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Oxfam condemns lethargic reaction to global food crisis – Billions of vital funds missing

Thursday, September 25, 2008

As world leaders meet in New York at a special Summit on poverty, aid agency Oxfam slammed the lack of urgency by the international community in...

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GLOBAL: Slow progress on development aid improvements

africa » ghana » accra

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Aid agencies attending an international meeting on the effectiveness of aid say donors have not made enough progress addressing long-time problems in...

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GUINEA: Elections delay again

africa » guinea » conakry

Monday, September 01, 2008

Lack of funding and a June shift in government mean landmark legislative elections scheduled for November 2008 will be pushed back, Ben Sekou Sylla,...

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CHAD: Neglected sectors to receive UN emergency funds

africa » chad » ndjamena

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Chad is to receive US$6.8 million from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) which injects money into crises that have been neglected or...

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UNHCR needs more funds to help Southern Sudan refugees go home

africa » sudan » khartoum

Saturday, July 19, 2008

The UN refugee agency has a US$11.9 million shortfall in funding for its Southern Sudan repatriation and reintegration operation which could...

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GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus

africa » kenya » nairobi

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS.AIDS spending by the G8...

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KEYCDA resource management seminar ends

africa » gambia » kombo east

Friday, June 13, 2008

Kombo East District Youth and Children Development Association (KEYCDA), the umbrella body mandated to supervise all the youth and children...

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Expo on banking, finance under way

africa » gambia » kololi

Friday, June 06, 2008

A three-day Expo on Banking and Finance on the theme: financing for development - accessing information and funding’, kicked off yesterday at the...

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KEYCDA urged to be self-reliant

africa » gambia » kombo east

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Mr Ebrima Sanyang, co-ordinator of Kaira Nyining CCF program area in Kombo east, has called on the youths not to rely on Kaira Nyining as their only...

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UGANDA: Funding shortfall worries agencies, government

africa » uganda

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Humanitarianactivities in northern Uganda, which is emerging from more than twodecades of civil war, are being curtailed because of a decline...

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