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East Africa: Impatient EU Pushes for Progress on EPA Trade Deal

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The European Commission (EC) is increasing the pressure on the East African Community (EAC) to sign the free trade deal known as an economic partnership agreement with the EU.

Politics-Sudan: African Leaders Call for Peaceful Elections

Saturday, March 20, 2010

With less than a month to the historic multi-party poll in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, eminent African leaders are calling for a peaceful and calm election process.

Nigeria: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest

Friday, March 19, 2010

This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.

Zambia: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success

Friday, March 19, 2010

Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse — despite being a teenage mother.

Kenya: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods

Friday, March 19, 2010

A week after torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid.

Kenya: State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life

Friday, March 19, 2010

Kenya’s Constitutional Court heard yesterday from counsel representing the government that the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 does not threaten the importation or manufacturing of cheap generic medicines and therefore does not deny Kenyans their constitutional right to life.

Education-Malawi: Communication Made Easier with a Local Language Dictionary

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The thickest book on secondary school teacher Hellen Ndalama’s desk is her indigenous language dictionary. It is also her most-used book.

Economy-Senegal: Small and Medium-sized Businesses Cannot Access Bank Credit

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Despite the financial sector boom in Senegal, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), which represent over 90 percent of the industrial fabric of the country, struggle to access funding for their development, their representatives claim.

West Africa: Stopping the Polio Virus

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease.

Politics-Rwanda: Woman Vies for Top Job

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

On average women constitute 18.8 percent of representatives in parliaments across the world according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This gender imbalance has been subject to much feminist criticism and many campaigns for change have been staged to address the status quo. The situation is however different in Rwanda.

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