Development
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.
Rwandans receive free legal aid
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The Rwanda Legal Aid Project is a four-year initiative managed by the group Lawyers without Borders (Avocats sans Frontieres). The project is designed to give free legal advice from professional Rwandan lawyers to vulnerable Rwandans.
Gabon to host African environment ministers for biodiversity conference
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Gabon will host the first African High-Level Conference on Biodiversity from 12-17 September 2010 to formulate a common African position ahead of a UN biodiversity conference in New York at the end of September.
Niger avoids "worst" in food crisis, government says
Monday, 30 August 2010
Niger will avoid the "worst" in its most severe food crisis since 2005 with aid reaching millions left hungry by last year's failed harvest, the government said.
Drought tolerant maize to hugely benefit Africa: study
Friday, 27 August 2010
Distributing new varieties of drought tolerant maize to African farmers could save more than $1.5 billion dollars, boost yields by up to a quarter and lift some of the world's poorest out of poverty, a study found.
Refugees pursue university education at camp in northern Kenya
Friday, 27 August 2010
A university education is not what you expect to get at a refugee camp in Africa. But it, indeed, is possible at a camp in northern Kenya.
Number of Somalis needing humanitarian aid falls, UN agency reports
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia has eased this year, with the number of people needing aid falling by 25 per cent to 2 million, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported this week.
US will give Mozambique $1 billion to fight HIV
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
The United States says it will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help fight AIDS in Mozambique, where some 1.5 million people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Rare Tanzanian toads flown home from US
Monday, 23 August 2010
Tiny Tanzanian toads that had been declared extinct only a few years after their discovery have been sent home to replenish stocks after being reared in U.S. zoos.
UN launches campaign against advancing deserts
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Launching a 10-year campaign to halt the advance of deserts, the U.N. environment programme (UNEP) said land degradation in dry places had affected 3.6 billion hectares (8.9 billion acres) - a quarter of the world's land area - and a billion people.
Tackling cancer among poor doesn't have to cost dear
Monday, 16 August 2010
The growing burden of cancer in developing countries could be reduced without expensive drugs and equipment, scientists said on Monday, but it requires a global effort similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Kofi Annan calls for united effort to boost African Green Revolution
Monday, 16 August 2010
African heads of state, industry representatives, the international donor community and farmers will meet in Ghana at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in the first week of September. Delegates will create an action plan on the acceleration of a Green Revolution in Africa. Chaired by Kofi Annan, chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), this is the first time the forum will be held in Africa. It is expected to be one of the continent's major gatherings of both public and private players to focus solely on agriculture development.
Somalia: Getting an education against all odds
Friday, 13 August 2010
Five years after a local charity opened a university to offer this bullet-scarred city's youth an alternative to militia life and emigration, the first degrees have been awarded.
South Africa's Zuma to co-chair UN panel on climate change
Thursday, 12 August 2010
South African President Jacob Zuma has been requested to serve as co-chair of the United Nations Second Panel on Climate Change Sustainability.
Kenya to put all schools online
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Microsoft, together with the Ministry of Education in Kenya is in the process of implementing programs that will enable all schools in Kenya to be online.
Chinese space centre to aid Namibian development efforts
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Namibian science received a boost last month when China's first man in space, Yang Liwei, visited the country as part of a delegation to the China Space Tracking, Telemetry and Command Station, which Namibia hopes will lift its development effort.
African youth leaders leave US with new hope
Friday, 06 August 2010
More than 100 youth leaders from across Africa have wrapped up three days of high-profile, high-level meetings in Washington, with hopes for new action and plans to network for positive change on the Internet and at future gatherings.
Antibiotics could vaccinate against malaria, says study
Friday, 06 August 2010
Malaria sufferers might be able to protect themselves against life-threatening bouts of the disease by taking a single course of antibiotics, research in mice has shown.
Mali to rear malaria-resistant GM mosquitoes
Thursday, 05 August 2010
A laboratory in Mali will soon be rearing Africa's first mosquitoes genetically modified to resist malaria. The laboratory, at the Malaria Research and Training Centre, University of Bamako, was officially opened yesterday.
$106 million to set up ten malaria research centres
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
Malaria control and elimination efforts have received a $106 million funding for ten new centres aimed at strengthening research and training capacity in endemic regions around the world.
Thousands of young Ivorians to receive job training
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
Some 3,000 young people in Côte d'Ivoire, will receive training in the construction, manufacturing and service sectors under a new United Nations project that seeks to help them get involved in their country's economic recovery.
Women's program launched in volatile northern Mali
Friday, 30 July 2010
The Manu River Women Peace Network, a West Africa-wide association that works to improve living conditions for women, is launching a program in Mali's extreme north, where conflict, hunger and drought are affecting hundreds of thousands.
Cactus could feed East African livestock, say scientists
Friday, 30 July 2010
A succulent, wild-growing cactus that has been widely dismissed as a noxious weed could sustain African livestock during drought, according to scientists at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.
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