Full Coverage: Africa

09.05.2008 Namibian primary school students are reading books that they authored and local artists illustrated as part of an education campaign that also provides professional development for teachers.

09.05.2008 South Africa will host the World Cup in 2010 so construction – and corruption – is booming. But almost none of the building or the money can be accessed by the poor who live in shantytowns without proper water, sanitation or electricity. These inequalities could be a major issue in the 2009 presidential election, says Philippe Rivière.

08.05.2008 Zimbabwen demokratia-aktivistit hyödyntävät tehokkaasti tekstiviestejä, blogeja ja muutta uutta teknologiaa. Kontrolloidun valtamedian ohittava viesti on usein humoristinen letkautus presidentti Mugabesta tai maan katastrofaalisesta taloudellisesta tilasta.

08.05.2008 To provide counselling and protection services, a toll-free national Child Helpline was launched recently in Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa. Last year the government and UNICEF in their joint survey had found more than 90% children suffering from various forms of violence like hunger, exploitation and rape.

07.05.2008 Erive Community Radio is bringing a change in the lives of young girls in Maganja da Costa. The UNICEF-supported station has led to a rise in enrollment in primary schools through its programmes promoting girls’ education. The station is run in partnership with Mozambique’s Social Communication Institute.

07.05.2008 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime.

07.05.2008 Afrikan maiden johtajat kokoontuvat toukokuun lopussa Japanin Yokohamaan keskustelemaan mantereen kehittämisestä ja Afrikan sekä Japanin yhteistyöstä. Japanin odotetaan kertovan kokouksessa uudesta Afrikalle suunnattavasta tukipaketista.

07.05.2008 NGO representatives in Chad are mourning the killing by bandits of Pascal Marlinge, the country director of Save the Children UK.

06.05.2008 Botswana suunnittelee Kalaharin autiomaahan turistikohteita, joiden vedenkulutus tulee olemaan merkittävä. Samaan aikaan valtio ei anna san-alkuperäiskansalle lupaa käyttää ainoaa vesilähdettään.

06.05.2008 Zimbabween aseita kuljettava laiva on ollut kuun vaihteesta valmiina rantautumaan Luandan satamaan Angolaan. Satamatyöläiset kieltäytyvät purkamasta lastia.

06.05.2008 YK:n pyrinnöt ruokakriisin ratkaisemiseksi eivät saa kaikilta kiitosta. Senegalin presidentti Abdoulaye Wade haukkui FAO:n turhaksi ja tehottomaksi järjestöksi.

06.05.2008 Tighter government monitoring to prevent the continued dumping of toxic e-waste on the developing world is demanded by the world federation of consumer organisations.

05.05.2008 Africa today presents the most promising opportunities and perspectives for the ICT industry. International Telecommunication Union is organising Telecom Africa 2008 which will bring together technologies, topics, leaders, speakers and networking opportunities for growth and investment in the continent.

02.05.2008 Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community.

02.05.2008 Mikä Afrikan demokratisoitumista oikein jarruttaa? Se, että ulkopuoliset sekaantuvat Afrikan asioihin tuntematta mantereen historiaa eivätkä salli afrikkalaisten ajatella itsenäisesti ja tehdä omia virheitään, vastaa tansanialainen professori Severine Rugumamu.

01.05.2008 An outreach and education program for youth that have lost their homes and families helps girls like Tryphine Chikabida, 14 years old, overcome the challenges of life in Zimbabwe.

01.05.2008 HIV, stigma, animation, music.