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Monday 18 July 2011Somalia: AMISOM Comes to the Aid of IDPs
AMISOM doctors have begun offering free medical treatment, including distributing Vitamin A pills. In addition to measles, they are also dealing with other diseases, such as malaria and diarrhoea, resulting from a combination of severe malnutrition and the unsanitary conditions at the camp.- Monday 18 July 2011
Horn of Africa: Malnutrition on the Rise as Drought Worsens
Across the region, nearly 11 million people are at risk. Thousands of women and children are fleeing central and southern Somalia every day. - Monday 18 July 2011
Kenya: Barclays Wins World's Best Emerging Markets Bank Award
Global Finance magazine assessed growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products to determine the World’s Best Emerging Markets Bank for Kenya. - Sunday 17 July 2009
Kenya Agrees to Open Ifo II Camp
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Sunday 17 July 2011
East Africa: AfDB Approves $40Milion Loan for Rift Valley Railways
The AfDB loan to RVR supports the region’s plan to shift from road to rails to ease the burden on the roads, as well as enhance the Bank’s efforts to contribute to major infrastructure development in the region. - Sunday 17 July 2011
Somalia: Special Envoy Hails Progress by Somali Leadership on Implementing Kampala Accord
The SRSG also highlighted the importance of the upcoming Consultative Meeting on Ending the Transition saying it should be held inside Somalia before the end of the current Transitional Period on 20 August. - Friday 15 July 2011
Guinea: West African Police Chiefs Meet in Conakry
The meeting will consider appropriate strategies against transnational crime through joint and/or simultaneous police operations, targeting theft of vehicles, child trafficking as well as trafficking in small arms and light weapons and counterfeited drugs, among others. - Friday 15 July 2011
Africa: Experts Want More Agricultural Investments to Ward off Drought
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Regional Economist Geoffrey Livingston says stepped-up investment in agriculture and smallholder farmers across the region will increase food production. - Friday 15 July 2011
Somalia: UNICEF Embarks on Emergency Supplies Airlifts
Over half a million children in Somalia are acutely malnourished and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. - Thursday 14 July 2011
South Sudan: UN Security Council Endorses New Nation for UN Membership
The Council’s decisive step to recommending South Sudan's admission was contained in a resolution that it adopted without a vote, on the recommendation of its Committee on the Admission of New Members, which reviewed the application for membership submitted by President Salva Kiir Mayardit to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon. - Thursday 14 July 2011
Nigeria: Thousands Flee Violence in Maiduguri
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Thursday 14 July 2011
Kenya: Christian Aid Urges Govt to Open New Refugee Camp
Dadaab was designed to shelter 90,000 people, but now has a population of 380,000, with more arriving every day. Ifo II stands unused, however, and the Kenyan government has expressed concerns about the longer term impacts if large numbers of refugees are unable to return home. - Wednesday 13 July 2011
Uganda: ICC Organises a Regional Academic Seminar in Kampala
The seminar’s main objective was to encourage and involve universities in the countries where the ICC is conducting investigations to design and incorporate in-depth and specialised courses on international law and the ICC into their syllabuses. - Wednesday 13 July 2011
Kenya: Kikoromeo Unveils its New Couture Line at Africa Fashion Week
Kenyan designers have caught the eyes of international fashion trendsetters. Flying the flag, Kenya’s leading design house will showcase their award-winning couture line in New York. - Wednesday 13 June 2011
DRC: Country Partners with India to Build a Hydroelectric Plant in Kasai
The work in the province of Kasai Occidental is due to begin in November and will take four years, Congo's energy minister, Gilbert Tshiongo, said late on Monday.