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Mediator Mbeki in Zimbabwe to discuss disputed poll
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
ARARE (Reuters) - Regional mediator and South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday for talks on the country's disputed elections ahead of a possible run-off that has raised concerns of further violence. The South African ... more
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Climate change and biofuels to cause further hunger in Africa say IIASA experts
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
An additional 35 to 170 million people could be undernourished in the second half of the century because of climate change with 17 to 50 million of these in Sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change is expected to cause significant declines in crop and ... more
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Zimbabwe election: Mbeki set for Mugabe talks
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
HARARE (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief regional mediator on the crisis in Zimbabawe, was due on Friday to make his first visit to Harare since the release of disputed election results. Mbeki, widely criticised for his ... more
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UK to provide 2.5 billion Birr development assistance to Ethiopia
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) announced on Wednesday that it would provide development assistance of 2.5 billion Birr over the next year to help Ethiopia achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). UK Ambassador to ... more
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WB launches new assistance strategy for Ethiopia
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
The World Bank (WB) announced that it has launched a new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Ethiopia. The Strategy which covers the period July 2008-June 2011 aims to help Ethiopia sustain its strong performance in economic growth and basic ... more
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China doing utmost to rescue three workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang confirmed here on Friday that three Chinese construction workers have been kidnapped in Nigeria's southern Cross River state. Qin added that China was making all efforts to ... more
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Angolan women's soccer team qualifies for Cosafa Cup final
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
LUANDA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan women's soccer team qualified for the final of the Cosafa Cup by beating Zimbabwe 3-0 on Thursday in Angola's central north province Malanje. Angola scored through captain Guigui in the eighth minute followed ... more
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Which cars well known South Africans are driving and why
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
ME & MY CAR Va-va-voom! Which New Age devices are drivers finding indispensable? And which cars are giving them most pleasure? Hilary Prendini Toffoli checks out the motoring scene Adele Lucas, doyenne of PR and organiser of the Soweto Festival, ... more
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Nigeria prepares to converge
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
The Nigerian landscape is getting ready for convergence regulation that reflects the reality of 21st century, reports ZDNet.co.uk. With the launch last week of Mobile Tv by MTN and DSTV, It is goodbye to the old order. The old order of regulation ... more
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Castillian Completes VTEM Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey on the Kagera Project, Tanzania
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
Castillian Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CT) is pleased to announce the completion of approximately 4,450 line kilometres of VTEM airborne magnetic and electromagnetic (EM) surveys on its 100% owned Kagera Project in Tanzania (Figure 1). ... more
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Mandela to get Freedom of the City award
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
SA's capital - the City of Tshwane - will bestow the freedom of the city award on former president Nelson Mandela on May 13. City of Tshwane Mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said it would kick-off a year long programme to celebrate Mandela's life and legacy. ... more
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River blindness nearly eradicated in Benin
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
r Zareen Mahdi examines Nabi Bux's cataracts at Karachi's Prevention and Control of Blindness Cell COTONOU, 8 May 2008 (IRIN) - Twenty years ago Benin was among the countries in West Africa most affected by endemic river blindness. Today the ... more
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SENEGAL: Villagers mutilated by armed men in Casamance
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
Photo: Many villages and forests in Casamance remain inaccessible because of violenceZIGUINCHOR, 8 May 2008 (IRIN) - Armed men claiming to represent the rebel group Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) attacked twenty villagers from ... more
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BURKINA FASO: Fresh approach to street children
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
IRIN) - With an increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas in Burkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisations are coming up with new approaches to address the problem. "If we can help relieve ... more
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Zimbabwe: 40,000 farm workers displaced
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
The editor of an independent Zimbabwean newspaper has been arrested and the country's largest farm union said Thursday that 40,000 farm workers have been displaced in postelection violence. Davison Maruziva, editor of the Standard newspaper, was taken ... more
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Rwanda: Rising From the Ashes
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
Since my return from Kigali last weekend where I went to observe the acquisition of 35 percent stake in SONARWA, Rwanda?s leading insurance firm, by IGI Nigeria Limited, many colleagues and associates have been asking what my experience was. Most ... more
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Donors pledge $4.8 bn in aid for Sudan
Moreover - Friday, May 09, 2008
Donor nations pledged a preliminary $4.8 billion in assistance to Sudan on Wednesday to bolster a fragile 2005 north-south peace in Africa's biggest country that is still torn by violence in its western Darfur province. Sudan had said it needed ... more
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Shawky may miss Egypt qualifiers
BBC News - Friday, May 09, 2008
iddlesbrough's Mohamed Shawky could miss Egypt's opening 2010 World Cup qualiferis with a back injury. ... more
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Adebayor vows to stay at Arsenal
BBC News - Friday, May 09, 2008
mmanuel Adebayor vows to stay at Arsenal, while boss Gunners boss Arsene Wenger says he is mystified at reports that Alexander Hleb is ... more
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SA infidelities plastered on car
BBC News - Friday, May 09, 2008
South African woman divorcing her husband goes public about his infidelities to make him pay ... more
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