Articles on AFRICA
Get to know Africa, its people, their concerns, their struggles and their successes.
Inviting Africans to G8 Meeting "Is Just Window-Dressing"
SOUTH AFRICA - The off-pitch World Cup competition
SWAZILAND - Women's rights
100610 Another panel on Africa?
Journalists news values in East Africa
A poor man's view on Freedom Day - South Africa
G8 summit drops Gleneagles pledge on aid to Africa
MOZAMBIQUE-SOUTH AFRICA - Open your eyes when crossing the border
100603 Plugging Africa's leak
Africa has less say after changes in World Bank voting
MALAWI - Press Review April 2010
MALAWI - Press Review March 2010
SOUTH AFRICA - Gun-Free World Cup
Profiling Cash Drains in Africa
The massive flow of illicit money out of Africa is facilitated by a global shadow financial system comprising tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, disguised corporations, anonymous trust accounts, fake foundations, trade mispricing, and money laundering techniques. The impact of the funds shifts out of Africa drains hard currency reserves, heightens inflation, reduces tax collection, cancels investment, and undermines free trade.
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Read the Document: "Illicit Financial Flows from Africa: Hidden Resource for Development"
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HAKIMANI (Kenya) Newsletter April 2010
Invitation to Western countries to ban vulture funds
AFRICA struggles with MDGs
The Lisbon Treaty – Implications for ACP-EU Relations
AFRICA: Development and its discontents
Ethiopian dam puts thousands at risk
UGANDA's oil Hope and Peril for the Great Lakes
KENYA - HAKIMANI Newsletter 2010 February
MALAWI Press Review February 2010
ANGOLA: Destruction of poor houses in Lubango
MALAWI - Press Review November 2009
CHAD: Prices hike, teachers strike
Teachers demanding more pay to face higher food prices entered the third day of a nationwide strike. The government has called their demands "illegal" and "unjustified", because the "high cost of living is a general problem that does not concern only the teachers.
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2009 Cost of living in Malawi, much better than 2008 and 2007
As far as cost of living is concerned, the just ended year was a good year, not only in terms of food availability, but in terms of the pace at which the general prices of basic commodities in the urban areas were increasing/decreasing (inflation). Although cost of living generally increased in December 2009 in all the four cities, the trend for the whole year is more favourable than in the past three years.
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Analysis of the year 2009 in Malawi
An analysis of the year 2009 in Malawi through media articles. the analysis covers: politics, economy, food security, civil society, religious groups, social, cultural life, education, health, environment, gender and basic needds basket.
Tha analysis has been compiled by the Centre for Social Concern (CFSC), Box40049 - Lilongwe 4, Area 25, Tel. 01 715 632 - http://www.cfscmalawi.org
CFSC Press Review January 2009
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