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- Disappearing slave history 13 Nov 2009 01:20 GMT
... and ship them to Goree Island in Senegal from where they would make the crossing ... local guides to show them the sites. UNESCO has made James Island and all the ...
- UN to address world hunger 12 Nov 2009 12:38 GMT
... The UN food agency is to host a summit next ... about 17 to 18 percent which the FAO considers necessary for effectiveness. That level was ... who are producing food," Diouf lamented. The Senegalese FAO chief added: "Ending hunger may seem to ...
- Eminent world figures to speak at education meet 12 Nov 2009 00:34 GMT
... the other global personalities who have spoken out for the initiative include: President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, former UK prime minister Tony Blair, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Unesco outgoing assistant director for education Nicholas Burnett, Beijing University president Zhou Qifeng, GE president ...
- Food summit to make little headway to fight hunger 12 Nov 2009 12:31 GMT
... food rations and toward longer term strategies. FAO had hoped to keep the momentum going ... conflict and forced migration," Diouf, who is Senegalese, told reporters. Previous food summits and meetings ...
- Food summit to make little headway in war on hunger 12 Nov 2009 14:37 GMT
... food rations and toward longer term strategies. FAO had hoped to keep the momentum going ... conflict and forced migration," Diouf, who is Senegalese, told reporters. Previous food summits and meetings ...
- Strong Political Mobilization for the Fourth African International Conference on Early Childhood Dev 12 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... end of secondary education. The Director of UNESCO's Regional Education Bureau for (BREDA), Ms. Ndong-Jatta, ... children's education and health, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ... Ms. Khady Diop highlighted the importance that Senegal places on education in general, and early childhood ...
- Sarkozy MP tells 'French Booker' winner to keep quiet 12 Nov 2009 17:14 GMT
... last week when Marie NDiaye, 42, a Senegalese-French novelist, became the first black female to ... A Goncourt laureate, he insisted, should observe "un devoir de reserve", a term normally referring to ...
- Cape Verde: Emergency funds released to tackle biggest ever dengue fever outbreak in West Africa 12 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... closely with the ministry of Health and UN agencies. The outbreak intensified at the start of ... cases have now also been reported in Senegal," he adds. Dengue fever is a mosquito-born illness with ...
- INTERVIEW - Conditions in place for new food crisis, FAO warns 9 Nov 2009 19:16 GMT
... Nirgish, 7-years-old, holds bread at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission... Poor nations battered by ... on food security in Rome next week, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said more aid was ... is channelled to agriculture, Diouf said. The Senegalese politician hailed "encouraging" progress at a July ...
- UN Agency Helps Officials in Country Tackle Outbreak of Dengue Fever 7 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
... Officials from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are at ... reported today. The Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, which is a partner member of the ...
- INTERVIEW-Conditions in place for new food crisis, FAO warns 9 Nov 2009 18:30 GMT
... INTERVIEW-Conditions in place for new food crisis, FAO warns * Conditions still in place for ... is channelled to agriculture, Diouf said. The Senegalese politician hailed "encouraging" progress at a July ...
- Conditions in Place for New Food Crisis, FAO Warns 9 Nov 2009 17:17 GMT
... on food security in Rome next week, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said more aid was ... is channelled to agriculture, Diouf said. The Senegalese politician hailed "encouraging" progress at a July ...
- Will the militarization of the world by the Pentagon and NATO ever stop? 9 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT
... global organization rivaling and ultimately supplanting the United Nations, the Western Hemisphere south of the ... East Timor, Gabon, Georgia, India, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Uganda and Ukraine. Would redeploy its military ...
- The great global land grab 11 Nov 2009 11:17 GMT
... will be distributed over several countries: Mali, Senegal and maybe Sudan and Uganda. A few ... Congo. And so it goes on. The United Nations believes that at least 30 million hectares ... The day that the food starts to run out in the world may come far ...
- GLOBAL: Falling foul of the fund 11 Nov 2009 07:50 GMT
... grants, choosing to channel money through the United Nations Development Programme and paving the way ... performance-based and time-bound programs in the country". Senegal - In 2005 the Fund cut malaria ...
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