Festival focusing on West Africa - MassLive.com
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Festival focusing on West Africa
MassLive.com The class offers a smattering in different aspects of West Africa, including readings, social studies, language, art, religion, and culture. … and more » |
Festival focus on Africa (The Republican)
AMHERST - On Friday, beginning at 5 p.m., the cafeteria at the high school will be transformed - offering the smells, tastes and culture of West Africa.
Kenya: Widows Support Themselves Selling Maize to World Food Programme
Widows are often looked down on and pitied in Kenya. But the widows in the village of Angata Barakoi in the Transmara area of Kenya were determined to help each other and make a life for themselves, without relying on handouts and charity from relatives. Eighty-six widows banded together to form a support group to deal with the effects of HIV, grief, and the difficulties of living in a community where they had lost their status after the death of their husbands. The group decided to support themselves by growing their own maize. They were able to get loans from a local bank to buy seeds and other inputs. Finally, at harvest time, the World Food Programme (WFP) gave the group a contract to buy 250 metric tons of their surplus harvest through the Purchase for Progress programme. The following are profiles of two of Angata Barakoi’s widow farmers.Consefta KimunduConsefta Kimundu, 28, is delighted that for the first time the widows were able to sell their maize for a decent price.
China-Africa Cooperation Forum held in Beijing (People’s Daily)
&$ &$China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L, center) and Nolana Ta Ama (R, center), representative of the African diplomatic missions to China and Togo’s ambassador, attend the theme open-day of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of China in Beijing, China, Oct. 31, 2009. Some 130 delegates of African ambassadors, foreign students and media …
Zuma Rallies S. Africa to Fight AIDS (New York Times)
President Jacob Zuma acknowledged the viral cause of AIDS and the role of antiretroviral drugs in treatment, saying knowledge would overcome “denialism.”
Nigeria, S’Africa to Sign Pact on Visa Exemption (This Day)
Nigeria and South Africa are to sign visa exemption for its government officials as part of efforts to strengthen relations between the two countries .
Op-Ed Columnist New Life for the Pariahs - New York Times
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Op-Ed Columnist New Life for the Pariahs
New York Times This is a childbirth injury, often suffered by a teenager in Africa or Asia whose pelvis is not fully grown. … A Heroic Doctor, a Global ScourgeNew York Times all 2 news articles » |
Refreshed Strauss is ready for tough tour of South Africa - guardian.co.uk
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Refreshed Strauss is ready for tough tour of South Africa
guardian.co.uk But somehow the project is not quite such an awesome prospect as an Ashes tour, maybe because England's performances in South Africa have not been as … England to use South Africa tour to improve short gameTelegraph.co.uk ENGLAND BIG GAME HUNTERSMirror.co.uk Andrew Strauss has no loyalty worriesTimes Online The Sun -eTaiwan News -The Press Association all 403 news articles » |
Niger: Tree Planting Heroine Helps Reclaim the Desert
Sakina Mati is a farmer and community leader in the village of Guidan Batoye, in the Maradi Region of Niger. She began to manage the regeneration of useful trees on her fields 15 years ago together with other women farmers in the village. While she started with no trees on her farm, she now has up to 150 trees. She is very committed to this effort and is now leading the village committee that supervises the village-wide effort of tree and vegetation regeneration. She is among the most respected people of the village because of her commitment to the protection of the environment. [This introduction reprinted from Oxfam America's: "The Other Green Revolution: How Farmers Reclaimed the Desert to Create an Agricultural Future for Africa".] AllAfrica talked to Sakina Mati, who spoke in Hausa through a translator.
Africa reaches deal with bondholders (Haaretz Daily)
Two months after its dramatic announcement that it would be unable to pay off NIS 7.5 billion of debt, Lev Leviev’s Africa Israel reached an agreement with the representatives of its long-term bondholders - the first step to an overall debt restructuring and rescheduling agreement.
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