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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Monday 14 May 2012
Kenya: Nairobi to Launch the First Africa Human Development Report 2012
This report comes just days ahead of the G8′s 2012 Summit at Camp David in Maryland, USA to which African leaders are invited to discuss food security on the continent. - Saturday 12 May 2012
Hundreds of DRC Mutineer Soldiers Return to Army
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Saturday 12 May 2012
Africa: Private Sector Leaders Optimistic about Future of the Continent
The objective of the panel discussion, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa under the theme Africa 2050: A Private Sector Perspective, was to stimulate dialogue on the role of the private sector on Africa’s development goals. - Friday 11 May 2012
South Kordofan: Education under Threat
About 3500 secondary school students and over 70,000 attending primary schools have been affected by the raging war. Some have made it to South Sudan to seek education in the camps while others remain home stranded, not knowing how they will cover the long distance to the land of sanctuary.Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, the SPLM-N leader in the state confirms in an exclusive interview with NewsfromAfrica's Eric Sande. - Friday 11 May 2012
Horn of Africa: EU Donates Towards Research and Development
Marking this year’s Europe Day on Wednesday, EU Head of Delegation to Kenya Mr. Lodewijk Briet announced that EU has awarded another Ksh 45 million to Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) to research on crops suitable for arid and semi-arid lands. - Thursday 10 May 2012
Sudan: Rebels Seize Darfur Town
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Wednesday 9 May 2012
Sudan: Voice of Community Radio
A community radio project in Nuba Mountains ‘voice of community FM’, situated in Kauda town in Sudan’s war-ravaged state of South Kordofan is trying to help the peace process there by encouraging dialogue in an atmosphere of ongoing tension and violence. - Tuesday 8 May 2012
Ethiopia Hosts Grow Africa Investment Forum
The event aims to catalyze new partnerships, investment commitments, and insights among participants who are committed to developing African agriculture to contribute to food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity on the continent. - Monday 7 May 2012
Kenya: KEMSA Launches 2011-2016 Strategic Plan and Support Programme
The Strategic Plan was developed through technical and financial assistance of the USAID-funded Capacity Kenya Project. - Friday 4 May 2012
Kenya: Nairobi to Host International Hotel Forum
The more than one dozen hotel chains will be hosted in Nairobi this September by the Kenya Tourist Development Corporation (KTDC), which is the 2012 host partner for the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF). - Thursday 3 May 2012
Kenya: KCA joins the Media Fraternity in Marking World Press Freedom Day
In Kenya, the World Press Freedom Day is being marked in Nairobi at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, as part of a three day East Africa Journalists Convention organized by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK). - Thursday 3 May 2012
Sudan: Journalists Face Increasing Harassment
In the first two months of 2012 alone, the Sudanese authorities suspended three
newspapers using laws contained in the 2010 National Security Act, which allow the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to ban any publication containing information considered a threat to national security. - Thursday 3 May 2012
Ethiopia: AU and UNESCO Organize Event to Commemorate World Press Freedom Day
The event will feature several messages on freedom of the press presented by different Organisations. - Wednesday 2 May 2012
Ghana: Airtel Money Adjudged Best Mobile Money Service
The organizers of the awards say Airtel Money was found to be the best among similar services deployed on the market and provided a seamless, simple to understand mobile based experience for users while at the same time being reliable, consistent and providing value to the user. - Wednesday 2 May 2012
eLearning Africa to Assess the Effectiveness of Mobile Learning
Advocates of mLearning see it as a growing, popular, pervasive and effective tool for learners and teachers, citing the benefits it brings to education as well as to Africa's agricultural practices, healthcare systems and professional development.