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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Friday 6 April 2012
Mali: Amnesty Calls for Aid Agencies to be Allowed Safe Access to North
Amnesty International said Thursday that Northern Mali is on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster and aid agencies must be allowed immediate access to avoid further civilian deaths. - Friday 6 April 2012
East Africa: Healthcare Innovators Recognised During Launch of Healthcare Innovation Awards
Despite efforts by governments to provide free health care in public facilities, private sector providers are a primary source of care for many people in Africa. - Wednesday 4 April 2012
Kenya:Food Experts Meet in Nairobi to Assess Progress in Eastern and Southern Africa
The meeting is aimed at discussing how to strengthen the protection of the right to food in the region. - Tuesday 3 March 2012
Kenya: Rights Group Warns Against Importing Electricity From Ethiopia
In a statement, the Survival International said Wednesday that the Gibe III dam, 200 kms upstream, will interrupt the river’s natural flow and deprive thousands of tribes people of their most valuable agricultural land. - Tuesday 3 April 2012
Kenya: Nairobi Water Customers to Pay Bills Via PesaPoint ATMs
According to Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company (NCWSC), customers will now have an additional payment method via PesaPoint ATMs that will help them avoid queuing at the company’s banking halls while offering the convenience of timely payments. - Tuesday 3 April 2012
Mali: Amnesty Says Urgent Action Needed to Protect Civilians
In Gao, the organisation received reports of armed men firing into the air and looting public and private buildings, including the hospital. - Monday 2 April 2012
Africa: Nairobi Hosts First Forum on Science Technology and Innovations
The meeting will highlight the need to invest in this key sector to foster sustainable growth and development and provide job opportunities for youth and women. - Friday 30 March 2012
EXPO Milan 2015: First Cluster Group of Cocoa and Coffee Producing Countries
The first Cluster group of the coffee and cocoa producing countries gathered today at the Italian Latin American Institute in Rome, in view of the Expo 2015. - Thursday 29 March 2012
Kenya: Banks Take to Infrastructure Sharing
The interconnectedness is being made possible by a new PesaPoint ATM interconnect system that is converting banks’ ATMs into universal cash machines usable by any cardholders and at low PesaPoint fees. - Thursday 29 March 2012
Kenya: Finland Donates $1.9 Million for Human Rights
During the bilateral agreement signing ceremony at the UNDP offices in Nairobi, attended by UNDP representatives and Dr. Samuel Tororei, acting chairperson for KNCHR, the Finland’s Minister for International Development Ms. Heidi Hautala commended Kenya for passing a right-based constitution last year. - Wednesday 28 March 2012
Mali Junta Wants Talks with Tuareg Rebels
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff Writers. - Wednesday 28 March 2012
Africa Braces to Become Global Growth Pole, Agrees Most Solutions Must Come from Within
Closing the 5th Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, some 50 ministers from 37 countries adopted a series of measures that their countries would need to implement to achieve the goal. - Tuesday 27 March 2012
Sudan, South Sudan in Fresh Border Fight
A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica Staff writers. - Monday 26 March 2012
Senegal: Wade Loses Runoff Election, Concedes Defeat
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has conceded election defeat in the Sunday's presidential runoff election and congratulated Macky Sall, as preliminary results gave him an overwhelming lead, - Saturday 24 March 2012
Somalia: AMISOM Force Commander Re-Assures Somalis amidst Fear Campaign by Al Qaeda Militia
AMISOM and the Somali government have been working closely with the populationto intercept up to 70 per cent of improvised explosive devices planted within the city.