Africa: Women's Rights Linked to Good Governance
In an interview marking the publication of the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mary Robinson, a board member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, discussed with AllAfrica's Katy Gabel the correlation between women's rights and good governance. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:41:00 GMT
Africa: Government Improves Across Continent
The quality of governance improved in nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan African nations between 2005 and 2006. Liberia showed the biggest leap in government performance in the period, while Mauritania deteriorated the most. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:43:51 GMT
Africa: UN Refugee Chief Appeals for World's Poor
The welfare of the world’s poor and uprooted people is increasingly at risk as the international community struggles with a combination of adverse economic, social and political trends that threaten to trigger even more displacement in the years to come, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres warned Monday. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:11:43 GMT
Africa: 'Subsidies Will Solve Africa's Food Crisis'
As the food situation in Africa becomes critical, the continent's governments have been asked to immediately start giving farming subsidies to overcome a crisis that could condemn millions of people to starvation. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:13:06 GMT
Gunman in Nigeria Kidnap 6 in Oil Attack
Authorities say armed men carried out assault near Bonny export terminal in Niger Delta region Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:47:00 +0200
Nigerian Militants Free 19 Hostages
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND says it is still holding a Ukrainian and two British nationals captured with the other hostages Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:19:34 +0200
Mauritanians Protest New Military Government
Security forces in the west African country used tear gas to break up a crowd that defied a ban on street demonstrations and protested against an August military coup Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:14:24 +0200
U.S.-based Mauritanians Want Stronger African Union Action After Ultimatum
Mohamed Fall Sidatt, vice president of Mauritanian association in the U.S., says Mauritanians hope the A.U. would impose stronger sanctions on military junta if they do not meet the ultimatum Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:32:14 +0200
Brewing Scandal Over Land Sale in Uganda
Amama Mbabazi, secretary general of the ruling National Resistance Movement says he did not personally participate in the actual sale of the land in question Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:44:08 +0200
Top UN peacekeeping official begins week-long Sudan visit
The head of United Nations peacekeeping today began a week-long visit to Sudan, where the world body currently has two operations - one to support the 2005 north-south peace deal and the other to quell the violence that has plagued the western region of Darfur since 2003. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST
Darfur: 189 police advisers arrive to support joint UN-African Union mission
A total of 189 police advisers from 12 countries, including 17 female officers, have arrived in Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID), which is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering that have raged since 2003 in the western Sudanese region. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST
African women to benefit from new UN gender equality project
Women in five African countries will gain new access to resources and services at the local level through gender-responsive planning, programming and budgeting under an $8 million, three-year United Nations programme announced this week. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST
Needy farmers in Madagascar earn boost from UN rural development agency
Poor rural families across southern and central Madagascar will be able to increase their incomes after the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced a $19 million scheme to improve farming production. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST
UN health agency calls for extra $8 million to help aid operations in Ethiopia
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for an additional $8 million to fund its humanitarian preparedness and response operations in Ethiopia, where prolonged drought has left hundreds of thousands of the Horn of Africa country's poorest people at serious risk of malnutrition or disease. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST
Africa: Women's Rights Linked to Good Governance
In an interview marking the publication of the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mary Robinson, a board member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, discussed with AllAfrica's Katy Gabel the correlation between women's rights and good governance. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:41:00 GMT
Burundi: Fighting for Land
Thousands of Burundians have returned home after years of refugee life in Tanzania, but finding shelter and enough land to farm remains a challenge. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:30 GMT
Africa: Government Improves Across Continent
The quality of governance improved in nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan African nations between 2005 and 2006. Liberia showed the biggest leap in government performance in the period, while Mauritania deteriorated the most. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:43:51 GMT
Zimbabwe: Negotiating Teams Resume Talks
NEGOTIATING teams from the country's main political parties are set to meet today to discuss the allocation of two Cabinet posts that are yet to be resolved before the formation of an inclusive Government. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:50:03 GMT
Rwanda: Rains Wreak Havoc
Torrential rains have caused extensive flooding, destroying homes and crops in Rwanda's western and northern regions, according to officials. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:29 GMT
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