» Africa: Women Assess Continent\'s Progress Since Beijing
22/11/09 14:46 from AllAfrica News: Latest
The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to econ..
» Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Threaten to Cut Ties With Tribunal
22/11/09 14:44 from AllAfrica News: Latest
The president of Ibuka, an umbrella body of Genocide survivors\' associations, has threatened to cease cooperation with the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for what the group described as \"unfair judgment\" in t..
» Tanzania: Drought Devastates Maasai Communities
22/11/09 14:41 from AllAfrica News: Latest
The drought spell that has hit most parts of Arusha and Manyara regions for about two consecutive years is tearing apart the Maasai social fabric and driving youths in large numbers to seek employment or beg for food in urban areas.
» South Africa: It Takes Fancy Footwork to Do the Diski
22/11/09 14:37 from AllAfrica News: Latest
Diski dance, a sequence of moves based on soccer tricks, is the official World Cup dance - and the city is out to set a world record for the most people doing it at the same time at the launch of the Cape Town Summer Festival this weekend.
» Somalia: Islamist Fighters Take Over Control of a Town
22/11/09 14:20 from AllAfrica News: Latest
The Islamist fighters of Jubba regions under the management of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen have taken over the control of Af-madow town in Lower Jubba region in southern Somalia, just as there is no fighting continuing there in southern So..
» Africa: Agriculture Ignored in World Climate Talks, Say Experts
22/11/09 14:19 from AllAfrica News: Latest
More than 60 prominent agricultural scientists and leaders have decried the almost total absence of agriculture in the climate talks, warning that the climate deal to be reached next month could lead to widespread famine and food shortages ..
» Sudan: South Africans to Train Police
22/11/09 14:15 from AllAfrica News: Latest
The South African Police Service has signed a R55 million agreement with the Norwegian embassy to support a police-training project in Sudan.
» East Africa: Ugandans, Kenyans Work as \'Mercenaries\' in Iraq
22/11/09 14:14 from AllAfrica News: Latest
Thousands of Ugandans and Kenyans are working in Iraq and Afghanistan as contractors for US-based security companies.
» Namibia: Why We Must Vote
22/11/09 07:47 from AllAfrica News: Latest
NEXT week Namibians will go to the polls in the Presidential and National Assembly elections. While voting is not compulsory in this country, it is nevertheless important that our people turn out in high numbers to exercise this right.
» Equatorial Guinea: Secret Documents Reveal Multi-million Dollar Shopping Spree by Dictator\'s Son
21/11/09 17:01 from AllAfrica News: Latest
Confidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today\'s New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, purchased a $33 million p..