Posts having tag: aid and development
'Why I booed Morgan Tsvangirai'! Mr Tsvangirai was forced to halt his speech after protesters chanted 'Mugabe must go' Batson Chapata is a Zimbabwean refugee living in exile in Birmingham, UK. On Saturday he travelled to London to express his frustration toward visiting Prime Minister ...
Viewpoint: Tsvangirai's ambiguous trip! Morgan Tsvangirai was saluted and greeted on his extensive tour of the West In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, columnist and filmmaker Farai Sevenzo considers Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's week. In the end ...
Bumper crop, but Zimbabwe hungry! Zimbabwe has had a bumper maize crop but the hunger crisis remains Some three million people face hunger in Zimbabwe, despite a significant rise in food ...
Medvedev seeks closer Africa links By Steven Eke BBC's Russian affairs analyst ...
Zimbabwe PM defends Mugabe unity! Former opponents Mugabe and Tsvangirai are now partners Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has defended his support of President Robert Mugabe in an ...
A RHINO CALLED TATENDA ! Dear Family and Friends, Behind the scenes, out of the spotlight and against the most overwhelming odds, some amazing things have been going on in Zimbabwe these last nine years. This week we saw proof of one in the form of a documentary about a black rhino called Tatenda. Hand reared ...
Madonna 'ecstatic' over adoption! Madonna previously adopted Malawian boy David Banda Madonna has said she is "ecstatic" after her bid to adopt a second child was approved by a ...
Kenyan car sale to help refugees ! Repossessed cars will be ...
Tax cuts to boost Kenya broadband ! Some 17.5m Kenyans own a ...
Italy and France 'failing Africa'! The campaigners fear the global financial crisis could affect aid donations Italy and France have been accused of reneging on promises to increase aid to African nations. Anti-poverty group One, set up by rock star Bono, said Italy had actually cut ...
African leaders 'must shape up'! The outlook for Africa is bleak but not despairing, the panel's report says African leaders have been told by former UN boss Kofi Annan to shape up to their ...
Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out! Ken Saro-Wiwa's family said he would have been happy with the result Lawyers for relatives of nine anti-oil campaigners hanged in Nigeria in 1995 say they are ...
Liberia aid workers 'stole $1m'! Liberians are slowly recovering from 14 years of civil war A US-based international Christian relief organisation says it believes more than 90% of its aid to ...
Aid for starving Zimbabwe inmates! Reports suggest some prisoners are starving to death The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has begun distributing food and other supplies to ...
Tsvangirai: Mugabe acrimony over! Morgan Tsvangirai said the unity government had been consolidated Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the BBC the "acrimony is over" ...
SA 'denies care to Zimbabweans' ! MSF says unaccompanied ...
UN team meets Chad child soldiers1 By Celeste Hicks BBC News, N'Djamena ...
Tutu in Hay appeal for Zimbabwe! Archbishop Desmond Tutu said he had a role as a 'global elder' Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pleaded for increased support for Zimbabwe's fragile national unity ...
ZIMBABWE CHOLERA 'TO TOP 100,000' ! Zimbabwe's sanitation and health infrastructure is dilapidated The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is expected to reach 100,000 this week, according to the Red Cross. While the infection rate ...
TROOPS REINFORCE SOMALIA AIRPORT. Some 60,000 people have fled the recent fighting in Mogadishu Somalia's government has sent about 600 extra troops to reinforce part of southern Mogadishu, where the Horn of Africa nation's main ...
