33 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! Dear Friends, "Don't make us pay for working with Mugabe"- that was the heading given to an article Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai wrote in The Times on April 1st. The article was presumably aimed at the world leaders as they gathered in London for the G20 Summit. Despite all the ...

34 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

WATCHING MUM DIE FROM HIV/AIDS !   Only half of those infected in South Africa by HIV - the virus that causes Aids - have access to life-saving medicines and as Claudia Hammond found out, the care for ...

34 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYAN ATHLETES FEEL THE PINCH !   By Karen Allen ...

35 weeks 1 hour 30 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

AFRICA 'LOSES OUT ON MINING CASH' !   The report says the lost revenues could ...

35 weeks 1 day 58 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

JOINT DARFUR AID WARNING ISSUED !   Almost five million people rely on aid in ...

35 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

RELIEF WORKER SHOT DEAD IN DARFUR !   Tensions have risen in Darfur since the ...

35 weeks 2 days 30 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE CHOLERA 'PAST ITS PEAK' !   Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has been Africa's ...

35 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYA TO RAISE TAXES FOR SOMALIA ! Kenya's government is to collect taxes for Somalia's government at their common border, to help the embattled administration raise revenue. Somalia has not had a functioning national authority since 1991 and Islamist insurgents control much of the south of the ...

35 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MUGABE APPEALS FOR ZIMBABWE AID ! Mr Mugabe also appealed for an end to a travel ban and asset freeze Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has made a call for $5bn (£3.5bn) in international aid to revive his nation's shattered ...

36 weeks 15 hours 48 sec ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

UN SET TO DODUBLE KENYA FOOD AID ! The WFP says some farmers have been hit by "almost total crop loss" The United Nations food agency will give food aid to more than double the number of people it is currently helping in ...

36 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe! Shocking legacy Tuesday 17th March 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Its been a month now since Zimbabwe's unity government took office and this seems an appropriate point to record the changes that are affecting everyday life. The economy is now running completely on US dollars and the prices ...

36 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CRISIS 'WILL COST AFRICA $49bn' ! African nations did not cause the financial crisis, the charity said. The financial crisis and global recession will see African economies lose up to to $49bn by the end of this year, research by ...

36 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SUDAN TO 'EXPEL ALL AID GROUPS' ! Mr Bashir had already ordered 13 large foreign aid agencies to stop work Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir says he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year. Foreign ...

36 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SENEGAL'S LIFE BLOOD DRAINS AWAY ! By Julian Bedford BBC World Service, Rufisque, Senegal ...

36 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

RICHES OF SOMALILAND REMAIN UNTAPPED! By James Melik Business reporter, BBC World Service ...

36 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

FLOODS HIT ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER ! Heavy rain has brought flooding to both sides of the Angola-Nambia border, forcing thousands to leave their homes. The Angolan Red Cross says about 25,000 people have lost their homes in the southern Angolan province of ...

37 weeks 15 hours 30 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

AUSTRALIA PLEDGES AID TO ZIMBABWE ! Australia pledges aid to Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe remains president under the unity government Australia says it will provide funding to Zimbabwe, the first Western country to announce aid to the ...

37 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

TSVANGIRAI TRIBUTE SET FOR HARARE ! Morgan and Susan Tsvangirai had six children together Thousands of mourners are expected to turn out in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, for a ceremony paying tribute to Susan Tsvangirai, on the eve of ...

37 weeks 3 days 55 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

PLANE CRASH NEAR UGANDA AIRPORT ! At least seven people on board a cargo aeroplane are feared dead after it crashed near Uganda's main airport, Entebbe, police have said. Spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said the aircraft came down in Lake Victoria near Bugunga ...

37 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CELEBRITY CLIMBERS REACH SUMMIT! The celebrities have raised nearly £1.4m for charity. Comic Relief's nine celebrity climbers have reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain. The first members of the ...