SOUTHERN AFRICA: Snapshot of Food Security
08 February 2010
IRIN – Economic conditions in most southern African countries declined as a result of the global recession, pushing many more people towards greater food insecurity. According to a new food security update which focused on some southern African countries, food prices have risen and are still climbing in several countries. The price of [...]
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AfDB Chief Welcomes Afro-China Co-operation
04 February 2010
AfDB - “Cooperation between China and Africa is welcomed by the two sides,” Donald Kaberuka, president of African Development Bank (ADB), said in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua. China and Africa should further “deepen and improve” their mutually beneficial cooperation, said Kaberuka, who will make a four-day official visit to China starting from Wednesday, at the [...]
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Madagascar’s Woodlands Fast Disappearing
04 February 2010
IRI – Madagascar’s transitional government is allowing the export of illegally harvested precious hardwoods as a source of revenue to keep itself afloat. Conservationists say the cost is incalculable, and the huge Indian Ocean Island stands to lose its status as one of the world’s biological hotspots. Groups like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Environmental [...]
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Universal Access far behind in South Sudan
04 February 2010
PlusNews – Southern Sudan’s poor infrastructure, largely illiterate population and dearth of health facilities and workers mean that despite five years of peace, HIV programmes are still in their infancy. There are no national-level statistics on HIV prevalence or incidence, further hampering the fight against the pandemic, but a 2007 site-specific antenatal surveillance by the [...]
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Ugandan Farmers Incurring big Losses
03 February 2010
IRIN – Eastern Uganda’s mountainous district of Kapchorwa has huge agricultural potential, but farmers perennially suffer crop losses due to vermin, poor or non-existent storage and drying facilities, and lack of transport, say officials. “This area can feed the entire northern Uganda and southern Sudan because with proper handling, a farmer can produce up to [...]
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Fish Wars Cause Displacement in DRC
03 February 2010
IRIN – Rival ethnic communities in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo have clashed many times over the years, but most recently over fish, observers say. More than 200 people have died and another 150,000 have fled to the neighbouring Republic of Congo (ROC) since October 2009, when fighting erupted between the Lobala and Boba clans [...]
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EGYPT: Report Details North Sinai Flood Damage
01 February 2010
IRIN – A report on flood damage in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsular was submitted to the Egyptian Cabinet on 28 January. It said flash floods on and after 18 January left 780 homes totally destroyed, 1,076 submerged and the area suffered material losses of over US$25.3 million. The destroyed homes would cost [...]
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SWAZILAND: Free Primary Education, at Last
01 February 2010
IRIN – Free primary school education got off to a rocky start in Swaziland this week, five years after a new constitution mandated that the government foot the bill for the first few years of a child’s education. The opening week was characterised by a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and confusion about the payment [...]
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