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Malawi
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Malawi’s rural land development project gets additional funding

afrol News, 20 November - The World Bank has granted Malawi US$10 million for the Community-Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP). The additional grant will also extend the project for another two years, the bank said.

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Zimbabwe
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Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade

afrol News, 19 November - The government of Zimbabwe has reported a breakthrough in the country’s diamond fields where the security forces had based.

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Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW

afrol News, 17 November - The international human rights body has accused Moroccan authorities of blocking "unauthorised" visits by foreigners to the homes of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara.

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Ethiopia | Somalia
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Ethiopia govt dismisses capture claims

afrol News, 16 November - The Ethiopian government has dismissed claims by Ogaden rebels to have captured seven towns in the oil rich region located in south eastern of Ethiopia, government statement has revealed.

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Uganda
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Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth

afrol News, 16 November - Uganda’s State Minister for Planning, Ephraim Kamuntu has urged the country to take urgent steps in controlling the rapidly growing population.

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» 11.11.2009 - Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices
» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 09.11.2009 - Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched
» 04.11.2009 - Slavery still persists in Mauritania
» 04.11.2009 - Swaziland "worst offender on workers' rights"
» 02.11.2009 - Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses
» 30.10.2009 - Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - FAO commences work on international land-tenure governance guidelines
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 23.10.2009 - Uganda must pursue peace and unity - Mwesigwa
» 21.10.2009 - $1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines
» 21.10.2009 - Displaced Somalis failed international community, UN rights expert
» 21.10.2009 - UNICEF appeals for donor support to protect CAR's children
» 15.10.2009 - World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights, AI
» 14.10.2009 - World's poorest more food insecure with the economic crisis
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 13.10.2009 - African governments urged to recommit to develop people
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 07.10.2009 - Young Liberians to audition for top music award
» 05.10.2009 - SADC leads Africa on governance barometer
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 02.10.2009 - Euro 1.6 million to boost efforts to counter human trafficking
» 29.09.2009 - $59 million awarded to eliminate exploitive child labour in 19 countries
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 15.09.2009 - $70 million to revive Zimbabwe’s education
» 14.09.2009 - MEND threatens fresh attacks in Nigeria
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 08.09.2009 - International community urged to refocus on security reforms in Eastern DRC
» 08.09.2009 - UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps
» 02.09.2009 - 16 Somalis die in an attempt to reach Yemen
» 31.08.2009 - UN expert urges Zambia to keep poverty reduction promises
» 28.08.2009 - Rwanda gets $8 million recovery grant
» 27.08.2009 - SA lawyer appointed UN rights expert on violence against women
» 26.08.2009 - Drought induced crisis looming in the Horn of Africa
» 25.08.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya
» 25.08.2009 - UNICEF grants DR Congo $500.000
» 25.08.2009 - AU-UN Dafur mission donate supplies to female prison
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation
» 24.08.2009 - Young people’s needs put into action plans
» 20.08.2009 - Zimbabwe still at risk of Cholera outbreak
» 19.08.2009 - 1st World humanitarian day marked
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 17.08.2009 - Chiluba acquitted
» 17.08.2009 - UN condemns attack on Somali aid compound
» 17.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire wraps up polio immunisation campaign
» 17.08.2009 - US funding to help sustain Chad’s humanitarian flights
» 14.08.2009 - State policy should not leave populations homeless, UN expert
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 13.08.2009 - WB commits to support DRC’s post-conflict programmes
» 12.08.2009 - World population data sheet shows more growth in Africa and Asia
» 12.08.2009 - Grant to support grassroots development in Uganda
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 12.08.2009 - Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
» 11.08.2009 - Great lakes leaders urged to move quick
» 11.08.2009 - Humanitarian situation in CAR worsening, UN official
» 10.08.2009 - Indigenous community must be celebrated with honour, Ban
» 10.08.2009 - Zim humanitarian situation still acute, UN
» 07.08.2009 - Madagascar’s food security remains vulnerable
» 07.08.2009 - San communities in Botswana get USADF funding
» 06.08.2009 - British funding to secure land peace in Rwanda
» 05.08.2009 - Poverty a threat to education, UN
» 04.08.2009 - SA govt makes fresh commitment to uplift the poor
» 04.08.2009 - UN officials ordered to use all in aid of violence victims
» 04.08.2009 - AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 30.07.2009 - Angola gets UN support to boost access to water
» 28.07.2009 - Thousands risk lives to flee Somali’s escalating violence
» 27.07.2009 - UN voices concern over SA housing riots
» 27.07.2009 - Demobilisation of Darfur child soldiers commences
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 17.07.2009 - Botswana’s San population receive US grant
» 17.07.2009 - Aid critical in Somalia, UN
» 26.06.2009 - 10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria
» 12.06.2009 - Expelled agencies not welcome - Khartoum
» 10.06.2009 - Nigeria’s militant group claims sabotage on oil station
» 27.05.2009 - Court upholds decision to sack anti graft chief
» 19.05.2009 - Alleged albino killers in court
» 19.05.2009 - Global health advocates call for African voices against Obama's budget cut
» 18.05.2009 - Over 11 million people displaced in central and east Africa
» 18.05.2009 - Legislators pass dual citizenship bill
» 18.05.2009 - Australia to donate 4250 Lapdesks to a Maputo school
» 15.05.2009 - Libya gets 3 patrol boats from Italy
» 15.05.2009 - Gambia is liable for Ghanaian deaths - report
» 14.05.2009 - Rwanda refugees in Uganda flee repatriation
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - Increasing Diarrheal related child mortality a global scandal, rights organisations
» 12.05.2009 - Burundi doctors continue strike over pay
» 08.05.2009 - UNICEF warns Horn of Africa’s children at risk from triple threat

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