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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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Industrial development key to Africa’s integration in global economy

afrol News, 20 November - The head of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has warned that Africa must overcome the obstacles to boosting industrial production and gaining a larger share of world trade to benefit from the global economy.

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UN-lawmakers' partnership can help the poor out of recession, Ban

afrol News, 20 November - National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world’s most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an international gathering of lawmakers in New York.

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Developing countries urged to make agriculture a funding priority

afrol News, 19 November - On the final day of the World Summit on Food Security, the head of the UN’s rural poverty agency said he was pleased to see how developing countries are increasingly deepening their commitments to food security through investment in agriculture.

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Horn of Africa
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Spain doubles aid for Horn of Africa

afrol News, 19 November - The World Food Programme (WFP) has today received a boost for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain.

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» 18.11.2009 - Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula
» 16.11.2009 - $1 million boost for FAO’s food security work
» 16.11.2009 - Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth
» 12.11.2009 - FAO calls for worldwide day-long hunger strike
» 11.11.2009 - Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices
» 10.11.2009 - Mauritanian grassroots groups receive US funding
» 09.11.2009 - AGRA and NEPAD partner to increase food security in Africa
» 09.11.2009 - Seven African states in Malaria trial
» 09.11.2009 - Traffic jams weighs heavily on Kenya’s economy
» 09.11.2009 - W/B helps Seychelles out of economic deep end
» 03.11.2009 - Maize research splendid investment for Africa
» 02.11.2009 - Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses
» 30.10.2009 - Malawi president receives 2009 Drivers of Change Award
» 30.10.2009 - Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
» 29.10.2009 - IMF warns Zimbabwe of increased external deficit
» 28.10.2009 - Tanzanian farmers receive FAO's boost
» 28.10.2009 - Tunis forum makes recommendations on protecting African remittances
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - FAO commences work on international land-tenure governance guidelines
» 27.10.2009 - Kenya leads Africa rural connect in third round
» 26.10.2009 - SADC states highest ranked in prosperity index
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 23.10.2009 - $480 million to help in Ethiopia's food security
» 23.10.2009 - Malawi signs $60 million road project funding with AfDB
» 22.10.2009 - SA govt to subsidise poor TV owners go digital
» 22.10.2009 - Kenya fails the 2010 electricity target
» 22.10.2009 - MCC country directors review progress on programmes
» 22.10.2009 - Ethiopia needs urgent food aid
» 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
» 20.10.2009 - Report calls for lifting of restrictions on remittances to Africa
» 20.10.2009 - Africa to accelerate efforts to achieve development goals
» 20.10.2009 - Expelled Angolan refugees in dire need of aid
» 20.10.2009 - Africa evaluates 15 years of population development ahead of MDGs deadline
» 19.10.2009 - Nigeria plans to offer stake to Delta residents
» 19.10.2009 - Cocoa livelihoods programme launched in Ghana
» 15.10.2009 - Zambia becomes agric support hub for Southern Africa
» 15.10.2009 - Gates challenges global leaders to support world's poorest farmers
» 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
» 13.10.2009 - African governments urged to recommit to develop people
» 13.10.2009 - Australia helps Zim farmers through World Bank
» 13.10.2009 - UN marks 15th anniversary of the Cairo development conference
» 13.10.2009 - Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
» 12.10.2009 - Formalise employment for greater trade benefits, ILO/WTO study
» 12.10.2009 - World faces huge challenge to feed growing populations
» 12.10.2009 - New multi-media tools to help resolve land rights issues in Africa
» 08.10.2009 - More agric investments needed to feed worlds hungry, UN
» 08.10.2009 - Malawi milk producers receive boost from Netherlands
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 06.10.2009 - 67 global urban youth groups awared HABITAT grants
» 05.10.2009 - Food security crucial for Africa's development, AWEPA
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 01.10.2009 - Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana youth to benefit from Cocoa development grant
» 01.10.2009 - Zim health workers afforded mobility with UN bikes
» 01.10.2009 - Benin's livestock farmers sign support grants with USADF
» 30.09.2009 - IFAD signs additional funding to fight poverty in Kenya
» 30.09.2009 - Climate change could induce more food dependency on Africa, FAO paper
» 29.09.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent $66 million in Uganda
» 28.09.2009 - Global economic crisis to fuel conflict in Africa, experts
» 28.09.2009 - FAO urges policy improvement to turn around Africa's fortunes
» 25.09.2009 - Leaders call for UN support on Africa's development
» 25.09.2009 - Help out in central Africa, Ban appeals
» 24.09.2009 - Diageo commits more funding to West Africa's access to clean water
» 24.09.2009 - CGI partners announce new commitments to empower girls and women
» 24.09.2009 - Museveni calls on Africa to wake up
» 23.09.2009 - UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia
» 23.09.2009 - USADF signs new grants in Cape Verde and Tanzania
» 22.09.2009 - IMF approves $21.5 million for Comoros
» 21.09.2009 - Horn of Africa facing severe food insecurity, FAO
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 21.09.2009 - FDI flows will continue to decrease in 2009
» 21.09.2009 - No end in sight to economic crisis for hard-hit developing world – UN report
» 18.09.2009 - Poor states need extra support to cope, IMF head
» 18.09.2009 - Mobile money transfer system now avalable in S/Leone
» 18.09.2009 - Project focus to enhance child nutrition in rural Malawi and Tanzania
» 17.09.2009 - MCC signs $540 million compact with Senegal
» 17.09.2009 - Low income countries still suffering recession impact, World Bank
» 17.09.2009 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
» 16.09.2009 - World falling short on pledges to reduce poverty – UN report
» 16.09.2009 - IFAD approves $217.82 million for rural poverty work worldwide
» 16.09.2009 - WFP chief warns of growing crisis for worlds hungry
» 16.09.2009 - Schools for Africa partnership raise $71 million
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa
» 15.09.2009 - $70 million to revive Zimbabwe’s education
» 14.09.2009 - Zimbabwean farmers to get EU funded boost
» 14.09.2009 - Eastern Africa to harmonise strategies to reach food security
» 14.09.2009 - Global poll shows support for increased govt intervention
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 04.09.2009 - Forum promises new action on women’s health and rights
» 04.09.2009 - Southern Africa Trust to collaborate with Mauritius
» 03.09.2009 - EU surpasses US as single greatest population donor

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