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- Wednesday 14 December 2011
Environmental and Social Enterprise Scheme Launches in Eastern and Southern Africa
Dubbed Trickle Out Africa (TOA), the project will compile a directory of social or environmental enterprises that produce, retail, manufacture or offer services within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) regions. - Wednesday 14 December 2011
Eastern Africa: State-of-the Art Science Building to Boost Agricultural Research
The IITA science building is an ultra-modern, environmentally friendly building with state-of-the-art, energy-efficient construction, appliances, and renewable energy sources, such as solar water heating, solar power, and natural lighting. - Tuesday 13 December 2011
Christine Lagarde to Make First Trip to Africa as IMF Boss
Ms. Lagarde will hear from policymakers, the African private sector, and civil society about the challenges facing African countries and underline the IMF’s commitment to further reinforce the IMF’s partnership with Sub-Saharan Africa. - Tuesday 13 December 2011
Africa: Climate Change Blamed For Dead Trees
A new study led by a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley reveals that trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is to blame. - Friday 9 December 2011
Zimbabwe: Amnesty Calls for Release of Arrested Activists
The detained activists were arrested solely for their legitimate work advocating for media reforms and freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. - Friday 9 December 2011
Kenya: UN Boss Holds Meeting with President Kibaki
He welcomed the endorsement by the Parliament of Kenya’s decision to join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). - Thursday 8 December 2011
Kenya: Reconciliation Conference Roots for Electoral and Judicial Reforms
The third Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Conference, organized by Kofi Annan Foundation and Pan African Panel of Eminent Personalities, recommended more legal, administrative and electoral reforms to avoid the post 2007 election violence which killed over 1, 300 Kenyans in just over two months. - Wednesday 7 December 2011
Flowserve Goes Green on Madagascar
The Biozone unit is designed to recycle sewage effluent into water that can be reused in toilet flushing systems, irrigation systems and even as drinking water for livestock. - Tuesday 6 November 2011
Green Growth Movement Gains New Grounds at COP17
Spearheaded by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) a side-event on green growth filled the biggest hall of the Africa Pavilion, with most of the participants being experts and policy-makers. - Tuesday 6 December 2011
Africa: Food security Possible Despite Climate Change Challenges
Speaking at a side event on "Agriculture and Food Security in Africa", at the margins of the ongoing COP 17, Dione said using available pre and post harvest technologies as well as its vast natural resources, the continent can also effectively adapt to and mitigate climate change in agriculture. - Monday 5 December 2011
AU Appeals to Kenya and the Sudan to Preserve and Promote their Relations
The diplomatic row comes in the wake of a planned Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting to be hosted in Kenya in which Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir is expected to participate. - Saturday 3 December 2011
Africa: Corrupt Money Equates to Country’s GDP--World Bank Study
In Malawi, income that is acquired through corruption amounts to about 5 per cent of GDP, while tax evasion is estimated to equal 8 to 12 per cent of GDP. - Friday 2 December 2011
East Africa: EALA Wants Regional AIDS Bill to Comply with International Standards
The workshop recommended that EALA ensures the provisions of the EAC HIV and AIDS Prevention and Management Bill 2010 inter alia complies with regional and international legal instruments with regards to the international guidelines on HIV and AIDS and human rights. - Friday 2 December 2011
Amnesty Urges Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to Arrest George W. Bush
Amnesty International considers that there is enough evidence in the public domain, from US authorities and from George W. Bush himself, to trigger requirements for Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to investigate his alleged involvement in and responsibility for torture, and to secure his presence during the investigation. - Thursday 1 December 2011
Sudan: Rights Groups Call for Cessation of Military Flights
The groups are further calling for the United States and the international community to urgently press for full and unimpeded access for international humanitarian organizations to South Kordofan and Blue Nile.