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Africa: Fisheries Must Deal With Threats, Opportunities
AllAfrica News | Africa 04 09 2010
Africa: Do African Producers Save Copies of Their Video Work?
AllAfrica News | Africa 04 09 2010
Africa: Engen Could Kick-Start Expansion With Chevron Deal
AllAfrica News | Africa 04 09 2010
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UN / Irin Africa / News
News and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa for the humanitarian community.
SUDAN: Good rains improve food security
03 09 2010 NAIROBI, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) - Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments.
SOUTH AFRICA: Strike sends XDR-TB patients home
03 09 2010 DURBAN, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) - Striking public health workers in South Africa have virtually shut down King George V Hospital, a referral facility in the port city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province, which specializes in caring for and isolating patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant (XDR)-TB.
SWAZILAND: Task-shifting could improve HIV treatment and prevention
03 09 2010 MANZINI, 3 September 2010 (IRIN) - Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate health worker shortages through task-shifting and according to the Ministry of Health, the failure to do so is compromising scale-up of the antiretroviral (ARV) programme.
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BBC News / Africa
Mozambique police fire at rioters
03 09 2010 Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
UN calls special food price talks
03 09 2010 The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
Mozambique prices 'irreversible'
03 09 2010 Mozambique's government says price rises which have led to deadly riots are "irreversible", as Maputo residents are urged to continue protesting.
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Afrik.com
Afrik.com, offre un Journal quotidien contenant des informations sur 54 pays africains.
Haïti Debout : un élan de solidarité africaine
04 09 2010 Dan Ekedi a rassemblé plusieurs artistes africains et de la diaspora pour créer le projet Haïti Debout. Cette organisation a pour but de construire un orphelinat dans le pays sinistré. Le collectif a sorti cet été un single, intitulé Un nouveau jour, chanté dans 20 langues différentes. Le clip de la chanson a été réalisé en 3D, une première pour une cause humanitaire.
Mouss et Hakim servent le " Vingt d'honneur"
04 09 2010 Vingt d'honneur, le dernier album des boute-en-train toulousains Mouss et Hakim, a été enregistré en direct, sur scène. Débordant d'énergie , le groupe chante avec humour et impertinence les maux de la France et du monde.
Espèces africaines d'eau douce en danger
04 09 2010 Un rapport de l'UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature) a dévoilé ce jeudi que 21% des espèces d'eau douce d'Afrique continentale seraient menacées d'extinction, ce qui mettrait en péril les moyens de subsistance de millions de personnes. Cette étude devrait permettre d'aider à mieux gérer les eaux intérieures du continent et les richesses biologiques qu'elles abritent.
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AllAfrica News / Africa
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
Africa: Do African Producers Save Copies of Their Video Work?
04 09 2010 The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios' in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios' video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper archive of work. Balancing Act's Sylvain Beletre looks at what the practice in Africa has been so far and suggests some easy ways to overcome the problem.
Africa: Fisheries Must Deal With Threats, Opportunities
04 09 2010 The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are central to the survival of millions in Africa, but the resource is under threat, yet the region should exploit market possibilities.
Africa: Mushikiwabo Defends Kenya's Decision to Invite Bashir
04 09 2010 The government has strongly backed the recent invitation by Kenya to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to attend the promulgation ceremony of the recently passed Constitution despite a warrant having been issued for his arrest.
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NYT / Africa / News
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World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: International Court Now Able to Open an Office
04 09 2010 Kenya on Friday granted the International Criminal Court tax exemptions and immunity from legal challenges that it needs to open an office in the country.

H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: Money
04 09 2010 Donors have not yet committed enough money for even one of the two studies needed to confirm a promising South African trial of a vaginal microbicide and get the product into women’s hands.

U.N. Delays Release of Report on Possible Congo Genocide
03 09 2010 Rwandan outrage over a report suggesting that its troops might have been responsible for genocide in Congo prompted the United Nations to delay the official release for a month.

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IPS / Africa / News
Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south
KENYA: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among Children
04 09 2010 When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide.
/UPDATE*/: Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
04 09 2010 Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), U.N. officials told reporters here today. Children, including one 12-years old boy were identified. The Walikale victim toll has risen to over 240.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/AFRICA: Woman Researcher Tackles Aflatoxin Poisoning
03 09 2010 Despite a bumper harvest of maize just a few months ago, many residents in the eastern part of Kenya are facing hunger and starvation. While granaries in the region may be full, the grain cannot be freely sold, let alone eaten.
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EarthWire / Africa / News
The latest environmental news from Africa, brought to you by UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
Ethiopia: European Investment Bank abandons mega dam
22 08 2010 The European Investment Bank is no longer involved in the Gibe III hydroelectric project; the Ethiopian government has found alternative sources of finance. To be Africa's tallest dam Gibe III drew a lot of criticism because of the effect it was likely to have on the food security of at least eight Ethiopian tribes. DN
U.N. Decade Hopes to Push Back Encroaching Deserts
19 08 2010 Desertification has long been recognised as a majorenvironmental, economic and social problem for countries theworld over. But despite major efforts, which started with theUnited Nations Conference on Desertification (UNOCD) in 1977,the process of land degradation is intensifying.
UN launches decade-long efforts to tackle desertification
19 08 2010 The United Nations is today launching the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification to help protect the world's drylands. These areas are home to a third of the world's population and face serious economic and environmental threats.
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Reuters / Africa Blog
West Africa’s aerial shuttle busses
04 09 2010 Air travel in West and Central Africa can be very slow and very expensive due to a lack of efficient carriers. How is this affecting business in a region eager to develop, and how can it be improved?
Hopes of a nation hinge on a document
27 08 2010 As Kenya ushers in its new constitution with a 21-gun salute, some people say the nation has to be vigilant during the coming months of implementation to ensure it is not another false start.
Equatorial Guinea’s PR crisis
27 08 2010 Four months into a public relations offensive, Equatorial Guinea is still struggling to get good press. Will the West African state be able to shake its reputation as one of the most corrupt and repressive on the planet?
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