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- Saturday 17 November 2012
Burundi: International Partners Pledge Continued Support in Recognition of Achievements and Commitments
The country’s development partners noted significant progress in recent years, notably in terms of restoring peace and stability following a lengthy civil war, while demobilizing former combatants and reintegrating them into communities. - Friday 16 November 2012
Africa: New Business Models can Spell Success for Farmers
Millions of small-scale farmers in Africa depend on export markets for their livelihoods. But while they have the skills and soils to provide high-quality products for the food industry, their entry into these markets is constrained by increasingly stringent standards, volatile prices and lack of credit, amongst other things. - Thursday 15 November 2012
Africa: Foreign Investors Mull Potential Partnerships and Energy Projects
The demand for energy is expected to rise in the foreseeable future due to a combination of factors, including Africa's notable economic progress in the last 15 years. - Thursday 15 November 2012
Burkina Faso: Funding Meeting Supports Large Scale Peri-urban Sanitation Project
The project is expected to improve the lives of an estimated one million people living in the most vulnerable areas of the city. - Tuesday 13 November 2012
Ericsson Showcases Innovative Solutions at AfricaCom
Arun Bhikshesvaran, Global Chief Marketing Officer for Ericsson, will give a key note presentation on the role of mobile broadband in enabling a Networked Society on Wednesday, November 15 at 1220. - Tuesday 13 November 2012
Mali: Ecowas Agrees on Military Plan
The plan, which also involves potential training of 5,000 Malian troops, would first need endorsement by the African Union before being presented to the UN Security Council by end of this month for review. - Sunday 11 November 2012
Sudan: Rebels Shoot Down Government War Plane
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Sunday 11 November 2012
Trials show RTS, S Malaria Vaccine Candidate Reduces Malaria in African Infants
Results from a large scale Phase III trial on RTS, S Malaria vaccine published online in the New England Journal of Medicine show that RTS, S malaria vaccine candidate can help protect African infants against malaria. - Friday 9 November 2012
Africa: Germany Supports UNICEF in Reintegrating Child Soldiers
UNICEF is implementing projects to protect and reintegrate child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda and the Central African Republic. - Friday 9 November 2012
Somalia: Large Blast Rocks Outside Somali Parliament
No group has so far claimed the responsibility for the bomb attack, though claims have put the al-Qaeda linked Somali Islamist group al-Shabab on the spot over the explosion. - Thursday 8 November 2012
South African Police Planted Weapons on Dead Protesters, Inquiry Told
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers. - Tuesday 6 November 2012
Malawi: Amnesty Lauds Suspension of anti-homosexuality Laws
Sections 153 and 156 of Malawi’s Penal Code criminalize same sex sexual conduct between men and those convicted face up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment. - Tuesday 6 November 2012
Kenya: Judiciary Holds Media Training Workshop
The two-day workshop brings together more than 250 journalists drawn from the state - owned Kenya News Agency (KNA) and members of the Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA) drawn from all the 47 counties, Kenya’s new governance units. - Monday 5 November 2012
Africa: Youth Call for More Organized Political Engagement
Held from 1-3 November 2012 in Addis Ababa, the Conference underscored that the uprisings of young people around the world are clear manifestations of unemployment, marginalization, unsound social policies as well as corruption, exclusion, political dictatorship and denial of basic rights. - Monday 5 November 2012
Somalia: EU Supports Governance, Education and Jobs
The new EU package results from the mid-term review that has increased Somalia's development envelope from 212 million to 412 million EUR