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COMESA to fight human trafficking

COMESA to fight human trafficking  - THE COMMON Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has said the organisation is working well with the International Organisation Migration (IOM)  ...

Consumer tastes are not the same across the African continent

Consumer tastes are not the same across the African continent  - Wood used the dairy industry as an example of how consumption habits differ between West, East and Southern Africa . He noted that in Nigeria, the majority of  ...

Southern Africa must tackle climate change, say scientists

Southern Africa must tackle climate change, say scientists  - As SA grapples with the need for a third new power station, the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report, released last  ...

Astronomy FSP to South Africa awaits approval

Astronomy FSP to South Africa awaits approval  - Students would also have various opportunities to collect data and tour the Southern African Large Telescope, of which Dartmouth owns an 11 percent share,  ...

Microsoft picks Nigerian to head Kenya office

Microsoft picks Nigerian to head Kenya office  - Microsoft split its East and Southern Africa office into three to include Microsoft Angola ( Mozambique and Angola ), Microsoft Kenya and Microsoft East and  ...

Rights Group: Angola's Vendor Crackdown Part of Pattern

Rights Group: Angola's Vendor Crackdown Part of Pattern  -  ... said this is a symptom of wider repression in the oil-rich southern African nation. ... attacking and brutalizing the poorest of the poor in southern Africa's biggest  ...

Uncertain outlook for cement demand

Uncertain outlook for cement demand  - Frost and Sullivan said cement production in southern Africa stood at about 14.9-million tonnes last year and was expected to reach 18.1-million tonnes in 2018.

SA to get hotter, warns panel

SA to get hotter, warns panel  - Shongwe said predictions for southern Africa saw the frequency of cold days significantly decreasing. Heatwaves and warm spells were projected to increase,  ...

At Zimbabwe golf club, 'foreign' trees exit stage

At Zimbabwe golf club, 'foreign' trees exit stage  - A century-old thorn tree with an umbrella-shaped canopy offers shade to players on the 13th hole of Zimbabwe's oldest surviving golf course. The indigenous  ...

SA on 'White Widow' terror alert

SA on 'White Widow' terror alert  - Amir Sheikh, chairman of the Somali Community Board in Southern Africa , said that between 2006 and 2010 large numbers of young people fled the country  ...

India, Africa to discuss food security, trade matters

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India, Africa to discuss food security, trade matters  - To enhance trade, India would ask to fast track the process on the proposed free trade pact with the 19-nation Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa   ...

Young Children Recognise Cigarette Brands

Young Children Recognise Cigarette Brands  - Nearly two thirds of young children in low- and middle-income countries can identify cigarette brand logos, according to new research. Published in the journal  ...

US philanthropist spreading Madiba magic

US philanthropist spreading Madiba magic  -  ... African Folktales in New York's Union Square to a group of children who had ... Madiba's dream of free and accessible healthcare for the children of Africa .

Dancing down the aisles...

Dancing down the aisles...  - A busking session by the Pearl of Africa Children's Choir brought Sainsbury's store in Victoria Road, Darlington, to a standstill. Shoppers were captivated by the  ...

Girl creates book to help kids in Africa

Girl creates book to help kids in Africa  - "When Teagan heard that 350 children lived in the village and didn't have a clean supply of drinking water, she immediately wanted to help," her book states in  ...

Angolan police routinely beat, extort street hawkers: rights group

Angolan police routinely beat, extort street hawkers: rights group  -  ... especially women and children , who are falling victim to a government push to ... Africa's second biggest oil-producer after Nigeria, Angola has posted rapid  ...

Despite the Kenya mall tragedy, there is hope in the Horn of Africa

Despite the Kenya mall tragedy, there is hope in the Horn of Africa  - Somali children at the Illeys primary school in Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya. Positive results achieved in the Horn of Africa should be celebrated.

UN Breakthrough On Child Marriage Welcomed By Plan

UN Breakthrough On Child Marriage Welcomed By Plan  - Major action by international governments at the United Nations to tackle the global blight of child marriage has been welcomed by child rights organisation,  ...

Shadrack Frimpong of Penn Has a Vision for a Healthy Africa

Shadrack Frimpong of Penn Has a Vision for a Healthy Africa  - “He has an amazing spirit and love of science. He educates us about his hometown and reminds us that there are many HIV -infected individuals in Africa who  ...

Meet ponders health risks along EAC transport corridors

Meet ponders health risks along EAC transport corridors  - AS the East African Community (EAC) braces for major transformation in ... posts and ports, posing a high risk of communicable diseases such as HIV /Aids.

Decade after HIV/AIDS ministry launched, major reduction of stigma ...

Decade after HIV /AIDS ministry launched, major reduction of stigma ...  - Since the ministry was established 10 years ago, the Adventist Church has seen big progress in raising awareness of HIV /AIDS in among its members in Africa ,  ...

Testing Together: Providing HIV testing for male couples

Testing Together: Providing HIV testing for male couples  - Gay men are the only group in the US to show continued increases in rates of HIV , and rates of HIV infection are particularly high among African American gay  ...

Testing Together: Providing HIV testing for male couples

Testing Together: Providing HIV testing for male couples  - Gay men are the only group in the US to show continued increases in rates of HIV , and rates of HIV infection are particularly high among African American gay  ...

Study evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV ...

Study evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV ...  - A study in South Africa and Zambia will assess whether house-to-house voluntary HIV testing and prompt treatment of HIV infection, along with other proven HIV   ...

Insertable ring could prevent HIV in women

Insertable ring could prevent HIV in women  -  HIV affects an estimated 34 million people around the world. In 2011, 2.5 million people were newly diagnosed, and in sub-Saharan Africa , women make up  ...