Friday 27th January, 2012
Wildlife Experts Debate Possible Legalization of Rhino Horn Trade
As the killing by poachers of South Africa's endangered rhinos continues unabated, conservationists are debating possible strategies to ease the crisis. (Photo: Kariega Game Reserve) A rhino ...
Conservation Project Saves Endangered Black Rhinos
In November last year (2011), the residents of a rural area in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province witnessed a surprising sight. High above their heads, silhouetted against an azure sky, ...
Now, FBI wants a social network map alert application
Seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material 'scraped' from social networks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants an application that provides information about possible ...
Ross Taylor doubtful for remainder of Zimbabwe tour due to calf injury
Sudan News.NetNew Zealand captain Ross Taylor's participation in the first cricket test against Zimbabwe and the rest of the series is in doubt after he suffered a suspected torn calf muscle. Taylor travelled to ...
Perpetrators of 'heinous' attacks in Nigeria must be brought to justice - Security Council
Sudan News.NetThe Security Council has strongly condemned the multiple terrorist attacks that occurred in Kano, Nigeria, in recent days, causing numerous deaths and injuries, and underlined the need to bring the ...
Fired Nigeria Police Chief A 'Sacrificial Lamb' Says Analyst
Sudan News.NetA security analyst says dismissed police chief General Hariz Ringim is not to blame for the failure of Nigeria's security agencies to curb the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, ...
Negotiations to End Zimbabwe Strike Fail
Sudan News.NetWage negotiations between Zimbabwe's government and civil servants broke down Wednesday and many public workers - teachers in urban areas, in particular - say they will continue their strike for ...
Local Aid Groups Improve Life in Senegal's Only Youth Prison
Sudan News.NetAcross many countries in Africa, thousands of young people are imprisoned without access to proper nutrition, education or healthcare, and once released, there is often little, if any, support to ...
Modern humans settled in Arabia before spreading around the world
Sudan News.NetA new study, which uses genetic analysis to study the earliest human migrations, suggests that when modern humans first migrated out of Africa over sixty thousand years ago, they settled in Arabia ...
Cote d'Ivoire: Security improving but root causes of unrest remain - UN envoy
Sudan News.NetThe security situation in Cote d'Ivoire is stabilizing nine months after the end of the violence that shook the country following presidential elections in late 2010, but the underlying causes of ...
UN official calls for mechanism to address problems facing Africa's Sahel region
Sudan News.NetThe United Nations political chief today called for the establishment of a mechanism to address the myriad challenges facing countries in West Africa's Sahel region, which, he said, include a ...
Return of UN political presence to Mogadishu 'historic' step, says envoy
Sudan News.NetThe re-establishment of the United Nations political presence in Mogadishu will allow the world body to work more closely with Somalia during a crucial period in its peace process, the UN envoy to ...
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
Richmond Times-DispatchLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said ...
United Nations: Libya government must take over prisons
WHP CBS 21DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights official says Libya's transitional government must take control of all makeshift prisons to prevent further atrocities against ...
Nigeria sect leader threatens president
WHP CBS 21Goodluck Jonathan, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria addresses the 65th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 24, ...
South Africa’s Space Program Wants Twitter Input
VOAnew study shows that social networking is growing on the African continent, especially in South Africa, where the country's Twitter-active population posted around five million messages in the ...
Wildlife Experts Distraught as Record Rhino Killings Plague South Africa
VOAThe killing of rhinos in South Africa for their horns has reached an all-time high. The country is home to most of the world's remaining white and black rhinos - about 20,000 animals. ...
In areas once affected by famine, Ethiopia builds capacity to wipe out malnutrition
UNICEFGETER MEDA, Ethiopia, 24 January 2012 - Seven-month-old Aynadis played with her mother, Seta Temesgen, as they waited to be screened at the Geter Meda Health Post. Several weeks ago, Aynadis was ...
In southern Tunisia, a hotel revolution
The NationalIt's the break of day in Nefta, a sleepy agricultural outpost town on the border of the Tunisian Sahara. I toss aside my custom-designed orange-and-white striped camel-hair blanket and spring ...
Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund
UN News CentreCERF ) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African ...
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