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IFJ petitions Kenya govt to lift ban on live media reports
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has appealed to authorities in Kenyan to end the 11-day ban on live news reports, the federation said...
CAN 2008 countdown: Nigeria’s team captain arrives training camp
Captain of Nigeria's Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu, has arrived at the team's training camp in Malaga, Spain, to join his colleagues, the local football...
Mauritania sad at Dakar Rally cancellation
The cancellation of this year's Lisbon-Dakar rally over security fears in Mauritania has continued to elicit reactions from the African nation, which was billed...
UNESCO to launch ICT guidelines/standards to improve education
UNESCO has said it will showcase its guidelines for teachers to enable them use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve education world wide.
According...
UN emergency fund CERF and NGOs – “Progress made, progress to make”
In a January report, Save the Children UK - one of the more vocal non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on humanitarian financing reforms - criticised the...
Ethiopia: Six more NGOs to operate in Somali region
More aid agencies – including three medical organisations - have been approved to operate in the troubled Somali region of Ethiopia.
Mercy Corps, International Medical...
South Africa: DDT finds favour in fight against malaria
After years of resistance, people living in the rural areas of South Africa are beginning to embrace the use of DDT as an effective...
Sudan: Do more to contain Rift Valley Fever – WHO
The UN World Health Organization has urged Sudan to step up its efforts to halt the spread of Rift Valley Fever in the east...
Bill Gates, the new aid giant
Can the entrepreneurial zeal, innovation and super-size budgets of private foundations succeed where a sclerotic and undisciplined international aid industry has failed? Or is...
Faso 2007 : Tomasi captures his second
One had to wait until the penultimate day to witness a bunched sprint at the end of the stage. In such a register all...
HAITI: Children start getting specialised AIDS services
Erika, 17, (not her real name) is one of an estimated 17,000 children living with HIV in Haiti, the Caribbean island most affected by...
Vaccine failure a setback for anti-AIDS efforts
News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention...
Letter to american friends
Adonis (Syria), Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco), Mohamed Charfi, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Ali Mezghani (Tunisia), Malek Chebil (Algeria), Mahmoud Hussein, Ali Shalakany (Egypt), Ali Kazancigi (Turkey),...