Full Coverage: Africa
March 2007
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03/31/2007
Zimbabwe's powerful religious elites have stepped in where African leaders failed to act this week, reprimanding the country's leadership for its oppressive tactics and warning that only "a new people-driven Constitution" can avert a mass uprising.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Zimbabwe] Image: A recent women's demonstration in Harare. © The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe
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03/30/2007
Vice Chancellors and other high level representatives of Universities in Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, have come together with major regional and European organisations to launch the Himalayan University Consortium as an alliance for knowledge networking, policy advocacy, and for promoting the concept and practice of sustainable mountain development.
Read moreRelated: [Southern Africa] [South Asia] [Education] |
03/30/2007
Attempting to crush a rebel movement, the Central African Republic's army has been burning civilian houses in violation of humanitarian law, charges a refugee support group. Approximately 250,000 Central Africans have been displaced in successive waves of violence since 2003.
Read moreFrom: Refugees International Related: [Central African Republic] Image: © Refugees International
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03/29/2007
As instability worsens in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, Mercy Corps has expanded its commitment to families in need. One critical component of its programs in Darfur is access to clean water.
Read moreFrom: Mercy Corps Related: [Sudan] |
03/29/2007
Ugandan suurlähettiläs Joseph Tomusange epäilee kiinalaisten hakevan Afrikasta vain uusia markkinoita. Kestävästä kehityksestä ei juuri puhuta.
Read moreFrom: Solidaarisuus Related: [China] |
03/29/2007
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (OneWorld) - There can be no durable peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur unless major world powers take swift and effective measures to protect civilians and punish those responsible for committing crimes against humanity, say foreign policy experts in a new study released Tuesday.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [China] [Russian Federation] [Sudan] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] Image: Darfuri women displaced by violence. © Refugees International
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03/28/2007
The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition was arrested Wednesday as the country's president prepared to attend a regional summit meeting that will address Zimbabwe's crisis. Human rights lawyers have not yet been able to access the detainees.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Zimbabwe] |
03/28/2007
More...From: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) Related: [East Africa] [Kenya] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] Image: Deadly Catch: Lake Victoria’s AIDS crisis
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03/28/2007
A deal to name a key rebel leader to a power-sharing government could help end a dangerous political stalemate that has divided Cote d'Ivoire since 2002.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Cote d'Ivoire] Image: Guillaume Soro will serve as prime minister to President Laurent Gbabgo. © IRIN
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03/28/2007
Some argue that Africa is trapped by its poverty, and that aid is necessary if Africa is to escape. International aid expert Nancy Birdsall suggests an alternative theory: Africa is caught in an institutional trap and needs a stronger middle class.
Read moreFrom: Center for Global Development Image: © Center for Global Development
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03/27/2007
After years of inaction, leaders from 14 Southern African nations will hold crisis talks later this week to try to halt Zimbabwe's slide into "full-scale humanitarian, social, and political crisis."
Read moreFrom: allAfrica.com Related: [Zimbabwe] [Southern Africa] Image: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki (right) will attend. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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03/27/2007
In his second dispatch from Harare, Ontibile Kababongwe says that police are closely monitoring University of Zimbabwe students for fear that they might demonstrate in solidarity with arrested civil society leaders.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Zimbabwe] |
03/26/2007
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (OneWorld) - Cautiously optimistic about the prospects for peace in northern Uganda, leading international aid groups are welcoming the United Nations' efforts to bring the warring parties in that country to the negotiating table.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Uganda] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace] [United Nations] |
03/26/2007
Luonnonkatastrofien koettelema maa selvisi maaliskuun pyörremyrskystä aiempaa paremmin ja pienemmillä vahingoilla. Kiitos kuuluu hallitukselle ja yhteistyökumppaneille, jotka ovat parantaneet maan katastrofivalmiutta ja opastaneet ihmisille oikeita toimitatapoja muun muassa tulvien sattuessa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Mozambique] [Environment] Image: Tulvan uhreja Mosambikissa
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03/25/2007
Mary Riddell reveals how Bob Geldof pushed for a united cultural front to help end the massacres in Darfur.
Read moreFrom: Guardian Unlimited Related: [Sudan] Image: African Union soldiers with Darfur refugees © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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03/23/2007
An annual commemoration day is to be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, and the fight against it, says deputy prime minister John Prescott.
Read moreFrom: Guardian Unlimited Related: [United Kingdom] |
03/23/2007
As the World Health Organisation reported that the Global tuberculosis epidemic is levelling off, a leading African medical group urged regional coordination to prevent emerging strains of drug-resistant TB from developing into an African and possibly a global crisis.
Read more+ The World Tuberculosis Day (24 March) slogan is “TB anywhere is TB everywhere” From: African Medical & Research Foundation Image: World TB Day © International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases / Stop TB Initiative
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03/23/2007
Maailman elintarvikeohjelma WFP on huolissaan heikentyvästä elintarviketilanteesta eteläisessä Afrikassa. Ruokapula uhkaa miljoonia ihmisiä.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Southern Africa] [Emergency Relief] Image: grains of hope? © Greenpeace UK
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03/23/2007
The Rwandan government has announced a new national family planning program, but aid organizations warn this program must be voluntary, and should not offer any incentives or disincentives when it comes to childbearing.
Read moreFrom: Population Action International Related: [Rwanda] |
03/22/2007
NAIROBI, Mar 22 (IPS) - Kenya's capital, Nairobi, takes its name from a Maasai word meaning "place of cool waters". In parts of the city, however, this term is less descriptive than ironic -- as demand for water is outstripping supply.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [East Africa] [Development] [Cities] [Water/Sanitation] [Health] [MDGs] |
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