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25.04.2008
Today, on World Malaria Day, 3,000 children will die of malaria. This year, it will kill more than one million people. When faced with such disastrous statistics, it can be easy for us to feel overwhelmed – to see malaria as another problem that is too big and too complex. The reality is different: malaria is 100 per cent preventable. But action must be taken before the mosquito bites.
MoreRelated topics/regions: [Africa] [Malaria] [Infant mortality] [Disease] |
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25.04.2008
Freelance journalist Frank Chikowore was on April 21, 2008 finally charged with public violence, appearing in court almost a week after his arrest together with six other accused persons among them the opposition MDC's director of information and publicity, Luke Tamborinyoka.
MoreRelated topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Freedom of expression] |
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21.04.2008
HODI a non profit NGO has trained 12 village reporters in Choma and Kalomo Districts in Southern Zambia with a view of eliminating child labour in tobacco growing.
MoreRelated topics/regions: [Zambia] [Development] |
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25.04.2008
“If the world is serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by the year 2015, ICT must figure prominently in the effort. Everyone – governments, civil society and private sector businesses – has a vital stake in fostering digital opportunity and putting ICT at the service of development.”
MoreKofi Annan, Former Secretary-General, United Nations Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Development] |



