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- Wednesday 30 July 2014
Africa’s Great Apes On The Verge Of Extinction, Say Expert
According to a UN-backed report last month, experts predict that at the current rate, human development will have impacted 90% of the apes' habitat in Africa and 99% in Asia by 2030. - Wednesday 30 July 2014
Kenya: Dagoretti's Breath of Fresh Air
A dawn that bring in breathe of fresh air and ushers in waves of social change. Imparting communities at the grassroot level is the Dagoretti’s first community radio station, Mtaani radio. Mtaani is a swahili word for Community. - Monday 28 July 2014
African Farmers Using Innovations To Make A Profit
‘Smart Shamba’, is an automated greenhouse irrigation system controlled by a computerized control box that targets water sources for irrigation, control temperatures and moisture input and output , to the exact time when the crops them, wasting not a single drop of water or fertilizer and was developed by Kenyatta University (KU) students in Kenya. - Monday 28 July 2014
DRC Congo: World Bank To Boost Agriculture Sector And Electricity Access
World Bank is the largest single donor institution to development in Africa, carrying out massive projects across the continent, donating $ 1.3 billion for climate related projects in 2013 alone. - Thursday 24 July 2014
Bill Gates Foundation,To Benefits Africa Greatly
One of the foundations major programmes is the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 200 million people a year and kills more than 600,000 people with nine out of 10 deaths being in Africa. - Thursday 24 July 2014
Nigeria: Boko Haram Islamists Kill At Least 80 In Twin Suicide Blasts As Buhari Escapes Death
The insurgents, who are fighting to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria, have repeatedly targeted civilians. They have killed more than 2,000 during the first half of this year, according to Human Rights - Wednesday 23 July 2014
Zimbabwe: Scramble For Dual Citizenship Overwhelms Registrar-General
Currently, some African countries that have dual citizenship have had these approved in various ways with many states having approved it with restrictions or qualifications such as dual citizens or naturalized dual citizens may not hold specified public office. - Wednesday 23 July 2014
Ethiopia: Government Aims To End Child Marriage and FGM By 2025
National rate of FGM had fallen by half among girls aged 14 and under from 52 percent in 2000 to 23 percent in 2011, while prevalence of child marriage declined from 33.1 percent in 1997 to 21.4 percent in 2010, say Women, Children and Youth Affairs Minister. - Wednesday 23 July 2014
Africa Is The New Export Market Destination, Secretary of State-Commonwealth
Sub-Saharan Africa has shown resilient growth during the financial crisis, and is expected to grow by 6% per year over the next four years with Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and others expected to achieve growth rates of seven per cent or more this year, say UKTI. - Wednesday 23 July 2014
Africa Should Increase Trade With Africa, Says Zambia Commerce Minister
He expressed regret that imports of sugar within the region amounted to only about US$246 million compared with US$2.0 billion worth of the commodity imported from outside Comesa, including countries like Costa Rica. - Wednesday 23 July 2014
Uganda: Youth Urged To Utilize HIV/AIDS Prevention Skills
African is the worst hit by the epidemic with current rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence at its highest 69%, in sub Saharan Africa, forcing governments to re-strategize on their approach towards stabilizing levels of the scourge. - Tuesday 22 July 2014
African Countries To Miss TV Analogue Switch-Off Deadline, Say Research
Failure to beat the deadline will affect the progress made so far by African countries, in digitizing the communication sector, especially broadcast in line with global digital goals. - Tuesday 22 July 2014
Kenya: American Man Faces Charges Of Sex Acts With Children
In the recent years, there have been increased cases of foreigners being arraigned in courts across Africa for engaging in pornographic acts with underage girls and boys with approximately 30,000 (30%) of the population of children between 12 and 18 engaging in illicit sex with foreigners ‘Mzungu’ in Kenyan coastal towns alone. - Monday 21 July 2014
West Africa: FAO Warns of Fruit Bat Risk in Ebola Epidemic
The West African epidemic is thought to have started when the virus crossed over from infected wildlife into the human population and subsequently began spreading between people. - Monday 21 July 2014
Uganda: Police Intensify Operations Against Perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
FGM is mainly documented in Africa - in 28 countries, with prevalence rates varing between countries, with prevalence rates of 85% at highest in Somalia, Egypt and Mali, with 30% at lowest in Senegal, Central African Republic and Nigeria.