News by Countries

Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC: Rights forum calls for end to trafficking and exploitation of indigenous girls

DRC: Environmental Program Management Advisor

drc: UN human rights chief applauds deployment of emergency force

Burkina Faso

BURKINA FASO: Female genital mutilation declining, says Minister

South Africa

south africa: Boeremag Trial Postponed Again

south africa: FXI warns of Anti-Terrorism Bill's impact on the media

Cost Recovery and the Crisis of Service Delivery in South Africa

Vital Signs 2003: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS

Eritrea

eritrea: Call for release of 18 jailed journalists on eve of independence anniversary

eritrea: CHILD MALNUTRITION IN DROUGHT-HIT ERITREA AT ALARMING LEVEL, says UN AGENCY

Ethiopia

ethiopia: CPJ disturbed by continuing imprisonment of journalists

eritrea/ethiopia: Border ruling with Eritrea unfair - Ethiopia

ethiopia: UN Agency Warns 12.5 Million Face Starvation As Funding Falls Short

Gabon

gabon: National Communications Council suspends two private newspapers

Zimbabwe

zimbabwe: meldrum deportation condemned

Black Gays and Mugabes

zimbabwe: NGOs Call for Separate Audit of Aids Funds

Tanzania

Tanzania: Food crop production down by 10 percent

RWANDA/TANZANIA: Government dismisses applications of 931 Rwandan refugees

tanzania: Zanzibar Polls Win Praise From Commonwealth

Angola

angola: Pushed aside by globalisation: what hope for war-traumatised Luanda?

ANGOLA: Preparation for refugee returnees underway

angola: Graft, poor governance threaten oil boom

Cameroon

cameroon: Communications Ministry prohibits launch of private radio station

cameroon: WAN condemns ban on radio station, threats against three journalists

Nigeria

Nigeria: EU Plans N6.2 Bn Projects for Niger Delta

Nigeria: UNICEF, Japan Sign N444m Grant for Child Health

Nigeria: Country Director - International Foundation for Electoral Services

Kenya

kenya: Program Officer - Equality Now

kenya: Associate Director, Health Equity, Africa Regional Program - The Rockefeller Foundation

KENYA: Corruption 'costs Kenya $1bn a year'

Uganda

Uganda: international fundraiser - Orphans Hope Project

uganda: GENERIC COMPETITION, PRICE AND ACCESS TO arv's

uganda: deputy director - International Rescue Committee

Somalia

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SOMALIA: OPPOSITION PARTY REJECTS KAHIN AS SOMALILAND PRESIDENT

SOMALIA: KENYAN TROOPS MOVED TO SOMALI BORDER

Lesotho

lesotho: Journalist denied access to information

lesotho: Women Trade Unsafe Sex for Survival

lesotho: Constitution Discriminates Against Women

Egypt

egypt: EGYPT WITHDRAWS FROM WTO GM COMPLAINT

egypt: Calls for the Immediate Release of Five Anti-war Activists

Ghana

ghana: WORKING WOMEN IN AN URBAN SETTING: TRADERS, VENDORS, AND FOOD SECURITY IN ACCRA

ghana: World Bank sabotages Ghanaian initiative on public procurement

ghana: International movement takes on the water industry

Malawi

malawi: CONSULTATION BY HELICOPTER: PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN POLICY MAKING IN MALAWI

malawi: Women Caution President Against 'Offensive' Remarks

malawi: Govt Extends Arm To Faith Leaders In War On Corruption

Mali

SOMALILAND: SHADOWS OF THE PAST AS HUMAN RIGHTS DETERIORATE

Botswana

BOTSWANA: A model for combating HIV/AIDS

BOTSWANA: Agreement will pave the way for repatriation of Angolans

botswana: PROTESTS MAR VISIT OF BOTSWANA PRESIDENT

Liberia

liberia: Liberia 'too unsafe for aid'

liberia: Charles Taylor, rebels to meet in Accra for talks

ivory coast: Liberian refugees continue to arrive in Tabou

Burundi

burundi: We'll kill you, rebels warn SA soldiers

burundi: thousands flee fighting

BURUNDI: UN agency expresses concern over refugees

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: UNHCR tests anti-malaria tool in refugee camps

Chad

car/chad: Refugees hit by malnutrition, NGO pleads for UN intervention

Chad/Cameroon: oil and poverty reduction don’t mix

Senegal

senegal: Researchers Turn to Schools to Protect Rare Plants

Gambia/Senegal: Curfew Imposed To Stem Anti-Senegalese Violence

senegal: Consultant, Emergency Preparedness - Oxfam

Mozambique

mozambique: keeping children in school

mozambique: Government Renews Commitment to Children's Welfare

mozambique: 'observatory' set up to aid drive against poverty

Togo

TOGO: Presidential aspirant arrested

togo: Why Opposition Failed to Kick Out Eyadema

Namibia

NAMIBIA: Aid needed for Angolan refugees, WFP says

namibia: Namibian firm will produce AIDS drugs, says Minister

Zambia

ZAMBIA: Anti-corruption campaign claims VP

zambia: Auditor General's Report Confirms Disappearance of Oil Worth $13.5m

zambia: Girl Child Education On Upswing, claims survey

Rwanda

RWANDA: 2nd Pan-African Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS opens

rwanda: Rwandans Say 'Yes' in Vote

Rwanda: EU Gives 10 Million Euros for Poverty Eradication

Morocco

morocco: Jailed newspaper editor's condition worsens

Gambia

gambia: amnesty indicts government

Swaziland

swaziland: balancing royal interests and people demands

Mauritania

mauritania: Islamist weekly banned

MAURITANIA: Ould Taya survives coup attempt

Djibouti

DJIBOUTI: newspaper editor re-arrested

Tunisia

Tunisia: New report reveals a decade of endemic human rights abuse

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