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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Friday 14 December 2012
Egypt Opposition Backs “No” Vote in Referendum
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Thursday 13 December 2012
Sudan: Amnesty Urges End to Violent Repression of Student Protests
The four students found dead were among 53 arrested by National Security Service (NSS) officers on 3 December during a peaceful sit-in at Al Jazeera University. - Thursday 13 December 2012
World: Book Challenges Policymakers with New Portrait of Urban Poverty
The book also challenges the idea that economic growth alone can eliminate that poverty, as many successful economies show little sign of decreasing poverty in their urban centres. - Thursday 13 December 2012
Africa: Ericsson Builds First LTE Network
Long Term Evolution (LTE), the next generation of mobile communication technology, enables the fast transfer of huge amounts of data in an efficient and cost-effective manner, optimizing the use of spectrum. - Tuesday 11 December 2012
Kenya: Lifeline for pastoralists
The project with the aim of contributing mainstreaming of rainwater harvesting and management in response to rural development was signed by AWF and African development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis - Monday 10 December 2012
Kenya: Orange, Wikipedia Partnership Seeks to Enhance Access to Information and Knowledge
This move is the result of a major partnership signed in January 2012 between the Orange Group and the Wikimedia Foundation to enable more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA region) to have easier access to free knowledge. - Monday 10 December 2012
World: Climate Campaigners from Developing Nations Declare Proposal Inadequate
According to the analysis, rich countries have failed to make any collective financial commitments to enable developing countries to adapt to climate change and make the transition to a low emissions future. - Saturday 8 December 2012
Kenya: Rights Group Files Lawsuit for Unlawful Detention of Women in Maternity Hospitals
In the petition, the Center for Reproductive Rights wants the constitutional division of the High Court of Kenya to hold the hospital—as well as the Attorney General, Minister for Local Government, City Council of Nairobi, and Minister for Medical Services—accountable for the ill treatment of the two women, including human rights violations under Kenya’s constitution and international law. - Friday 7 December 2012
Uganda: American Christians Oppose Anti-gay Bill
In an open statement issued Friday, American Christian leaders denounced the fundamental injustice of labeling lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people as criminals. - Friday 7 December 2012
Ki-Moon Demands Deliverables from the Climate Meeting in Doha
Ki-Moon said the continuation of Kyoto Protocol on 1 January 2013 would show that governments remain committed to a more robust climate regime. - Thursday 6 December 2012
Africa: Civil Society Call the EU to Innovatively Fund Climate Change Programmes
The call to the EU comes against the background of dwindling support for adaptation – particularly through the Adaptation Fund among the delegates representing developed countries at the COP18. - Thursday 6 December 2012
Somalia: FAO Seeks $443 Million for Three years to Help Recovery
In 2011, a combination of years of conflict, drought and high food prices drove over 4 million people, half of Somalia’s population into acute food insecurity leaving tens of thousands dead, especially children under five. - Monday 3 December 2012
Kenya: Orange Launches Christmas Voice Promotion
Announcing the promotion, company CEO Mickael Ghossein, described the offer as one that will enable Orange customers to enjoy the high quality service offering from Orange during this festive season. - Monday 3 December 2012
DRC: Critical Humanitarian Situation Rocks Entire East
Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have rapidly set up additional emergency response activities, treating victims of violence and providing assistance to newly displaced people in and around Goma. - Monday 3 December 2012
Africa: Climate Activists Slam the West over False Claims on Climate Financing
Representatives from Australia, Canada, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, USA and EU announced at a Fast Start Finance side event held on Tuesday in Doha that that they have successfully delivered the pledged USD30 billion and even exceeded it by USD3 billion over the period 2010 to 2012.