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afrol News, 19 March - The Kibera Slum in Nairobi is becoming the site of "the world's longest toilet queue" this weekend, organisers of a World Water Day event in Kenya promise.

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afrol News, 17 March - South African banks will soon have access to finger-print data through the Home Affairs department to verify clients.

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Gender inequality still rife, World Bank report

afrol News, 17 March - Only 20 of 128 economies have equal legal rights for men and women in several important areas for entrepreneurs and workers, according to a new World Bank Group report, Women, Business and the Law 2010. Inequality occurs across all regions and income levels. But many economies have been legislating to reduce these inequalities, the report said.

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UNICEF brings books to CAR

afrol News, 17 March - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure that some 145,000 children affected by conflict in the Central African Republic have literature, mathematics and science books.

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Don’t despair MDGs reachable, Ban

afrol News, 17 March - With five years to go before the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says progress has been uneven and without an accelerated action plan several Goals are likely to be missed in many countries.

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» 12.03.2010 - Burkina stops water, electricity privatisation
» 04.03.2010 - Ethiopian project sets world climate change example
» 04.03.2010 - $8 million support for agric production
» 04.03.2010 - Red Cross appeals for aid
» 03.03.2010 - UN deplores lethal force by Egyptian security
» 03.03.2010 - 2011-2020 declared decade of road safety
» 03.03.2010 - UNAIDS partner with rock icon to fight AIDS
» 03.03.2010 - Guinea’s humanitarian flights may be grounded
» 02.03.2010 - Need for action to empower women - Migiro
» 01.03.2010 - Somalia’s TFG hailed after one year in power
» 01.03.2010 - Mozambique to carry out agric census to gauge poverty
» 26.02.2010 - Darfur mission receives helicopters
» 25.02.2010 - Paris Club cuts DRC’s debt by half
» 25.02.2010 - Africa more vulnerable to non-communicable diseases’ deaths
» 23.02.2010 - Nigeria appeals for power back-up
» 23.02.2010 - UN ropes in private sector for gender equality
» 18.02.2010 - Rwanda hosts 2010 global environment day
» 18.02.2010 - British Princes coming to SA World Cup
» 18.02.2010 - UNAIDS chief urges greater AIDS response in Swaziland
» 18.02.2010 - Chad’s call for military withdrawal alarms UN
» 16.02.2010 - Government approves $250 mln for agro-credit
» 16.02.2010 - Mobile phone connections to exceed 5 billion
» 15.02.2010 - Ethiopia and UK leaders to head climate change team
» 15.02.2010 - Children still recruited into DRC’s war ranks
» 12.02.2010 - Lesotho to focus budget on alternative revenue creation
» 11.02.2010 - Egypt opens country’s investment potential
» 11.02.2010 - Rwanda to get first eID in six months
» 11.02.2010 - International aid appeal launched for Niger
» 11.02.2010 - East African students enjoined in integration research
» 11.02.2010 - Education still under attack - Unesco
» 10.02.2010 - SA’s unemployment still above 24 percent
» 10.02.2010 - Beninese told to observe good hygiene
» 09.02.2010 - Khama accused of trampling on Bushmen’s rights
» 09.02.2010 - Herders receive support to improve pastoral resources
» 09.02.2010 - West African gender fight receives UN boost
» 08.02.2010 - Study reveals sub-standard malaria medicines in Africa
» 08.02.2010 - Funding to help countries improve land tenure
» 08.02.2010 - Botswana youth get World Bank funding
» 04.02.2010 - Ethiopia makes international food aid appeal
» 04.02.2010 - CAR gets more funding for peacebuilding
» 03.02.2010 - Equate each dollar spent to poverty fight, WB chief
» 03.02.2010 - Zimbabwe needs 500 000 tonnes of maize
» 02.02.2010 - "Green Fund" for climate change financing
» 02.02.2010 - SA announces measles outbreak
» 02.02.2010 - Scores slaughtered by rebels in DRC
» 02.02.2010 - African leaders tackle malaria
» 02.02.2010 - BirdLife cares for wetlands
» 28.01.2010 - Anglo American MDG project hailed
» 28.01.2010 - Australia expands relations with Botswana
» 28.01.2010 - Underdevelopment pose serious threat to Africa, Ban
» 27.01.2010 - ‘Agriculture makes good business sense’ – IFAD
» 27.01.2010 - Australia entrust SA with Zim recovery funding
» 27.01.2010 - Nigeria seizes fake drugs
» 27.01.2010 - UN health official refutes accusations of inflating risk of H1N1
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 26.01.2010 - Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar
» 26.01.2010 - US mission to address E/Africa human rights before AU Summit
» 22.01.2010 - $20 million loan to support smallholder agribusiness in Zambia
» 22.01.2010 - Legislators discuss common market protocol in Burundi
» 22.01.2010 - Scientific database to help fight Malaria
» 21.01.2010 - Africa Action slams US Policy in Outlook 2010
» 20.01.2010 - Poor nations’ children’s education at stake
» 20.01.2010 - Clashes displaced 63 000 since January
» 19.01.2010 - $100 million for 14 neglected humanitarian crises
» 18.01.2010 - MCA selects IBTCI for Namibia’s poverty project
» 14.01.2010 - Ethiopia launches hydro-power plant
» 14.01.2010 - Rising electricity demand boosts the African wind turbine market, study
» 14.01.2010 - UN-backed microfinance project to benefit thousands of refugees
» 13.01.2010 - Ghana gets €130 million from Germany
» 13.01.2010 - Burkina Faso offers more troops for Côte d’Ivoire elections
» 13.01.2010 - China re-commits to Africa’s development
» 11.01.2010 - SA's 35% tariff-hike for public scrutiny
» 08.01.2010 - UN will not abandon Somalia
» 08.01.2010 - World celebrities climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds
» 05.01.2010 - WFP pulls out of Southern Somalia
» 05.01.2010 - Sudanese security trainings wrapped-up
» 04.01.2010 - Ireland announces additional funding for hunger in Sudan
» 04.01.2010 - DRC population still unharmed by volcano
» 22.12.2009 - First female wins Liberia's youth leadership award
» 21.12.2009 - Malawi needs aid for earthquake victims
» 18.12.2009 - EU allocates €50 million for drought-affected Horn of Africa people
» 17.12.2009 - New centres raise cassava’s outlook in Sierra Leone
» 17.12.2009 - Ghana launches draft National Alcohol Policy
» 17.12.2009 - Study finds orphanages viable options for some children
» 16.12.2009 - Chadian forces launch attacks against rebels
» 16.12.2009 - Climate change deal must address hunger, UN expert
» 16.12.2009 - DRC conservation initiative receives international recognition
» 15.12.2009 - World's largest digital archives for Egyptian and Arabic history created
» 15.12.2009 - Local NGO denounces deregulation law
» 15.12.2009 - Invest in agriculture - Professor Offei
» 14.12.2009 - Campaign to end abuse on migrants to be launched
» 14.12.2009 - Security Council should intervene – HRW says
» 11.12.2009 - Rights groups hails aid suspension in Niger
» 10.12.2009 - UN emergency response fund gets record support
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