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MALI: Still a long way to go to meet adult literacy targets

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Friday, April 18, 2008

In 2000 the Maliangovernment signed up to UN Education for All goals to help 50 percent moreadults become literate by 2015, but eight years on still...

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Man hits over D60,000 Jackpot

africa » gambia » banjul

Thursday, April 17, 2008

One Mustapha Jammeh, a resident of Latri-Kunda, was last Friday presented with a checque for the amount of D60,424 (Sixty thousand, four hundred and...

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Urgent changes needed in global farming practices to avoid environmental destruction

africa » south africa » johannesburg

Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org

Thursday, April 17, 2008

World’s leading scientists condemn industrial farming methods and see norole for GE as a solution to soaring food prices and hunger crisis...

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NAMs discusses Draft NDM Bill 2008

africa » gambia » kololi

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The National Disaster Management Committee under the Office of the Vice Presid_ent yesterday convened a one day sensitisation workshop for National...

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RICE SHORTAGE

africa » gambia

Monday, April 14, 2008

There is animpending rice crisis in the making world wide and the peoplesof Haiti, Bangladesh, Philippineshave already began feeling the pinch of...

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SENEGAL: Dakar on less than $5 a day

africa » senegal » dakar

Saturday, April 12, 2008

While driving a rusty old yellow taxi through Dakar’s potholed streets looking for customers, Abdou Ndoye told IRIN how he and his family of nine...

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AFRICA: Climate change linked to spread of disease

africa » gambia

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Climate change is emerging as a major threat to health and adding pressure on public health systems, especially in Africa, a senior UN official has...

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Grasp This Great Opportunity

africa » gambia

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

In his recently issued press release Tsidi M.Tsikata,Mission Chief for The Gambia with the International Monetary Fund, haslaid out very clearly the...

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Regional forum on the role of parliment in achieving MDGs underway

africa » gambia » kololi

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

A five day regional forum on the role of Parliment in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) opened yesterday at the Paradise Suites...

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AMRC generates D280M for Gov’t

africa » gambia » wuli west

Monday, April 07, 2008

Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye, secretary of state for Finance and Economic Affairs has said that the Assets Management and Recovery Corporation (AMRC) has...

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