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1 in 5 African doctors work outside Africa - study
Topix - Friday, January 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe all experienced decades of economic stagnation in the late 20th century and by its end, each had lost more than half its physicians" One in five African-born doctors work abroad in developed countries, according to a study highlighting the exodus of physicians... more
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All I want for Xmas is a lorry... Read
Topix - Wednesday, January 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I will miss him very much, but I am busy fundraising and we have a pact that we phone each other whenever we can." CHARITY worker Roy Dixon has faith his 350 wagon will get him 4,800 miles to West Africa. via Sunday Sun ... more
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Guinea-Bissau: The last years of Portuguese rule
Global Voices Online - Sunday, January 06, 2008
p>“The Diário da Guiné [Guinea Diary], by our mate Antonio Abreu, talks about everything, or nearly everything, that happened in those terrible years of 72 to 74, the last years of Portuguese sovereignty in Guinea”. Luis Graça [pt] recommends the book to anyone who is interested... more
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Guinea-Bissau: The last years of Portuguese rule
Topix - Sunday, January 06, 2008
p> The world is talking. Are you listening? "The DiA rio da GuinA© [Guinea Diary], by our mate Antonio Abreu, talks about everything, or nearly everything, that happened in those terrible years of 72 to 74, ... via Global Voices Online ... more
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Economy
Topix - Saturday, January 05, 2008
p> The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index closed lower Monday, marking the end of the year transactions from 56,863.41 recorded F riday to 54,678.82 points just as the market capitalization of listed equities ... via Panapress ... more
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Climate change reduces fish stocks in Senegal
Topix - Thursday, January 03, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"While there's not much evidence that we've seen massive amounts of this so far, we are seeing warming of the ocean" Senegal's climate change ruins homes, livelihoods Bob Butler traveled to Senegal, Africa, in December, where he saw first-hand how global warming has affected the country.... more
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New motorcycle adventure
Topix - Wednesday, January 02, 2008
p> AN exciting new five week motorcycle expedition into North and West Africa offers the previously unexplored destination of Guinea Bissau, as something different for riders seeking to experience their own Long ... via This is Bromsgrove ... more
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India vows to destroy chem arms stockpile
Topix - Tuesday, January 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"By the end of 2004, India had destroyed 1.7 tonnes of toxic waste that it had declared as category one chemical weapons, all of its category two weapons and all 1,558 of its category three chemical weapons" The journal on chemical and biological weapons is published... more
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Economy
Topix - Sunday, December 30, 2007
p> Guinea-Bissau's government audit office has set up a commission to monitor illegal acquisition of wealth by rulers and former rulers of the country, a media memorandum from the institution published in Bissau ... via Panapress ... more
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Police find drug capsules in man's stomach
Topix - Friday, December 28, 2007
p> A man from Guinea Bissau has been arrested after 500 grams of heroin were found in capsules in his stomach. via The Times ... more
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77 Police Officers, One Car
Topix - Thursday, December 27, 2007
p> I recently listened to yet another great BBC radio documentary. Africa's Cocaine Coast tells a story I hadn't heard before about drug trafficking in Africa: Ranked by the United Nations as the fifth poorest ... via DarrenBarefoot.com ... more
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SENEGAL: Neither war nor peace in Casamance after 25 years
Topix - Thursday, December 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"After so long of saying they will be satisfied with nothing short of independence, it is difficult for them to move away from that position" The assassination of the presidential peace envoy to Senegal's troubled Casamance region in December will not derail the peace process, government... more
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Bissau accuses former premier of slander
Topix - Wednesday, December 26, 2007
p> Guinea-Bissau has charged former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior, head of the West African country's largest party, with false testimony and slandering the head of state, the justice ministry said on ... via Independent Online ... more
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Japan Provides USD23 Million To 8 Nations Via WFP
Topix - Tuesday, December 25, 2007
p> Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 9:31 pm Press Release: Government Of Japan Exchange of notes on grant aid to 8 countries including Timor-Leste through WFP The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid ... via Scoop ... more
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Art & Culture
Topix - Monday, December 24, 2007
p> Sierra Leone has only recently emerged from the most horrifying period in its history. via Capital Ethiopia ... more
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Foreign connections
Topix - Sunday, December 23, 2007
p> The two Colombians and a Venezuelan who were held by the Guyana Police Force in connection with an airstrip near Orealla in Corentyne and other matters, were deported to their respective countries last week. via Stabroek News ... more
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Foreigner held over drug possession
Topix - Saturday, December 22, 2007
p> The man was stopped at the Malta International Airport on Friday afternoon by members of the drug squad and custom officials after arriving on a flight from Milan-Malpensa. After a first search no drugs were ... via DI-VE ... more
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- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
Topix - Saturday, December 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Guinea-Bissau is under siege, literally under siege" A top U.N. official called on the international community yesterday to help Guinea-Bissau, which he said was "under siege" by drug cartels who could even sway future polls in the poor West African nation. via The Washington Times... more
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Testing Without Treatment - an Island's Dilemma
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 21, 2007
aico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second largest in Guinea Bissau's Bijagos Archipelago. After testing people he informs them of their status but for those found to be HIV-positive there is little more he... more
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment: an island's dilemma
Topix - Friday, December 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"To know you are HIV-positive, while not having access to any support or treatment may make your health worse" Saico Djau is a very frustrated laboratory technician and HIV counsellor. After testing people for HIV and informing them of their status there is nothing else he... more
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