Full Coverage: Africa

21.09.2007 A tsunami of violence has hit South Africa, writer Andre Brink says on Murder Most Foul, which will be shown on More4 at 9pm on Tuesday.

21.09.2007 Zimbabwean children as young as seven are walking alone through hostile territory to cross the South African border in a bid to escape crushing poverty at home, according to research by a leading children's charity.

21.09.2007 Initiated by the Africa Interactive Media Foundation, the Voices of Africa project was launched in late May 2007 and is now in the preparatory phase. Reporters are now working on it in four countries.

21.09.2007 1st - 5th October, 2007, Nairobi, Kenya. Hundreds of new ideas on ICT development in Africa, lessons learnt from other regions of the world, discussions on policy, ICT investment, regional projects and research and development, etc.

21.09.2007 In the first case of its kind, a Harare magistrate has tried and convicted a man who was found in possession of a printed email message containing information that was said to denigrate President Robert Mugabe and Vice President Joice Mujuru.

21.09.2007 Mainstreet Technologies threw its hat in the ring this week to be the first to complete an African west coast fibre project to compete with SAT3. The cable will connect 12 countries, some already connected to SAT3, others not. Russell Southwood spoke to the project’s CEO Funke Opeke and discovered how it intends to win the race to complete.

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20.09.2007 Floods across Africa are reported to be the worst in decades in some places and extend in an arc from Mauritania in the west to Kenya in the east. At least an estimated 1.5 million people are so far affected.
From: World Food Programme

20.09.2007 Suomen Yrittäjät kannustaa yrittäjiä lahjoittamaan rahaa pienyrittäjäkoulutukseen Etelä-Afrikassa. Vastineeksi yritykset saavat imagonkohotusta ja mahdollisesti uusia kauppakumppanuuksia.

20.09.2007 A double amputee bomb victim who heads an Angolan disability organisation was thrown off a Portuguese airlines flight to London, it was disclosed this week.

20.09.2007 Tämänvuotisen EU:n kehitysyhteistyökilpailun teemoina ovat ilmastonmuutos, vesi ja energia sekä kestävä matkailu Afrikassa. Kilpailun kansallinen voittaja opettajineen pääsee kenttämatkalle Afrikkaan. Kilpailutyöt on jätettävä viimeistään 6. tammikuuta.

19.09.2007 Kansalaisjärjestöt ympäri Afrikan vaativat, että suunniteltu vapaakauppasopimus EPA unohdettaisiin. Järjestöjen mukaan vaihtoehtoja on enemmän kuin neuvottelukumppani EU on valmis myöntämään.

18.09.2007 Benefiting from the current government’s failure to deliver key social services, Ernest Bai Koroma was elected president by Sierra Leoneans last week, despite the incumbent entering the race as the favorite.

18.09.2007 Six months before scheduled elections, Zimbabwe is closer than ever to complete collapse, according to the International Crisis Group.
From: International Crisis Group

18.09.2007 YK:n pääsihteeri Ban Ki-moon keräsi uuteen ohjausryhmään maailman johtavavat kehitysorganisaatiot. Ryhmän yhteisenä tavoitteena on vauhdittaa vuosituhattavoitteiden toteutumista Afrikassa.

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17.09.2007 Zimbabwen ammatillinen keskusjärjestö on ilmoittanut järjestävänsä toisen valtakunnallisen työnseisauksen syyskuun 19.-20. päivinä. Edellinen työnseisaus pidettiin huhtikuussa, minkä jälkeen inflaatio on kivunnut lähes 8000 prosenttiin. Hallitus on ilmoittanut, ettei se aio "vain istua ja katsoa, kun ammattiliitto rampauttaa Zimbabwen lakkoilullaan".

14.09.2007 Un impegno per il cessate il fuoco unilaterale nel Darfur fin dall'inizio dei negoziati al quale il presidente del Sudan ha risposto annunciando la "disponibilità del suo governo" chiedendo però che "coinvolga anche i ribelli che finora non hanno accettato le trattative". E' quanto emerge dalla conferenza stampa al termine del colloqui tra il Presidente del Consiglio, Romano Prodi, e il presidente sudanese, Omar El Bashir. Un incontro al centro dell'attenzione internazionale anche per le critiche sollevate da diverse parti al governo italiano per essere il primo di un paese occidentale ad ospitare il dittatore sudanese considerato responsabile delle violenze nel Darfur attraverso il sostegno alle milizie Janjaweed. Per domenica 16 settembre la "Save Darfur Coalition" ha indetto la "Giornata per il Darfur" con manifestazioni e azioni a favore della regione sudanese dove le violenze nell’arco di quattro anni hanno provocato non meno di 200mila morti e due milioni e mezzo di sfollati.

14.09.2007 Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Thailand are currently gathering outside the UN headquarters in New York to demand greater attention be paid to global hunger. Through a regularly updated blog, the campaigners are sharing behind-the-scenes action, video feeds, concert footage, and more.

14.09.2007 After 21 years of war and tens of thousands of deaths, Uganda takes steps towards peace while the International Criminal Court attempts to uphold justice. Gareth McKibben considers whether the two can find common ground.