
Renewed clashes and violence were reported from towns in Malawi on Thursday, a day after thousands of protesters marched against the government. Read more »
July 20, 2011
Malawi: Anti-Govt Protests Erupt in Clashes
Riot police beat up and arrested about 40 leaders of anti-government protests in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, after protesters defied a court injunction stopping the demonstrations,… Read more »
July 19, 2011
Africa: New Approaches Needed on Sanitation
No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by the invention of the toilet. Read more »
Africa: South African University to Reinvent the Toilet
The next time you use the toilet, give a thought to what you would do if there weren't one. That's the challenge that faces 40 percent of the earth's population - 2.6 billion… Read more »
July 15, 2011
South Africa: World Icon Mandela's Birthday Sparks Inspiring Day of Volunteer Work
Nelson Mandela International Day ("Mandela Day") was launched in 2009 on Nelson Mandela's birthday, 18 July, and declared an international day by the United Nations in November… Read more »
Africa: AfricaSan3 - Less About Goals Than Getting There
The 3rd African Conference on Sanitation Hygiene is set for 19-21 July in Kigali, Rwanda. AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse looks at what to expect from this important event. Read more »
Africa: South African Arts Festival to Go Global
South Africa's pioneering annual National Arts Festival - which this year featured about 2,500 performances of 600 shows - plans to take some of its shows to similar festivals… Read more »
South Africa: Arts Festival Turns Into Cultural Playground
Scores of theatre-goers and artists from across the country converged in South Africa's Eastern Cape province earlier this month for the largest arts event in Africa. Read more »
July 14, 2011
Liberia: Chevron Announces Social Initiatives During High-Level Tour
The U.S. oil giant Chevron is launching initiatives aimed at improving health and supporting development in Liberia. Read more »
Zambia: Climate Information Alerts Boost Poor Farmers
A herder shepherding his animals in Zambia's Eastern Province winds up a solar-powered radio and crouches down to listen to a local FM station. The news broadcast includes a… Read more »
July 12, 2011
South Africa: Turning Human Waste into Fertilizer Pellet by Pellet
Recycling is increasingly popular in today's ecologically aware world, but in the field of sanitation the "yuk factor" tends to get in the way. Most people recoil from the notion… Read more »
South Africa: Award-Winning Sanitation Team Keen to Link to Fellow African Researchers
Chris Buckley, head of the Pollution Research Group at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, spoke to Julie Frederikse about the upcoming sanitation conference… Read more »
July 11, 2011
Chad: Senegal Backtracks on Habre Extradition
Eleven years after being indicted on charges arising out of the torture and killing of his political opponents, Chad's former dictator, Hissan Habré, is set to stay in… Read more »
July 07, 2011
South Africa: Horses Second To Fashion at Premiere Racing Event
It's a busy month of July for the continent's top port of Durban, with Africa's premiere horseracing event, the naming of the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics and a visit… Read more »
July 06, 2011
Somalia: Al Shabaab Suspect Faces Charges in U.S.
A 25-year-old Somali man accused by the United States of being a leader of the Al Shabaab militia has been flown to New York for trial after being held by the U.S. Navy for… Read more »
Mauritania: Al-Qaeda Attacks Army Base
North African Al Qaeda fighters and Mauritanian military forces have again clashed this week, resulting in the deaths of more than 20 people, news agencies report. Read more »
Tanzania: Young Chemist Seeks Answers in Traditional Medicine
When Justin Omolo was growing up in Tanzania, he preferred Western medical clinics to African traditional healers. "I was the only one in my family who didn't believe in all the… Read more »
July 05, 2011
Libya: African Union Urges End to Talks Preconditions
The African Union has asked the Nato alliance pursuing military operations against the administration of Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi to put pressure on opposition leaders… Read more »
Gambia: Guinean Student Suspected of Fomenting Uprising Released
Authorities in The Gambia late Tuesday released a Guinean anthropology student who had been arrested two months ago for "spreading revolutionary ideas" and threatening national… Read more »
June 30, 2011
Somalia: United States Using Drone Planes to Attack Al-Shabaab Militia
The United States is using its pilotless drone aircraft to launch military attacks on leaders of the Somali militant group, Al Shabaab, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Read more »
June 29, 2011
Egypt: Protesters And Police Clash in Tahrir Square
Egyptian security forces have fired teargas at thousands of protesters, some of whom threw stones, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, reports Al Jazeera. Read more »
June 28, 2011
South Africa: Harvesting Nutrients That Are Flushed Away
It might seem unusual for a waste utility to be concerned with the goal of ending world hunger, but that's part of the mission of the Water and Sanitation department in South… Read more »
June 27, 2011
Libya: Nato Aims to Kill Gaddafi, Says Report
A United States congressman says the top U.S. military commander in the international military campaign against Libya has admitted that Nato is trying to kill Colonel Muammar… Read more »
