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afrol News, 18 March - The overall population of slums has swelled by nearly 60 million, even though more than 200 million slum dwellers worldwide have escaped their conditions in the past decade, a new United Nations report finds.

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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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"Africa suffers from quiet corruption"

afrol News, 15 March - The World Bank introduces a new term to describe the ills hindering development in Africa; "quiet corruption". This, the bank says, is "the failure of public servants to deliver goods or services paid for by governments," causing poverty to deepen.

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» 11.03.2010 - Comoros secures record sums at donors' conference
» 04.03.2010 - Ethiopian project sets world climate change example
» 04.03.2010 - $8 million support for agric production
» 03.03.2010 - Guinea’s humanitarian flights may be grounded
» 01.03.2010 - Mozambique to carry out agric census to gauge poverty
» 25.02.2010 - Paris Club cuts DRC’s debt by half
» 23.02.2010 - UN ropes in private sector for gender equality
» 18.02.2010 - Ghana to host second IMF’s West African Centre
» 18.02.2010 - British Princes coming to SA World Cup
» 18.02.2010 - UNAIDS chief urges greater AIDS response in Swaziland
» 17.02.2010 - Tanzania signs loan agreement with Japan
» 17.02.2010 - Burundi approved for IMF’s $10 Million
» 16.02.2010 - Government approves $250 mln for agro-credit
» 16.02.2010 - Mobile phone connections to exceed 5 billion
» 15.02.2010 - SA’s mute and deaf man wins lottery jackpot
» 15.02.2010 - IMF commissions a mission to Liberia
» 15.02.2010 - UN partners media to fight sexual violence in S/Leone
» 11.02.2010 - International aid appeal launched for Niger
» 10.02.2010 - SA’s unemployment still above 24 percent
» 09.02.2010 - Support NEPAD priorities, Ban tells development partners
» 09.02.2010 - Khama accused of trampling on Bushmen’s rights
» 09.02.2010 - Herders receive support to improve pastoral resources
» 08.02.2010 - Funding to help countries improve land tenure
» 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 - BirdLife cares for wetlands
» 01.02.2010 - Ban pledges to mobilise support for Africa’s development
» 28.01.2010 - Anglo American MDG project hailed
» 28.01.2010 - Underdevelopment pose serious threat to Africa, Ban
» 27.01.2010 - ‘Agriculture makes good business sense’ – IFAD
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 26.01.2010 - Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar
» 22.01.2010 - $20 million loan to support smallholder agribusiness in Zambia
» 20.01.2010 - Poor nations’ children’s education at stake
» 20.01.2010 - Legislators reject motion to probe mass sackings
» 19.01.2010 - $100 million for 14 neglected humanitarian crises
» 18.01.2010 - MCA selects IBTCI for Namibia’s poverty project
» 14.01.2010 - UN-backed microfinance project to benefit thousands of refugees
» 12.01.2010 - IMF announce new package to support world's poorest
» 12.01.2010 - Jordan's Princess visit Kenya's poor
» 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
» 04.01.2010 - Ireland announces additional funding for hunger in Sudan
» 21.12.2009 - Environmentalists fight developments in Tana River
» 18.12.2009 - EU allocates €50 million for drought-affected Horn of Africa people
» 18.12.2009 - Union calls for resignation of education minister
» 17.12.2009 - New centres raise cassava’s outlook in Sierra Leone
» 16.12.2009 - Climate change deal must address hunger, UN expert
» 16.12.2009 - DRC conservation initiative receives international recognition
» 15.12.2009 - Zambia approved for further poverty reduction funding
» 15.12.2009 - Local NGO denounces deregulation law
» 15.12.2009 - Invest in agriculture - Professor Offei
» 14.12.2009 - Experts discuss ways to strengthen poor nations' agriculture
» 10.12.2009 - Cape Verde eligible for second MCC compact, Niger suspended
» 10.12.2009 - Couple charged with human trafficking for exploiting Swaziland woman
» 10.12.2009 - Efforts intensify to fight malaria in Kenya and Nigeria
» 09.12.2009 - Somalis faces humanitarian crisis
» 09.12.2009 - 4.8 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid
» 08.12.2009 - Arms and minerals’ smuggling still rife in DRC, report
» 08.12.2009 - Union strike could leave fuel stations empty
» 08.12.2009 - $378 million aid appeal for Zimbabwe launched
» 07.12.2009 - CAR approved $18.5 million IMF disbursement
» 07.12.2009 - Zimbabwe’s humanitarian situation to be assessed
» 04.12.2009 - WHO eyes tobacco control in Africa
» 04.12.2009 - Inaugural 'Health Worker Leadership Award' honours Kenyan midwife
» 03.12.2009 - EAC members urged to increase agric budget
» 02.12.2009 - Mali’s rural poor boosted with $25.04 million for microfinance
» 02.12.2009 - Banditry threatens humanitarian work in Chad
» 01.12.2009 - UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal
» 01.12.2009 - Liberia pledges support to small farmers
» 01.12.2009 - World Food buys gold mines in Ghana
» 30.11.2009 - Agricultural research reduces poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
» 27.11.2009 - Côte D'Ivoire migrant figures to drop
» 27.11.2009 - French national abducted in Mali
» 27.11.2009 - $39 million injected to improve Ethiopia’s pastoralists lives
» 26.11.2009 - Gabon resumes census of civil servant to root out corruption
» 25.11.2009 - WFP told to buy local agricultural produce
» 25.11.2009 - Zimbabwe losing its women and children
» 24.11.2009 - A quarter of world population live without electricity
» 24.11.2009 - School meals boost education, new report
» 24.11.2009 - Ban lauds new Africa development cooperation commitments
» 24.11.2009 - $6 million to boost rural agricultural finance in Ghana
» 23.11.2009 - Africa largest IDA recipient
» 23.11.2009 - Africa lost 15 percent of GPD to climate change says report
» 23.11.2009 - Libya and FAO sign $71 million development deal
» 20.11.2009 - Malawi’s rural land development project gets additional funding
» 20.11.2009 - Industrial development key to Africa’s integration in global economy
» 20.11.2009 - UN-lawmakers' partnership can help the poor out of recession, Ban
» 19.11.2009 - Developing countries urged to make agriculture a funding priority
» 19.11.2009 - Spain doubles aid for Horn of Africa
» 19.11.2009 - FAO chief regrets no measurable targets adopted to fight hunger
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