Full Coverage: Africa

30.04.2007 A Bushman spokesperson has appealed to the Indian government to respect an order of the Indian Supreme Court that has asked for closure of the Andaman Trunk Road that will harm the Jarawa tribes.

30.04.2007 Naisen asema Ugandassa on ottanut harppauksia parempaan suuntaan. Joka kolmas poliittinen istuin kuuluu jo naiselle. Muutama kuukausi sitten Ugandan parlementti poisti lain, jonka mukaan naisen uskottomuus oli rikos, miehen ei.

29.04.2007 As the conflict in Darfur spreads across central Africa, with thousands more displaced and killed, Julian Borger in Chad investigates the origins and contradictions of what he describes as the first climate change war.

29.04.2007 Nigeria's elections — rife with vote-rigging, violence and intimidation — are only the latest example of the corruption and decay that characterised Obasanjo's rule, say Christopher Albin-Lackey and Ben Rawlence.
From Prospect magazine

27.04.2007 A Senegalese scientist has disputed test results used by President Yayha Jammeh to support claims that the Gambian leader had found a cure for AIDS: "There is no known cure for AIDS. Under no circumstance may results conducted in my laboratory be proof of an alleged cure for HIV."

27.04.2007 The Zimbabwe government’s decision to move to cancel all NGO registration certificates is condemned by a leading freedom of expression group.

26.04.2007 Question: What happened when Olaudah Equiano, one of the most famous slaves in history, met John Newton, British slave trader and writer of the hymn Amazing Grace? Answer: Nothing - because they didn’t meet. African Snow imagines the confrontation, and shows us what might have occurred.

26.04.2007 East African countries marked Africa Malaria Day by announcing a review of control strategies, ranging from the use of more effective drugs to indoor spraying with DDT.

26.04.2007 Africa should be the driver, not co-pilot, of malaria vaccine development, argues Tom Egwang.

25.04.2007 Somalia has become the most dangerous place in the world for relief workers to operate, the UN's humanitarian chief has warned, with none of the sides in the fighting in Mogadishu in recent weeks respecting the rules of war or making allowance for aid operations.

25.04.2007 A "vulture" fund seeking more than $55m from Zambia had its wings clipped in the high court in London yesterday by a judge who limited its claim to $15.5m and cut its award of costs because of its "dishonesty".
* In 2005, G8 pledged $50bn for Africa. Now the reality

25.04.2007 Botswanan ja Kenian alkuperäisasukkaiden elintila ja olemassaolo ovat vakavasti uhattuina yhä laajenevien villieläinpuistojen takia, YK:n alkuperäisasukkaiden asiantuntija Rodolfo Stavenhagen sanoo.

25.04.2007 Naiset työskentelevät Ifapa-ohjelman yhteydessä. Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa –ohjelman tehtävä on rakentaa luottamusta yli uskontokuntarajojen. Suomessakin vierailleessa afrikkalaisten naisjohtajien delegaatiossa oli kristittyjä, muslimeita, hindu ja bahai-uskon tunnustaja.

25.04.2007 In Nigeria c’è stata “una volontà politica perché il voto non fosse trasparente”, secondo Vittorio Agnoletto, tra gli osservatori europei a Lagos. Ritardi nell'apertura dei seggi, schede elettorali mancanti, brogli, pressioni politiche e isolati casi di violenza hanno caratterizzato le elezioni del 21 aprile. In base agli scrutini il vincitore sarebbe il candidato del partito di maggioranza, sostenuto da Obasanjo. Osservatori e candidati dell’opposizione hanno già chiesto le ripetizione del voto, ma difficilmente il governo permetterà il ritorno alle urne. "Se il governo nigeriano dovesse decidere di accettare le critiche degli osservatori e decidesse di ripetere le elezioni sarebbe un fatto straordinario e importantissimo perché con la diffusione, la consapevolezza e l’ampiezza della partecipazione della società civile che abbiamo visto in questo giorni, in Nigeria è possibile fare delle elezioni democratiche e trasparenti". E' proprio questo il segnale più positivo: la società civile nigeriana si è dimostrata, infatti, un soggetto forte e attivo.
di Sara Milanese

25.04.2007 Between lobbying efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington, DC, and the next hearing in Zambia "vulture fund" case, April is a busy month in a very important year for debt cancellation. Africa Action explains.

24.04.2007 UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (OneWorld) - As the United Nations prepares itself to take further action on a proposal to adopt an arms control treaty, civil society groups are stepping up pressure on governments to take a firm stand.

24.04.2007 Indigenous peoples in African countries including Botswana and Kenya are "on the brink of destruction" due to the expansion of game parks, according to the United Nations expert on indigenous peoples.

24.04.2007 More than 100 million children of primary-school age – two-thirds of them girls - are not in school, with sub-Saharan Africa recording the lowest school rates, the UN Children's Fund said at the start of Global Action Week on Education.

24.04.2007 In Tanzania, both abstinence and condom use have figured prominently in the national conversation on HIV/AIDS. Faithfulness, however, has not -- until now.

23.04.2007 Pohjois-Somaliassa 98 prosenttia naisista ympärileikataan alle murrosikäisinä. Solidaarisuussäätiö aloittaa hankkeen tapaa vastaan.