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  • Africa's apocalyptic mood 1 Jan 2010 06:51 GMT
    ... The story is told of how two Ghanaian old ladies emerged from church one Sunday ... illustrates a phenomenon very common indeed in Africa: many Christians on the continent take what ... by which they measure their economic wellbeing, disaster is also staring them in the face ...

  • World rings in new decade with fireworks and parties 1 Jan 2010 05:57 GMT
    ... as fireworks from alleged attempt by a Nigerian man to detonate explosives on a Northwest ... Monday that killed 43 people. In neighbouring Afghanistan, soldiers maintained their alert after two deadly ... force from January 1. And in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma used his New Year ...

  • Fighting 419, Nigerians Face Lethal Blow 30 Dec 2009 23:36 GMT
    ... a devastating image tsunami for Nigeria, a West African nation that has been battling with an already ... its power to fight terrorism. Naming Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia as places the U.S. ...

  • Change beckons for billionth African 28 Dec 2009 19:31 GMT
    ... Monday 28 December 2009 19.08 GMT An African child seen in silhouette. Photograph: Dan Chung ... doubled in the past 27 years, with Nigeria's and Uganda's numbers climbing the fastest. Whereas ... roads, bad markets. That's the road to disaster … that's why I put the economic ...

  • Billionth African 28 Dec 2009 19:52 GMT
    ... Monday 28 December 2009 19.08 GMT An African child seen in silhouette. Photograph: Dan Chung ... doubled in the past 27 years, with Nigeria's and Uganda's numbers climbing the fastest. Whereas ... roads, bad markets. That's the road to disaster … that's why I put the economic ...

  • The Environmental Performance Index and the Future of Our Planet 31 Dec 2009 21:12 GMT
    ... such as repeated drought and famine in Africa, repeated flooding in Asia and Europe, severe ... in term of performance are Niger, Angola, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, and Mali. These sub-Saharan African countries ... Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Burkina Faso. Niger, Angola and Mali are among ...

  • Fight against coffee disease gathers strength 31 Dec 2009 18:16 GMT
    ... coffee plants that may have cost East African farmers as much as US$1 billion over ... months and is the "largest single natural disaster ever to affect African coffee", according to ... With the disease threatening to spread to West Africa from DRC, and to Kenya from ...

  • Charity hoping link will save more lives 31 Dec 2009 07:50 GMT
    ... humanitarian aid and running long-term projects in Africa and Europe. A link-up with Smile would allow ... send more of its purification kits to Ghana, the Gambia, Zimbabwe and India. Aquabox, a project 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
    ... Al-Qaeda and Taliban are still ongoing in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Meanwhile the year 2009 also ... Malaysian Prime Minister. -- April 25: The African National Conference claims victory in the South ... parliamentary elections. -- August 18: President of Niger issues a decree approving a new constitution. ...

  • 2009-thankfully-draws to a close 31 Dec 2009 01:52 GMT
    ... true. Barring an appearance by the odd Nigerian with explosive underpants, most Americans will likely ... Asia; a war in Iraq, another in Afghanistan. It was the double-0 decade, a frame ... electing Barack Obama as the country's first African-American president. Did the country decide that a ...

  • Decade-thankfully-draws to a close 31 Dec 2009 03:42 GMT
    ... true. Barring an appearance by the odd Nigerian with explosive underpants, most Americans will likely ... Asia; a war in Iraq, another in Afghanistan. It was the double-0 decade, a frame ... electing Barack Obama as the country's first African-American president. Did the country decide that a ...

  • The decade-thankfully-ends 31 Dec 2009 05:53 GMT
    ... true. Barring an appearance by the odd Nigerian with explosive underpants, most Americans will likely ... Asia; a war in Iraq, another in Afghanistan. It was the double-0 decade, a frame ... electing Barack Obama as the country's first African-American president. Did the country decide that a ...

  • The decade - thankfully - ends 31 Dec 2009 15:33 GMT
    ... true. Barring an appearance by the odd Nigerian with explosive underpants, most Americans will likely ... Asia; a war in Iraq, another in Afghanistan. It was the double-0 decade, a frame ... electing Barack Obama as the country's first African-American president. Did the country decide that a ...

  • Nation relieved to have decade of the 'aughts' in rearview mirror 31 Dec 2009 18:53 GMT
    ... true. Barring an appearance by the odd Nigerian with explosive underpants, most Americans will likely ... Asia; a war in Iraq, another in Afghanistan. It wasn’t until the end-of-decade summing up ... electing Barack Obama as the country’s first African-American president. Did the country decide that a ...

  • Adapting to less money and more migrants 28 Dec 2009 13:43 GMT
    ... assistance to people displaced by climate-related natural disasters, which are projected to become more frequent ... cope. He cited the unprecedented floods in Burkina Faso in September 2009, which displaced some ... other mechanisms were also being explored. The African Union for people displaced by natural disasters ...


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