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Thursday, 11 August 2011

World Must Aid Somalia At Historic Juncture On Its Road to Stability - UN Envoy

Recent political and military improvements in...

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Australia squad for Tri-Nations test against South Africa The Guardian

DURBAN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Australia coach Robbie Deans named the following squad on Thursday for their Tri-Nations clash with South Africa in Durban on Saturday: Australia: 15-Kurtley Beale, 14-James O'Connor, 13-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12-Pat McCabe, 11-Digby Ioane, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia;...

Crisis in Africa - Who is to blame? The Daily Telegraph Australia

MILLIONS of people are at risk from famine in East Africa but who is to blame for the catastrophe? Here is a list of the top ten reasons. 1. THE UN The United Nation’s World Food Program has been slow to tackle the crisis and is failing to contain it. It is also riven by in-fighting and...

New Tuberculosis Vaccine Enters Phase IIb Proof-of-Concept Trial in People Living with HIV in Senegal and South Africa Business Wire

Vaccine candidate is the most clinically advanced of a new generation of vaccines under development to combat TB and the TB/HIV co-epidemic ROCKVILLE, Md. & LONDON - Aeras and the Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium (OETC) announce today the start of a Phase IIb proof-of-concept efficacy trial...

Drought Persuades Govt to Import Modified Maize All Africa

Kenya's government has made a...

Farmers Get Approval to Grow New Purple Tea Variety for Sale All Africa

The government has...

MP Urges Govt to Indigenise Banks All Africa

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Private Sector Asked to Help Continent Grow All Africa

The private sector...

U.N.: Hundreds of thousands face starvation in East Africa Seattle Times

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations warned Wednesday that the famine in East Africa hasn't peaked and hundreds of thousands of people face imminent starvation and death without a global response. U.N. deputy emergency relief coordinator Catherine Bragg appealed to the international community for...

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