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Three people have died in South Africa from an “unknown highly infectious disease” believed to have originated in Zambia in over three weeks. The Star newspaper reported Monday that the country`s health officials are on high health alert after the...
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The billions of dollars spent on Aids prevention programmes based on HIV vaccines, wide-scale testing and the promotion of condoms or sexual abstinence have turned out to be less effective than a simple surgical operation to remove the foreskin.
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Africa’s indigenous economic system is probably the area least understood. The myth of “hunters and gatherers” persists; giving the impression that Africa had no economic institutions or culture before contact with the Europeans. Trade...
Former UN head Kofi Annan has called for a “green revolution” to solve the food crisis threatening Africa.
“A genuinely African green revolution could lead to a doubling or tripling of food production,” he told the BBC.
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When Fatmata’s parents asked her to name the father of her unborn child, she couldn’t answer them. Captured by Revolutionary United Front rebels at 11, she had spent the previous four months being passed around from fighter to fighter at their bush...
Each day, Edwin Makotore’s wife and children hit the streets to earn cash so he can pay for the privilege of working.
The 38-year-old father-of-two is the only one in the family with a full-time job, but by the time he has met the soaring cost of...
Food prices are rising around the world. In an interview with ABC News, Gregory Barrow, senior public affairs officer at the World Food Program (WFP), said that “the WFP has identified a number of countries that have been badly affected, and we...
African nations should follow Venezuela’s lead and nationalize their energy and mining sectors to secure the resources to fight poverty, Venezuela’s deputy foreign minister for Africa said on Friday.
I WRITE on a very sad day indeed for Zimbabwe for many reasons. I have spent a few weeks looking at the developments in the country and trying to make sense of it all. I carefully considered arguments from all parties during their election campaigns and...
Ever-accelerating internet and other mobile marketing technologies have brought the world to the brink of a revolution in the way we live and work. The new internet age, sometimes called Web 2.0, with its plethora of social networking opportunities —...
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