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African Union summit, food crisis in the Sahel and global hunger figures
Deadlock in the race for the AU commission leadership, food shortages in Niger and Chad, and the puzzling lack of scrutiny directed towards the FAO's hunger statistics If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it in your inbox every two weeks, register for the email edition Despite gathering to boost intra-African trade , delegates at the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa ...
Drogba's mum cooks up Ivorian favorites for fans
Didier Drogba's mother spent Monday preparing traditional west African food for a group of 60 traveling Ivory Coast fans at the African Cup. Clotilde Drogba works in a makeshift kitchen at a dusty stadium on the outskirts of Malabo cooking Ivorian dishes such as chicken and fish with rice, plantains, potatoes and spicy sauces.
Sudan inflation rises to 19.3 pct in Dec, driven by food
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Sudan accelerated to 19.3 percent in January from 18.9 percent in December as food costs rose, the government said on Tuesday. The Arab-African country is battling an economic crisis and analysts say high food price inflation could stoke dissent against a background of high unemployment, a devalued local currency and U.S. trade sanctions. Inflation has ...
Soccer: Drogba's mum cooks up feast for fans
Didier Drogba's mother is preparing traditional west African food for a group of 60 traveling Ivory Coast fans at the African Cup.Clotilde Drogba works in a makeshift kitchen at a dusty stadium on the outskirts of Malabo preparing...
HIV/AIDS: Awareness Day 2012 Focuses on African-Americans
Tuesday marked the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which aims to address the disparity of infection rates in black communities.
Food (And Charity): Chef's Table Austin Auctions Fine Dining For African Relief Efforts
Austin-based charity Water To Thrive raises funds to build water wells in rural Africa. In their five-year existence, they have funded over 230 water projects providing water to 100,000 people. To promote the organization and to raise funds, the group is launching "Chef's Table Austin." The project is a two week auction of large multi-course meals at some of Austin's finest restaurants. While an ...
Barriers blunt trade within Africa: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South African grocer Shoprite spends $20,000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighboring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1,600 documents to cross a border in southern Africa. Another major South African retailer Woolworths pays full tariffs to transport food and clothing to its franchise stores within the Southern ...
PolyU scientist finds novel use of African mushroom in cancer research
A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein complex extracted from the African Tiger Milk mushroom. The preliminary study discovered that these stabilized selenium nanoparticles can significantly inhibit the growth of ...
Didier Drogba's mum cooks up Ivorian favourites for group of 60 travelling fans at African Cup
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - Didier Drogba's mother is preparing traditional west African food for a group of 60 travelling Ivory Coast fans at the African Cup.
Ghana: Former President Scolds African Governments
[Public Agenda] Former president John Agyekum Kufour has blamed the poor performance of farmers and the consequent devastating food deficit in Africa on successive African governments. According to him, good governance and knowledge as well as the political will needed to adopt and pursue holistic and integrated agricultural, food and nutrition policies were missing.
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