Full Coverage: Africa
November 2006
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11/30/2006
Namibia ja Etelä-Afrikka esittelevät ensi vuonna sijoittajille 48 hanketta, joille maat etsivät rahoitusta. Sijoittajakokouksen järjestämisestä päättivät maiden presidentit, Namibian Hifikepunye Pohamba ja Etelä-Afrikan Thabo Mbeki. Maat tiivistivät vastikään yhteistyötään useilla kaupan aloilla.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Namibia] [South Africa] [Economy] [Business] [Trade] [Politics] Image: Hifikepunye Pohamba
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11/30/2006
The petition is in response to a letter that Mtumodzi wrote to Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) on November 13, 2006, barring its reporter Maxwell Ngambi from interviewing the President or attending any State function because, according to Mtumodzi, he is a convict.
MoreImage: Give us Media Freedom © Peter Armstrong
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11/30/2006
Executive Director of the World AIDS Campaign, Marcel van Soest speaks to UNAIDS about the history of the World AIDS Campaign, how people can become involved in this years events and why accountability is such a crucial theme for World AIDS Day 2006.
MoreRelated: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Europe] [Asia and the Pacific] Image: Marching during World AIDS Day in Nigeria © Centre for Development and Population Activities
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11/30/2006
Getachew and Ingida are seasoned farmers in the fertile area of Debre Zeit in rural Ethiopia who have shared their views on the hardship of feeding growing families.
Read moreRelated: [Ethiopia] [Agriculture] [Education] [Population] [Poverty] |
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11/30/2006
The first commodity exchange opened in Chicago 150 years ago to help farmers ensure a stable demand for their crop. Facing similar issues, Ethiopia is now looking into developing a similar system--based on its own needs.
Read moreRelated: [Ethiopia] [Agriculture] [Poverty] [Finance] [Business] |
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11/30/2006
In Ethiopia, like in many countries in transition, there is a deep mistrust of traders. But without them, how would the country achieve its goal of commercializing agriculture?
Read moreRelated: [Ethiopia] [Agriculture] [Poverty] [Trade] |
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11/30/2006
Commercializing agricultureand creating a new farmer as the government aims to dois no easy task, especially in a country where both the roads and telecommunications structures are among the weakest in the world.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Ethiopia] [Agriculture] [Poverty] [Trade] |
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11/30/2006
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11/29/2006
Rauha on Euro-Välimeri-yhteistyön tärkein tavoite. Viime aikojen esimerkit ovat osoittaneet, että Välimeren alueen konflikteja ei ratkaista sotilaallisesti. Tärkeintä on käydä todellista vuoropuhelua kaikkien yhteiskunnan toimijoiden välillä. Tässä prosessissa kansalaisyhteiskunnalla on tärkeä rooli, totesi Euromed Non-Governmental Platformin koordinaattori Euromed -kokouksessa.
Read moreFrom: Kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen Eu-yhdistys Kehys ry Related: [Southern Europe] [North Africa] [Politics] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] [Peace] |
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11/29/2006
Greenpeace has criticised the Indian government over its e-waste - waste from electronic and electrical equipment - policies for ignoring international laws and for putting the burden of handling e-waste on consumers and not producers. The organisation has said that the policy will "open the floodgates for dumping e-wastes in the country."
Read moreRelated: [India] [Kenya] [ICT] |
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11/29/2006
Translate.org.za wins African ICT Achiever 2006 Award for its efforts in bridging the digital divide in Africa. The organisation has done the translation of computer software into 11 official languages of South Africa by using a local translator and creating the first South African keyboard.
Read moreRelated: [South Africa] [Capacity Building] [Communication] [ICT] |
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11/29/2006
from Science Blog:
Read moreAfrica is the continent that will suffer most under global warming. But the big question remains will policy makers take any notice? Related: [Climate Change] Image: Vulnerable: African women farmers for a start
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11/28/2006
"Jos Sudanin presidentti ei ryhdy toimiin Darfurissa meneillään olevan verilöylyn lopettamiseksi, hänen täytyy vastata teoistaan sotatuomioistuimessa", totesi korkea-arvoinen Ison-Britannian diplomaatti viime viikolla. "Jos hirmuteot jatkuvat, se johtuu ainoastaan siitä, ettei maan hallitus ole halunnut suojella kansalaisiaan."
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Sudan] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Conflict] [Security] Image: Sudanin presidentti Omer al-Bashir © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11/28/2006
Suomen Punainen Risti lahjoittaa Maailman aids-päivänä ensimmäinen joulukuuta 100 000 euroa aidsin vastaiseen työhön eteläisessä Afrikassa. Avustus ohjataan Malawiin ja Etelä-Afrikkaan, joiden tartuntatilanne on erittäin huolestuttava. Suomen Punaisen Ristin tekemä lahjoitus tulee osaksi laajaa, koko eteläisen Afrikan kattavaa kansainvälisen Punaisen Ristin hiv-ohjelmaa.
Read moreFrom: Punainen Risti Related: [Malawi] [South Africa] [HIV/AIDS] [International Cooperation] [Health] |
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11/28/2006
The UK-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has urged governments to take a new approach to intellectual property rights (IPRs) to reflect the needs, customs and views of indigenous communities in developing nations.
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [International Cooperation] [Human Rights] [Culture] [ICT] [Civil Society] |
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11/27/2006
If Sudan's president does not act to end the bloodshed in Darfur, he will have to answer to a war crimes court, a top UK diplomat said last week. "If there are more atrocities," he added, it will be because "a government denied protection to its people."
Read moreFrom: Minority Rights Group Related: [United Kingdom] [Sudan] Image: Sudan's president Omer al-Bashir. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11/27/2006
"A woman was supposed to be seen and not heard," says the co-founder of the community group Womankind Kenya, which runs girls' schools and helps change attitudes among families and tribal leaders. "Now I'm being heard."
Read moreFrom: Centre for Development and Population Activities Related: [Kenya] |
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11/27/2006
International recognition of the self-declared independent state of Somaliland could secure a rare African success story, says international relations specialist Jawahir Adam.
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [East Africa] [Somalia] |
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11/27/2006
Euroopan unioni ja Afrikan valtiot sopivat yhteistyön painopisteistä muuttoliike- ja kehityskysymysten ministerikonferenssissa Tripolissa 22.-23. marraskuuta. Konferenssin tuloksena vuoropuhelu EU:n ja Afrikan välillä ajankohtaisista muuttoliike- ja kehityskysymyksissä vahvistuu. Pakolaisneuvonnan mukaan kokous sai kiitosta ainoalta mukana olleelta kansalaisjärjestöltä ECRE:ltä.
Read moreFrom: Pakolaisneuvonta, Ulkoministeriö Related: [Europe] [Migration] [Politics] Image: Siirtolaisia Espanjaan kuuluvalla Ceutan alueella Pohjois-Afrikassa. © Médicos Sin Fronteras - España
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11/27/2006
Afrikan naiset ovat sivuraiteella taloudessa. Mikä avuksi? Mikroluotot, joilla naiset voivat käynnistää tuotantotoimintaa, vastaa kenialainen pankkiiri Jennifer Riria. Hän johtaa kolmen miljoonan naissäästäjän pankkia. Afrikka ei saavuta vuosituhattavoitteita, ellei naisia saada mukaan tuottavaan toimintaan, on hänen viestinsä Afrikan ja Euroopan parlamentaarikoille.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Development] [Labor] [Economy] [Microcredit] [Gender] Image: Maissin siementen myyntiä Sambiassa
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