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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: "Political Will" Needed To Address Food Crisis

By Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI (IPS) - The need to give agriculture top billing on governmental "to do" lists has been highlighted at a telephone briefing to discuss the current food crisis as it affects Africa.

DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Linked to Doha Deal
DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Escapes Security Council Scrutiny
EUROPE: Subsidies Feeding Food Scarcity
TRADE: Rising Food Prices Could Affect WTO Talks
ENVIRONMENT-COTE D'IVOIRE: Soya By Way of War

ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
Stephen Leahy
ACCRA (IPS) - In many of Africa's towns and villages, smoky kerosene lamps are all that keeps the darkness at bay after sunset. However, kerosene is a dangerous and increasingly expensive source of light for Africans who do not have access to electricity -- about three-quarters of those living on the continent, according to the World Bank.

ANGOLA: Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
Mario de Queiroz
LISBON (IPS) - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof’s statement that Angola is a country "run by criminals" unleashed a political storm that could have an impact on Portugal’s large investment interests in the largest of its former African colonies.

HIV/AIDS

Focus on Southern Africa

> Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
> In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
> "We Mustn't Think as South Africans That We Have Won the Day"
> With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability

Economics - Finance

> Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
> World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
> Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers
> Ethiopia Seeks Preferential Treatment for Coffee

> In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
> With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability
> Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers
> South Africa Welcomes Cuban Doctors

> "Political Will" Needed To Address Food Crisis
> From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
> Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
> Small Can Be Beautiful

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
> Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow
> Circumcision an "Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward" Against HIV
> Where Have the Piglets Gone?

> Making the Blackboard Jungle Less So
> "A World 'Unfit' for 2.2 Billion Children"
> Free Secondary Schooling Policy Faces Testing Times
> Education Amidst Displacement

> From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
> The Census Saga Continues
> Research Initiative Nets Interesting Discoveries
> Farmers Can Plan - But Not Indefinitely

> Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion
> "Between Implementation and Planning, There Is a Disconnect"
> Reinventing Agriculture
> "Increase Agricultural Productivity While Reducing the Environmental Footprint"

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Chaos, Death, Destruction in Kenya -- Elections and Aftermath

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

The Southern Africa Water Wire

More Africa News

DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Can Be Beautiful

ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa

DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods

RIGHTS: In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt

Q&A: "We Mustn't Think as South Africans That We Have Won the Day"

MOZAMBIQUE: Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow

DR CONGO: With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability

Q&A: Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers

Q&A: Circumcision an "Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward" Against HIV

TRADE-RUSSIA: Ethiopia Seeks Preferential Treatment for Coffee

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ENERGIE : Une conférence pour éclairer l'Afrique

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