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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Thursday 12 June 2014
Zimbabwe: Norway Commits to Share Expertise
Prof Moyo expressed Government’s disgruntlement with Norway’s decision to stand with Britain on the illegal sanctions on Mugabes government, says source. - Wednesday 11 June 2014
Uganda: New Report, 3.7M children Living Under Extreme Poverty Conditions
15% of children have never attended school and 2.2 million children below 5 years suffer from stunting resulting from malnutrition. 3.7% of children below 5years live in poverty while 1.6% lives in extreme poverty, says report. - Wednesday 11 June 2014
Chad: Women and Children Mostly Affected by Trafficking, Says Report
Selling or bartering children into involuntary domestic servitude or herding is used as a means of survival by families seeking to reduce the number of children to take care of. - Tuesday 10 June 2014
FAO: Director-General Says Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Crucial to Food Security and Nutrition
The Director-General pointed out that fisheries and aquaculture were the sources of 17 percent of the animal protein consumed in the world and up to 50 percent in some Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Asian countries. - Monday 9 June 2014
Somalia: UN Envoy Calls For the Release of all Remaining Captives
The 11 survivors of the MV Albedo crew were released to officials from the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) inside Somalia and are now safely back in Kenya. - Monday 9 June 2014
Kenya: New Report Says Coastal Town of Mombasa to Submerge in 20 Years
Experts have warned that the Kenyan Coastline as it is today will be no more in two decades as the ocean waters keep rising due to global climate change. - Friday 6 June 2014
Uganda: Government to Fix Minimum Wage
Bulging wage bill in African sub-continent has turned out to be the biggest nightmare for governments, as it keeps soaring high forcing them to borrow from foreign states to sustain it. - Friday 6 June 2014
East African: EAC in Donor Search as Budget Estimates Presented
The regional budget has now dropped for the second time in a row from $134.1million in 2012/2013 financial year, $125 million in 2013/2014 and finally to $124million. - Friday 6 June 2014
Kenya: New Bill Targets Domestic Violence
If passed into law, the Bill will give police officers mandate to arrest, without necessarily having an arrest warrant, any person suspected to have assaulted or threatened to assault a family member. - Friday 6 June 2014
South Sudan: FAO Airdrops Crop Seeds to Remote Communities as Rainy Season Approaches
As well as targeting conflict-affected communities with large-scale distributions by truck, FAO successfully flew 21 tonnes of crop seeds to Pibor in Jonglei state in partnership with the United Nations Missions in Sudan (UNMISS) . - Thursday 5 June 2014
Libya: 3 Killed and 4 Injured in Bid to Assassinate Renegade General
Hafter is accusing some members of the General National Congress (GNC) of aiding terrorists and blaming them for the current situation in Libya. - Thursday 5 June 2014
CAR: Government Bans Use of Text Messages
The deeply impoverished country with majority of its citizens being Christians (50%) has been struggling to restore peace in the face of relentless tit-for-tat attacks between Christian vigilante groups and Muslim (15%) ex-Seleka rebels. - Wednesday 4 June 2014
West Africa: Resurgence of Epidemic Ebola Affects 300 People
A team of specialists will join the team already present on the ground. MSF will also send medical and logistical supplies such as protective clothing kits and medicines with a view to protecting health staff and to setting up facilities where patients can be treated. - Tuesday 3 June 2014
Canada Funds African Innovative Projects
The announcement coincided with the global summit on maternal, newborn and child health that was held in Toronto late last month. - Tuesday 3 June 2014
Kenya: Violence on Women on the Rise
Between January and May this year, the centre located at Nairobi Women hospital received 1,864 cases, of which 84 percent were physical violence while 16 percent were sexual violence