Japan, Brazil Plan to Help Mozambique Become Grain ... - Bloomberg
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Mozambique, which depends on imports to meet about half its rice needs, aims to become a grain exporter after achieving self-sufficiency as early as 2015 with technical and financial assistance from Japan and Brazil. “The ...
Kenya : Oil Exploration Now Renews Hopes of a Major ... - AllAfrica.com
Countries in East Africa, and on the seaboard from Ethiopia on down to Mozambique, have all begun to benefit from the success in Uganda. Indeed, what happened in Uganda made it easier for smaller companies to raise funding for exploration in the ...
Mozambique: Floods DREF Operation No. MDRMZ006 - Reliefweb.int
The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies ...
Helping families living with HIV in Mozambique - UNICEF
XAI-XAI, Mozambique, 18 March 2010 - Celeste Macuacua (not her real name), a widow living with her two orphaned grandchildren, had just returned home from working on her plot when she heard a familiar voice calling from outside. Community activist ...
Rescue Teams Forcibly Evacuate Mozambique Flood Victims - FOX News
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impoverished households refused to be relocated for fear of ...
Mozambique : Floods Could Aggravate Seasonal Cholera - AllAfrica.com
Johannesburg — Cholera has claimed the lives of over 40 people in Mozambique and ongoing flooding throughout the central and northern parts of the country could "aggravate" the problem, aid agencies say. "This is not unexpected," the Chief of ...
Rescue teams forcibly evacuate Mozambique flood victims ... - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impoverished households refused to be relocated for ...
India is source of ‘inspiration’ for Mozambique ... - Thaindian.com
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Mozambique is finalising two key agreements with India, one on double taxation avoidance and another on conferring most favoured nation status, to strengthen its trade and economic ties with a nation which it sees as an ...
Maria Mutola turns to football - NEXT
Barely a year after she retired from athletics, Maria de Lurdes Mutola of Mozambique has returned to her first love, football. And she is showing signs of making a success of it, just as she did in her former career. Popularly referred to as “The ...
MOZAMBIQUE: Help for landmine victims hard to come by - IRIN
Helena Numaio lost both her legs and a finger to a landmine when she was 12 years-old MAPUTO, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Helena Numaio was 12 years old in 1990 when she lost both her legs and a finger in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood ...
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Iran's supreme leader cold to Obama overture
Iran's supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.
IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt
The IMF warned the world's wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery.
Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2
A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.
164 people face charges over massacres in Nigeria
A Nigerian police spokesman says 164 people will be charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorism, for their suspected roles in the slaughter of more than 200 people in central Nigeria this month.
Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis in relations between the two longtime allies.
Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.
China state media accuses Google of political agenda
China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by "groundlessly accusing the Chinese government" of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
Net called great threat to rare species
The Internet is one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists say.
Officials: U.S. missiles kill 4 in Pakistan
Suspected U.S. drones fire missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least four people, officials said.
Nepalese doc is 'God of Sight' to poor
 Thousands of doctors all over the world have been trained in Dr. Sanduk Ruit's novel approach of removing cataracts, with the hope of slowly lessening the leading cause of blindness that affects 18 million people worldwide.
Afghan bomb attacks kill at least 12 civilians
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
Power cut to 60,000 as cyclone hits Australia
About 60,000 homes are without power, trees and signs have blown over and boats have been smashed on the rocks after a massive storm blew across the coast of northeastern Australia.
Transport strikes, marches on Tuesday in France
French train lines, public transport, schools and day care centers face disruptions on Tuesday as unions strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's policies on jobs and the economy.
Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur
An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
With cheap food imports, Haiti can’t feed itself
 The earthquake smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left over 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food.
Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
 Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebukes Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Iceland fears eruption could spark another
 A volcano in southern Iceland erupts for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Explosives found aboard India plane
Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.
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