| 30 killed in fresh fighting in Somalia At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian... | |
| African Union delegation calls on Tharoor The visiting African Union delegation on Thursday called on Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the national... |
| Group Says Drc Mines Falling Under New Corrupt Hands Human Rights Group Opposes Withdrawal of U.N. Troops from DRC Advocacy group Global Witness says that former rebels now integrated into the Congolese army have asserted "mafia-style" control over... |
| New Grassroots Effort To Pressure G8 To Fulfill Earlier Promises “It means Canada goes to the summit with empty hands. It means that Canada as the host comes to the summit having cut back drastically on foreign aid..." Canada plays host in June to both the G8... |
| French President Calls For Stronger Forest Preservation Effort French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the opening session of the international conference on major forest areas, in Paris, 11 Mar... |
| East African Needs $20 Bln For Railway Trade Network: Kikwete Regional trade bloc East African Community needs some $20 billion to upgrade the railway network in its five member countries and boost trade, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete said on... |
| Nigeria Arrests 200 After Clashes Around Jos Police in Nigeria said on Thursday they had arrested around 200 people over attacks on three Christian villages. The central city of Jos, at the crossroads of Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian... |
| Zimbabwe Back To Brink Of Food Crisis A n estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans – perhaps a fourth of the country's population – are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said Thursday.In a statement, the International Federation... |
| Plexus To Supply Wellhead Systems Offshore Angola Plexus Holdings has signed an agreement with Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, to supply its POS-GRIP® wellhead systems and services for drilling activities offshore Angola. The... |
| Kca Deutag Lands Drilling Gig In Libya Petro-Canada Oil has awarded KCA DEUTAG two multi-million dollar land drilling contracts. These two contracts are for Petro-Canada's drilling campaign in the Sirte Basin which comprises approximately... |
| Lagat Takes On Kenya, Ethiopia In Doha Show ‘Land Cruiser’ sees no worthy rival in Doha A mouthwatering battle between Kenya, USA and Ethiopia is in the offing on Friday night as the IAAF world indoor championships get underway in Doha.... |
| Livestrong Global Cancer Campaign Launches In South Africa Lance Armstrong Visits Cancer Survivors at Groote Schuur Hospital and Raises Awareness for the Global Fight Against Cancer by Participating in the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle... |
| Global African Art Helps Combat Poverty In Africa Via Fair Trade Practices With African Artists WACONIA, MN--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - African art and décor has been quickly rising in popularity in the last few years, with many homeowners and renters alike choosing to adorn their... |
| Also In Global Health News: Wfp In Somalia; Ugandans Displaced By Landslides; Polio Vaccination Campaign In Nigeria; Famine In Chad "As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new... |
| South Africa: Gender Loses Out In Basic Education Crisis CAPE TOWN, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African... |
| Religious Hatred, Poverty Behind Nigeria Violence (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)Men detained by police after violence around Jos, Nigeria, file past reporters, at police headquarters Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Witnesses say soldiers opened fire on angry... |
| Nigeria Women Protest At Killings Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and the city of Jos in rallies against Sunday's massacre near Jos.The women, mostly dressed in black, demanded that the... |
| Opec's Options When It Meets On March 17 Oil is above the $70 to $80-a-barrel range many in OPEC say they prefer, having almost doubled in the past year. OPEC's output discipline has declined from 80 percent last April to 53 percent of... |
| Mokoena Leads Underdog South African Team Despite two athletes breaking multiple national records this season, and the fact that they will be led by the men's long jump defending champion, the five-member South African team will do well to... |
| Africa: Continent Still Hungry Despite Annual U.s.$3 Billion Of Aid And U.s.$33 Billion Of Food Imports - Un One in three Africans is chronically hungry, despite $3 billion spent on food aid for the continent annually and $33 billion in food imports, the director of the food security at the United Nations... |
| Women In Black Protest In Violence-hit Nigeria State Dressed in black and wielding wooden crosses, thousands of women marched in a Nigerian city on Thursday to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it. The... |
| [03/11] Red Cross: Zimbabwe Back To Brink Of Food Crisis HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - An estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans - perhaps a fourth of the country's population - are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said Thursday. In a statement, the International... |
| [03/11] Religious Hatred, Poverty Behind Nigeria Violence JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms... |
| Zimbabwe Food Crisis 'looms' The International Red Cross has warned that Zimbabwe could be facing a very severe food crisis. The charity says that more than 2.7 million people, a quarter of the country's population, are in... |
| Morocco Expels At Least 20 Christian Aid Workers del.icio.us Morocco has deported at least 20 foreign Christians who it says were breaking the law by trying to convert Moroccan children. Expulsions are expected to continue.Sixteen Christian aid... |
| Congo Calls For Full U.n. Troop Pull-out In 2011 Democratic Republic of Congo called on Thursday for all U.N. troops to pull out in 2011, a move which human rights groups say would spell disaster for civilians caught up in conflict there. Nearly... |
| Africa Still Hungry Despite Annual $3 Billion Of Aid And $33 Billion Of Food Imports - Un One in three Africans is chronically hungry, despite $3 billion spent on food aid for the continent annually and $33 billion in food imports, the director of the food security at the United Nations... |
| South Africa May Face Power Cuts If No World Bank Loan JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity tariffs further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government... |
| Un Agency Welcomes Independent Probe Into Somalia Food Aid Operations The World Food Programme (WFP) said today it would welcome an independent inquiry into its operations in Somalia, after a United Nations monitoring group alleged that contractors have diverted the... |
| Mozambique: Floods Force Evacuation Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to "red" and some 130,000 people living along three main rivers in central Mozambique are at risk of... |
| Analysis Poll Puts Rwanda Under Scrutiny Rwanda's upcoming presidential elections has cast a spotlight on its democratic credentials, with observers warning that allegations of intimidation of opposition leaders could mar the process. ... |
| Zambia: Stigma And Bureaucracy Drive Maternal Deaths Parity Zulu, 17, constantly recited a Biblical verse asking God for protection from her persecutors while her mother ferried her to hospital following complications from the teenager's illegal... |
| Zimbabwe: Typhoid Kills Five People Typhoid fever has killed five people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and 30 others were being treated for the bacterial disease, the city's health director, Stanley Mungofa, told a media briefing on 9... |
| 'more Than 900 Million People Are Undernourished In Africa' More than 900 million undernourished people live in Africa. Addressing the plenary session of African heads of state at a conference on agri-business in the Nigerian capital, Lagos, the Director of... |
| The German Medical Aid Organization Action Medeor E.v. Has Become An Official Partner Of The Global Goals For South Africa Campaign! campaign is issuing an appeal for assistance for the medeor project in the South African township of Masiphumelele. The project gives a home and family life to AIDS orphans and provides them with... |
| 30 Killed In Fresh Fighting In Somalia Mogadishu, March 11: At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents... |
| Eu Warns Over Lack Of Sudan Voter Awareness A lack of Sudanese voter education is the major concern for the European Union’s chief elections observer, who launched her mission on Thursday to monitor Sudan’s first multi-party polls in 24... |
| Women’s Liberation Is Dead, So Long Live The Women Of Kenya The women’s movement in Kenya is in its death throes. It would be a shame to put the final nail on its coffin. The booming voice we once had has faded to a whisper, the captains either co-opted... |
| Mozambique: Flood Situation "under Control" JOHANNESBURG, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rivers throughout central and northern Mozambique are swollen above flood alert level and thousands of people have been relocated to higher ground, but national... |
| The Imf In Africa: Going Green THE global recession was slow to hit Africa. Its banks and stock exchanges were isolated enough from the wider capital markets to suffer few shocks. Foreign investment remained steady. Oil-rich... |
| Another Massacre In Nigeria : An Unending Cycle print edition THE number-plates in Nigeria’s Plateau state declare it to be the “Home of Peace and Tourism”. In the past decade this slogan has sounded ever more fanciful, as the... |
| Stalemate In Zimbabwe: An Early Election? His God-given right to rule WITH a power-sharing government plainly going nowhere, Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has announced that fresh elections could be held early next year, whether... |
| Libya Says Swiss Must Make Move To End Diplomatic Row Geneva - Libya made four demands Thursday that it said Switzerland would have to fulfill if it wanted the diplomatic row between the two countries to end. It also blamed Bern for refusing to... |
