Scientists have discovered that the sloth is not as lazy as popularly believed. The researchers found that sloths in the wild doze for less than 10 hours, compared with 16 hours for those in captivity. Read the BBC article.
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Mar 31
Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Concerned DRC Could Regress
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
South Africa, the deputy minister said, would continue to provide
sanctuary for Mr Bemba "on South African property" until such
time as the opposition...
Luxury steam safaris in Southern Africa
Easier - Chester, UK
Rovos Rail has organised two Steam Tours in gracious luxury through
southern Africa. The 4 and 6-day Steam Safaris are unique
long-distance tours of special...
UNICEF Humanitarian Action: East and Southern Africa Donor Update...
ReliefWeb () - Geneva, Switzerland
Zambia has been one of the countries most affected by drought in
Southern Africa and flooding is an uncommon occurrence. However, the
combination of...
Southern Africa: SADC Tourism Stakeholders Strategise on 2010...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Tourism stakeholders in the Southern African Development Community
gathered in Harare yesterday to map out strategies on how the group can
reap maximum...
Southern Africa Critical Of Robert Mugabe Clampdown
Portable Planet - London, East Ham, UK
Southern Africa leaders are meeting the Tanzanian capital in special
session called to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe and recent political
events in the...
Southern Africa: Nepad Agric. Programmes Hit $1.5 Billion Investments
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Union (AU) executed by the New Partnership for
Africa's
Africa Development (NEPAD) among the Common Market for East
and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states.
Q&A: Refugee registration takes UNHCR official across southern Africa
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK
PRETORIA, South Africa, March 30 (UNHCR) â Andrew Hopkins,
UNHCR's Senior Regional Global Registration Officer for southern
Africa
Africa, is based in Pretoria but...
Southern Africa: New guidelines for treating HIV-positive refugees...
ReliefWeb () - Geneva, Switzerland
Providing HIV care and treatment to Southern Africa's
Africa estimated
300000 refugees and asylum seekers, and an unknown number of undocumented
migrants...
As World Warms, Poor Nations To Bear Brunt
Free Internet Press - New York, NY, USA
In contrast, Africa accounts for less than 3 percent of the global
emissions of carbon dioxide from fuel burning since 1900, yet its 840
million people face...
Students travel abroad without leaving school
Lexington Dispatch - Lexington, NC, USA
The students rotated around the school to different villages to see
presentations by peers representing the different regions of Africa,
Asia, Australia and...
Africa: Continent So Far Successful to Meet the MDGs - UNECA
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Executive Secretary further stressed that they need to give due
attention to expanding investment, community development, science
and technology...
Mar 30
Southern Africa: 'Time's Up for Mugabe'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Asked whether South Africa's standing would be damaged if Mugabe
could not be persuaded to step down next year, she said: "Why should
we speculate about ...
Southern Africa: SADC Governments Called to Legislate On ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
No SADC country has legislation that specifically outlaws trafficking in
children (though both Mozambique and South Africa are well advanced
in drafting ...
Southern Africa's health ministers meet to discuss regional challenges
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
Ramatlapeng, who is also chairperson for SADC health ministers, said
southern Africa's success in dealing with the health challenges
were suffering a huge ...
Zimbabwe: News Release From the Open Society Initiative for ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
In police raids yesterday, approximately thirty five individuals linked
with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were arrested and detained.
...
Southern Africa: Foreign Minister Represents Head of State At SADC ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Angolan Foreign Minister, Joao Bernardo de Miranda, attends Thursday the
Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of Southern
Africa ...
South Africa's relief team distributes supplies to Mozambique
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
... aid to thousands of vulnerable people who were completely cut
off by the floods," said Amir Abdulla, WFP's regional director for
Southern Africa. ...
Southern Africa: Doctor Describes Human Rights Horror
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
When they wanted to go to South Africa for further treatment, they
were blocked at the airport for some flimsy reason. You know, one wonders
why they were ...
African universities link up to offer 'regional PhDs'
SciDev.net - UK
... up of 12 Eastern and Southern Africa universities, has
developed doctoral programmes in dairy science, food science,
plant breeding and biotechnology...
Woolmer memorial services planned
InTheNews.co.uk - London, UK
Tim Noakes of the Sport Science Institute of South Africa -
with who Woolmer co-wrote a book on the science of cricket - will
also be a speaker at the ...
President's address and interaction with the students & faculty of ...
Nanotechnology News () - USA
During the year 2003-04, I visited African countries such as Sudan,
Tanzania, Zanzibar and South Africa. I addressed the Pan African
Parliament on 16 ...
Zimbabwe: Govt Launches Science Outreach Programme
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The programme is in line with the Africa Union Summit of Heads of
State and Governments held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January this year.
...
Fighting between Ethiopians and Somali insurgents escalates in ...
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA, USA
"The individuals pose an immediate threat to both Somali and
international interests in the Horn of Africa," the report
said.
Top economist says adaptation and mitigation could have real ...
Engineering News () - Garden View,Eastern Cape, South Africa
Stern, who visited South Africa earlier this month in a bid to
galvanise the South African government's backing for intervention,
quanti- fies the cost of ...
South Africa: New Wasp Species Creates a Big Buzz
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"There are probably hundreds of wasp species - and thousands of other
insect species - in the Table Mountain National Park that are still unknown
to science ...
Mar 29
Southern Africa: Mbeki Off to SADC Double Troika And Zuma to ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Although, South Africa is not a member of the Troika, the Troika
decided to invite President Mbeki to this week's scheduled meeting, and
he will be ...
Southern-Africa Summit in Tanzania
Prensa Latina - Havana, Cuba
The SADC is composed of Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Congo
Kinshasa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland,
Mauritius Islands...
Africa: Media Barometer for 20 African Countries
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa and the Friedrich Ebert
Foundation yesterday signed an agreement to pave the way for a series of
in-country ...
Southern Africa: Delegation in Dar-Es-Salam for SADC Meeting
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
SADC comprises Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
Zambia, DRC, Malawi, Swazilandia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Namibia and Lesotho.
Produce growers form new network for East and Southern Africa
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
The network is dubbed the Horticultural Council for Southern,
Eastern and Central Africa (HC-SECA). Members countries are Burundi,
Botswana, Ethiopia...
FACTBOX-Southern Africa's SADC faces Zimbabwe challenge
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
... Zimbabwe and nearby countries reduce their economic dependence
on apartheid South Africa. Renamed the Southern African
Development Community in 1992. ...
Water resource management research in southern Africa to receive funds
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
A Harare-based NGO has set aside 25 million US dollars for research towards
sustainable development and management of water resources in southern
Africa...
Southern Africa: Delegation At Malawi's SADC Health Ministers Meeting
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A delegation of Angolan health experts, headed by incumbent minister, Ruben
Sicato, is attending a meeting of the Southern Africa Development
Community ...
Mozambique aims to lead "green revolution"
afrol News - Oslo,Norway
Net, 28 March - Mozambique aims to lead a green revolution in sub-Saharan
Africa by using science to improve crop varieties, and by
boosting innovation. ...
WHO says circumcision trims HIV risk
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario, Canada
The studies had focused on heterosexual men in Africa, and the world
body's recommendation is aimed mainly at countries in the eastern and
southern parts of ...
RA Myers, 54; warned of overfishing
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA
Myers, who went by the nickname RAM, was a gifted mathematician and
biologist who shook up the insular world of fisheries science with
blunt statements ...
Cutting loose an African despot
Modesto Bee - Modesto, CA, USA
That's all it has taken for Africa's fastest growing economy
to become the world's fastest shrinking one that's not at war.
...
Science Health
The Muslim News - UK
South Africa launched a revamped national AIDS plan this month
following new research that highlighted the human cost of the
Government's inaction on the ...
Elections, Science Outreach, Web 2.0, The Cricket World Cup, But ...
FirstScience - UK
At the moment, sportstab in Australia have the Aussies as favourites at
$2.75, with South Africa at $5.50 - this seems to be some home-town
favouritism to ...
Every monkey for herself
Canberra City News - Canberra, Capital Territory, Australia
... Science at the Australian National University and has
written for various publications including "BBC Wildlife",
"New Scientist", and "Travel Africa". ...
Africa: Continent Develops Common Science And Technology Action Plan
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action
articulates Africa's common objective of socio-economic
transformation and full integration into ...
Mar 28
Africa: Is Africa Ready for Nuclear Energy?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Southern Africa is facing energy shortages as climatic changes
intermittently turn off the switch on hydroelectric power generation and
oil prices remain ...
Africa starts to tap solar energy for IT
InfoWorld - San Francisco, CA, USA
Governments and development organizations in Eastern and Southern
Africa are starting to adopt solar energy to bolster energy resources
for ICT (information ...
Southern Africa: Mbeki Heads For Regional Talks on Zimbabwe
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
President Thabo Mbeki will represent South Africa at this week's
extraordinary high-level summit of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC)...
Southern Africa: SADC Assesses Progress Towards Free Trade
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Southern Africa has embarked on an audit of tariffs in member states
as the region moves to assess the level of preparedness towards creating a
free trade ...
Japanese Inventor: Technology, Africa's Savior
Black Star News - New York,NY, USA
A science with people at the heart is the science of the
future. Tsiko is The Black Star News' Southern Africa
correspondent based in Harare.
WHO & UNAIDS recommend circumcision as HIV prevention tool in Africa
Aidsmap - UK
We are primarily talking about the countries of southern and eastern
Africa. The first consideration should be to scale-up
circumcision for adolescents ...
Mozambique aims to lead 'green revolution'
SciDev.net - UK
[MAPUTO] Mozambique aims to lead a green revolution in sub-Saharan
Africa by using science to improve crop varieties, and by
boosting innovation. ...
South Africa: Skills Mission
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
SOLVING SA's fundamental skills problem will take time, leadership and
far more good maths and science teaching. Tackling the worst skills
deficits in the ...
Teachers 'not evolving'
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
Hanekom reminded the audience that SciFest, now in its 11th year, had been
the first of its kind in southern Africa. It had since grown to
include more than ...
African leaders meet on Zimbabwe
SABC News - Auckland Park, South Africa
... means that Zimbabwe has become an issue in Africa
too," said Eldred Masunungure, a political science professor at
Harare's University of Zimbabwe. ...
Mar 27
South Africa: SA, Zambia Hosts Workshop to Protect Indigenous ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena
is expected to give a keynote address at the workshop. The workshop is
expected to bring ...
South Africa: Ambitious Plans for Easing Skills Shortage
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... other priority areas: the development of call centre staff,
people involved in tourism, and teachers of mathematics, science and
information technology. ...
Precipitation (Variability - Africa
CO2 Science Magazine - Tempe, AZ, USA
Late Holocene climatic changes in west Africa, a high resolution
diatom record from equatorial Cameroon. Quaternary Science Reviews
23: 591-609. ...
Uganda: Mbarara to Host Coveted Science Symposium
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... with some justification, that Africa is still a sleeping
giant. This conference must be part of the awakening process. The
ingredients of science...
Lack of training is the main reason for local IT skills deficit
Business Report - Johannesburg, South Africa
Denny continued: "South Africa's schools need to push
science and technology more forcibly. "There are just not
enough young adults coming out of school ...
IT skills in short supply in South Africa
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg, South Africa
"SA schools need to push science and technology more forcibly.
There has to be a more concerted focus on this," he said. "There
are just not enough young ...
Nigeria's native languages to promote science application
afrol News - Oslo,Norway
It follows a call by the African Union (AU) to make 2007 a year of
developing and promoting science, technology and innovation in
Africa. ...
Maths, science teachers a priority
South Africa.info - Houghton, South Africa
South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to promote maths,
science and technology in high schools, with the government
announcing a plan to deploy both ...
Global Warming Forecasts Creation, Loss Of Climate Zones
Science Daily () - USA
A new global warming study predicts that many
current climate zones will vanish entirely by the year 2100, replaced by
climates unknown in ...
Women in Science Career Panel - March 29
College of St. Catherine - Mn, USA
... West Africa with the US Peace Corps, Kathy attended the
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, graduating with a
Master's of Science degree in ...
Correspondent speaks of path to forgiveness
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD, USA
FREDERICK -- Abe McLaughlin, a former correspondent for The Christian
Science Monitor, believes that Americans can learn a lot from the
people of Africa.
East Africa: Universities to Gain From Web Tools Deal
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A software deal signed between universities in East Africa and the
US-based internet giant Google will improve access to web-based
communications for staff ...
'Nothing explosive in Woolmer book'
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
New Africa Books also denied reports that proofs of the book had
disappeared after he was strangled in his Kingston, Jamaica, hotel room.
Nigerian monarchs launch local language initiative
SciDev.net - UK
An example of this is the plan to establish a science academy "the Yoruba Academy of Science" to promote collaboration
throughout sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Mar 26
Zimbabwe: The End of "Quiet Diplomacy"?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"Southern Africa is 'finally' assuming leadership in
trying to resolve the burning Zimbabwean crisis on their doorstep, but it
has been a long time coming...
Leather industry incurs Sh6b loss
Kenya Times - Kenya
Other reorganizers of the workshop include the Eastern and Southern
Africa Leather Industries Association (ESALIA), Common Market for
Eastern and Southern ...
South Africa: A Treaty Forged in Iron And Steel
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Both as an idea and a fact, the experience of sovereignty in Europe and
southern Africa has been different. Southern Africa was not
made by states but by a ...
Local Elections May Hold the Key to National Success for Women
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
Gender Links strikes a more positive note about the progress of women in
Southern Africa as a whole. "Although only three countries have
achieved theà SADC ...
Southern Africa: SADC FTA 'A Reality Next Year'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Madagascar, Mauritius, Angola, Swaziland and the Democratic
Republic of Congo belong to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa (Comesa).
Despot dresses his thugs as police
The Australian - Sydney, Australia
One of the factors given for Zimbabweans' failure to organise the kind
of mass action that helped undo the apartheid government in neighbouring
South Africa ...
Police probe bus argument
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
... science, which will be published in June." "He
had no knowledge of Hansie Cronje's involvement in match-fixing during
his time as coach of South Africa ...
A health science city
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
However the witty, budding science-oriented young people visiting
the hospital on a tour last Sunday asked what will all that space be
occupied with? ...
Joint venture ecotechnology business launches in South Africa
Biofuel Review - Rolvenden,Kent, UK
South Africa also has a strong commitment, at both government and
business levels, to reduce greenhouse gases, the primary cause of global
warming. ...
Rebirth in Africa
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
The objective, according to Langat, is to demonstrate that African
traditional communities also had a science, which worked for them.
...
Mar 25
Produce growers form new network for East and Southern Africa
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
It is dubbed the Horticultural Council for Southern, Eastern and
Central Africa (HC-SECA). Members of the network will include Kenya,
Zimbabwe, Uganda...
Review ban on game hunting
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
Kenya banned trophy hunting in 1977, just as landowners and communities in
southern Africa found that their land was worth far more when
producing wildlife ...
Back-to-Comesa calls resume
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
The private sector in Tanzania has relaunched its campaign to persuade the
government to rejoin the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa (Comesa). ...
Bland silence as Zimbabwe bleeds
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
Once one of the most prosperous countries in Southern Africa, the
country is now fast joining the ranks of failed African states. ...
Cricket: Biographer: Woolmer no whistle-blower
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
A former England international, Woolmer was coach of South Africa
when their then-captain Hansie Cronje was bought off by bookmakers in 1996
but was never ...
Man of the world
Times Online - UK
Woolmer never regretted joining Packer or going to South Africa, for
which he was banned from Test cricket for a total of five years and nearly
sacked by ...
Tropical Africa cooled more than Atlantic Ocean during the last ...
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL, USA
The results will be published in this week's issue of the
'Science' magazine. One of the techniques currently used to
estimate past sea surface temperatures ...
Carter Inspires Crusaders To Victory
newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand
All Black first five Dan Carter scored 16 points in his first match this
year to lead the Crusaders to a 36-11 win over South Africa's
Stormers in a Super ...
'India willing to train S African youths as part of ITEC programme'
Hindu - Chennai,India
However, we want to ensure that more youth participate in this
programme," Rajiv Bhatia, the newly appointed Indian High Commissioner
to South Africa...
Microfossils unravel climate history of tropical Africa
FirstScience - UK
The results will be published in this week's issue of
'Science'. One of the techniques currently used to estimate
past sea surface temperatures...
Mar 24
Renewable Sources the Key to Energy Crisis?
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
Apart from the ones in Southern Africa, others were Lagos in
Nigeria, Cairo in Egypt, Nairobi in Kenya and Kampala in Uganda. ...
Mugabe: the final showdown looms
Times Online - UK
Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of southern Africa, but this will
be the sixth consecutive year of food shortages since Mugabe launched his
violent ...
COMESA vows to fasten implementation of agricultural strategies
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
KHARTOUM--Ministers of agriculture of the Common Market
for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) announced on Friday that
their countries ...
South Africa isn't bringing its moral weight to diplomatic ...
International Herald Tribune - France
The UN affirmed that South African racism was not merely an internal
political problem, but a threat to southern Africa. The UN banned
arms shipments to ...
Grahamstown has Africa's biggest fish stock
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
... for genetic research and original scientific illustrations. The
collection was opened by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
Derek Hanekom. - Sapa.
South Africa: 'Black CEOs Are Unused to Power But Must Lead'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A few years of wildness later, Raseroka set off for the US, where he
studied political science and economics at Fisk University in
Nashville, Tennessee...
Colonialism Was Good For Africa
Global Politician - Brooklyn,NY, USA
By having them build and organise, as well as bring science and
engineering, colonialists built Africa. Anti-colonialism is leftist
bunk that has now become ...
Microfossils Unravel Climate History Of Tropical Africa
Science Daily () - USA
Science Daily -- Scientists from the NIOZ Royal Netherlands
Institute for Sea Research obtained for the first time a detailed
temperature record for tropical ...
South Africa: More Maths, Science And Technology Teachers for High ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
More mathematics, science and technology teachers from South
Africa and abroad are to be deployed in order to boost tuition in
these subjects at the ...
Africa: XDR-TB - Is Forced Isolation the Cure?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Unease is mounting in South Africa after reports that patients with
the deadly strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are not
being ...
Mar 23
Southern Africa: Free Trade Area Between SACU And EU
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
THE Minister of Trade and Industry, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, has been
instructed by Cabinet to table a trade agreement between southern
Africa and the European...
Southern Africa fed up with Zimbabwe regime
afrol News - Oslo, Norway
afrol News / IRIN, 22 March - Southern Africa is "finally"
assuming leadership in trying to resolve the burning Zimbabwean crisis on
their doorstep...
Southern Africa Floods: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and South...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva, Switzerland
Severe floods have ravaged parts of the South Africa Region
displacing hundreds of thousands of people in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
and South Africa.
Topple Mugabe, PM urges Africa
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
He had instructed his department and Australian missions to actively
campaign for southern Africa nations to pressure Mr Mugabe to
resign.
Grahamstown has Africa's biggest fish stock
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
... for genetic research and original scientific illustrations. The
collection was opened by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
Derek Hanekom. - Sapa.
South Africa: 'Black CEOs Are Unused to Power But Must Lead'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
A few years of wildness later, Raseroka set off for the US, where he
studied political science and economics at Fisk University in
Nashville, Tennessee...
Colonialism Was Good For Africa
Global Politician - Brooklyn, NY, USA
By having them build and organise, as well as bring science and
engineering, colonialists built Africa. Anti-colonialism is leftist
bunk that has now become...
Microfossils Unravel Climate History Of Tropical Africa
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Science Daily -- Scientists from the NIOZ Royal Netherlands
Institute for Sea Research obtained for the first time a detailed
temperature record for tropical...
South Africa: More Maths, Science And Technology Teachers for High...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
More mathematics, science and technology teachers from South
Africa and abroad are to be deployed in order to boost tuition in
these subjects at the...
Africa: XDR-TB - Is Forced Isolation the Cure?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Unease is mounting in South Africa after reports that patients with
the deadly strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are not
being...
Mar 22
Southern Africa: Let's Fight Corruption With Tenacity, Levy Prods SADC
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
PRESIDENT Mwanawasa has called on Southern African Development
Community (SADC) member countries to fight corruption with tenacity and
expose those that...
Water institute's new arm gains momentum
Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,Eastern Cape, South Africa
The only professional organisation representing the entire water sector in
Southern Africa, the Water Institute of Southern Africa
(WISA) has launched a new...
Southern Africa: At Last, Africa Speaks
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
After almost a decade of foot-dragging, subterfuge, complicity and outright
refusal to confront the issue, the African Union (AU) and the Southern
Africa...
UNI-Africa Commerce Assessment Workshop
Union Network International - Nyon, Switzerland
The phase of evaluation brought together negotiators and shop stewards of
Multinationals Companies operating in Southern Africa, Shoprite
Checkers...
Scientists Identify Oldest Preserved Pieces of Earth's Crust
Newswise (press release) - USA
Coauthors of the report are Harald Furnes of University of Bergen, Norway;
Maarten de Wit of University of Cape Town, South Africa; Minik
Rosing of the...
J-School, South Africa Style
Springfield Connection - VA, USA
Andrew Starner found his inspiration in South Africa. For the past 2
1/2 months, Starner, a graduate from Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and...
What journalists can do in the fight against TB
SciDev.net - UK
Many journalists in Africa, for example, say they have difficulty in
getting health-related stories accepted by news editors because these tend
to make...
Deadly TB strain seen in Africa now in rich nations
Reuters.uk - UK
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new deadly form of tuberculosis spreading
through South Africa has now been found in rich nations in Europe as
well as Canada...
Itching for a Space Fight
Science Magazine (subscription) - USA
The 5-year strategy, presented at a conference last week, sets targets to
meet the commitments made by South Africa's vice president in
December (Science...
Keep politics out of science--and vice versa
Spiked - London, UK
From the demand for small-scale â sustainable developmentâ in
Africa to new taxes designed to determine what kind of cars we
Westerners drive and how many...
Mar 21
Downer tips attitude change to Zimbabwe
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales,Australia
"My takeout from the diplomatic representations we have made around
southern Africa in the last week or so is that there is a very
significant increase in...
Zimbabwe: Refugee Crisis As Citizens Rush to Leave Their Country
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The crisis, which critics blame on Mr Mugabe's mismanagement of the
economy and political posturing, has also disrupted trade links in
Southern Africa.
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Crisis - SADC to State Its Position
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) will soon state
its position regarding the current political and economic developments in
Zimbabwe...
Star Alliance Launches Visit Southern Africa Campaign
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
A further five Star Alliance member airlines serve destinations in
Southern Africa: Lufthansa, SWISS and TAP provide flights from their
respective North...
Southern Africa: Region is a Hot Spot for Climate Change
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The frequency and intensity of dry spells and flooding in southern
Africa is expected to increase as weather experts warn of a surge in
world temperatures.
Star Alliance Launches Visit Southern Africa Campaign
Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine (press release) - Fort Lauderdale,FL, USA
By Jacques Marten. If your goal is to have your yacht docked in your
backyard, this high-end realtor can have you settled in in no time.
...
Southern Africa: SADC Observer Mission Satisfied With Electoral...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
An electoral observation mission with the Parliamentary Forum of the
Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) sent in to Angola
Monday in Luanda voiced...
Whatever it is, it isn't rational, disinterested science...
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno, NV, USA
In Africa people die because they do not have electricity, and
global warming proponents do not want Africa to develop the coal and
oil resources that the...
Science and Technology
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan, Nigeria
Predicting the regional impacts of global climate change is not an exact
science; but in Africa, home to the â big fiveâ â
symbolic species - elephant...
'Fascination and fun' at SciFest
Cape Argus (subscription) - Cape Town, South Africa
... Wilmot added: "As I see it, if science counts for
our people, it must count for our country and this is what we need for a
world-beating South Africa."...
Africa Comes Closer To Home
Rocktown Weekly - Harrisonburg,VA, USA
On Tuesday, students displayed their research on African topics on 38
science-fair style poster boards surrounding the acacia tree. In
essence, Yoder says...
China academy boosts south-south science activities
SciDev.net - UK
The grants follow pledges made at the China-Africa Summit in
November, where Chinese president Hu Jintao promised to double the number
of African students...
Google inks software deals in Africa
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA, USA
Google will partner with Rwanda and Kenya to make Web communication tools
such as e-mail and PC-to-PC voice calling more widely available in
Africa...
Sometimes science is scary: drug-resistant plague
Ars Technica - Boston,MA, USA
Asia, Africa and the US southwest; all of these regions have the
potential for natural transmission of drug resistance between common
pathogens and Y.
HP, WFEO Champion â Engineering Africa Initiativeâ
This Day (subscription) - Apapa,Lagos, Nigeria
HP which led the project, aimed at enhancing technical capacity building
for economic development through engineering education in Africa,
beginning in...
Mar 20
Church officials: South Africa unprepared to help Zimbabwean refugees
Catholic News Service - USA
Political leaders in southern Africa "have a responsibility to
engage in actions that enhance peace and security for all people of the
region," it said.
Russian Prime Minister Fradkov lands in confusion
Mineweb - Johannesburg, South Africa
Fradkov's spokesman, Yevgeny Revenko, refused to say why Fradkov was
visiting southern Africa at this time. Also asked by Mineweb what
Fradkov views as the...
Southern Africa: Schweppes to Expand SADC Market Share
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
"SZL plans to double its exports in 2007 to mainly South
Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Namibia from the total export revenue
of US$1,5 million in 2006.
Criticism Rises of African Leaders' Silence on Zimbabwe
Voice of America - USA
Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bureau in
Johannesburg. Zimbabwe's Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube Tuesday said
South Africa is in...
Southern Africa: Floods And Cyclones Cause Heavy Crop Losses in...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Floods and cyclones have destroyed many thousands of hectares of crops and
infrastructure in southern Africa, with the greatest damage in
Mozambique...
Russian Prime Minister Winds Up Southern Africa Visit
Isreal Diamond Portal - Ramat Gan,Israel
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov toured Angola , Namibia and South
Africa last week. In all of these countries he proposed expanding
commercial ties...
The Population Council conducts biomedical and social science...
DMN Newswire (press release) - CA, USA
"I sometimes travel to Africa for a month at a time," she
said. "With GoToMyPC, I don't need to bring paper or electronic
files.
Game parks threaten Africa's indigenous people: UN
Reuters - USA
GENEVA (Reuters) - Indigenous communities in Africa are "on the
brink of destruction" due to the expansion of national game parks and
insufficient law...
South Africa: Can Infraco Dial the Right Number?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Already, the science and technology department has begun with
construction of a prototype in the Karoo. The telescope will definitely
require high levels of...
Scientists create GM mosquitoes to fight malaria
SciDev.net - UK
Trials in sub-Saharan Africa could be conducted within five years,
according to the Guardian newspaper. But further research is needed to show
that the...
Google Offers Apps to Africa
PC World - USA
"In Africa and in the developing world, it ... means doing our
part to make sure that everyone has access to the same services wherever
they live...
Mugabe targets Western envoys
Swissinfo - Bern, Switzerland
Once southern Africa's bread basket, the country is struggling
with inflation of more than 1700 percent, frequent food and fuel shortages
and unemployment...
South Africa: Activists welcome ambitious new AIDS plan
Aidsmap - UK
South Africa's new five-year AIDS battle plan entered the final
stage of a lengthy drafting and consultative process last week.
Mar 19
Africa: Forced to Choose Which Rights to Violate
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Part of the donations the WFP is raising, estimated at 3.2 billion US
dollars for global operations, will go to Southern Africa where 4.3
million people...
Western sanctions source of Mugabe's demise
New Zimbabwe.com - Zimbabwe
The reason: Mugabeâ s seizure of white-owned farms and the threats this
posed in southern Africa and elsewhere to private property rights
and international...
Donâ t be a â Yahooâ , participate in the Adopt-an-Author program
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK, USA
Theyâ d all been living in Southern Africa for 30000 years when
European settlers first arrived, but during a terrible smallpox epidemic in
1713 many of them...
SADC region lacks infrastructure, good projects
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane, Swaziland
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Country Manager
(International Finance) Alwyn Coetzee said the regionâ s institutions and
entrepreneurs lacked the...
Russia seeks mining, energy ventures in southern Africa
Business Report - Johannesburg, South Africa
Russia seeks to regain the pull it enjoyed in Africa in Soviet times
when it spent billions to support governments friendly to the Kremlin, but
as it stages...
Adapt or die, warns climate change researcher
SABC News - Auckland Park, South Africa
Ziervogel has been based for four years at the Climate Systems Analysis
Group, one of the leading institutes in southern Africa in downscale
regional...
Mugabeâ s ZIMBABWE
The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas
Rhodes came into prominence during the White Settler era in Southern
Africa; he was able to amass a vast fortune from his diamond empire.
...
Namibia: Flood Threatens Residents And Property
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... started end of January/February this year. The Okavango River as
it is known in much of Southern Africa is considered as one of
Africa's greatest river.
Zambia: Zambia Welcomes First Private Science University
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
She said the university will have an initial intake of 100 students and
will also enrol students from other countries in southern Africa.
South Africa: A Ray of Hope At Last
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Aids denialists and quacks, shunned by reputable science, were given
respectability, further confusing people. Drugs which could have prolonged
lives were...
Dirt-poor solution to climate change
SABC News - Auckland Park, South Africa
Gina Ziervogel of the University of Cape Town climate change researcher
will be spending South Africa's Human Rights Day holiday warning
that something in...
GM mosquito 'could fight malaria'
BBC News - UK
Malaria, spread by the single-celled parasite Plasmodium, is endemic in
parts of Asia, Africa, and central and south America.
South Africa: Country And Russia Build On Political Ties With...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
In that same visit, Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena
and his Russian counterpart signed an Agreement on Co-operation in the
Exploration and...
216 Million Americans Are Scientifically Illiterate (Part II)
MIT Technology Review - Cambridge,MA, USA
Another issue is the media's own boredom with science
stories--the "Africa effect" that I learned about as a
correspondent in Africa.
Zimbabwe crackdown leads to crisis
USA Today - USA
By Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor. JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa--The deepening crisis in Zimbabwe, where President Robert
Mugabe's security forces...
PA Sport and Sportal
sportal.com.au - Australia
"I knew Bob for many years through our roles within cricket in South
Africa and it is difficult to think of a man who was more committed
to the betterment...
Mar 18
The Forgotten Alliance of African Nationalists and Western Pacifists
History News Network - Seattle,WA, USA
Furthermore, as Kaunda assumed governmental office in Zambia and as violent
revolution escalated in southern Africa, he began discarding his
pacifist views...
Zimbabwean Party Says Aide Assaulted
Washington Post - Washington,DC, USA
This photo supplied by the Southern Africa National Democratic
Institute shows Nelson Chamisa a spokesman for Zimbabwe's main
opposition leader...
Booming economy will suffer from a dearth of SA professionals
Business Report - Johannesburg, South Africa
Southern Africa is in that sense the world's treasure chest.
This includes oil on the west coast, gas on the east coast, as well as,
through Sasol...
Southern Cape children march against crime
SABC News - Auckland Park, South Africa
The rally was organised by the United Congregational Church of Southern
Africa to put crime against children in the spotlight.
The Achilles' Heel of Condoms
Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
An article entitled "Understanding HIV Epidemic Trends in
Africa," published Feb. 3, 2006, in Science magazine,
reported on the study's findings.
Eritrea creates a second Somalia government in Eritrea
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
And this technique is a well calculated Eritrean government tactic to cause
endless havoc in East Africa for those ideologically already
divergent groups...
Wild about Africa
Carte Blanche - South Africa
And then science came after that and then filming grew out of
that.=94 Derek: =9ereck and Beverley=92s movie career started in the
Savuti region of Botswana in...
Oprah Winfrey opens second school for South African you...
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL, USA
"The Seven Fountains School is an example of what schools in South
Africa can become," Winfrey said at the school's formal
dedication outside the remote...
Mar 17
Southern Africa: Tanzania Defiant On SADC Withdrawal
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The rest EAC member countries - Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya - also
belong to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(Comesa)...
Russian prime minister in southern Africa for talks (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow, UK
Namibia currently derives cheap energy from South Africa, but will
have to seek other avenues in future, because its southern neighbour
is unable to satisfy...
Soros Joins Health Groups to Battle Drug-Resistant TB, HIV Explosion
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory, NC, USA
... and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa," said Right
Honorable Minister Dr. Mphu Ramatlapeng, Senator and Minister of Health and
Social Welfare for Lesotho.
Zimbabwe Opposition Members Re-Arrested
Washington Post - Washington,DC, USA
Tawanda Mutasah, director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern
Africa, said the two women, among the most severely injured when
Zimbabwean police...
AFRICAN EXAMPLES Prof Norah Khadzini Olembo
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
The organisation has more than 80 individual members in Kenya, Uganda,
Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. "In Kenya we have
been at the forefront...
'Emergency Law' on Streets As Mugabe Bids to Cling on
Buzzle - Costa Mesa,CA, USA
'We are under a state of emergency: it would just be a waste of breath
for Mugabe to declare it,' said political science lecturer John
Makumbe.
'Emergency law' on streets as Mugabe bids to cling on
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It is a question of democracy and basic human rights,' said Roy
Bennett, the MDC's representative in South Africa. 'Now that
the leadership of the...
Oprah Winfrey opens second school for South African youths
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL, USA
SHAYAMOYA, South Africa -- Oprah Winfrey opened her second school
for poor South African youth Friday, an innovative, environmentally
friendly institution...
Mar 16
E800m in project loans from DBSA
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane, Swaziland
THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved E800
million in loans for various development projects in Swaziland.
Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
afrol News - Oslo, Norway
This treatment is needed in all areas of the world affected by this form of
the disease, and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where 90 percent
of the...
Mighty Mmamabula
Mining Weekly - Gardenview,Eastern Cape, South Africa
One of the largest construction companies in Southern Africa,
Grinaker-LTA, has been selected as the preferred contractor for the
proposed...
Steinhoff Bids 15 Billion Rand for Furniture Retailer (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
... creating the biggest furnishings company on the continent with
operations in southern Africa, Europe and Asia and combined sales of
44.1 billion rand.
Zambia: Africa Needs Rapid Adaptation
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It is in this spirit that the call by Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA) secretary general Erastus Mwencha for
COMESA states to consider...
Africa's Major Aluminum Producer Closes Amid Ghana Energy Crisis
Voice of America - USA
He says Ghana needs to make use of modern science and move away from
it's over reliance on nature for development. "When you look at
the country as a whole...
Oprah opens school in South Africa
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia, Australia
Built on 21 hectares, the 28-building campus resembles a luxury hotel, with
state-of-the-art classrooms, computer and science labs and a
library...
South Africa: Wine Tasting
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... the highly subjective and evanescent process of assessing wine
quality and style (two quite different things, incidentally) into a precise
science .
Overcrowded Waitlists Delay Graduation for Science Majors
The UCSD Guardian Online - San Diego,CA, USA
"I'm spending summer volunteering in Africa for the Arusha
project," she said. "It's all planned out I can't
just drop it."...
Tooth Decay Analysis Supports 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
A New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD)
research team has found the first oral bacterial evidence supporting the
dispersal of...
Zimbabwe - We must abandon lone warrior mentality
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA, USA
That they have avoided an armed conflict, as is normal throughout
Africa, to resolve the crisis shows their maturity and firm belief
in an orderly...
S.Africa health minister recovering with new liver
Reuters AlertNet - London,England, UK
Tshabalala-Msimang has been widely criticised for moving too slowly in
response to the AIDS crisis in South Africa, where some 5.5 million
people in a...
Africa: Does Africa Need a Genetically Modified Solution to Diarrhea?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It is obvious from the above that the world does not require rocket
science in order to combat incidents of diarrhea. More than anything
else...
Mar 15
Madison to lease most valuable penthouse office in Southern Africa
eProp.co.za - South Africa
The most expensive office space in South Africa will soon be located
in an iconic position 50m, or 16 floors, above ground with uninterrupted
views of Table...
Zambia: Living At the Verge of Disasters
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
With lots of roads and fields washed away, the floods have begat another
looming crisis in food security- a fear also expressed by the Southern
Africa...
The Danger of Terrorist Black Holes in Southern Africa
Jamestown Foundation - Washington, DC, USA
Southern Africa exemplifies one such corridor in which al-Qaeda
might utilize comparatively advantageous conditions in order to remain
viably intact and...
SA launches solar heater project
South Africa.info - Houghton, South Africa
Residents can apply for the geysers through any of four approved
manufacturers - Solardome SA, Solahart Southern Africa, Atlantic
Solar and Solar Heat...
Martin LeFevre: The Technology of Human Beings
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
He has been publishing in North America, Latin America, Africa, and
Europe (and now New Zealand) for 20 years. Email:
UK-Ghana agree on 10-yr development plan
The Statesman Online - Accra,Ghana
Picking Ghana for particular attention, it is said, could do what Tony
Blair's Commission for Africa's report, launched since 11 March
2005 has so far...
Brain drain may benefit donor countries
SciDev.net - UK
The study found the worst public healthcare systems in French-speaking West
Africa, where staff are less likely to emigrate. This was attributed
to strict...
South Africa health minister has liver transplant
Reuters AlertNet - London,England, UK
JOHANNESBURG, March 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's Health
Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has had a liver transplant as a result of
a long-running battle...
Solar water-heating intervention aims to reduce power consumption
Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,Eastern Cape, South Africa
In the midst of South Africa's growing demand for electricity, the
State-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF), the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and...
South Africa: Space Spending 'Well Worth It'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
In the budget announced last month, the department was granted R210m for
space science initiatives this year, rising annually to reach R689m
by 2010.
The science of World Cup cock ups
iAfrica.com - Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa's first ball in World Cup cricket was delivered at
frightening pace by Allan Donald to Geoff Marsh, who obligingly cut the
ball to Dave...
SA needs nuclear professionals - Mangena
Independent Online - Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa needs to step-up its development of people working in
the field of nuclear energy and technology, Minister of Science and
Technology...
Mar 14
Southern Africa: Wake Up to Zim Crisis
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Ironically, all governments that make up the scarecrow that is the
Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been at pains to
try to convince their...
Southern Africa: Regional Silence On Crisis "Loud"
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
In the first detailed statement on the situation, South Africa's
Deputy Foreign Minister, Aziz Pahad, said, "Similarly, we appeal to
leaders of opposition...
Soros funding project to develop guidelines for treating dangerous...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario, Canada
And this is now happening in southern Africa. And it's an issue
that's not getting the attention that it deserves," Soros said
during a teleconference.
Southern African countries urged to do more to meet MDGs
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Most governments in southern Africa were not doing enough in meeting
the goals, lamented Zambian Deputy Minister of Finance and National
Planning Jonas...
Radio listening clubs in rural African communities
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town, South Africa
The Mazabuka case is just the latest chapter in Panos Southern
Africa's trademark project, which uses radio listening clubs to
provide a platform for...
Emerging markets to take a bigger slice of the global economic pie...
Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,Eastern Cape, South Africa
When asked in which regions CEs were planning to do business, developing
markets holding the most potential were Southern Africa and South
and Central...
South Africa releases plan to cut HIV infections in half
CBC News - Canada
... AIDS activists called for South Africa's Health
Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to be fired for undermining
science on HIV/AIDS, such as questioning...
South Africa: Cash-Strapped Armscor Set for Shake-Up
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Heitman said Deri would belong to the defence department, but two other key
state departments, public enterprises and science and technology,
...
Time to debate the science of global warming
ic CheshireOnline - UK
Do we say to China, India and Africa, we're terribly sorry but
you have to halt your own industrial revolutions? The best way for the
developing countries...
In praise of the 'brain drain'
Nature.com (subscription) - London, England, UK
In South Africa, for example, the government has demonized
institutions that train doctors and nurses who leave for employment
elsewhere.
Science on the move to SciFest in Grahamstown
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg, South Africa
... Muslim community -- to take ownership of Sultans of
Science. SciFest only lasts for a week and then the exhibit heads
out of South Africa to New York...
Mar 13
South Africa Migration Services to Australia Offers Many Jobs in...
The Open Press (press release) - USA
Complete information on Australia immigration is provided at
http://www.oz-lifestyle.com a web site offered by Oz-LifeStyle Southern
Africa, a South Africa...
Southern African citrus growers raise pesticide limits
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
The Citrus Growers Association of southern Africa (CGA) has since
January 2007 (source) recommended to its members pesticide usage limits
that are stricter...
Royalty payments tax deductible - Appeal Court
Business Day - Johannesburg, South Africa
The court upheld an appeal by BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd against a
judgment of the Cape Town Income Tax Special Court.
UN urges African countries to promote access to land by its citizenry
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
UNECA southern Africa director Jennifer Kargbo said in Lusaka that
land is a vital tool for economic development for most Africa
countries that are...
German church gathering urges Southern Africa land reform talks
Ecumenical News International - Geneva, Switzerland
Churches, their allied development groups and governments of countries in
Southern Africa should hold a round table to discuss the problems of
land reform...
Southern Africa: SADC Sets Deadline for Zero Tarrif Rates Introduction
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
SADC has set 2008 as the deadline for the introduction of zero tariff rates
in accordance with the minimum conditions of a Free Trade Area (FTA).
...
South Africa: SA, Oman Sign Agreement to Boost Relations
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
South Africa and the Sultanate of Oman have signed a cooperation
agreement that will see the two countries working together in areas of
science and...
S. Africa, Oman sign pact on scientific, technological tie-up
Times of Oman - Ruwi,Muscat,Oman
... visit of Dr Rawiyah to the Republic of South Africa,
aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of
science and technology;...
Oman, South Africa to boost educational ties
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Amman,Jordan
... in the field of science and technology and achieve mutual
benefits as a part of exchanging cultural views between Oman and South
Africa, he emphasized.
Oman, South Africa sign science, tech pact
Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
... Minister of Higher Education, currently on an official visit to
South Africa, with the South Africa Minister of Sciences and
Technology.
Humans Living in North Africa 160000 Years Ago Had Long Childhoods...
FOX News - USA
The long childhoods and delayed maturity common in modern humans are traits
that date back to at least the early members of our own species in
Africa.
Famed paleoanthropologist Clark Howell has died
UC Berkeley - Berkeley,CA, USA
"When you look at a modern paleoanthropology project, whether in
Tanzania or South Africa or Ethiopia, you find Clark's stamp
everywhere.
Africa seeks to foster US science collaboration
SciDev.net - UK
In addition, they say Africa's needs and successes should be
showcased to the US congress, such as the Kigali Institute of
Science and Technology's efforts...
Christian Science Monitor Examines Marketing Costs, Transparency...
Kaiser network.org - Washington, DC, USA
An article published last week in Advertising Age "unfavorably
contrasted the amount of money raised for" treatment access in
Africa against marketing costs...
Mar 12
Southern Africa: Ordinary Africans Keep the Wheels of Trade Turning
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Most of these visitors are from Southern African Development
Community (SADC) countries, but some even come from west Africa.
Those coming in by air make it...
EU, African development ministers hold key talks on future of trade
International Herald Tribune - France
The EU is conducting negotiations with the Caribbean; West Africa;
East and Southern Africa, Central Africa, Southern
Africa and the Pacific regional...
RIO Confident, Expands Search
Asia Corporate News Network (press release) - Sydney, NSW, Australia
"Diamond exploration continues, focused in Canada, southern
Africa, Mauritania, Brazil and India. Work commenced in Mali. A number
of kimberlite pipes were...
'Africa could be heading for another year of food shortage'
Hindu - Chennai,India
(PTI): Erratic weather patterns in southern Africa have devastated
harvest prospects for millions of people and could spell yet another year
of widespread...
The race has stared
Daily News - TSN - Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
The Tanzania Police Force is a reputable force in Africa. Any dent
is bad, too bad to the liking on any informed person in the Southern
Africa.
African health officials meet to study measures to achieve MDGs
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The seminar is being held at the headquarters of the East, Central and
Southern Africa Health Community based in Arusha of northern
Tanzania.
Zimbabwe's Teachers Head for South Africa
Institute for War and Peace Reporting - London,England, UK
With [good] facilities in South Africa, I will be able to do
tremendous work," she said. Another science teacher, Veronica
Chauke, will never benefit from...
DuPont displays products
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
manama: One of the companies participating in the Middle East Oil and Gas
Show for the first time is DuPont, a science-based global
manufacturing company...
NEWSWEEK COVER: The Evolution Revolution
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
The first modern humans-the ancestors of everyone today-departed
Africa about 66000 years ago. These pilgrims were strikingly few,
Newsweek reports.
South Africa: Schools of Rock Are Itching to Blast City for Charity
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
SACS, Westerford, Bishops, Jan van Riebeeck, DF Malan, the Leap Maths and
Science School, Camps Bay and Wynberg High schools will participate.
...
South Africa: SA-Led Team Wins EU 'Science Nobel'
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... Energy Stereoscopic System (Hess) of gamma ray telescopes in
Namibia, clinching the European Union's (EU's) prestigious
Descartes prize for science.
Airborne Science in the Classroom: The Next-Best Thing to Being There
HappyNews.com - Round Rock,TX, USA
(NASA) :: The flight path of NASA's DC-8 during a NAMMA mission off the
west coast of Africa is overlaid on this satellite photo from Google
Earth.
South Africa: No Proof of 'Child Farming' in Awarding of Child...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has refuted widespread
public perception that the provision of the Child Support Grant (CSG) is a
cause of...
UA College of Science Announces 2007 Galileo Circle Fellows
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson, AZ, USA
Jay Quade, professor of geosciences, has made major contributions to
understanding early man in Africa and climate change in South
America, the western US...
An exceptional young man heads to Africa
Cave Spring Connection - Salem,VA, USA
In fact he credits 9/11 in part for opening his eyes somewhat, leading him
to switch majors from sports medicine to political science.
...
SA, Oman ink cooperation agreement on science and technology
Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,Eastern Cape, South Africa
A key challenge for the science systems of both South
Africa and Oman would be to assist scientific research and
activities that could lead to innovation...
Mar 11
Zim economic fallout hits hard in region
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg, South Africa
As the meltdown of Zimbabwe begins to be felt throughout Southern
Africa, the "quiet diplomacy" of South African President
Thabo Mbeki vis-Ã -vis his...
DROUGHTS & FLOODS DEVASTATE HARVESTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BRINGING...
MaximsNews.com - Ridgewood, NJ, USA
MaximsNews.com, UN/ - 09 March 2007 -- Searing droughts to raging floods
have all contributed to erratic weather in southern Africa that have
devastated...
Erratic Weather Patterns Raise Food Security Concerns in Southern...
Voice of America - USA
The UN World Food Program says it is deeply concerned over erratic weather
patterns in southern Africa. It warns it could result in another
year of...
Drought, Floods Threaten Widespread Food Shortages In Southern Africa
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) - Rocklin,CA, USA
Erratic weather patterns in southern Africa, from searing droughts
to raging floods, have devastated harvest prospects for millions of people
and could...
In South Africa, Pilgrimage for Peace helps young people see their...
Episcopal News Service - New York, NY, USA
"In American we are so very isolated," he said, adding that the
trip to southern Africa is showing him "how blessed and
privileged we are no matter your...
Buy a red T-shirt to fight AIDS. But does it really help?
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA, USA
and Oprah Winfrey shopped in Chicago in October as part of the US launch of
(RED), which works to raise money for AIDS in Africa.
Health Highlights: March 11, 2007
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
Major water shortages by 2050 or earlier in Latin America , Africa
and AsiaAn increase in fatalities caused by tropical diseases and
conditions...
The No Land, No House, No Vote Campaign Still on for 2009
Anarkismo.net - USA
... science and the technology. The Freedom Charter said that
the wealth of South Africa should benefit the people of South
Africa but it is not like that.
Local retirees make Africa second home
EastOregonian.info (subscription) - OR, USA
Since they both receive retirement checks after long careers in education -
Mary taught business at Blue Mountain Community College and Larry was a
science...
Middle East, Africa need water reform: World Bank
Reuters - USA
CAIRO (Reuters) - The World Bank urged governments in the Middle East and
North Africa on Sunday to speed up improvements to water resources
and said water...
NEWSWEEK COVER: The Evolution Revolution
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle, NY, USA
NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The science of human evolution is
undergoing a revolution and new discoveries are overturning longstanding
ideas about...
Kenya at the front of his mind
The Brunei Times - Bandar,Brunei,Brunei Darussalam
"When I finished my studies I went back to Africa and built an
institution." He says it just like that, but the African Centre for
Technology Studies (Acts)...
Mar 10
Comesa to start satellite university
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa will soon start an
open university using the satellite. The Comesa secretary-general, Mr
Erastus Mwencha...
Conservationists keep rhinos from becoming jambiyas
Yemen Observer - Sana'a,Yemen
In 2006, there were approximately 3600 Black Rhinos left in
Africa—mostly in southern Africa, with which, Yemen has no
historical trade ties.
Hundreds to support Zimbabwe demo
ic Wales - Cardiff, UK
The demonstration in London's Trafalgar Square, organised by Action for
Southern Africa (Actsa), will hear speeches from Zimbabweans,
campaigners and...
Warming report to warn of coming drought
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX, USA
The hardest-hit continents are likely to be Africa and Asia, with
major harm also coming to small islands and some aspects of ecosystems near
the poles.
Dr Alexis Nzila: Award winning malaria researcher
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
We will never make it without science. So, we must find ways of
keeping our finest brains in Africa. Of course this has a cost, but
the cost of loosing...
Out of Africa, then back
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
He earned a bachelor's degree in science and business
administration from California's International University and later a
Master's degree in development...
Will Climate Change Destroy the Atmosphere?
Global Public Media - Vancouver,BC,Canada
Christy told the committee that he was both a missionary and a scientist,
and had worked in Africa as a missionary before his science
career.
News in the Arts Spanning a century, these clothes made African men
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN, USA
Tons of beads and pounds of feathers highlight "Power Dressing:
Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa," opening today at
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The...
Changing Behavior to Fight Aids: Overrated
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
A recent article in Lancet published the results of a study data from two
clinical trials in Africa that suggest that circumcision reduces a
man's risk of...
Mar 9
South Africa: Letter From the President: Human Dignity and...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
... of Africa means that a new and unique civilization is
soon to be added to the world. The African is not a proletarian in the
world of science and art.
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Analysts: Perceptions of crime in South Africa affected by ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Professor Robert Mattes, director of the Center for Social Science
Research at the University of Cape Town, said in Africa, trust in
police was highest in ...
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Pupils plotting fund-raisers for trips to Africa and India
Selkirk Weekend Advertiser - Selkirk,England, UK
The 17-year-old plans to study medical science at Edinburgh
University next year, but wanted to do something "useful" during
the summer break and...
Science prize for gamma-ray team
Scenta.co.uk - London,England, UK
... of more than 100 scientists and engineers from Germany, France,
the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Armenia, South Africa and the
host country Namibia.
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Uganda: When Whites Bowed to Black Spirits
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Has the Western world lost faith in Western knowledge and science? A
group of whites seems to believe so; else they would not have travelled
down to Africa ...
GLO-CAF AWARDS Not a bad show, thanks to Toure and Gerry
Vanguard - Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
Mariam Toure, from Mali, and Gerry Rantselai, from South Africa,
were no Tom and Jerry. If they were, it would have been bad for night.
Southern Africa: Bracing for a seventh year of hunger
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA, USA
After months of erratic weather, relief agencies are again predicting
widespread food shortages throughout southern Africa, where
cyclones, extreme drought ...
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Southern Africa: Deal Or No Deal Launches On M-Net
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Said M-Net director for Sub-Saharan Africa Joseph Hundah who says:
"There's nothing more entertaining than contestants with
larger-than-life personalities ...
Africa Adventure Consultants Launches Online Press Room
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - USA
Denver-based Africa Adventure Consultants organizes safari
adventures throughout East and Southern Africa, with destinations
including Tanzania, Kenya...
Lisbon hosts Southern African business forum
Portugal News - Lagoa,Algarve, Portugal
Lisbon will host a "business forum" of the 14-nation Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC) in September, during the Portuguese
EU presidency...
Zim crisis puts heat on African neighbours
Zimbabwejournalists.com - Surrey, UK
Once southern Africa's breadbasket, Zimbabwe now suffers 1600
percent inflation, 80 percent unemployment, severe shortages of food, fuel
and foreign ...
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Pfizer Sets Up Local Shop
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Cutting the ribbon at Pfizer' office in Windhoek this week were Dr
Richard Paulsen , chief executive officer of Pfizer Southern Africa
and Dr Kalumbi ...
Africa Mulls Loosening Ivory Trade Ban
Spiegel Online - Berlin, Germany
However, we must acknowledge that growing elephant populations in
southern Africa can lead to serious conflicts," says Jochen
Flasbarth of Germany's ...
ERD responds to flooding in southern Africa
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva, Switzerland
To make a contribution to help people affected by the flooding in
southern Africa, please donate to the Africa Relief Fund.
Donations can be made online at ...
Southern Africa: Trafficking of Women And Girls a Concern for SADC
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Fighting violence against women will take centre stage as southern Africa commemorates International Women's Day on 8 March.
UK/Africa: SABMiller mulls southern Sudan project
just-drinks.com (subscription) - UK
The London-listed brewing giant, which already has a direct presence in
nine African nations outside South Africa, is keen to expand its
footprint across ...
Microsoft, police take hard stance on pirates
Mmegi - Gaberones,Botswana
... the Botswana Police Service in identifying pirated software
products, a growing 'white-collar' activity in Botswana and the
rest of southern Africa.
Rwanda: Can Country Be an Intermediary for the City On the Hill?
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
It was called the "breadbasket" of southern Africa, rich
in agricultural produce. This past Wednesday, over 80 were arrested in
staged protests against ...
Zimbabwe to import wheat ( 06-03-07)
The Zimbabwean - Harare,Africa
Southern Africa Commercial Farmers Alliance (SACFA) president, Marc
Crawford noted that farmers were not able to meet the wheat production
target due to ...
Southern Africa: SA Federation of the Disabled
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
The impending relocation from Bulawayo to Francistown, made possible
through governments of Botswana, the United Kingdom, Southern Africa
Development ...
Africa: Nanotechnology Could Improve Health, Water in Developing ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Nanotechnology, science on the scale of atoms and molecules, could
give developing nations new ways to diagnose and treat disease and make
clean water more ...
South Africa: Consumer Goods Council Takes Measures Against Sudan ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
This was discussed in a meeting with the Department of Health and
representatives of the SA Association for Food Science and
Technology in Pretoria on ...
Growth widens SA's skills gap
Business Report - Johannesburg,South Africa
Johannesburg - South Africa still has a long way to go to close the
skills shortage gap, which the Human Science Research Council
estimated to involve ...
Calestous Juma: Development aide
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Nevertheless it gives "clarity and focus on science and
technology for development". He reminds presidents that it's not
new science that will help Africa.
South Africa: Passionate Western Cape Teachers Receive Top Maths ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
Excellent track records as well as a passion for mathematics and
science have earned three Western Cape teachers the provincial
Aggrey Klaaste Maths...
Ghana at 50 - Youth Opinion on Independence / Future
Voice of America - USA
Ibn Chambas at the ECOWAS Commission, the immediate past UN Secretary
General, Kofi Annan and our own president Kufuor who is head of the
Africa Union.
Aggrey Klaaste Maths, Science and Technology Awards
Provincial Government of the Western Cape - Western Cape,South Africa
Over the past few years, it has become a prestigious programme that
continues to uncover top achievers among South Africa's teaching
corps.
Total lunar eclipse wows star-gazers
Hindu - Chennai,India
In Delhi, a number of amateur astronomers and skywatchers had gathered at
the Nehru Planetarium and India Gate lawns, where NGO Science
Popularisation ...
When we were kings
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA, USA
... and science are supposed to be the cornerstone of Western
civilization, what does that say about the historical relationship between
Africa and Europe? ...
Erwin: Look ahead to the boom
Finance24 - Cape Town,South Africa
Midrand - Every major enterprise in South Africa would learn in the
next few years that it had not invested enough for the growth the country
would ...
Mar 3
'Sexual networks' help spread AIDS in Africa
Contra Costa Times - CA, USA
This new understanding of how the AIDS virus attacks individuals and their
societies helps explain why the disease has devastated southern Africa while ...
Calm before a storm... Tigers stockpiling weapons
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... known as KP department access weapons from markets in Eastern
Europe; Southeast, Northeast and Southwest Asia; and, most recently,
southern Africa.
Learn from Eskom - Erwin
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Every major enterprise in South Africa would learn in the next few
years learn that it had not invested enough for the growth the country is
going to ...
COMESA puts up website for agriculture
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
By ASNS Correspondent The Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa (COMESA) has developed a website aimed at improving
agricultural marketing and trade ...
Total Eclipse of the Heart Moon
Bostonist - Boston,MA, USA
It's been a while since eighth grade science and words like
penumbral and umbra radius confuse us. To make shadows and sense of the
whole thing The Museum ...
Can Kenya truly benefit from trophy hunting?
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
Here in Africa, citizenship, Thabo Mbeki concedes, is equal. Man, the
leopard and the lion, the elephant and the springbok, the hyena, the
black mamba and ...
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