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Drought in East Africa raises worries of hunger and starvation

Christian Aid has launched an emergency humanitarian appeal to help people across the east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons have left ten million on the brink of starvation. Drought and displacement combined with rising global food prices have left Kenya and Ethiopia in particular facing severe food shortages, with UNOCHA reporting that […]

Commonwealth Law Ministers to hold triennial meeting in Australia

News Release: Law Ministers and Attorneys-General from the 54-member Commonwealth will hold their triennial meeting in Sydney, Australia, 11-14 July 2011, to discuss important legal issues affecting Commonwealth citizens. Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma and Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba will join host Attorney-General Robert McClelland for the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM 2011) under the theme “Fostering […]

Blackberry phone unlocking services in Kampala Uganda

Many people buy smart phones like blackberries from different foreign markets only to reach here and the phones cannot work because they were locked to the network where they were first purchased. That is where you need services of a professional to help you unlock your phone. We shall be listing here contacts of people […]

Google+ launches to compete with facebook, but which is better

Online Search giants Google have launched a new social networking service under their Google+ project which many industry pundits say is aimed at wrestling the inline audience from social networking giant Facebook. Google in a statement today said the new service is currently available on invitation only will avail a better social networking platform where […]

IMA Capacity Building courses in Cape Town for development professionals

IMA International is hosting open training courses to be held in Cape Town in September 2011.  All information is on their website www.imainternational.com<http://www.imainternational.com/ Click on the links below to view fact sheets for the courses on offer: Monitoring and Evaluation http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Monitoring+and+Evaluation; Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Results-based+Monitoring+and+Evaluation; Project Management http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Project+Management; Leading Organisations http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Leading+Organisations; and Managing Peoplehttp://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Managing+People. […]

UN calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change, development

The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh on Sunday called for sustained youth mobilization “to get out the message of sustainable development, as they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet”. Addressing the opening session of the Conference of Foreign Ministers […]

UN Food and Agriculture Organisation declares rinderpest an eradicated disease

The United Nations today declared that the world has completely eradicated a cattle disease that has killed millions of bovines for millennia. It is the first animal disease to be officially declared eradicated – and only the second disease ever, after smallpox. A resolution approved by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at its […]

NEPAD progress in agriculture, infrastructure and capacity building

The 42nd session of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Steering Committee (SC) took place in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday, 25 June 2011, with members welcoming the progress being made in the implementation of  programmes and the 10th Anniversary of NEPAD. In his presentation to the 42nd SC session, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, […]

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants against Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi

Global Coalition Calls for Arrest of Individuals Wanted for Alleged Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Libya WHAT: On 27 June 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued warrants of arrest for Libyan leader Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, his son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan government spokesman, and Abdullah Al-Senussi, Director of Military Intelligence, for […]

An Open Letter To The Taliban

Aslam-o-Alaikum! Do you know what degree of shame, abomination, misery and wretchedness is being heaped on the innocent and peace-following Muslims all over the world because of this so-called and self styled Jihad of yours? Do you know how many innocent, unsullied people are being daily butchered as result of this professed Jihad of yours? […]

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