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1. Burundi disarmament drive nets over 70,000 weapons

   (News/Conflict)

   Tags: [disarmament, taskforce, arms, weapons, civilians, conflict, war, elections, Zenon Ndabaneze, Burundi]  ...

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

2. Foreign investors eye Nigerian power sector

   (News/Energy)

   ... former science minister, to head a taskforce on boosting power supply. Nnaji, who runs Nigeria's first indigenously owned private sector power company and knows the challenges first hand, last week promised ...

   Tuesday, 06 July 2010

3. Burundi disarmament drive nets over 70,000 weapons

   (News/Conflict)

   A Burundian disarmament taskforce said Wednesday it had received more than 70,000 arms surrendered by civilians over the past two years in war-wracked country. A Burundian disarmament taskforce said ...

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

4. Plans cemented for African health innovation

   (News/Health)

   ...  Meeting participants approved an ANDI business plan for 2010-2015. Once ANDI is formally established as an organisation, its board will adopt the plan, says Ridley. The ANDI taskforce - made up of ...

   Friday, 09 October 2009

5. Great leap forward on free healthcare

   (News/Health)

   ... commitment was the result of 12 months’ work by a taskforce on International Innovative Finance for Health Systems, co-chaired by Brown and World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and is to include a pledge ...

   Friday, 25 September 2009