Development
Egypt's Mediterranean coast protected in reserve
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Egypt wants visitors to discover its Mediterranean coast at a marine reserve being established near the border with Libya, the government said on Tuesday.
New HIV/AIDS research agenda to better respond to women and children
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
About 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a new strategy is being launched to better respond to the needs of women and children.
Chad: UN boosts efforts to tackle food insecurity
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
United Nations agencies are ramping up efforts to assist around 2 million Chadians who will require food aid this year because of poor rainfall and lean harvests, the world body said today.
Mobile phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa
Monday, 08 March 2010
Mobile phones may become a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, allowing counsellors to reach greater numbers of people, says the chief of the United Nation's AIDS agency.
New drive to fight polio in Africa
Monday, 08 March 2010
A massive campaign to eradicate a year-long polio epidemic in West and Central Africa kicked off on 6 March, global health bodies announced recently.
EU, Mauritius sign largest aid deal yet
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The European Union signed its largest aid deal yet with Mauritius on Thursday, saying the 93 million euro package would bolster the island's economic and social reforms.
Kenya: working to protect children from internet abuse
Thursday, 04 March 2010
A children's organization, the Kenyan government and Microsoft East Africa Ltd. have launched a program to warn parents about Internet hazards.
UK provides extra $30 million for Ethiopia
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Britain's international development department has pledged an additional 20 million pounds ($30 million) to combat Ethiopia's food crisis.
Namibia: Converting bush encroachment problem into clean energy
Friday, 26 February 2010
Invasive bush species in Namibia makes large areas of land unusable and creates a problem for rural farmers. A new project aims to burn invader bush to produce electricity.
African countries fight banana disease
Friday, 26 February 2010
A new front in the war against deadly banana diseases opens next month, with seven African countries uniting to launch a spatial surveillance programme.
Britain to give 90 million dollars in aid to DR.Congo
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Britain will give about 90 million dollars (66 million euros) in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help rebuild its war-torn eastern provinces, the British embassy said Tuesday.
Serena to build more schools in Africa
Thursday, 25 February 2010
US tennis star Serena Williams said on Wednesday she planned to help to build one new school every year in parts of Africa where education is beyond the reach of most children.
Qatar says it will donate $1 bln to Sudan fund
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Qatar, which has sponsored peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebels, plans to contribute $1 billion to a fund to reconstruct the African country, the Qatari emir said on Tuesday.
Boosting treatment 'could halt HIV in five years'
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Clinical trials of a universal 'test and treat' strategy that could see the HIV pandemic halted within 5-10 years are soon to begin, the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Diego heard yesterday.
Japan extends green aid to Malawi
Monday, 22 February 2010
The Japanese government extended the environmental program grant aid - the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System - totaling 660 million JPY to the Republic of Malawi.
Africa plans leap into drug R&D
Friday, 19 February 2010
African ministers, health researchers and pharmaceutical industry representatives began meeting today to discuss how to boost drug innovation and production on the continent.
HIV drugs prevent infection in African study
Thursday, 18 February 2010
People across Africa who took AIDS drugs were far less likely to infect their partners with the virus, researchers said on Wednesday.
African gene trawl may provide secrets to long life
Thursday, 18 February 2010
A genetic peek deep into the heart of Africa confirms that Africans have more genetic diversity than Europeans or Asians and provides insights into how to live a long life despite disease and famine.
Sugar technology keeps vaccines stable in the heat
Thursday, 18 February 2010
British scientists have found a cheap and simple way of keeping vaccines stable, even at tropical temperatures, which they say could transform immunisation campaigns in the developing world.
Fertiliser can offset heat for African farmers
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
African smallholders in dry areas can overcome climate change and even double crop yields if they invest in fertiliser use and harvest rainwater, researchers have found.
Stamping out the Guinea worm 'dragons' of Sudan
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Scars on Severion Wayet's arms reveal where the flesh-burrowing Guinea worms burst through her skin. But experts believe the worm, found in Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia and Sudan, could be eradicated within a few years.
UN teaches DR Congo women to tackle rape
Monday, 15 February 2010
Five goats and some money used to be the price to forget an act of rape in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but UN staff are telling women they can now go to court.
Backing grows for African research chairs
Monday, 15 February 2010
Support is growing for a bid to persuade the G8+5 nations to fund 1,000 senior research positions in African universities.
Egypt says it will propel African science agenda
"Africa is back" from global crisis, says IMF
Gabon unveils measures against corruption, for industry
Senegal working with France on Nuclear plant
UK gives 67mln pounds for African infrastructure
Ghana to fast-track infrastructure for oil: Mills