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- Africa has promising energy future (Sep 30)
<http://business.iafrica.com/news/964513.htm>
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
A good resource base and a "high interest" in transparency made
Africa's future on the global energy scene a positive one, the 18th
World Petroleum Congress ...
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Cross border trade plays role in filling food gap (Sep 29)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/46f7054a2abf82ecde722cc23b4f1a13.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — As Southern Africa heads towards the traditional lean
season between harvests, informal cross-border trade in maize, rice and
beans has started levelling off...
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EU aid to Africa must match its needs-official (Sep 29)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29247145.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
BRUSSELS — The European Union has consulted Africa to ensure its boosted aid spending will be allocated effectively...
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2 dozen countries in sub-Sahara Africa face food crises: UN (Sep 29)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/30/content_3564399.htm>
Xinhua - China
NAIROBI — Millions of people in 24 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are
facing food emergencies caused by problems ranging from civil strife
and war to adverse weather and economic crisis...
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Africa's role in energy market growing (Sep 28)
<http://business.iafrica.com/news/493838.htm>
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Africa's role in the global energy market was growing, but better
regional co-operation was required, a forum at the World Petroleum
Congress heard...
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India eyes oil and gas in Africa, Central Asia (Sep 27)
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1502191,00020008.htm>
Hindustan Times - India
With most of the oil and gas discoveries being made in Africa and
Central Asia in the last five years, energy-hungry India is keenly
networking at the ongoing ...
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Investment opportunities emerge in oil-rich Africa (Sep 26)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/27/content_3548482.htm>
Xinhua - China
JOHANNESBURG — Vast oil and gas investment opportunities are emerging in Africa...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: NGOs welcome debt deal with caution (Sep 26)
<Click for article>
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
JOHANNESBURG — The World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) have endorsed a deal to cancel $42.5 billion owed by 18 poor
countries...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Mega hydropower projects urged to meet demand (Sep 26)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/db51d2efafe872f650a9dad6b1195c7a.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
WINDHOEK — Southern Africa is looking to mega-hydropower projects to
meet galloping regional demand, which could outstrip surplus generation
capacity...
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Will Africa come between Tony and Peter? (Sep 26)
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/conference/2005/09/26/will_africa_come_between_tony.html>
Guardian Unlimited - UK
With relations seeming to be warmer between Tony Blair and his
chancellor here in Brighton, tomorrow might see a new strain develop in
the prime minister's relationship...
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IMF-World Bank meet draws attention on Africa (Sep 24)
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1500302,00050006.htm>
Hindustan Times - India
Winching to fore the plight of Africa at this year's IMF-World Bank
annual meet, the Governor of the Fund for Congo, Andre Philippe Futa,
said the world was "inter-dependent...
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Africa Action Statement on 100% Debt Cancellation for Africa (Sep 24)
<http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/1906/1/121/>
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
This statement defines real 100% debt cancellation for Africa as
understood by Africa Action. It is equally a statement of solidarity
...
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Africa Oscar contender shuns despondency for hope (Sep 24)
<http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1157261>
ABC News - USA
JOHANNESBURG — Tired of African films that make audiences want to slit
their wrists, the director of the continent's top Oscar contender has
opted for a universal tale of triumph...
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US Renews Warning on E. Africa Travel (Sep 23)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/23/national/w075845D43.DTL>
San Francisco Chronicle - United States
The State Department reissued a warning Friday that Americans in East
Africa face the potential of terrorist attacks. (Related stories: US
renews terror alert on East Africa
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/24/content_3537930.htm>,
US renews east Africa warning
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,6119,2-11-1447_1805760,00.html>
)
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Southern Africa faces years of food shortages-UN (Sep 23)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23488609.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — Southern Africa, gripped by its second food crisis since
2002 after rains failed, faces more hunger in years to come as the
death toll from AIDS devastates rural economies...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Strengthening regional disaster management crucial (Sep 23)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/89da28d0ffba8eac36d95348c2b06a9e.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
WINDHOEK, 23 September (IRIN) - Experts from 14 Southern African
countries are meeting in Windhoek this week to discuss measures for
strengthening their response to disasters...
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Child refugees suffer rejection and abuse (Sep 22)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/118087c33cbb680b6c6ff6917b28a4c6.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — A startling new study on the experiences of refugee and
returnee children living in Southern Africa has uncovered a litany of
abuse...
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New crops may help prevent famine in Africa (Sep 22)
<http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1127399221589B252>
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Nairobi — A research group on Wednesday launched newly developed fast-maturing and drought-resistant crops...
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Federer floats idea of starting tournament in Africa
<http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2168142>
ESPN - USA
GENEVA — Roger Federer said on Wednesday he would consider helping to
set up a tennis tournament in sub-Saharan Africa as part of his role as
a United Nations ambassador for sport.
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Africa's disabled are "poorest of poor" (Sep 21)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B590104.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ADDIS ABABA — Africa's 60 million disabled people
are the "poorest of the poor" and face a life of suffering and neglect
on the margins of society...
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National Geographic's "Africa" on Google Earth (Sep 19)
PC Magazine - USA
On Monday, Google Earth users will get to see Africa in a whole new
way. The National Geographic Society has geo-coded all the articles
that it's ever published about Africa...
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China, Africa to enhance cooperation in consular affairs (Sep 19)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/19/content_3513409.htm>
Xinhua - China
BEIJING — China and African countries need to enhance cooperation in
consular affairs, said Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofang
here Monday.
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UN on path to secure peace in eastern Africa (Sep 18)
<http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=375508>
AngolaPress - Angola
Nairobi, Kenya — When Somali descended into anarchy 14 years
ago, the first step was to deploy UN troops to restore some semblance
of order in the war- torn nation.
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Exhibit highlights spirituality of Africa (Sep 18)
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050918/NEWS/509180312/1029>
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
The Nigerian figurines are lined up like so many toy soldiers, four
rows deep. But the warrior comparison ends there. These wooden
sculptures are talismans...
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US Hedge Funds Tackle Malaria 'Emergency' in Africa (Sep 18)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200509180002.html>
AllAfrica.com - Africa
After a global eradication programme eliminated or greatly reduced
malaria in most of the world by 1969, the disease was largely
overlooked in international development planning.
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Southern Africa facing starvation (Sep 18)
<http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=vn20050918111152842C571329>
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
In the impoverished village of Galufu, near Malawi's commercial capital
Blantyre, Lina Kaliati has become certain of only one thing...
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Making eye contact with Africa (Sep 17)
<Click for article>
Toronto Star - Canada
I have often wondered why, when I meet a homeless person or beggar in
the streets of Toronto, with his or her hand out for money, I give to
some and bypass others, trying desperately to avoid eye contact with
the latter.
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Africa marginalised in UN (Sep 17)
<http://www.zimbabwechronicle.com/2005/September/17/opinion/opi5.htm>
Chronicle - Zimbabwe
Notwithstanding the noble humanitarian innovation which saw the name
United Nations being devised by the then United States President
Franklin D Roosevelt, the United States led by Mr George W Bush of
today has considerably not only betrayed the expectations, for peace,
prosperity and cooperation...
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Guebuza urges more international support for agriculture in Africa (Sep 17)
<http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=375331>
AngolaPress - Angola
New York — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza Thursday called on the
US and other donor countries to provide more support for the
development of agriculture in Africa to boost food security...
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Africa is the place where bad things happen? (Sep 17)
<http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=356854>
Mathaba.Net - Africa
Lazy media descriptions of devastated Louisiana have reminded Africans how the world sees their continent...
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What If Africa Had Colonised America, Europe And Asia? (Sep 17)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200509170047.html>
AllAfrica.com - Africa
After reading the headline, you have thought the author is crazy,
imbued with political and historical upside-downs, possessed with
imaginations that belong to the Utopian world and practically detached
from historical realities.
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Africa's Peace Seekers: Lazaro Sumbeiywo (Sep 17)
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1116600&page=1>
ABC News - USA
NAIROBI — Until a single phone call from the president of Kenya
changed the trajectory of his life, Lazaro Sumbeiywo had spent the
whole of his illustrious career focused on making war.
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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa (Sep 16)
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/wkrs-s16.shtml>
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
On September 12, hundreds of workers sacked by the in-flight catering
company Gate Gourmet held a demonstration outside the Trades Union
Congress in Brighton, England...
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African TV station launched in US (Sep 16)
<http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/16-september-2005/24.html>
The Zimbabwean
WASHINGTON – Zimbabwean entrepreneur James Makawa has set up a CNN-type
24-hour television station to bring programming from Africa to American
audiences.
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$200-Million Pledged by US Foundations to Colleges in Africa (Sep 16)
<http://philanthropy.com/free/update/2005/09/2005091601.htm>
Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) - USA
Six of the wealthiest U.S. foundations on Friday pledged to provide
$200-million over five years to improve colleges and universities in
seven African nations.
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Zambia to buy 200,000T maize from S.Africa, Tanzania (Sep 15)
<http://www.absp2.cornell.edu/newsroomarchives/dsply_news_item.cfm?articleid=279>
LUSAKA — Zambia will import 200,000 tonnes of white maize from South
Africa and Tanzania to plug a deficit expected in the first quarter of
2006...
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Africa and United Nations Reform Compromise (Sep 15)
<http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=354835>
Mathaba.Net - Africa
The presidential jet of Gabon is currently parked at Nimes airport in
France. This may be in keeping with the tradition of compliant leaders
of former french colonies in Africa to report to the French
president...
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End food cuts for Africa's refugees, urge UNHCR and WFP (Sep 14)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/440b085f1f32d6276575f08462fdecdb.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
GENEVA — Cuts in food rations in Africa's refugee camps are threatening
the health, nutrition and social stability of hundreds of thousands of
refugees...
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AFRICA: Slow progress towards MDGs (Sep 13)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a45acda2adb8bb2c3a0d64bc5c95e118.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — Although several of the world's regions have made
significant progress in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), sub-Saharan Africa remains the exception...
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WHO launches polio immunization drive in E. Africa (Sep 13)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_3486685.htm>
Xinhua - China
NAIROBI — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it
has launched a series of polio immunization campaigns in east Africa
after a new case was confirmed...
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Foreign investment 'fails Africa' (Sep 13)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4242554.stm>
BBC News - UK
Hopes that foreign investment could be the key to development in Africa
have "not been realised", the UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) said.
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Pregnant in Africa (Sep 13)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4242082.stm>
BBC News - UK
The United Nations together with all the world's countries and leading
development institutions agreed on eight anti-poverty goals at the
start of this century. They called them the Millennium Development
Goals...
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New rust strain threatens Africa wheat - researchers (Sep 12)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12609357.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ADDIS ABABA — A new strain of wheat steam rust is threatening African
crops in one of the poorest regions of the world and could spread
further...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: "NGOs given the cold shoulder on World Summit" (Sep 12)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/12f93b29ed015e8ffafb08decc53dab8.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — Civil society organisations in Southern Africa have complained about a lack of government consultation...
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Hunger stalking Africa again (Sep 11)
<http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/news.php?newsid=9094>
MaldivesInfo (press release) - Male,Maldives
Aid organisations say the situation across southern Africa, including
Malawi, is worse. Some 10.7 million people across Southern Africa face
serious shortages...
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Africa's crime problem undermines development — UN (Sep 10)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09117370.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
UNITED NATIONS — Africa has a serious crime problem, a key factor in
its seeming inability to grow out of poverty and fully join in the
global economy...
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UN appeal for southern Africa draws a blank (Sep 10)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/famine/story/0,12128,1566858,00.html>
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Not one penny has been pledged to the United Nations emergency appeal
to avert a famine threatening 10 million people in southern Africa...
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Unfair trade hurts Africa's development (Sep 9)
<http://www.businessinafrica.net/news_features/politics/483295.htm>
Business in Africa (subscription) - South Africa
Nairobi — African countries continue to witness development reversals
with major declines in their living standards, decreasing life
expectancy and high child mortality rates, a UN Development Programme
report said...
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Paris Conference Focuses on Africa's Fight Against Malaria (Sep 8)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-08-voa4.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
African health ministers and development experts are gathering in Paris
Thursday, for a two-day summit aimed at creating new momentum to fight
malaria in Africa...
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Africa`s drought worse than in 2002 (Sep 8)
<http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1046911.php/Africa%60s_drought_worse_than_in_2002>
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
LILONGWE — Aid agencies say a drought in southern Africa could cause
severe food shortages and inflict hunger on people in several
countries...
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Africa still poorest of poor (Sep 8)
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1767246,00.html>
News24 - South Africa
Vienna — A United Nations report released on Wednesday ranking 177
nations according to levels of prosperity showed the bottom 20 were all
in sub-Saharan Africa...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG, 7 September (IRIN) - HIV/AIDS has accounted for huge
reversals in human development in Southern Africa, which could impact
on the region meeting some of the UN's poverty-slashing Millennium
Development Goals... (Related story: Cultivated land disappears in
AIDS-ravaged Africa)
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Southern Africa is a growing terrorist hideout, potential al-Qaeda base (Sep 5)
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20050905-1051-southafrica-terrorsanctuary.html>
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
JOHANNESBURG — One terror suspect sold Islamic CDs and DVDs at flea markets. AAnother worked at a hamburger joint...
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Eastern Africa to build submarine cable system (Sep 3)
<http://english.people.com.cn/200509/03/eng20050903_206374.html>
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The construction of a planned submarine optical fiber cable to link
southern and northern Africa via the Indian Ocean coast will start next
year at a cost of ...
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Africa gets extra R34m food aid (Sep 1)
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1763575,00.html>
News24 - South Africa
Johannesburg — Aid agencies have welcomed an announcement by the
European Commission that it will donate an additional $5.4m (about
R34.4m) to help meet food requirements... (Related story: Agencies
welcome EC donation for food aid)
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