Africa: Can 2012 - the Home Stretch
[Nation]
The first cull is done. It's goodbye to eight teams and the battle continues for the remaining eight.
Africa: Zambia Through to Semifinals At African Cup
[GFA]
Zambia was the first team through to the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a clinical 3-0 win over struggling 10-man Sudan on Saturday.
Africa: No Time to 'Give Up' on HIV-Fighting Gel
[allAfrica.com]
Durban, South Africa -
Africans tracking the worldwide HIV epidemic have not found much to celebrate since Aids began ravaging the continent 30 years ago, but researchers are optimistic that they are learning as much from their failures as their successes.
Africa: Study - Malaria Death Toll Nearly Twice the Official Count, Kills Many Adults
[KPLU]
A new global estimate of malaria deaths by researchers in Seattle has revealed the death toll is much greater than most experts had thought -- and is not, as had been universally assumed, mostly a killer of children.
Africa: Malaria Kills Nearly Twice as Many People Than Previously Thought
[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation]
Washington, DC -
Despite assumptions that mainly young children die from the disease, 42% of 1.2 million deaths occur in older children and adults.
Africa: Malaria Kills Twice As Many People As Previously Thought, Research Finds
[Guardian Network]
Dateline -
Malaria kills twice as many people every year as formerly believed, taking 1.2 million lives and causing the deaths not only of babies but also older children and adults, according to research that overturns decades of assumptions about one of the world's most lethal diseases.
Africa: Other Issues Need Our Wrath Too
[Fahamu]
How genuine is the anger that has been expressed in some quarters about Africa accepting a gift of the new African Union headquarters from China? There are so many other issues of urgent concern around the continent that the critics should direct their wrath to as well.
Africa: China's Gift a Tribute to Relations With Africa
[Fahamu]
Which other friend of Africa would be willing to fund, design, build and maintain a new $200 million AU headquarters in the middle of a global financial crisis?
Africa: Britain's Thumbs Up to Somalia Mission
[Nation]
Visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed satisfaction with the Amisom-led military mission in Somalia that has seen the troubled country show signs of recovery.
Africa: The Next Fight in Egypt and Tunisia Will Be Among Islamists
[Chatham House]
Islamist movements did not start the protests that have so far unseated three Arab dictators.
Africa: Cup Co-Hosts Wary of Ivorian Stars
[CAF]
Equatorial Guinea admit they did not want to face Ivory Coast Saturday in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
Africa: BCI and IBCN Collaborate to Fight Breast Cancer
[Public Agenda]
Breast Cancer Prevention in Africa has taken another dimension with the launch of the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) project, a multinational initiative that seeks to establish the link between diet and breast cancer in Africa.
Africa: Wishing AU Well On Free Trade Area
[Public Agenda]
The African Continent had in the past and to this present day been described in uncomplimentary terms: the 'Dark Continent', the 'Continent that Devours its People', the 'Scar on the Conscience of the World', among others. These descriptions, although inappropriate and widely exaggerated, had stemmed from certain incidents, events and happenings on the continent.
Africa: Tired of Starving Children Photos?
[AlertNet]
Last week, Oxfam and Save the Children published a report titled "A Dangerous Delay". The report details how, despite clear early-warning indicators of an upcoming drought and consequent famine in the Horn of Africa, the international community was too late to respond.
Africa: Quarter-Finals Begin
[Nation]
After eight days of action-packed football, we are now left eight teams as the quarter-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations beckon.
Africa: Malaria Mortality 'Underestimated'
[IRIN]
London -
A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease.
Africa: Traore Backs Dussuyer to Stay as Guinea Coach
[CAF]
Guinea forward Ibrahima Traore has thrown his weight behind Michel Dussuyer to stay on as coach despite the teams inability to make it out of the first round at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Africa: Kante and Keita - Mali's Special Ks
[CAF]
Mali owe their appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in no small part to 'oldtimers' Cedric Kante and Seydou Keita.
Africa: Will Neoliberalism Make a Comeback in Africa Via Tunisia?
[Fahamu]
IMF held up Tunisia under Ben Ali as a model, yet ordinary people fed up with his excesses overthrew the regime. Now IMF appears to be courting the new leadership.
Africa: Why Global Economy Needs Investment in Women
[State Department]
The following oped by U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli, president of the Women in the World Foundation, was published by Newsweek on January 30. There are no republication restrictions for use by U.S. embassies.
Africa: The Rubbish of AFCON
[New Era]
JUDGING from the poor crowd attendance, cousined by the lukewarm showing of some of the top dogs at the ongoing 28th edition of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) - yours truly is obliged to conclude the powers that be in Cairo do not really appreciate the magnitude of hosting Africa's biggest showpiece - sports-wise!
Africa: Concerns About Gibe 3 Dam
[Fahamu]
There is a powerful economic argument for Gibe 3 Dam. But there are also powerful arguments for ensuring that large-scale river-basin development projects provide genuine and sustainable development opportunities for the affected people.
Africa: AU's Score Just Average
[Nation]
The just-ended African Union summit in Addis Ababa arrived at the sagacious conclusion that Africa needs more aggressive trade policies, including the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers between African countries.
Africa: Empowering Women to Fight HIV
[allAfrica.com]
What makes a young African doctor decide to devote her career to helping women fight HIV? Dr. Sengeziwe Sibeko is a 37-year-old medical researcher with a degree in obstetrics and gynecology from the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in South Africa, an MSc in epidemiology from Columbia University in the United States, and is about to take up a fellowship to study for her PhD at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse interviewed Dr. Sibeko at the
Africa: Back to the Lab
[allAfrica.com]
Professor Salim Abdool Karim, director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University in the United States, spoke to AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse about the unexpected halt of a study into tenofovir vaginal gel. This followed a finding that the microbicide failed to prevent HIV transmission, in contrast to the positive result in a previous study conducted by his Caprisa team.
Africa: No Changing Mindset on Contraception 'Overnight'
[allAfrica.com]
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and associate scientific director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa). AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse spoke to the 51-year-old and asked her about the challenges facing her team as they search for effective ways to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Africa: Continent's Football Teams Head for Showdown
[RFI]
After nearly two weeks of skirmishes, we're down to the final eight.
Africa: One Billion People Still Lack Electricity - Report
[Citizen]
Dar es Salaam -
More than a billion people in the world still lack access to electricity, while another one billion have unreliable access stalling efforts for improving health, livelihoods and conserve the environment.
Africa: Weak Land Rights Fuel Potential for Conflicts - Experts
[AlertNet]
The sell-off of prime land to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risks sparking civil unrest unless governments and investors recognise the customary rights of millions of people who have toiled these areas for centuries, land rights experts said on Wednesday.
Africa: Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria Faces Challenges
[allAfrica.com]
Cape Town -
In its short 10-year history, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved millions of lives, but as it marks its anniversary it finds itself the subject of questions and concern, rather than celebration.
