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Breaking News Tue, 9 Feb 2010
Cows - Cattle - Herding
Africa   Cattle   Farming   Photos   World  
 The Hindu 
Prosperity undermined by western farming
| John Vidal | Study claims modern farming threatens nomadic cattle herding. | Nomadic herders who move their cattle ceaselessly across some of the harshest environments in the world in search of graz... (photo: WN / sweet)
Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Africa   Disease   Health   Medical   Photos  
 The News & Observer 
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
| High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased dru... (photo: Public Domain / Tomhannen)
BMW Alpina D3 BiTurbo Limousine  Business Report 
BMW gives thumbs up for company's local operations
  | By Roy Cokayne | Submit your comment | BMW of gemany has given the future viability of its operations and investments in South Africa the thumbs up and expressed confidence about the stabilit... (photo: Public Domain / TTTNIS)
Africa   Automaker   BMW   Investments   Photos  
Street in Winneba, Ghana  Business Day Online 
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
Concerns over energy supply security and oil-price volatility are generating greater interest in alternative energy sources in Ghana. Civil society groups want a comprehensive biofuel policy. Godwin N... (photo: Creative Commons / oneVillage Initiative)
Debate   Food   Fuel   Ghana   Photos  
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Crops - Rice - Food IRINnews
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Snapshot of food security
web | JOHANNESBURG, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Economic conditions in most southern African countries declined as a result of the global recession, pushing many more people... (photo: WN / sweet)
Africa   Food   Johannesburg   Photos   Security  
AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs IRINnews
AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs
web | LOME, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - The fight against fake medicines requires a united public-private front to overcome people's resistance to health warnings and to dis... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Africa   Drugs   Ghana   Medicine   Photos  
Oranges - Apples - Fruits Business Report
Local citrus exports are growing, but producers left with sour deal
  | By James Hall | Submit your comment | Citrus is such big business in South Africa - the second-largest exporter of oranges, grapefruits and lemons in the world -... (photo: WN / sweet)
Africa   Business   Oranges   Photos   Submit  
Niger Delta states IRINnews
NIGERIA: Timeline of recent unrest in Niger Delta region
web | ABUJA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - Despite abundant oil wealth in the Niger Delta region in southeast Nigeria, residents lack basic services including electricity, pip... (photo: IRIN news / wikimedia)
Abuja   Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Politics  
Oil facility in Niger Delta, where citizens suffer the effects of the "resource curse" say rights groups (file photo) IRINnews
GHANA: Slow progress on oil policy
web | ACCRA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - Ghana needs to do more to ensure that revenue from oil production, due to start later in the year, successfully reduces poverty and ... (photo: IRIN News)
Accra   Africa   Economy   Ghana   Photos  
Sugar - Commodity All Africa
Farmers to Miss Global Sugar Boom
Farmers supplying sugarcane to government-owned millers could miss out on the high sugar prices in the international market, due to production inefficiencies. | ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Farmers   Market   Photos   Production   Sugar  
A bumper maize harvest is anticipated in Kenya's coastal and southeastern regions (file photo) IRINnews
KENYA: Bumper maize harvest in coast and southeast
web | NAIROBI, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - Kenya's coastal and southeastern regions will harvest a bumper maize crop from mid-February following El Nino-enhanced rains that ... (photo: IRIN News / Jane Some)
Africa   Agriculture   Kenya   Nairobi   Photos  
This undated photo provided by the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement in Hamburg on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 shows the tanker ship 'MV Longchamps' at an unspecified location. The company that manages the gas tanker hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa in January said Saturday March 28, 2009 the vessel has been released with all 13 crew members unharmed. The Longchamp was loaded with liquefied petroleum gas when it was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on Jan. 2 Al Jazeera
Somali pirates hijack Libyan ship
| Somali pirates have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, taking its crew of 17 Romanians and Libyans hostage. | The MV Rim was seized outsi... (photo: AP / Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement)
Libya   Photos   Pirates   Romania   Somalia  
Stock & Market Economy & Money
- Act to Boost Ties, Kalonzo Tells U.S.
-  Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins
- CNOOC shares fall on news of purchase
- Lulu Explains Amodu Shuffle at African Roundtable
Cows - Cattle - Herding
Prosperity undermined by western farming
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- Foreign Bank Buys Into 3 Troubled Banks
- Nation Under-Invests in Agriculture
- Yar'Adua's Awol And Economy
- It's Bank Phbust for Chukwumah
Street in Winneba, Ghana
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
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Health and Society News & Media
- GUINEA: Medical supplies, humanitarian flight blocked after
- Tackling Graft: US Shows Nigeria the Way
- Comment: CAF’s decision to ban Togo is shocking
- Starbucks' new heart cup reminds customers of its parnte
Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
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- Lagos engages consultants to tackle e-waste menace
-  Guinea leader picks union chief for key job
- Foreign Bank Buys Into 3 Troubled Banks
- PIB - NNPC, Nupeng Resolve to Work Together
Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
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Industry & Farming Politics & Goverment
-  Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins
- ‘US envoy’s visit to Nigeria a unique access to Obama’
- Prosperity undermined by western farming
- Facing Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb threat
Cows - Cattle - Herding
Prosperity undermined by western farming
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- Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria Needs Transformational Leaders
- Al Qaeda must be stopped in Nigeria
-  Guinea leader picks union chief for key job
- GUINEA: Medical supplies, humanitarian flight blocked after
 Incumbent Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, right, leaves the polling station after voting in Banjul, capital of Gambia in West Africa, Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Voters in Gambia lined up across the country on Thursday to elect the nation´s next presid
 Four Gambian ministers go in cabinet changes
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