Friday, 03 September 2010
For more than a year now, Rwanda has been immunizing its children against pneumonia. Its goal is to save the lives of 6,000 kids every year. This week, health officials and others are checking on the program's progress.
Pneumonia is the leading killer of children under age five worldwide. Over one and a half million die every year from the disease, mostly in developing countries.
In April 2009, Rwanda, with help from the GAVI Alliance and other partners, started a vaccination program against pneumococcal disease.
Foreign visitors to South Africa surge in 2010
Friday, 03 September 2010
Foreign visitors to South Africa had risen by more than 350 000 for the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2009, according to South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list
Friday, 03 September 2010
Ivory Coast's electoral commission said on Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in five years might go ahead.
Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
Friday, 03 September 2010
An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
Senior UN official sees progress in Somalia
Friday, 03 September 2010
The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday.
Mainstream U.S. media criticized for ignoring positive developments in Africa
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The president and CEO of the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa has told VOA that important stories about Africa continue to feature less prominently in mainstream American media outlets.
Nigeria embarks on vast free trade zone with China
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Nigeria is building a multi-billion dollar free trade zone with Chinese investors on the edge of its commercial capital Lagos to try to develop a local manufacturing base and help reduce its import dependence.
Nigeria embarks on vast free trade zone with China
African agricultural finance under the spotlight
Ghana to reach 1 mln tonnes cocoa output next season
South Africa plans new high speed rail projects
Financiers bid to handle Nigeria power privatisation
Railway to boost Malawi, Zambia trade