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Libya
Politics | Human rights | Economy - Development

Libya economy reveals basis for protests

afrol News, 16 February - While the Libyan economy drowns in petrodollars and its "Great leader" Muammar al-Ghaddafi buys support abroad, almost half of its youth are unemployed. The non-oil sector is tiny.

Algeria
Politics | Economy - Development

Algeria "must reduce oil dependence" to avoid unrest

afrol News, 27 January - Algeria has avoided a rebellion like Tunisia and Egypt so far. But with youth unemployment exceeding 20 percent, government needs to differentiate its economy to avoid popular protest movement, IMF analysts indicate.

Africa | East Africa
Economy - Development | Science - Education | Society

East Africa a new population heavyweight

afrol News, 20 October - The East African region is slowly developing into one of the world's new population blocks, with the region surpassing all of North America in few years and all of Europe by the 2040s. A new, major power may be building up.

Ethiopia
Economy - Development

Ethiopia "on path to reach MDGs"

afrol News, 22 September - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says Ethiopia would have no trouble in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). He advised other African countries to follow Ethiopia's example by designing their own, proper development policies.

Sierra Leone
Economy - Development

Sierra Leone growth too slow

afrol News, 21 September - Economic growth in post-war Sierra Leone is too slow to forcefully fight poverty, new data show. But diamond production and agriculture have picked up.


» 15.06.2010 - Angola successfully fighting poverty
» 11.06.2010 - Rwanda women win by formalising businesses
» 23.04.2010 - World Bank funding targets Africa’s malaria fight
» 21.04.2010 - Comoros economy still not growing
» 15.04.2010 - Over 50,000 Kenyans "risk forced eviction"
» 13.04.2010 - Corruption still fuels Angola's poverty
» 26.03.2010 - Aid tied to service delivery still best, WB
» 25.03.2010 - Angola attaches welfare to biofuel law
» 24.03.2010 - South Africa to restrict land ownership
» 23.03.2010 - Senegal no longer immigration destination
» 18.03.2010 - Africa still home to two-thirds of world’s slum population
» 17.03.2010 - Gender inequality still rife, World Bank report
» 17.03.2010 - UNICEF brings books to CAR
» 17.03.2010 - Don’t despair MDGs reachable, Ban
» 15.03.2010 - "Africa suffers from quiet corruption"
» 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

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