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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Tuesday 27 May 2014
AU: Eastern Africa Regional Internet Exchange Point Worshop Launched
The event aims to address slow and expensive exchange of intra-African traffic via overseas hubs. - Tuesday 27 May 2014
Mali: Government and Tuareg Rebels Agree to End the Stand-off
An agreement brokered by African Union and United Nations on Friday, to permanently cease fire, exchange prisoners, restart peace talks and accept an international investigation into Wednesday fighting, welcomed by both warring sides. - Monday 26 May 2014
Sénégal: New Interactive Map Shows Africans Accessing Clean Water by 2030
The map is understood to be the first online interactive data representation project produced with a predominantly African audience in mind, which is increasingly online and social media savvy. - Monday 26 May 2014
Malawi:President's Election Nullification Cause Constitutional Setback
Banda, who was running for re- election, ordered a new vote within 90 days but exempted herself from the re-run as a candidate to guarantee a credible outcome. - Friday 23 May 2014
South Sudan: MSF Rapidly Scales up Response to Contain Cholera Outbreak
More than 315 cholera cases have been recorded in South Sudan since the Ministry of Health (MoH) officially declared an outbreak in the capital, Juba, on 15 May 2014. - Friday 23 May 2014
Malawi: Elections Marred with Controversy as Minister Shoots Himself
Malawi election officials forced to resort to using fax and email to tally votes from this week's election as the electronic system brakes down, delaying the release of the results. - Friday 23 May 2014
Kenya Poised to Become ICT Hub in East Africa
Pupils and students to benefit most from the ICT Programme project, that will connect 10,000 schools across the country to the internet for E-Learning purposes, as per Vision 2030. - Friday 23 May 2014
Kenya: New TSC Rules to Deny Teachers Economic Independence
Teachers are the most hardworking public servants, and the country’s economy needs their enterprising acumen, Kenyan government told. - Thursday 22 May 2014
Zambia: Government and IBM to Provide Improved Access to Life Saving Drugs
The public health sector in Zambia registers 100,000 deaths annually due to preventable and treatable diseases. The goal of the medicine supply chain management project is to save more lives by making medicine widely available when and where it’s needed. - Thursday 22 May 2014
Uganda: Opposition Told to Wait for Their Turn, in 40 Years
The opposition will not win any election because they don’t have a proper agenda for the Ugandan people, and they need time to mature. - Wednesday 21 May 2014
Kenya: Elderly Living with HIV/AIDS Requests Services from Senior Medical Practitioners
Employ more doctors to cope with the growing HIV virus infected population, government told. - Wednesday 21 May 2014
Kenya: Abortion Cases on the Rise among Young Women
Government asked to increase health care allocation by at least 6% of the total national budget. - Wednesday 21 May 2014
Kenya: Government Training Colleges to Offer the Most Intake Placements
The body mandated with admissions in higher learning institutions claim government training colleges offers the largest number of placements for candidates. - Tuesday 20 May 2014
Sudan: UN Rights Experts Condemn Death Sentence Against Pregnant Mother for Apostasy and Adultery
Ms. Ibrahim, 27, born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, was arrested in 2013 on the grounds of adultery by the Sudanese authorities for being viewed as a Muslim woman cohabitating with a Christian man, whom she married in 2012. - Monday 19 May 2014
Sudan: Continued Suspension of Activities Causes Severe Humanitarian Impact
Over the past two years, the ICRC, in its role as a neutral intermediary, has facilitated the release of over 200 people, including South Sudanese prisoners of war, members of the Sudanese armed forces, and civilians – including Chinese and Turkish citizens – held by armed opposition groups.