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Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture By Claire Ngozo WINDHOEK - The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA "Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point" By Kim Cloete CAPE TOWN - "Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive," says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense. MORE >>
Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa Davison Makanga interviews MARI-LISE DU PREEZ, forests, fisheries and governance expert CAPE TOWN - Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies every year. In countries such as Angola, Egypt and Namibia, fisheries are vital economic drivers. MORE >>
SOUTHERN AFRICA Growing Seed Security By Mantoe Phakathi WINDHOEK - Farmer Obed Dlamini, like many of his colleagues from Swaziland, finds it difficult to find quality maize seeds each planting season. Not only are the seeds expensive but they are often not available. MORE >>
EAST AFRICA Protecting Lake Victoria's Top Predator By Arnaud Bébien MWANZA, Tanzania - Coordinated conservation measures to arrest the steep decline of stocks of Nile perch in Lake Victoria are showing encouraging results - for fish, if not for fishing communities around the lake. MORE >>
AFRICA Outrage Over Claim that Anti-GM Campaign "Causes Hunger" By Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN - Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA Public Health Strained by Nurses' Strike By Chris Stein JOHANNESBURG - Striking health workers have continued their work stoppage despite accusations that it endangers patients' lives. They are part of a nationwide strike by public sector workers that has some observers concerned that rising wage demands could harm South Africa's economy. MORE >>
HEALTH-UGANDA Problems with Anti-Counterfeit Bill Persist By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Health rights activists still insist that, despite some improvements to Uganda’s controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Bill, it will affect the availability of generic medicine if enacted in present form. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA Teachers' Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike By Marshall Patsanza JOHANNESBURG - South African teachers - along with other public service employees - have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase. Government says it cannot afford to offer 1.3 million striking public servants any more than seven percent. MORE >>
Trying Pirates Often as Tricky as Catching Them By Aprille Muscara UNITED NATIONS - U.N. member states and regional organisations debated the question of how Somali pirates should be prosecuted in a Security Council meeting Wednesday, following a report submitted last month by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlining seven possible legal options. MORE >>
ECONOMY "Sub-Saharan Africa Is Speeding Towards Affluence" By Julio Godoy PARIS - Africa is heading towards a bright economic future, according to a new book co-authored by the former director of the French state agency for economic cooperation and released recently in Paris. MORE >>
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is a regional arm of the UN with 53 African member states. Its primary responsibility is to encourage the growth of the economic and social sectors of the continent.
