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South Africa
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South African mortality crisis overcome

afrol News, 5 November - Mortality rates, which have been increasing in South Africa since the 1990s, are on their way back down, reflecting a downturn of the AIDS epidemic and signalling longer lifespans for South Africans, statistics published today reveal.

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Central Africa | West Africa
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Maize research splendid investment for Africa

afrol News, 3 November - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims.

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Sudan
Politics | Society | Science - Education | Economy - Development | Human rights
AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur

afrol News, 4 August - The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has provided a financial boost of almost $250,000 for the construction of classrooms, toilets and water pumps in the violence-ridden region of Sudan.

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Africa | World
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World Bank doubles education financing

afrol News, 29 April - The World Bank has today announced it was doubling its education financing this year in low- and middle-income countries to $4.09 billion to help poor countries battle threats to their education systems during the global economic crisis.

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Africa
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African urban ecology under-studied

afrol News, 10 December - African cities are growing faster than anywhere else in the world. But the ecological impact of their growth is poorly studies, whether it comes to urban ecology or the hinterland's environment.

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» 09.10.2006 - "Corrupt culture" revealed among African diplomats
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» 26.01.2005 - "Dramatic increase in black affluence" in SA
» 25.01.2005 - Religious knowledge set found to check Africa's development
» 20.12.2004 - Botswana HIV rate at 17, not 40 percent
» 01.12.2004 - Impact of AIDS on South Africa's elderly underrated
» 08.11.2004 - Edible insects "rediscovered" in Central Africa
» 28.04.2004 - South Africa's women from housework to unemployment queue
» 14.01.2004 - Chancellor to introduce German-Ethiopian science cooperation
» 29.10.2003 - Deepening African-European ties studied
» 30.07.2003 - Muslim-Christian coexistence in Nigeria studied
» 25.07.2003 - Africa's early ecologic-cultural history studied
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