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18 March 2010
                       
 
 
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10 Mar 2010
 
 
Niger calls for $123m in food aid
FOOD SECURITY
Niger needs $123-million in international aid to combat the risk of food shortages this year, the north-west African country's Prime Minister said on Wednesday.
 
 
08 Mar 2010
 
IMF working on $100bn ‘green fund’ – Strauss-Kahn
CLIMATE CHANGE
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "working on the idea of a green fund" to raise $100-billion a year by 2020 to mitigate the impacts of climate change on developing economies, IMF MD...
 
 
01 Mar 2010
 
UN: Pillay: Opening statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council 13th Session, Geneva (01/03/2010)
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Date: 01/03/2010
Source: United Nations
Title: UN: Pillay: Opening statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council 13th Session, Geneva

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Niger facing famine, millions at risk — President
SUPREME COUNCIL FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY
Millions of people are threatened by famine in Niger, the new military ruler said on Sunday in a message that contrasted starkly with his predecessor's reluctance to talk about food shortages.
 
 
26 Feb 2010
 
One-fifth of Chad's population face hunger — UN
FOOD INSECURITY
Nearly one-fifth of the population in Chad will suffer food shortages this year, part of a broader hunger problem looming in the Sahel region, the United Nations (UN) said on Thursday.
 
 
19 Feb 2010
 
World Bank vows to speed spending on South Sudan
SUDAN FUNDING
The World Bank acknowledged on Thursday it needs to speed up funding for rebuilding war-torn South Sudan but said it also had to ensure the aid was not wasted through corruption or mismanagement.
 
 
31 Jan 2010
 
MW: Wa Mutharika: Acceptance speech by the President of Malawi, on his election as the chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, Addis Ababa (31/01/2010)
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Date: 31/01/2010
Source: The African Union
Title: MW: Wa Mutharika: Acceptance speech by the President of Malawi, on his election as the chairperson of the Assembly of the African...

 
 
21 Jan 2010
 
 
 
Daily Podcast - January 21, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast African National Congress heavyweights Tokyo Sexwale and Gwede Mantashe were openly at odds on Wednesday over Sexwale's report on the booing of ANC members at a South African...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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