Wednesday 26 January 2011
At the height of the post-election violence, Youth United for Peace, a local NGO, was at the forefront of restoring sanity among the feuding groups.
Tuesday 25 January 2011
The two organizations have been at forefront of bringing peace between the communities feuding over land in the Rift Valley.
Saturday 22 January 2011
The findings reveal an impressive turnaround from the slow growth in Africa’s share of the number of patents, peer-reviewed scientific publications and technology exports and imports.
Wednesday 19 January 2011
In a worrying development for equal opportunities across Africa, research from workspace solutions provider Regus has shown that the proportion of firms intending to hire more working mothers has slumped by one fifth since the same time last year.
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Through a US$5m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FARM-Africa will establish at least 150 stores across Kenya over four and a half years to help 300,000 under-served livestock keepers in rural Kenya gain access to affordable livestock products and services.
Friday 14 January 2011
Nigeria is recording the highest rates of newborn death toll in Africa, with 241,000 babies dying in the first month of life every year, a new Ministry of Health report, ‘Saving Newborn Lives in Nigeria’ has revealed.
Friday 14 January 2011
The party is calling for the country to be divided into two separate entities, claiming that the Matabeleland region is heavily marginalized. It has since fired a salvo dismissing other parties in the region as not representative of the Matabeleland region.
Thursday 13 January 2011
A partnership featuring Safaricom Foundation and Kenya Community Development Fund (KCDF) is working within Kenya’s Eastern province to transform the area from food insecurity and dependence on food aid to food sufficiency.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
A number of names are being bandied around even before the results of the plebiscite are announced.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
UN agency reports paint a bright outlook as the South votes to secede
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Technology firm HP and African social enterprise, mPedigree Network have introduced a potentially life-saving service that targets counterfeit pharmaceuticals by enabling people in Nigeria and Ghana to easily check the authenticity of their malaria medication.
Monday 10 January 2010
UN bodies call for Nigerian authorities to take action
Thursday 6 January 2010
Accused by opponents of ineptitude towards fighting corrupt friends,
President Jakaya Kikwete appears to focus on giving the country a new
constitution in a bid to leave behind a lasting legacy.
Wednesday 05 December 2010
In a bid to end conflict minerals in eastern Congo, Enough Project, an anti-genocide lobby group based in Washington has enlisted the support of electronic companies whose products are manufactured using minerals extracted from the conflict zone.
Thursday 23 December 2010
Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis, Co-Directors, AIDS-Free World Thursday expressed a worrying trend on the rising number of African leaders openly opposed to expression of sexual rights among the gay and the lesbian.
