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- E. Africa states back arming of Somalian govt troops (Nov 30)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29670528.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOWHAR — Somalia's fledgling government has the right to arm and equip
security forces to stamp its authority on the lawless country...
- AIDS work takes woman from South Eugene to South Africa (Nov 30)
<http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/11/29/d1.cr.worldaidsday.1129.p1.php?section=cityregion>
The Register-Guard - Eugene, Oregon, USA
For virtually her entire adult life, 24-year-old Lindsey Reynolds has
been obsessed with helping stem the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS.
- Montezemolo, Mission To Strengthen Cooperation (Nov 30)
<http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200511291511-1116-RT1-CRO-0-NF30&page=0&id=agionline-eng.bnessitaly>
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
ROME — Confindustria is thinking about a mission in Africa to
"strengthen economic relations with local entrepreneurs" within the
next three years...
- AIDS activists, doctors sue South Africa's health minister (Nov 29)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/29/aids.safrica.ap/>
CNN International - USA
CAPE TOWN — Activists and doctors are taking legal action to try to
force South Africa's health minister to close down the
operations...
- Remnants of Delta Now Threaten Africa (Nov 28)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/28/AR2005112800911.html>
Washington Post - United States
MIAMI -- The still-powerful remnants of Tropical Storm Delta could bring strong wind to the northwestern coast of Africa...
- AIDS pandemic could escalate in Africa-UN official (Nov 28)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2898944.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
KIGALI — The HIV/AIDS scourge on the African continent could worsen in
2006 if developed nations do not deliver on their financial
pledges...
- Congo shows Europe how to protect forests, with laws (Nov 27)
<http://www.liberationafrique.org/article.php3?id_article=978>
Libération Afrique - Paris
For centuries fortune seekers have plundered the huge rainforest of the
Congo basin in the heart of Africa, the second-largest rainforest in
the world after the Amazon.
- China to further educational exchange with Africa (Nov 27)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/27/content_3842792.htm>
Xinhua - China
BEIJING — China will, as always, further educational exchange and
cooperation with African countries, and expand educational support to
African countries...
- Africa's Game of Follow the Leader (Nov 27)
<http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901051205-1134693,00.html>
TIME - USA
For brutal honesty on the causes of Africa's woes, it's hard to beat Chinua Achebe's The Trouble with Nigeria.
- Profile: Africa's longest serving president (Nov 26)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/26/content_3839386.htm>
Xinhua - China
LIBREVILLE — Anyone who would like to know how to rule a country for
decades should consult Gabonese President Bongo Ondimba who has been in
power for 38 years ...
- Indian dubs Tamil film in South Africa's Zulu language (Nov 26)
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1557386,001600060001.htm>
Hindustan Times - India
An Indian in South Africa has initiated a new genre of filmmaking by
dubbing a highly popular Tamil film into the indigenous Zulu language.
- Africa facing 'new evils' (Nov 25)
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1840652,00.html>
News24 - South Africa
The evils of colonialism and imperialism in Africa have been replaced by ignorance, corruption and despotism...
- Africa in pictures: 19-25 November (Nov 25)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4470134.stm>
BBC News - UK
Canada has sent armoured personnel carriers to help African Union peacekeepers...
- US pledges $45M in food aid for Africa (Nov 24)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1105AP_Southern_Africa_Hunger.html>
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
JOHANNESBURG — The United States has thrown a lifeline to six southern
African countries, donating food aid valued at $45 million...
- Gul: Mankind Owes it to Africa (Nov 24)
<http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20051124&hn=26752>
Zaman Online - Istanbul, Turkey
During the "1st International Turkey and Africa Congress" organized by
the Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM) held at the
Grand Cevahir ...
- Musician Bob Geldof Wins Peace Award for Africa Work (Nov 24)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-24-voa20.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
The 6th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize laureates opened in Rome
Thursday, focusing this year on the Africa emergency. The Man for Peace
award went to musician Bob Geldof...
- Nation to triple trade volume with Africa, double investment (Nov 23)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/23/content_3825482.htm>
Xinhua - China
TANANARIVE — Visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju announced an
ambitious plan Wednesday in Madagascar to triple China's trade volume
with Africa to 100 billion US dollars in five years...
- UN: More Hungry in Africa Than in '90s (Nov 22)
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1336380>
ABC News - USA
ROME — Hunger and malnutrition kill nearly 6 million children a year,
and more people are malnourished in sub-Saharan Africa this decade than
in the 1990s...
- Civil society calls for bigger role in food security issues (Nov 22)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/d3caf2908b47ff56665c8311bf5c2d6d.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — NGOs in Southern Africa say they can contribute to
strengthening food security but have been ignored by regional
governments.
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — Despite new evidence suggesting that prevention efforts
are having a positive effect in a small but growing group of countries,
the big picture remains bleak
- China Wages Classroom Struggle to Win Friends in Africa (Nov 20)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/international/asia/20beijing.html>
New York Times
The classes are one element in a campaign by Beijing to win friends
around the world and pry developing nations out of the United States'
sphere of influence.
- Good governance said to be key for Africa development (Nov 20)
<http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051120-035228-5503r>
World Peace Herald - Washington, DC
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — NGO leaders dedicated to
development in Africa met in Santo Domingo on Saturday to take part in
a discussion on developing a new future for Africa.
- Africa's independant banana producers in mortal danger - UPIBA (Nov 19)
<http://www.eubusiness.com/press/bananas.2005-11-17>
EUbusiness (press release) - Richmond,Surrey
The WTO's rejection of the 187 euros/tonne tariff and the resulting
legal void threatens the very existence of the ACP banana
industry.
- Church World Service and Partners Unveil Africa Peacebuilding Program (Nov 16)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/284081/113215787211.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
NEW YORK/NAIROBI — A partnership of three faith-based organizations
from the United States and Africa will unveil an ambitious program to
settle active conflicts in Africa...
- Wildlife group takes on S.Africa predator breeders (Nov 16)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16486875.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 16 (Reuters) — An investigation has revealed the
captive breeding of large predators in South Africa for "canned
hunting" is widespread...
- Security Council briefed on UN mission to Central Africa (Nov 15)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/16/content_3786166.htm>
Xinhua - China
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council was briefed Tuesday on the
mission of its members this month to five Central African countries...
- 'Massive' lack of education plagues Africa (Nov 14)
<http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=256522&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/>
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg
"Massive" educational deprivation continues to plague sub-Saharan
Africa, South African Minister of Education Naledi Pandor said on
Monday.
- Aid agencies criticise Blair (Nov 14)
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1642528,00.html>
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Aid agencies tonight rounded on Tony Blair's record on trade and
Africa, as the prime minister prepared to deliver his set piece annual
speech on foreign policy...
- US-educated woman set to make history in Africa (Nov 13)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-lib13.html>
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
MONROVIA, Liberia — The country's 19th president was overthrown and assassinated. (Related story: Africa Elections Give Reasons for Hope, Liberians Elect Africa's First Woman Leader, Africa finally gets first female president as defeated soccer tsar calls for peace, Africa's first woman leader)
- Glance at Beacons of Democracy in Africa (Nov 13)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5412260,00.html>
Guardian Unlimited - UK
On a continent where dictatorship has been the norm, three countries stand out for making democracy work.
- Ineffective against malaria, one of Africa's biggest killers (Nov 12)
<http://news.monstersandcritics.com/health/article_1061707.php>
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Yaounde, Cameroon — Wilfred Mbacham bends over a half-full enamel water
basin and examines hundreds of tiny insect larvae scattered across the
surface.
- ‘Iron Lady' may be Africa's first woman president (Nov 12)
<http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=81791>
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
MONROVIA — Former Finance Minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf claimed
victory on Thursday in Liberia’s presidential run-off and looked set to
become Africa’s first elected woman head of state. (Related story:
Ellen is Africa's first lady president
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1292866.cms>)
- China to beef up co-op with Africa's biggest economic bloc (Nov 11)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10/content_3763606.htm>
Xinhua - China
LUSAKA — China will work hand in hand with Common Market for Eastern
and Southern Africa (COMESA) to help countries on the continent in
their efforts to seek development and prosperity.
- South Africa unveils its big eye on the sky (Nov 9)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9991105/>
MSNBC - USA
SUTHERLAND — South Africa on Thursday unveiled the southern
hemisphere's biggest telescope, intended to catch glimpses of the early
universe... (Related story: South Africa Inaugurates the Largest Telescope in the Southern Hemisphere)
- Southern Africa: Adding sparkle to the region (Nov 8)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/d82f69c770798dff57f2829960df958f.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
WINDHOEK — After a century of exporting raw diamonds to be cut and
polished abroad, Southern Africa is finally taking steps to add value
to its gemstones and boost local revenues.
- US issues alert on possible terror activities in E. Africa (Nov 6)
<http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=27&newsid=60908>
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
Last month, more than five ships were hijacked by pirates, prompting
the United States to warn of a possible terrorist attack in East
Africa.
- In Africa's squalid prisons, shame hides in plain sight (Nov 6)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/06/news/prisons.php>
LILONGWE — Since Nov. 10, 1999, Lackson Sikayenera has been
incarcerated in Maula prison, a dozen iron-roofed barracks set on
yellow dirt and hemmed by barbed wire...
- Pirates attack U.S. cruise ship off East Africa (Nov 5)
<http://uk.news.yahoo.com/05112005/325/pirates-attack-u-s-cruise-ship-east-africa.html>
Pirates firing rocket-mounted grenades and machine guns tried to board
a U.S.-owned cruise ship in the Indian Ocean on Saturday but the vessel
carrying more than 300 people escaped and no one was hurt... (Related
stories: Cruise ship repels Somali pirates, Cruise liner outruns armed pirate boats)
- East Africa peace delicate balance (Nov 4)
<http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1059829.php/Eest_Africa_peace_delicate_balance>
UNITED NATIONS — Concern over increased troop movements, restrictions
on U.N. peacekeepers and escalating tensions some fear might erupt into
violence along the Eritrean-Ethiopian border has prompted an emergency
meeting of the U.N. Security Council...
- African leaders to join Germany's Africa initiative (Nov 3)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/04/content_3727933.htm>
Xinhua - China
JOHANNESBURG — South African President Thabo Mbeki will join other
African leaders to attend a Germany-Africa forum in Bonn this weekend...
- Africa Physician and Theologian Peter Okaalet Named (Nov 3)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/mapinterna/113103449887.htm>
Reuters AlertNet
Dr. Peter Okaalet, Africa Director of MAP International, has been named as one of TIME magazine's Global Health Heroes...
- New Malarial Therapy Reaches Remote Africa (Nov 2)
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4986589>
NPR - Washington,D.C.
There are few in Africa who have not been laid low by malaria. It's the No. 1 killer of children...
- Africa pledges cooperation with China in anit-malaria drugs (Nov 2)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/03/content_3722338.htm>
Xinhua - China
SHANGHAI — A delegation consisting of 13 senior African government
officials visited a Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company on Wednesday,
calling for further cooperation with China in anti-malaria drugs.
- Global Group: Measles in Africa Down 60 Percent (Nov 2)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-02-voa70.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
Partners of the Measles Initiative Wednesday said the number of measles
cases in Africa has dropped by 60 percent since 1999 as a result of
vaccination...
- Urgent appeal for Africa's south (Nov 1)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4397762.stm>
BBC News - UK
The UN World Food Programme has appealed for urgent donations of more
than $150m (£85m) to prevent a food crisis in southern Africa. (Related
story: Southern Africa needs urgent food aid—UN) |
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