WEST AFRICA: Another stab at the "resource curse"
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - In Africa billions of dollars from oil, gas and mining revenues go missing, leaving populations dependent on international assistance, according to a new report on natural resource use on the continent.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Climate proofing the Zambezi
JOHANNESBURG, 25 June 2009 (IRIN) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a USD$ 8 million initiative to help build the disaster resilience of 600,000 people living along the Zambezi river in seven southern African countries.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Feeling more food secure
JOHANNESBURG, 5 June 2009 (IRIN) - Southern Africa's food security has "greatly improved", according to the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET), and unofficial estimates predict a better cereal harvest than last year.
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ZAMBIA-DRC: Free trip back home only 'til December
KALA REFUGEE CAMP, 30 April 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of Congolese who sought refuge in Zambia during years of fighting in their country have been warned that they have until the end of December to get a free trip back home.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Not enough drugs to handle a pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, 29 April 2009 (IRIN) - South Africa, the country with the most resources in Africa, has two suspected cases of swine flu, but does not have adequate supplies of the antiviral drugs known to be effective in treating the rapidly spreading disease that has so far claimed more than 150 lives in Mexico, according to an expert.
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In Brief: No trials for African heads of state
DAKAR, 16 April 2009 (IRIN) - Alleged war criminals, including heads of states, cannot be targeted by the newly created African Court of Justice and Human Rights, which once functional will become the legal arm of the African Union.
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In Brief: United States approves rapid avian flu test
DAKAR, 10 April 2009 (IRIN) - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a test that can detect the deadly H5N1 virus in humans through throat or nose swabs in 40 minutes. Current laboratory analyses that detect the avian flu strain can take up to four hours for confirmation.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Red Cross to start Zambezi initiative
JOHANNESBURG, 6 April 2009 (IRIN) - As the Zambezi River's waters continue to rush over the broken banks in northeastern Namibia, swallowing villages, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has announced that it will launch an initiative to build the resilience of people affected each year by seasonal flooding.
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In Brief: GPS and malaria
DAKAR, 1 April 2009 (IRIN) - Malaria control has long depended on incomplete infection mapping or “spatial medical intelligenceâ€. But in recent years the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) has used GPS (Global Positioning System) to plot malaria infections based on community surveys in 84 endemic countries.
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ZAMBIA: A better meal than maize-meal
SAMFYA, 31 March 2009 (IRIN) - As food prices soar and stocks continue to fall, Zambians are finding it increasingly difficult to depend on maize and are being urged to look at a cheaper, drought- and pest-resistant alternative that is already keeping food on the table in the North.
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