Global Farmer Leaders Unite to Address the Challenge of Climate Change
Africa: Global Farmer Leaders Unite to Address the Challenge of Climate Change - Fourth Global Meeting of the Farmers' Forum Being Held At ...
View Article'Significant Progress Towards Improving Livelihoods'
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its majority by boosting their income and productivity ...
View Article'Climate Security a Reality, Not a Narrative'
AlertNet posted an interesting piece recently titled "Climate-security as agent provocateur." The author, Katie Harris of the London-based Overseas Development Institute, rightly calls for ...
View ArticleMuseveni Seizes Oil Letter to UK Parliament
President Yoweri Museveni has intercepted a poorly written letter to the British Parliament asking it to investigate the oil agreements signed between a UK based oil company Tullow Oil and Uganda ...
View ArticleGovt Seeks Insurance Fraud Prosecution Unit
Kenya's finance ministry is in discussion with the office of the Attorney General to start insurance fraud prosecution unit following the launch of the insurance fraud police unit as the ...
View ArticleLamu Port Will Change Lives, Says PM
The envisaged Lamu port will change the lives of the local community, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. Mr Odinga urged locals to support the project instead of opposing it due to fear of ...
View ArticleCountry Set to Join Kimberley Process
In a very welcome move, Mozambique's Mining Minister has announced that the country is speeding up preparations to join the Kimberley Process - an international conflict diamond monitoring ...
View ArticleCar Craving - the Ninth Parliament Achilles' Heel
Members of Parliament and boys have one thing in common: the love for cars. But whereas for boys it is merely the fascination with automated things, for MPs it is more about "entitlement" ...
View ArticleGordhan to Table 2012 Budget
Pretoria - All eyes will be on Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan when he tables the 2012 National Budget tomorrow. Gordhan will table his budget in Parliament at 2pm on Wednesday, at a time when the ...
View ArticlePresidential Hotline Making a Difference
Pretoria - Since its inception, the Presidential Hotline continues to change the lives of ordinary citizens, while making government more accessible. According to the latest statistics, the hotline ...
View ArticleNigeria's Ugochi Anyaka Wins UNEP Young Environmental Journalist Award
Nairobi - A radio journalist from Nigeria has won the United Nations Environment Programme's Young Environmental Journalist Award (YEJA), beating over 120 entries from reporters across Africa. ...
View ArticleNew Science Fund Takes U.S. As Its Model
Abuja - Nigeria is to get a dedicated science fund similar to the US National Science Foundation, to provide support for research in the country. The National Science Research, Technology and ...
View ArticleCautious Optimism Over Judicial Reforms
As part of the process aimed at operationalising the new constitution, judicial reforms began to be instituted last year. The process, which has brought some concrete results, has led to guarded ...
View ArticleHow Will Five-Hour Meeting Help Stabilize Somalia
Many Somalis expect the London Conference on 23 February to lead to peace and stability, while others have questioned what a five-hour meeting can achieve. IRIN spoke to a cross-section about their ...
View ArticleMilitary to Benefit From U.S. Aid
Jared Nyataya/Nation ) The Kenya military is set to benefit from the United States financial assistance once it is fully integrated into the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), an envoy ...
View ArticleUN says Cholera is spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cholera Beds Johannesburg (dpa) – A cholera epidemic has spread to nine out of 11 provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN said the ...
View ArticleUganda minister says gays should “suffer illness”
Protesters demand end to anti-LGBT actions in Uganda. Kampala (dpa) - Uganda’s beleaguered homosexual community is braced for more discrimination and abuse, after a government minister ...
View ArticleHealth of Tunisia publisher jailed over ‘nude photo’ deteriorating
Khedira's photo has sparked controversy in Tunisia. CAIRO: Jailed Tunisian publisher Nasreddine Ben Saida, who began a hunger strike on Saturday in protest over his detention, is suffering ...
View ArticleGhana FA mulls Stevanovic future
Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic will learn whether he can continue with the Black Stars on Wednesday. The Serb's performance at this year's Africa Cup of Nations is the subject of a ...
View ArticleLibya ethnic clashes kill scores
Scores have been killed and injured in clashes between two rival ethnic groups in Libya's remote south-eastern area, according to local reports. Rockets, mortars and gunfire have rocked ...
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