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- Number of Mozambican miners in South Africa declines (Dec 31)
<http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=404164>
AngolaPress - Angola
MAPUTO — The number of Mozambicans working in the South African mines
has fallen by around 16 per cent over the past nine years...
- Drought-hit East Africa faces acute hunger—monitor (Dec 30)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3085133.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
NAIROBI — Millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia who need
pasture and water for their livestock face acute food shortages because
...
- A Look at UN Missions in Africa (Dec 30)
<http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2005/12/30/ap2421135.html>
Forbes - USA
A look at United Nations missions in Africa...
- Resource-hungry China swoops on Africa (Dec 30)
<http://smh.com.au/news/world/resourcehungry-china-swoops-on-africa/2005/12/30/1135915692431.html>
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
CHINA'S insatiable demand for sources of energy has prompted the
world's most populous nation to descend on Africa, where it has found
abundant raw materials...
- Sisters' trauma: Africa is better than this (Dec 30)
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sisters-trauma-africa-is-better-than-this/2005/12/29/1135732694057.html>
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, Australia
Three African women say they were left in a house with no food after
their arrival in Australia because they refused to sign a 12-month
lease.
- Origin seeks oil out of Africa (Dec 28)
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/origin-seeks-oil-out-of-africa/2005/12/29/1135732693463.html>
The Age - Melbourne, Australia
ORIGIN Energy, Australia's No. 2 energy retailer, has taken a stake in a Kenyan oil exploration venture...
- Leaded Fuel to be Phased Out in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dec 27)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-27-voa30.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
The United Nations' environment agency Tuesday announced that, as of
January 1, leaded fuel will no longer be produced in, or imported into,
Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Africa's year in pictures (Dec 27)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4536356.stm>
BBC News - UK
The year began with a deal to end 21 years of war in southern Sudan.
- EU offers aid to Africa (Dec 26)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/27/content_3973197.htm>
Xinhua - China
BRUSSELS — The European Commission, the executive of the European Union
(EU), has approved a series of humanitarian aid decisions for Africa
worth 165.7 million euros (about 198.8 million US dollars)... (Related
stories: EU creates new fund for African crises, Govt announces aid package for Africa/Mid East)
- Africa wary of new border war (Dec 26)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1227/p06s01-woaf.html>
Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA
ADDIS ABABA — On the surface, the reasons for rising tensions between
the African nation of Ethiopia and its tiny neighbor, Eritrea, may seem
trivial.
- 'Africa is a rhythm house of the world' (Dec 26)
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1347158.cms>
Times of India - India
Not only does he dance, but he makes others dance to his tunes as well. Rather, he trains South African children...
- Kenya boasts east Africa's first ice rink (Dec 26)
<http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1135575184136B213>
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Nairobi — Eager for a dose of winter, Kenyans are stepping out of
blazing equatorial heat into the chill of east Africa's first ice rink
for halting forays... (Related story: Kenyan skaters flock to East
Africa's first ice rink
<http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=260015&area=/insight/insight__africa/>)
- Indian Oil eyeing opportunities in Africa (Dec 26)
<http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/12/27/stories/2005122702330300.htm>
Hindu Business Line - India
INDIAN Oil Corporation (IOC) is considering participating in a few
opportunities in refining and downstream activities, including
retailing and equity oil stake, in African nations.
- Family takes faith, language to Africa (Dec 25)
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051225/LIVING/512250366/1007>
Indianapolis Star - United States
Jessica and Chelsea Berryman are living in Maputo, Mozambique, with
their parents, Glenn and Kris, who are setting up an English as a
Second Language program with the help of OMS International...
- Young and homeless fill Africa's city streets (Dec 24)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10579346/>
MSNBC - USA
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The morning call to prayer echoed through the city as
Ahmed Abdulraham, 14, a small boy with cloudy, yellowing eyes, rose
from his version of a mattress: a pile of trash spread across a gutter.
- Shantytown Dwellers in South Africa Protest Sluggish Pace of Change (Dec 24)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/international/africa/25durban.html>
New York Times - United States
Residents take their frustration to the streets in marches, often
resulting in clashes with the police and violence. (Related
stories: Shantytowns erupt in South Africa )
- Africa needs more than Bono to save itself (Dec 24)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Columns/20051224085353/Article/indexb_html>
New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia
The future of Africa depends on a rock star in a cowboy hat. Yes, Bono
almost single-handedly, to quote a columnist, "charmed, bullied and
morally blackmailed" the world’s richest countries...
- Massive congestion at S. Africa/Zimbabwe border post (Dec 24)
<http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=402511>
AngolaPress - Angola
CAPE TOWN — There is major congestion at the Beit Bridge border post
between South Africa and Zimbabwe with eyewitnesses claiming a 12-km
queue of vehicles...
- For girls in Africa, education is uphill fight (Dec 23)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/ethiopia.php>
International Herald Tribune - France
BALIZENDA, Ethiopia — Fatimah Bamun dropped out of Balizenda Primary School in the first grade, more than three years ago...
- New Gene Study Shows Locusts Came Out of Africa (Dec 23)
<http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/516995/>
Newswise - USA
Current thinking about the desert locust, the swarming African insect
that destroys crops and wreaks havoc on economies, has been that it
originated in the western hemisphere and migrated to Africa.
- South Africa welcomes fight against racism (Dec 23)
<http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/A4DEC45FD9CC27D7652570E0004585BE?OpenDocument>
PTI News
Durban — United Cricket Board of South Africa today welcomed the
introduction of tough new measures by its Australian counterpart to
stamp out racism among spectators at the forthcoming Tests in Melbourne
and Sydney.
- Southern Africa's children face a New Year of hunger (Dec 22)
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6KCR6A?OpenDocument>
ReliefWeb - Geneva, Switzerland
Johannesburg — While much of the rest of the world feasts over the
holiday season, more than nine million southern Africans face an
uncertain future in 2006 because WFP lacks the funding to deliver
enough food
- Does Africa lack market or what to sell? (Dec 22)
<http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/472356>
New Vision - Kampala, Uganda
World leaders are meeting in Hong Kong for the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) negotiations, a global forum that is increasingly becoming
unpopular.
- Judge to Rule in Africa Reserve Slayings (Dec 21)
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2005/12/21/ap2408393.html>
Forbes - USA
A judge said Wednesday he would rule Jan. 9 in the trial of a Rwandan
rebel accused of killing eight foreigners, including two Americans
- Yearender: Continental powerhouse South Africa gears up for faster economic growth (Dec 21)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/21/content_3953173.htm>
Xinhua - China
JOHANNESBURG — Tainted by the much publicized corruption and rape cases
against sacked deputy president Jacob Zuma, 2005 may have been a hard
year for South Africa's ruling ANC party
- China seen as main market for illegal Africa ivory (Dec 21)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07681316.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JOHANNESBURG — Africa's elephant herds are being targeted by poachers
feeding a booming market for ivory in emerging colossus China...
- Preteen's bike drive for Africa takes off (Dec 21)
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/12/21/preteens_bike_drive_for_africa_takes_off>
Boston Globe - United States
WASHINGTON — When 11-year-old Winston Duncan was on vacation in
southern Africa in August, he watched people walk, and walk, and walk.
(Related story: Virginia preteen leads bikes-to-Africa drive
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3546004.html>)
- Aid Effort in Africa Undermined by New Violence, UN Reports (Dec 20)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/international/africa/20nations.html>
New York Times - United States
The United Nations emergency aid coordinator, Jan Egeland, said Monday
that fresh outbreaks of violence across Africa were seriously
undermining relief...
- On the road in Africa (Dec 20)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/20/DDGMJG9I6I1.DTL>
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
We had busted through the beggars at the motor park in Accra, Ghana, at
dawn, loaded up on black market soy sauce in Togo, and kept our wits
about us...
- World's poorest pay for WTO compromise: Africa (Dec 19)
<http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60191>
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
JOHANNESBURG — Africans reacted with dismay on Monday to a World Trade Organisation compromise deal on global trade...
- Job growth is key to poverty reduction in Africa: UN report (Dec 19)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_3943922.htm>
Xinhua - China
UNITED NATIONS — Despite strong economic growth from higher prices for
oil and other commodities, high unemployment remains endemic in
Africa...
- SOUTHERN AFRICA: Volume of food aid causes transport bottleneck (Dec 19)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/551dd729cf53cae747aa65334efa4028.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG, 19 December (IRIN) - The volume of food aid and
agricultural inputs being shipped to those in need in Southern Africa
has resulted in bottlenecks...
- East Africa's ice skating first (Dec 19)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4543576.stm>
BBC News - UK
Kenyans have been nervously skating on ice - many for the first time -
after the launch of East Africa's first ice skating facility.
- Africa fears "tsunami" of cheap imports (Dec 18)
<http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1134897840300B216>
Independent Online - Cape Town
South Africa's union federation Cosatu planned to use a rally marking
its 20th birthday earlier this month to promote a "buy local" campaign.
- Premier Confers With UK Minister for Africa (Dec 18)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200512180002.html>
AllAfrica.com - Washington
ADDIS ABABA — Prime Minister Meles Zenawi conferred with the UK Minister for Africa Lord David Triesman here yesterday.
- Geldof chides Mideast on Africa donations (Dec 17)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/music/13431632.htm>
San Jose Mercury News - CA
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof is keeping up
with his money-raising campaigns, this time chiding the Arab world for
not donating more money to ease poverty in Africa.
- French law evokes bitter colonial memory in Africa (Dec 16)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15681653.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
THIAROYE, Senegal — Rows of freshly painted white headstones at the
army cemetery of Thiaroye remind Africans of a dark episode in France's
rule
- Update 11: WTO Deal Rankles Africa, Caribbean Nations (Dec 16)
<http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/12/16/ap2396724.html>
Forbes - USA
Cotton, banana and sugar growing nations in Africa, the Caribbean and
Pacific regions threatened Friday to reject any global trade deal that
eliminates safeguards for their farmers...
- Drawing investors back to Africa (Dec 16)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/16/business/rdevcap.php>
International Herald Tribune - France
LONDON — Some of the world's poorest countries, on the margins of the
global economy, are getting a hand up from Standard and Poor's.
-
Africa not optimistic about trade meeting (Dec 15)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0512150154dec15,1,4463013.story?coll=chi-business-hed>
Chicago Tribune
JOHANNESBURG — The European Union is dragging its feet on big
agricultural subsidy cuts. The U.S. is willing to give the world's
poorest nations freer access to its markets—except for crucial items...
- Senator's interest in Africa turns into a campaign weapon (Dec 15)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13416036.htm>
San Jose Mercury News - CA
TCHE, Congo — The road to the White House typically leads through Iowa
and New Hampshire. For Sen. Sam Brownback, it's led to a desolate
refugee camp in the hills of eastern Congo.
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — Wildlife conservation groups in Southern Africa have
united in rejecting calls by some governments for a return to
culling...
- World Bank highlights investment challenges (Dec 14)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/2ff5ec2cab013fc29fb4466af75a2e44.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — An assessment of South Africa's investment climate,
jointly conducted by the World Bank and department of trade and
industry, has revealed that the business environment is favourable in
many ways...
- Africa's Economic Fate in Its Own Hands (Dec 13)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200512130164.html>
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA
As trade ministers gather in Hong Kong for the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) meeting this week, many hold out hope of increased prosperity
that will come from freer trade...
- Relations unaffected by spy scandal, says official (Dec 13)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/95d523764db3a7e1beb08191f33ef99d.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — The arrest a year ago of a South African spy for running
an espionage ring in Zimbabwe has not affected relations between the
two countries...
- South Africa's fuel shortage hits neighbours, could affect humanitarian operations (Dec 13)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/74994c7ad09d560049362e41f024ff81.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — The fuel shortage in South Africa has started affecting
supplies in neighbouring countries dependant on exports...
(Related story: Fuel crisis peaks in S. Africa)
- Millions in need of assistance in Africa, FAO report finds (Dec 13)
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=67590>
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Rome — Nearly 12 million people are in need of emergency food
assistance in southern Africa, according to a report published Tuesday
by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
- Skill shortages, major investment concern in S. Africa (Dec 13)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/14/content_3917599.htm>
Xinhua - China
JOHANNESBURG — A shortage of skills is SouthAfrican companies' most
pressing concern, but few invest in workertraining, a World Bank review
of the country's investment climate revealed...
- Williams' Ashes to Be Spread in South Africa (Dec 13)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-121305funeral_lat,0,5608487.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA
The body of Stanley Tookie Williams will be cremated and his ashes
spread in South Africa, following a large memorial service in Los
Angeles... (Related story: Tookie's Ashes To Be Scattered in Africa)
- Skill shortages, major investment concern in S. Africa (Dec 13)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/14/content_3917599.htm>
Xinhua - China
JOHANNESBURG — A shortage of skills is SouthAfrican companies' most
pressing concern, but few invest in workertraining, a World Bank review
of the country's investment climate revealed in Pretoria...
- How safe is it to fly in Africa? (Dec 13)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4521970.stm>
BBC News - UK
As investigators sift through the wreckage looking for the cause of
Nigeria's second air disaster in less than two months we're asking, are
Africa's skies safe?
- EU ministers endorse new aid strategy for Africa (Dec 12)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12032111.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
BRUSSELS — The European Union endorsed a new strategy for aid to Africa
on Monday aimed at ensuring UN goals are met to halve poverty and fight
AIDS.
- New methodology helps refugee children in Southern Africa deal with violence (Dec 12)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/4a3a03708a29d95e570169544dd779f0.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
CAPE TOWN — John Habimani pointed at his painting, showing the
bullets flying at his family and the road that brought him from the
horrors of Rwanda to the safety of South Africa.
- In Africa's cotton fields, trade row reality bites (Dec 11)
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx>
Reuters - USA
KORHOGO, Ivory Coast — Lefara Soro rests on a mound of rough cotton as the midday sun scorches his fields...
- Farewell to wars, Africa gears up for revival (Dec 9)
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/10/content_3902810.htm>
Xinhua - China
NAIROBI — A continent whose potentials long confined by not only the
reality, but also the perception, of poverty, conflict and disease,
Africa has been held back in nearly every aspect of development
- A Scotsman Wields a Not-So-Invisible Hand in Africa (Dec 9)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/international/europe/10hunter.html>
New York Times - United States
Earlier this year, after touring Africa with former President Bill
Clinton, Mr. Hunter - now Sir Tom - resolved to get serious about
philanthropy for a ...
- Why Africa Should Pay Attention To WTO Talks (Dec 9)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2005-12-09-voa26.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
Next week, the World Trade Organization’s ministerial talks open in Hong Kong.
- Aids invades Africa's last uninfected outpost in Sudan (Dec 9)
<http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12981>
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
JUBA — The HIV/Aids has penetrated southern Sudan, the last untouched
pocket of Africa, threatening an isolated and uninformed people with
disaster, health experts warned yesterday...
- AIDS lecture highlights gulf between West and Africa (Dec 8)
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051209/AIDSSCENE09/TPInternational/Africa>
Globe and Mail - Canada
ABUJA -- Halfway through the press conference, a small nun in a crisp
white habit stood to speak: "I would just like to thank God for you,
Robert Gallo."
- What can Africa expect from WTO? (Dec 8)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4511628.stm>
BBC News - UK
As the Word Trade Organisation (WTO) gathers in Hong Kong for fresh
negotiations between rich and poor countries, should Africa be hopeful?
- World Economic Forum on Africa to be held in Cape Town (Dec 7)
<http://www.moneyweb.co.za/business_today/671624.htm>
Moneyweb - Johannesburg
The World Economic Forum will hold its annual Africa Summit, its 16th
in the region, from 31 May to 2 June 2006 in Cape Town, South
Africa.
- Companies not selling new AIDS drugs in Africa (Dec 7)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/MSFIntl/113403602466.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
"Khayelitsha is a window into the future of AIDS treatment," explains
Dr Eric Goemaere, MSF Head of Mission MSF in South Africa.
- UN envoy urges Africa to address Zimbabwe crisis (Dec 6)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/0fffc491f0375ebf00eac26fe8454838.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland has told
South Africa that Africa should be "more outspoken on Zimbabwe".
- Parts of Africa have no bird flu defences - OIE (Dec 6)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07686651.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
PARIS — Some countries in Africa have no defences at all against the possible arrival of deadly bird flu...
- Fairer trade deal urged for Africa (Dec 5)
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CED0DCAE-8A03-4DC2-B07E-E5C88806DDE9.htm>
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
Subsidies paid to cotton producers, especially in the United States ,
have prompted a plea for a fairer deal on trade for Africa...
- UN: More than 3m HIV infections in 2005 in Africa (Dec 5)
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/05/content_500532.htm>
China Daily - China
More than three million people in Africa have been infected with the
virus that causes AIDS this year, the highest in any single year...
- Strong quake shakes East Africa (Dec 5)
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/37051E4F-F04E-4434-A1CB-306139A97BC4.htm>
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
A strong earthquake has jolted Africa's Great Lakes region, killing at
least one person in Congo 's remote east and rattling regional
capitals. (Related story: Strong quake shakes six nations in Africa
<http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14025695> )
- Bono and Keys duet on Africa song (Dec 4)
BBC News - UK
U2's Bono and US singer Alicia Keys have teamed up to record a song for
a charity providing medicine to children affected by HIV and Aids in
Africa.
- US needs stronger strategic policies on Africa (Dec 4)
<http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=12877>
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
WASHINGTON — The US must better recognize Africa's strategic importance
in the global struggles against terrorism and the AIDS pandemic...
- UN: Africa Faces 'Unprecedented AIDS Crisis' (Dec 4)
<http://www.thewbalchannel.com/health/5463491/detail.html>
WBAL Channel.com - Baltimore,MD,USA
ABUJA — The AIDS crisis in Africa is getting worse. The United Nations
said more than 3 million people across the continent have been infected
with HIV this year...
- Chirac champions French role in Africa (Dec 3)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03684520.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
BAMAKO — French President Jacques Chirac told African leaders on
Saturday that rich nations must find more innovative ways to fund
development in the world's poorest continent... (Related story:
Franco-Africa Summit Concludes
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200512040018.html> )
- Africa could stop babies getting HIV, experts say (Dec 3)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03728954.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ABUJA — A Nigerian HIV-positive mother, whose two children did not
contract the virus, challenged African countries on Saturday to make
better use of simple, affordable tools... (Related story: HIV
transmission to children's must be prevented in Africa
<http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6097>
- UNIDO chief urges Africa to learn from China, India, Brazil (Dec 3)
<http://english.people.com.cn/200512/03/eng20051203_225431.html>
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Newly-appointed Director-General of the UN Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) Kandeh Yumkella said Friday in Vienna that Africa
should learn from China...
- NZ-bred albatrosses dying in fishing lines off South Africa, claims WWF (Dec 3)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000801C5-007D-1390-A47F83027AF1010D>
New Zealand Herald
About 10 endangered albatrosses die every day in fishing long lines off
South Africa, a third of them birds that breed in New Zealand, says WWF
and BirdLife South Africa.
- US Company Expands Access to AIDS Drugs in South Africa (Dec 3)
<http://newsblaze.com/story/20051203072304nnnn.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.html>
NewsBlaze - Folsom, CA
Washington — In South Africa, where 6.5 million people are HIV positive
and more than 500,000 would benefit from immediate anti-retroviral
(ARV) therapy, a US company is using private-sector efficiency and
information technology to expand access...
- Regarding new dangers in Africa (Dec 3)
<http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051202-085020-5714r>
United Press International - USA
WASHINGTON — The Polisario Front, the last remaining liberation
movement fighting for independence in Africa, contested an earlier UPI
report that it could be turning to Islamist organizations...
- Africa's "new leaders" stand in the way of progress (Dec 2)
<http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/africa/afr051202?view=Standard>
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands
The changing of the old guard at the beginning of the 1990s in a number
of African countries led to new optimism. Tyrannical dictators were
overthrown...
- This week on Inside Africa (Dec 2)
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/02/whatson/>
CNN - USA
JOHANNESBURG — A special edition from Johannesburg, hosted by CNN's African Bureau Chief...
- 'University of Africa' proposed (Dec 2)
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1844403,00.html>
News24 - South Africa
Johannesburg - The Pan African Parliament recommended the creation of a
continental university on the final day of its fourth ordinary session
in Midrand.
- Africa in pictures: 26 Nov-2 Dec (Dec 2)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4493126.stm>
BBC News - UK
ABN Amro One sails into Cape Town in South Africa on Thursday.
- Supporting AIDS orphans in Africa (Dec 2)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/7280f71ab2c75b8f7f3a2b60445d4d79.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
More than four million children in southern Africa have lost one or more parents to AIDS.
- Ebola virus traced to fruit bats (Dec 1)
<http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/12/01/100wir_a8ebola001.cfm>
Researchers working in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo have
identified three species of fruit bats as the long-sought animal
reservoir of one of the deadliest known human pathogens...
- Rage, remorse, but some hope in Africa on AIDS Day (Dec 1)
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1362049>
ABC News - USA
JOHANNESBURG — Rage and remorse marked World AIDS Day in Africa on
Thursday as the continent worst hit by the global crisis remembered
millions of ...
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<http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=83078>)
- National survey finds young women most at risk of HIV/AIDS (Dec 1)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/c603bec4af21a729222dac1869998ece.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
JOHANNESBURG — Over one in 10 South Africans are living with HIV, with
young African women in informal settlements being at highest risk...
- Unemployment will force more youths to flee Africa (Dec 1)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01115620.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
DAKAR — Dakar's university may provide an education envied around West
Africa but many of its students have only one dream—to leave
Africa...
- Millions face severe hunger and starvation across Africa as CARE International UK launches emergency appeal (Dec 1)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217440/113344410525.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London
Millions of people across Africa face severe hunger and starvation
unless the international community heeds calls for rapid action. |
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