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| Africa Agriculture - Nutrition Africa has vast agriculture potential, UN study afrol News - A vast stretch of African savannah land that spreads across 25 countries has the potential to turn several African nations into global players in bulk commodity production, according to a study published by FAO and the World Bank. |
| World | Zimbabwe Economy - Development | Politics Britain not ready to lift sanctions against Zim afrol News - The British government is not ready yet to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying the country has to prove itself on the path to democracy. |
| West Africa | World Politics | Economy - Development World Bank approves funding of major continent’s projects afrol News - The World Bank has announced yesterday it had approved a number of projects for the continent, including four projects in Nigeria totaling more than $1 billion. |
| Somalia | World Society | Politics | Human rights UN condemns latest Somali bombing afrol News - The United Nations has joined international partners in strongly condemning yesterday’s suicide car bombing in Somalia that killed the national security minister, Omar Hashi Aden, and a number of innocent civilians, and urged the Government not to be deterred in its pursuit for peace by the actions of a small minority. |
| Tunisia | World Politics | Society | Human rights Tunisia dismiss fears of inmates’ mistreatment afrol News - The Tunisian authorities have condemned reported alleged fears that the country would mistreat Tunisian nationals transferred from Guantanamo prison back to the country. |
| Africa Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition Agriculture still first against global downturn afrol News - A new report says the risks of the agriculture sector bowing to the economic crisis could increase if the economic downturn deepens. |
| World Health | Society WHO head urges fair global health policies afrol News - The head of the United Nations public health arm has today urged senior government officials to place “fairness” at the core of decisions to protect the most vulnerable against major worldwide crises. |
| Africa | World Politics | Economy - Development | Labour | Society Scientists plead for reversal of brain drain in Africa afrol News - Africa scientists have pleaded with the world’s richest and rapidly developing countries to halt the exodus of African scientist leaving the continent. |
| Chad | World Politics | Human rights | Society Chadian released from Guantanamo Bay afrol News - A Chadian man, Mohamed Al-Gharani has been transferred to Chad from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay after spending seven years in detention, US Department of Justice has said in a statement. |
| Tunisia | World Politics | Economy - Development Tunisia sign currency guarantee agreement with WB afrol News - The Tunisian government has signed an expanded ISDA Master Agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), of the World Bank as a market intermediary to manage the currency and interest rate exposure of debt owed to creditors other than the World Bank. |
| Kenya | World Human rights | Politics | Society Kenya given August deadline to institute tribunal afrol News - The former UN chief, Kofi Annan has given Kenya 10 weeks to form a local tribunal to try perpetrators of the 2007 post election violence or face the International Criminal Court in The Hague. |
| Africa Economy - Development | Politics African ministers urge for old mitigation of crisis impact afrol News - African ministers meeting at the UN backed economic forum have urged the continent to act swiftly and boldly to mitigate the impact of the current financial and economic crises impacting the continent. |
| Africa | South Africa Politics | Economy - Development | Society Africa must see opportunities out of the global crisis, Zuma afrol News - South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has urged continental leaders to positively look into the current global economic crisis as providing an opportunity to alleviate the effects of the so-called 'brain-drain', by attracting the Diaspora back home to reconstructing the continent. |
| Congo Kinshasa | World Politics | Society UN-DRC strengthen cooperation against armed forces afrol News - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congolese troops have decided to strengthen the joint military operation in the eastern DRC to root out illegally-armed groups. |
| Southern Africa | World Economy - Development | Politics World economic forum gets participation from five African leaders afrol News - At least five African Heads of State have confirmed their attendance for the Word Economic Forum (WEF) which kicks off in in Cape Town, South Africa next week. |
| Africa | World Politics | Society | Human rights International courts appeal for cooperation from member states afrol News - Cooperation from States remains critical as the United Nations tribunals set up to try those responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide and atrocities committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s enter the final phases of their work, top officials from the courts told the Security Council yesterday. |
| Tanzania | World Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Science - Education | Society Mahale Ecosystem research project launched afrol News - A unique bio-diversity research centre opens at the Mahale National Park, in Tanzania, and is expected to play host to both national and international researchers. |
| Africa Economy - Development IMF doubles lending to Africa afrol News - As a response to the global crisis and an increased capital basis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already more than doubled its lending to Africa this year compared to the record year of 2008. The Fund accepts less security, larger budget deficits but also demands shorter repayment terms. |
| Africa Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development African food security improving Futuro Africano - The food crisis hitting Africa last year, following soaring international food and fuel prices, is finally fading out, a new report documents. While some African countries can reduce their food import bills by up to 40 percent, food price declines in Africa at large nevertheless are the lowest in the world. |
Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Society European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam afrol News - The European Investment Bank has decided to pull back its funding for Ethiopia’s hydropower dam following pressure calls by environmentalists that the Gibe 3 Dam threatens the food security and local economies that support more than half a million people in Southwest Ethiopia. |
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