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  • Africa: from famine to the world's next breadbasket? 31 Dec 2009 17:36 GMT
    ... Soon, however, the United States and Europe might be ... Thanks to a rush of outside investments, Africa is poised to become the world’s next ...

  • Off to Madagascar for Peace Corps duty 30 Dec 2009 08:51 GMT
    ... Audrey McCombs: “It'll be the hardest thing I've probably ... accepted for a Peace Corps assignment in Madagascar. “It's kind of epic,” she said. “You're ... It'll be her first extended venture to Africa, and she's looking forward to a place ...

  • What Aileth Africa? 30 Dec 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... Africa is a concoction of states brought together ... creating an enabling environment for business. In Madagascar, the country’s president owns everything including the ...

  • Somalian pirates seize British-flagged ship 29 Dec 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... Chemical tanker is 1st merchant ship hijacked in 6 ... precaution when sailing near the Horn of Africa, said Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy ... in the Indian Ocean north of the Seychelles with a crew of 21 on board. ...

  • Pirates have seized a British-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged carrier off Somalia's coast and are holding 45 crew members, a maritime official said Tuesday. 29 Dec 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... Chemical tanker is 1st merchant ship hijacked in 6 ... precaution when sailing near the Horn of Africa, said Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy ... in the Indian Ocean north of the Seychelles with a crew of 21 on board. ...

  • Health and climate experts must jointly tackle disease 29 Dec 2009 10:18 GMT
    ... More than 50 million people in Ethiopia are already thought ... needed. This is already happening in East Africa. Kenya and Madagascar have followed Ethiopia's lead, creating similar initiatives ...

  • Country Faces Sh 4 Trillion Foreign Financing Shortfall 28 Dec 2009 23:12 GMT
    ... Countries in sub-Saharan (SSA), including Tanzania, will suffer a ... They are Botswana, Angola, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, South ... "There are also some innovative institutional responses. Mauritius and Tanzania, building on a period of ...

  • The following is a report on events that occurred in the World in 2009, which KUNA is publishing as part of its year-end reports 28 Dec 2009 08:24 GMT
    ... By Ghada Al-Habeeb KUWAIT, Dec 28 (KUNA) -- The World ... Malaysian Prime Minister. -- April 25: The African National Conference claims victory in the South ... 23 are killed and 83 injured in Madagascar after military forces opened fire on supporters ...

  • Police scatter protesters in Madagascar capital 28 Dec 2009 03:51 GMT
    ... Security forces in Madagascar's capital used tear gas Tuesday to scatter ... a pattern of defiance by Rajoelina. The African Union has condemned Rajoelina and suspended Madagascar ...

  • Govt Wins Reprieve From U.S. Despite Slow Reforms 27 Dec 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... US President Barack Obama has handed local exporters a ... gift by extending trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), allowing them ... be retained with an exception of Guinea, Madagascar and Niger. "It gives us an opportunity ...

  • Trade, Investment, Power and the China-in-Africa Discourse 27 Dec 2009 08:11 GMT
    ... The discourse concerns both China’s imports from and exports ... both China’s imports from and exports to Africa. On imports, it focuses on oil and ... appeal to grassroots Africans. PRC goods in Madagascar are 2-3 times cheaper than local or ...

  • Holy Father's Christmas Message 25 Dec 2009 18:52 GMT
    ... "God Still Kindles Fires in the Night of the ... reconciliation and peace. On the continent of Africa she does not cease to lift her ... and to dialogue; she begs those of Madagascar to overcome their internal divisions and to ...

  • Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 24/12/2009) 25 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... A century ago, American cinema was in the grips of ... the Chocolate Factory 8) Batman Begins 9) Madagascar 10) Mr & Mrs Smith Other Key ... Traoré, Zaïda Forty years after he made Africa's first feminist feature, 81 year-old Senegalese director ...

  • Oldest Portuguese church in N America in peril 24 Dec 2009 20:55 GMT
    ... in numbers rivaling even 15 years ago. Poverty, stagnation and repression during the regime of ... Ferreira, whose parents came from the Portuguese-speaking Cape Verde islands off Africa, said she wants to meet the parish's challenges. Still, ...

  • Police scatter protesters as Madagascar's crisis escalates 24 Dec 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... SECURITY forces in Madagascar’s capital used tear gas on ... a pattern of defiance by Rajoelina. The African Union has condemned his actions and suspended Madagascar until it has a government elected through ...


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