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Archives for May 2015
New Mothers Get A New Kind Of Care In Rural Nigeria
EMILY SOHN, MAY 26, 2015, NPR How do you help a country struggling to provide quality health care, particularly to its rural citizens? More doctors would be great. New and better clinics would help. But in some places, community health workers are an important part of the solution. Community health workers live where they work. They're not trained medical professionals, … [Read more...] about New Mothers Get A New Kind Of Care In Rural Nigeria
Time for Africa to speed up progress
MAY 26 2015, Business Day (South Africa) MONDAY was Africa Day, which celebrates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) 52 years ago, when 30 of the 32 states that had then achieved independence came together to rid the continent of the vestiges of colonialism. The OAU morphed into the African Union (AU) in 2002, amid renewed optimism that with … [Read more...] about Time for Africa to speed up progress
Zimbabwe: Mphoko an empty head — Sibanda
LLOYD MBIBA • 26 MAY 2015 • Daily News (Zimbabwe) HARARE - Ousted former war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda has savaged Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko as a “clueless and confused opportunist” who is lying about Gukurahundi and who allegedly deserted Zapu during the liberation struggle to enjoy an easier life in Mozambique. Responding to Mphoko’s attack on him … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe: Mphoko an empty head — Sibanda
Calm in Ethiopian capital after landmark elections
By Charles Omondi, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa was calm on Monday after the Sunday landmark elections. Offices, shops and hotels and restaurants were open and people went about their businesses as usual. The heavy tonnage trucks delivering material for the massive Addis Ababa construction industry could be seen … [Read more...] about Calm in Ethiopian capital after landmark elections
Kenya: Gunmen kill officers in new border raids
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) At least one police officer was killed and another is feared dead after a rescue party was ambushed by Al-Shabaab in Garissa County on Monday. The officers, 59 in total, were responding to a distress call by a police patrol team, whose vehicle had run over a landmine. Independent sources said two officers, one from the … [Read more...] about Kenya: Gunmen kill officers in new border raids
Nkurunziza appeals for ‘national solidarity’ to fund elections
By Mary Colombel, 26 May 2015, France 24 Burundi's government remains defiant despite the growing international pressure over president Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term...and the protests continue in Bujumbura. Also, we report from Senegal, one of the few nations helping would-be migrants risking death in the Mediterranean to return home. And, the great … [Read more...] about Nkurunziza appeals for ‘national solidarity’ to fund elections
East African leaders to hold summit on Burundi violence
BUJUMBURA | BY CLEMENT MANIRABARUSHA AND GORAN TOMASEVIC, Tue 26 May 2015, Reuters East African leaders will meet on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Burundi as violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters continue and the opposition has boycotted talks to resolve the stand-off. Rights groups say at least 20 people have been killed by police since protests … [Read more...] about East African leaders to hold summit on Burundi violence
An extraordinary escape: survivors of migrant boat disaster tell their stories
Patrick Kingsley and Alessandra Bonomolo in Mineo, and Rosie Scammell in Catania, Friday 22 May 2015, The Guardian (UK) Eight hundred died when a ship carrying African migrants sunk in the Mediterranean in April. Three young men – among just 28 survivors – recall the journey and how they survived When more than 800 people drowned last month in the Mediterranean’s worst … [Read more...] about An extraordinary escape: survivors of migrant boat disaster tell their stories
Leadership: Africa’s dilemma
BILL SAIDI • 22 MAY 2015, Daily News (Zimbabwe) HARARE - Years ago, in Zambia, I witnessed a moment of intimacy and warmth between two people — then President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and his then special aide, my former editor-in-chief at Times Newspapers, Milimo Punabantu. Kaunda asked Punabantu, a short, rather plump man, if he could “prepare our special dish”. It … [Read more...] about Leadership: Africa’s dilemma
Botswana in the grip of bad Khama
By Joel Konopo, 22 MAY 2015, Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Africa's model democracy is sliding into a monocracy that is punishing the media. Known for its sparkling diamonds, peace and heart-stopping beauty, and often touted as a model of African democracy, Botswana rarely makes headlines. Yet the Southern African nation of 2.1-million people is sliding into a … [Read more...] about Botswana in the grip of bad Khama