Zambia : Britain Commits £5.7 Million to Anti-Graft ... - AllAfrica.com
THE British Government has committed more than £5.7 million for the next five years to support the National Anti-Corruption Policy Implementation Plan (NACP-IP). British High Commissioner to Zambia Carolyn Davidson said in Lusaka yesterday that the ...
S. Africa, Burundi, Zambia: Sub-Saharan Bond, Currency ... - Bloomberg
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today. Burundi : The East African nation will announce the amount of Treasury bills it will put on sale at its next ...
ZAMBIA: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial ... - Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Mar 19, 2010 (IPS) - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother. At 13, she is the mother of a seven-month-old baby she raises on her own since the ...
UPDATE 1-Glencore Energy wins $1 bln Zambia oil supply ... - Reuters UK
LUSAKA, Mar 16 (Reuters) - London-based Glencore Energy has been awarded a $1 billion contract to supply 1.4 million tonnes of petroleum feedstock to Zambia over a two-year period, the public procurement authority said on Tuesday. Zambia is the ...
Obama Administration Poised to Decide Fate of African ... - Forbes
On Monday delegates will vote on whether to "downlist" elephant populations from Zambia and Tanzania from the protected level of "Appendix 1" to enable resumed ivory trade. A new report by EIA ( Open Season: The Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade in ...
Labour attacked over ivory sales - MSN UK News
It counters a bid by Tanzania and Zambia to hold one-off sales of their legally held ivory and "downlist" their elephants from the highest level of protection. The UK Government said it was initially "sympathetic" to the Kenyan proposals, subject to ...
Genetically Modified Famine - Christian Post
In 2002, famine brought on by drought and crop failures threatened Zambia and much of southern Africa. People left their land and walked 50 kilometers to towns in the hope of finding food. Between 1 and 3 million Zambians required food assistance ...
Wedding is just what the doctor ordered - Daily Reflector
On what would have been Jamandé and Geniene Jones’ wedding day, family and friends will gather today in the couple’s home to watch a video of their exotic wedding ceremony held last month in an African village. Zambia would not likely be voted ...
Discovery debuts 11-part nature series - Vindy.com
It allows for extraordinarily lifelike pictures of fruit bats munching on mangoes in Zambia, a basilisk lizard walking on water or stag beetles fighting and mating in trees. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, “Life” is reminiscent of Discovery’s 2007 ...
Roar terror: If you want a good night's sleep in Zambia ... - The Independent
I am, I think it's fair to say, an urban creature. Whole months pass before I see a blade of grass. Animals? Sure, I like them: chargrilled with garlic and vegetables, roasted and slathered with gravy, chopped up and pan-fried with shallots. Not, you ...
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Newsweek: How we're winning in Pakistan
President Obama gets much credit for changing America's image in the world. But if you asked even devoted fans to cite a specific foreign-policy achievement, they would probably hesitate. But in fact, there is a place where Barack Obama's foreign policy is working, and one that is crucial to U.S. national security—Pakistan.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
 International diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
Web produces new generation of China activists
 There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China's "Great Firewall" that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Minister: Sierre Leone hit by disaster hoax
A top official in Sierre Leone's government says a report that at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident is a hoax.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Heavy rains swamp Haiti’s homeless camps
 One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.
World Blog: Unplugged in Urumqi
The predominantly Muslim province has been an Internet-free zone since riots broke out last July between the ethnic Han Chinese and the minority Uighurs.
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