Full Coverage: Africa

30.11.2007 Roughly 3,000 Sudanese living in a camp in northwestern Kenya will be able to return to their homes by late December, despite government-rebel tensions over the implementation of a peace agreement signed in 2005.

30.11.2007 Thanks to a program providing financial support to those who treat and prevent fistula in the developing world, more women will have access to treatment for this debilitating condition caused by prolonged and difficult labor.

30.11.2007 The Kenyan government will soon declare tuberculosis a national disaster, as approximately 70 Kenyans die from the disease every day.
From: Daily Nation (Nairobi)

30.11.2007 The verdict in the case of Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, which was expected today, has been postponed yet again because one of the three judges has had to be replaced because of illness.

30.11.2007 Itäisen Afrikan yhteisö EAC on ensimmäinen maiden joukko, joka on allekirjoittanut EPA-vapaakauppasopimuksen Euroopan unionin kanssa. Eteläisen Afrikan ryhmä seuraa pian perässä, ja sen neljä maata sopi jo väliaikaisesta EPAsta.

29.11.2007 Poverty, a young Sudanese man born during this country's civil war, rose far beyond his name by studying hard, developing marketable skills as a carpenter, and inspiring community youth through sports and HIV/AIDS awareness programs.

29.11.2007 Population 6 million.
400,000 dead.
2.5 million displaced.
4 million reliant on aid.
What will you do?
Tricycle Theatre, London, 2 December

29.11.2007 Although aid workers say his fate is "vital to the ongoing [peace] process," a top player in Uganda's main rebel movement has not been heard from for several weeks.

29.11.2007 Etelä-Afrikan entinen varapresidentti, raiskaus- ja korruptiosyytteiden rasittama Jacob Zuma voitti enemmistön ANC-puolueen puheenjohtajan nimitysäänistä. Istuva presidentti Thabo Mbeki seuraa perässä.

28.11.2007 The adverse effects of climate change pose a much greater threat to Africa than to the developed world and could induce an increase in malnutrition, disease, and destitution in the region, states a new UN report.

27.11.2007 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
From: UNFPA

27.11.2007 Arab tribes may incite renewed violence in Darfur and neighboring regions as they are demanding their interests be met before the arrival of a peacekeeping mission next year, warns an organization monitoring the situation.

26.11.2007 Education for All (EFA) - a dream or a reality? Development stakeholders are invited to join Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) in exploring partnerships to make the EFA vision a reality.

26.11.2007 The government has controversially retained Dr Tafataona Mahoso as the chairperson of the restructured state-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC) which will look into the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) application to be duly licensed despite court findings on his bias against the publishing company.

26.11.2007 It was bad enough for web publishing when the challenge was to persuade marketers to move money from 'old fashioned' magazines and radio to the 'new and trendy' Internet. Now there's something newer and trendier!

25.11.2007 Fighting between rebels and government army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued for a third day on Friday driving hundreds of families from their homes.

22.11.2007 The verdict in the case of Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and
Netsanet Demissie, which was expected today, has been postponed again because a judge is in hospital.

22.11.2007 Kirkon Ulkomaanavun tämän vuoden adventtikeräyksellä kootaan varoja Afrikan lasten elinolojen parantamiseen. Myös ensimmäisen adventin kolehti kerätään Afrikan lasten auttamiseksi.

22.11.2007 "Kenian maidontuottajilla menee nyt hyvin", alalle aikova Peter Wanyeki hymyilee. Maidon hyvä hinta on nostanut tilat takavuosien ahdingosta, mutta taivaanrantaa synkistää nyt uusi uhka: Euroopan unionin tarjoama EPA-sopimus.

21.11.2007 A group of Ugandan women parliamentarians spoke to American lawmakers about the importance of women's empowerment as a step toward ending conflicts around the world.
From: Centre for Development and Population Activities