Full Coverage: West Africa
August 2006
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08/30/2006
A Monrovia (Liberia), si registra un improvviso aumento di casi di colera, riporta Medici Senza Frontiere (MSF) che ha deciso di riprendere l'unità per il trattamento del colera nell'ospedale cittadino JFK e sta incrementando le sue attività. "La settimana scorsa abbiamo ammesso 125 casi gravi al centro per il trattamento del colera, rispetto ai 46 della settimana precedente" - segnala MSF in Liberia. Intanto il Programma dell’Onu per lo sviluppo (Undp) sulla Liberia ha pubblicato il primo rapporto dalle prime elezioni libere dopo 14 anni di conflitto, che lo scorso anno hanno portato alla presidenza l’economista Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Dopo aver enumerato le conseguenze del conflitto civile sullo sviluppo umano – “alti tassi di mortalità infantile e materna, ostacoli per la crescita dei bambini e alti tassi di analfabetismo”, nonché fuga di cervelli e bisogno di riforme – il rapporto propone anche soluzioni pratiche affinché il nuovo governo promuova passi avanti nello sforzo di ricostruzione.
Read moreRelated: [Liberia] [Development] [Disease/treatment] Image: Operatori di MSF in Liberia - da Msf
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08/30/2006
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf nousi tammikuussa ensimmäisenä naisena afrikkalaisen valtion presidentiksi. Köyhän Liberian saaminen raiteilleen vaatii presidentin mukaan panostusta koulutukseen ja työhön. Turvaamalla ihmisten hyvinvointi, voidaan ennaltaehkäistä konflikteja ja saada ihmiset pysymään kotimaassaan, hän huomauttaa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Liberia] [Education] [Labor] |
08/29/2006
Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate agreements for a grant of $55 million towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the education for all-fast track initiative.
Read moreRelated: [Ghana] [Education] [ICT] |
08/28/2006
As Nigeria prepares for a major political transition, its leading literary voice, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, talks about where West Africa's pivotal state is going, and the cultures that will drive it there.
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [Nigeria] Image: © openDemocracy
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08/24/2006
Laura Cardinal wonders who among the children hawking goods in Lagos has been trafficked.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [Nigeria] Image: Laura Cardinal © Advocacy Project
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08/24/2006
Länsi- ja Keski-Afrikan maat suunnittelevat yhteistä rannikkovartiostoa. Sen tehtäväksi tulee toiminta merirosvoja ja ympäristön saastumista sekä laitonta kalastusta ja siirtolaisuutta vastaan. Vartiosto saa oikeuden ylittää rutiinimaisesti maiden välisiä rajoja ja tarkastaa aluksia hankkeeseen yhdistyneiden maiden merialueilla.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Security] |
08/21/2006
The World Bank Group has approved a $40 million loan to Ghana, to support the implementation of selected components of the government?s Information and Communications Technology, (ICT) for Accelerated Development Policy.
Read moreRelated: [Ghana] [Children] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil Society] |
08/21/2006
Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency and the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase information communication technology penetration in Nigeria.
Read moreRelated: [Nigeria] [Seychelles] [South Korea] [International Cooperation] [ICT] |
08/21/2006
Niin kuivatun kalan valmistus kuin televisionkatselukin sujuvat nyt aurinkoenergialla Nigerian rannikolla sijaitsevalla Bishop Kodjin saarella. Afrikan suurin öljynviejämaa turvaa aurinkoon muidenkin syrjäkylien sähköistämisessä.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Nigeria] [Energy] |
08/14/2006
Nigeria will soon publish the names of past and present leaders who looted the nation's treasury, including some who are waiting in the wings to take power in 2007, the country's chief investigator said Thursday.
Read moreFrom: allAfrica.com Related: [Nigeria] Image: Nigerians are "suffering" because of corruption in the government. © Ton Koene / Médecins sans frontières
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08/08/2006
The world's second largest tropical rainforest, gradually diminishing due to unregulated and often illegal extractive activities, is in need of preservation. From villages to presidential offices, efforts are being made to ensure a hopeful future for the Congo River Basin.
Read moreFrom: WWF International Related: [Central Africa] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] Image: Abundant wildlife populates the Congo River Basin. © WWF / WWF
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08/02/2006
Motorbike taxi drivers are swarming around Benin in pro-education t-shirts, chatting with women about the importance of educating girls.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Benin] Image: The "Zemidjans," or motorbike taxis, in Benin. © UNICEF / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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08/01/2006
Read moreElokuussa järjestettävä Remppa-partioleiri kerää suomalaisia ja senegalilaisia partiolaisia yhteen Diofiorissa, Senegalissa, jossa Pääkaupunkiseudun Partiolaiset ovat tukeneet paikallisen terveyskeskuksen rakentamista. Matkalle lähtee Suomesta joukko pääkaupunkiseutulaisia partiolaisia. From: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Senegal] [International Cooperation] |
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