AfricaNewsSearch: Latest NewsThe home of FREE updated African news links for the internet communityAfrica: IMF steps into food crisis- (Found July 8, 2008 ) NEW YORK, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is augmenting an existing facility and reshaping a second to help countries worst hit by the food and fuel price crisis, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund has already increased low-interest loans under existing arrangements with Benin, Burkina ...http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79119 Angola: PDA, CPO, PPE Formalise Candidature in Constitutional Court- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Angolas Democratic Party (PDA), Oppositions Political Council (CPO) and Electoral Political Platform (PPE) on Sunday formalised in the Constitutional Court their candidatures to participate in the September 05 legislative elections. PPE is a coalition of nine political parties, whereas CPO that gathers seven parties formalised its candidacy through its leader, ...http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=631984 Nigeria: Two million at risk of radiation cancer- (Found July 8, 2008 ) KANO, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - Nigerian environmental and health officials warn that slightly radioactive tailings found in abandoned mines in central Nigerias Plateau state poses a health risk to around two million inhabitants. Laboratory analysis conducted earlier this year by officials from Nigerias nuclear research agency of 1,100 abandoned ...http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79120 Kenya: Knives Out in Kitchen Cabinet- (Found July 8, 2008 ) When President Mwai Kibaki summoned embattled Finance Minister Amos Kimunya to State House, Nairobi on Saturday afternoon, there was widespread anticipation that he was going to be asked to step aside to pave away for investigations into the raging Grand Regency Hotel saga. The fury of secret media briefings as ...http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=631970 Uganda: DP Rules Out FDC Alliance- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The Democratic Party (DP) has ruled out an alliance with FDC or any other opposition political party in the 2011 elections. Party president Ssebaana Kizito said FDCs decision to field a candidate in the Lubaga division by-election against theirs was a testimony that they were not willing to work with ...http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=631971 South Africa: Dour doctors are a pain: research- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Sheng-ying Huang, a Taiwanese communications expert, told doctors attending a conference on communication in medicine and ethics in Cape Town last week to use more humour during their consultations. Huang, from the National Cheng Kung University, has been researching the subject of medical humour at a hospital in Taiwan. ...http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=797207 Nigeria: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening- (Found July 8, 2008 ) KANO, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN. The business of recruiting teenage girls as domestic help in rich and middle-class homes is booming despite our efforts to ...http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79118 Kenya: Lack of facilities hampering bid to halt black fever outbreak- (Found July 8, 2008 ) ISIOLO, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - A lack of laboratory facilities, transport and skilled medical workers is hampering efforts to tackle an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease also known as kala azar or black fever, in northern Kenyas Isiolo and Wajir districts, officials said. "We have a serious ...http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79122 Zimbabwe: G8 warn Africans of Zimbabwe sanctions - Canada- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Major industrial powers told African leaders today that they would call for more sanctions against Zimbabwe unless quick progress was made to deal with a presidential election the West sees as illegitimate, a senior Canadian official said. "There was a statement by G8 leaders, including the prime minister (of ...http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,172787,00.html Angola: PDA, CPO, PPE Formalise Candidature in Constitutional Court- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Angolas Democratic Party (PDA), Oppositions Political Council (CPO) and Electoral Political Platform (PPE) on Sunday formalised in the Constitutional Court their candidatures to participate in the September 05 legislative elections. PPE is a coalition of nine political parties, whereas CPO that gathers seven parties formalised its candidacy through its leader, ...http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=631985 |