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Nearly 30,000 Angolans expelled from DR Congo require assistance

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported nearly 30,000 Angolans were recently expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Oct 20, 2009 by  Bob Ewing in World

Suzuki awarded 'Alternative Nobel' by Right Livelihood Foundation

The 73 year old Canadian environmental activist was awarded an honorary Right Livelihood Award for "... for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science ..."

Undercover investigation exposes gorilla poaching

An undercover investigation carried out by Endangered Species International has found up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo.
Sep 15, 2009 by  Bob Ewing in World - 3 comments

African Sickle-Cell Anemia Deaths Heighten By Vaccine Shortage

Despite readily available vaccines, death rate of sickle-cell anemia in African children remains to be a growing concern, researchers said Thursday.
Sep 11, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Health - 1 comment

Hillary Clinton Snaps at Congo Student's Question

During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 11-day tour in Africa, she will be required to answer questions in a respectful and intelligent manner. On one occasion, she did not.
Aug 10, 2009 by  Andrew Moran in Politics - 5 comments

Mosquito bites transmit malaria 'vaccine'

In a very risky experiment in conducted in Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Scientist opted to used mosquitoes as "artificial injections," delivering live malaria parasites through their bites.
Jul 29, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Health - 1 comment

Homophobia and its impact on AIDS rates in Africa

In the newest HIV/AIDS study conducted by various researchers from Oxford University, the Population Council of Ghana and the Kenya Medical Research, they found how men who have sex with men have no safe access to relevant HIV/AIDS information.
Jul 20, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Health - 3 comments

Attack In Congo By Hutu Militia Leaves 90 Dead

The United Nations is reporting 90 dead after an attack in eastern Congo by Hutu militia. As many of 60 of the dead were civilians.
May 14, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in World - 1 comment

Oil-rich Uganda faces massive land-wars and population explosion

Land battles are expected to escalate in at least 30 districts in oil-rich Uganda, which also is the African country with the world's third-highest population growth. A 'time-bomb in waiting', warns a local USAID-funded non-governmental organisation.
Apr 25, 2009 by  Adriana Stuijt in Environment - 4 comments

US Navy divers search for black box in croc-infested African lake

Lake Victoria in Uganda: Some 250 feet deep, murky, dark, crocodile-infested -- for divers searching for the wreck of a large military cargo plane it's similar to looking for a black cat inside a coal shed at midnight - without a flashlight.
Mar 28, 2009 by  Adriana Stuijt in World - 6 comments
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