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Fighting FGM in Africa
The slow retreat of female genital mutilation in Africa

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is not a secret anathema in Africa anymore. From Senegal to Tanzania, governments and organisations are outspoken on the harmful practice and public debate is brought to life. Results are ambiguous, but successes are always slow.

afrol News has followed African women's fight against FGM:

» Egyptians mobilise against FGM
» Togolese anti-FGM legislation shows results
» FGM now punished effectively in Burkina Faso
» Djiboutian Minister teaches West women's liberation
» Emergency FGM rescue operation fails In Tanzania
» Alternatives to FGM in Guinea-Bissau
» Senegal determined to eliminate female genital mutilation
» Tanzania fails to enforce law against female mutilation
» Djibouti to fight female genital mutilation
» Call for worldwide ban of FGM
» Women campaigns against genital mutilation successful

Background
» Data: Prevalence of FGM in Africa
» Fighting Female Genital Mutilation in Africa

Liberia
Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Society
WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia

afrol News, 26 June - The World Bank has approved US$3.5 million for Liberia for its Costal Defense programme which will target three cities including Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia and two other major cities in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) communiqué has said.

Nigeria
Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights | Gender - Women | Health
10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria

afrol News, 26 June - More than 10, 000 Nigerian girls held captive as sex slaves in Morocco and Libya are to be repatriated, the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has revealed in a statement.

Morocco
Economy - Development
Morocco expects 5.3% economic growth in 2009

afrol News, 26 June - Morocco has announced an economic growth forecast of 5.3 percent in 2009 and another 2.4 percent for 2010, though saying the figures would also depend on the results of the agricultural season in 2009.

Sudan
Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature
Sudan ready for biofuels

afrol News, 26 June - The Sudanese government has unveiled the country's first biofuel plant, joining other African countries like Egypt in the fight against global warming.

Zimbabwe
Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
UK offers more help to Zim, but not direct to government

afrol News, 22 June - The British government has announced an extra US$ 8 million of transitional aid to Zimbabwe, but the money will not be channeled direct through government, as the United Kingdom is still cautiously watching the democratic developments in the shaky power sharing deal.

Nigeria
Politics | Society
Oil firms confirms attacks on oil facilities

afrol News, 22 June - The Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed three attacks on oil facilities in the troubled delta region in Nigeria. The militant attacks in Niger Delta have cut the oil production in Africa’s former biggest oil producer by 20 percent since 2006.

Africa
Agriculture - Nutrition
Africa has vast agriculture potential, UN study

afrol News, 22 June - A vast stretch of African savannah land that spreads across 25 countries has the potential to turn several African nations into global players in bulk commodity production, according to a study published by FAO and the World Bank.

Somalia
Politics | Society
Insurgents vow to attack foreign troops

afrol News, 22 June - Somalia’s radical insurgent group, Al Shabab has warned against the deployment of foreign troops in the Horn of Africa state. A warning follows an appeal by the Transitional Federal Government for military back up to bolster the fragile government.

Angola
Human rights | Society | Politics
Rights body call for cessation of torture in Angola

afrol News, 22 June - The human rights body has urged the Angolan government to halt unlawful detention and torture of people suspected of rebel activities in oil-producing province of Cabinda.

South Africa
Health | Society
New hope for MDR TB patients

afrol News, 22 June - Researchers have found a new Tuberculosis drugs to treat the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in a clinical trial in South Africa.

Nigeria
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
MEND claims attack on Agip’s major pipeline

afrol News, 19 June - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed to have blown up yet another major pipeline in the early hours this morning.

World | Zimbabwe
Economy - Development | Politics
Britain not ready to lift sanctions against Zim

afrol News, 19 June - The British government is not ready yet to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying the country has to prove itself on the path to democracy.

West Africa | World
Politics | Economy - Development
World Bank approves funding of major continent’s projects

afrol News, 19 June - The World Bank has announced yesterday it had approved a number of projects for the continent, including four projects in Nigeria totaling more than $1 billion.

Somalia | World
Society | Politics | Human rights
UN condemns latest Somali bombing

afrol News, 19 June - The United Nations has joined international partners in strongly condemning yesterday’s suicide car bombing in Somalia that killed the national security minister, Omar Hashi Aden, and a number of innocent civilians, and urged the Government not to be deterred in its pursuit for peace by the actions of a small minority.

Algeria
Society | Politics | Human rights
Algerian police killed in an ambush

afrol News, 19 June - At least 24 policemen have been killed by Islamist militants during an ambush near Mansoura, east of the capital, Algiers yesterday.

Uganda
Environment - Nature | Science - Education | Society
Uganda could be a dessert in 40 years

afrol News, 19 June - A new global report on Environment has warned that Uganda could be a total dessert in 40 years if the government fails to protect the country’s forests. Uganda has reportedly lost more than 30 percent of its forest between 1990 and 2005.

Tunisia | World
Politics | Society | Human rights
Tunisia dismiss fears of inmates’ mistreatment

afrol News, 19 June - The Tunisian authorities have condemned reported alleged fears that the country would mistreat Tunisian nationals transferred from Guantanamo prison back to the country.

Africa
Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition
Agriculture still first against global downturn

afrol News, 18 June - A new report says the risks of the agriculture sector bowing to the economic crisis could increase if the economic downturn deepens.

Djibouti
Economy - Development | Society
Djibouti qualifies for IMF’s poverty disbursement

afrol News, 18 June - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement with Djibouti, thereby immediately qualifying the country for the disbursement of US$ 2.3 million.

Somalia
Politics | Society
Suicide bomb kills security minister in Somalia

afrol News, 18 June - Somalia’s security minister, Colonel Omar Hashi Aden and more than 18 other people were killed by a suicide car bomber north of the capital Mogadishu today.

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