News
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25 January 2010
Ethiopian Airliner Crashes into Sea after Take-off from Beirut
BEIRUT, Lebanon -
25 January 2010
Kenya on Alert over Somali Militants
NAIROBI, Kenya -
25 January 2010
Nigerian Ruling Party Lashes at Obasanjo
ABUJA, Nigeria -
18 January 2010
Guinea’s Exiled Leader Hands Power to Deputy
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -
18 January 2010
South Sudan Party to Contest All Gubernatorial Posts
JUBA, South
Features
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Sudan
Interview: Uncertainty in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan State
Newsfromafrica’s Philip Emase interviews a Nuba politician on the situation in the marginalized South-Central Sudanese State of Southern Kordofan. -
Liberia
Ex-Combatants Employed through YMCA Skills Development
YMCA skills-development programme helps former Liberian fighters find employment or start entrepreneurial ventures. -
Somalia
UN: International Community Failing Displaced Somalis
Fresh from a tour of Somalia, a UN official says the world is failing Somalia's displaced people at their hour of need. -
Kenya
New Life for Kibera Residents as Slum Upgrading Takes Off
Residents of Kibera , sub-Saharan Africa’s largest slum settlement with an estimated population of one million have a story to tell. -
Rwanda
How Rwanda’s traditional courts are speeding up trials of genocide suspects
The traditional courts are fostering a spirit of reconciliation among the victims and perpetrators of the genocide.
Editorial
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Renato Kizito Sesana
Waiting for the Second Synod for Africa
Is Africa the future of the global Church? Numbers are in its favour. In 1900 Sub-Saharan Africa’s catholic people were less than two million, but in 2000 they increased up to 130 million: an amazing growth that never happened before in the Church’s history.
Press review
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Aid
Haiti: Africa Lends a Hand
Africa joins the world in assisting Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake that afflicted the country on January 12. -
HIV/AIDS
AFRICA: Hospital-Acquired HIV Underestimated
Researchers and experts say hospital transmission of HIV is prevalent in Africa but has largely been downplayed. -
Human Rights Watch Press Release
Stop Recruitment of Somali Refugees, Rights Group Urges Kenya
Human Rights Watch Urges Kenya to stop the recruitment of Somali refugees from UN camps within its borders to fight in the Somali army.