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1. UN launches campaign against advancing deserts

   (News/Environment)

   Tags: [United Nations Environment Programme, land degradation, desert, Africa]  ...

   Tuesday, 17 August 2010

2. WFP scales up food aid to drought-stricken Niger

   (News/Aid)

   Tags: [World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, drought, Niger]  ...

   Wednesday, 21 July 2010

3. Study on HIV risk-reducing gel welcomed

   (News/Health)

   Tags: [Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research, CAPRISA, WHO, UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, HIV, Margaret Chan, Tenofovir, Microbicide gel, 18th International AIDS Conference, Vienna, South Africa]  ...

   Tuesday, 20 July 2010

4. Cereal export ban lifted in Ethiopia

   (News/Trade and Investment)

   Tags: [Agriculture, cereal, maize, sorghum, wheat, teff, export, Amakele Yimam, UN World Food Programme, P4P, Ethiopia]  ...

   Wednesday, 14 July 2010

5. New funds for orphans and vulnerable children projects in Lesotho

   (News/Women and Youth)

   Tags: [UNICEF, Government of Lesotho, European Commission, UNICEF Orphan and Vulnerable Children's Programme, Naqib Safi, Sentebale, Prince Harry, Prince Seeiso, Lesotho Child Grants programme, World Vision ...

   Tuesday, 13 July 2010

6. Kenyan and Ethiopian Airlines join AU peace initiative

   (News/Conflict)

   Tags: [Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, African Union, 2010 Year of Peace and Security programme]  ...

   Monday, 05 July 2010

7. UN agency begins procurement scheme to benefit Ethiopian farmers

   (News/Doing Business)

   Tags: [UN World Food Programme, Purchase for Progress, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mohamed Diab, Ethiopia]  ...

   Friday, 25 June 2010

8. Rescue ecosystems to save trillions of dollars-UN

   (News/Environment)

   Tags: [United Nations Environment Programme, Wetlands, Tim Kasten, Dying Planet, Living Planet, South Africa, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya]  ...

   Friday, 04 June 2010

9. UN and Sony use World Cup to combat HIV and AIDS

   (News/2010 Fifa World Cup)

   Tags: [United Nations Development Programme, Sony, HIV AIDS counselling, Public Viewing in Africa, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Helen Clark, Ghana, Cameroon]  ...

   Thursday, 25 March 2010

10. EU gives Malawi $12m for food security

    (News/Poverty)

    Tags: [Food security, European Union, maize, legume, smallholder farmers, forestry, irrigation, Income Generating Public Works Programme, Malawi]  ...

    Wednesday, 24 March 2010

11. Peace accords start to bear fruit in Congo Republic

    (News/Conflict)

    Tags: [Pool region, Denis Sassou Nguesso, National Council of the Resistance, Father Ntumi, Philippe Bibi, National Council of Republicans, National Programme of Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reinsertion, ...

    Tuesday, 23 March 2010

12. Paris Club agrees Congo Republic debt relief

    (News/Economy)

    Tags: [Paris Club, Brazil, Debt relief, World Bank, IMF, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Programme, Congo Republic]  ...

    Friday, 19 March 2010

13. New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics

    (News/Health)

    Tags: [Trucker, HIV/AIDS, Catherine Larkin, North Star Alliance, Paul Matthew, Royal Dutch Shell, Maplecroft, TNT, UN World Food Programme, Jason McGeown, George Wandera, Africa]  ...

    Thursday, 11 March 2010

14. Chad: UN boosts efforts to tackle food insecurity

    (News/Aid)

    Tags: [United Nations, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report, World Food Programme, UN Central Emergency Response Fund, Chad]  ...

    Tuesday, 09 March 2010

15. Southern Africa youth exchange programme launched in Maputo

    (News/Regional Integration)

    Tags: [Southern Africa, exchange, regional integration, youth, leaders, Graça Machel, sayXchange programme, Africa]  ...

    Monday, 22 February 2010

16. Cameroon: Creation of national park will protect biodiversity and boost development

    (News/Environment)

    Tags: [Mount Cameroon, national park, environment, World Wide Fund for Nature, Coastal Forests Programme, tourism, infrastructure, Atanga Ekobo, Cameroon]  ...

    Wednesday, 03 February 2010

17. $20 million loan to support smallholder agribusiness in Zambia

    (News/Doing Business)

    Tags: [International Fund for Agricultural Development, Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme, Lucy Mungoma, Italy, Kanayo F. Nwanze, Zambia]  ...

    Tuesday, 26 January 2010

18. Burkina Faso: Farmers act on climate change

    (News/Environment)

    Tags: [Copenhagen talks, confederation of farmers in Burkina Faso, Bassiako Dao, World Bank, Emmanual Nikiema, National Action Adaptation to Climate Change Programme, Francois Traore, National Union of ...

    Monday, 25 January 2010

19. Rwanda: Measures to boost agriculture bear fruit

    (News/Economy)

    Tags: [Food security, agriculture, Rwanda Agriculture Development Authority, Crop Intensification Programme, Agnes Kalibata, erosion control, Rwanda]  ...

    Wednesday, 13 January 2010

20. UN strikes biodiversity deal with African soccer giants

    (News/2010 Fifa World Cup)

    Tags: [UN, endangered, animal, Play for Life, UN Environment Programme, Puma, African Cup of Nations, 2010, FIFA World Cup, Africa]  ...

    Thursday, 07 January 2010