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A boy waits with his mother for his malaria lab results at a dispensary in Tanga, Tanzania
Africa   Drugs   Health   Malaria   Photos  
Bad malaria drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug ... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT) Breitbart
Dozens of Egyptian anti-riot soldiers take their positions, outside Cairo university, Egypt, Monday, March 24, 2008. Hundreds of students, mostly followers of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, demonstrated against the government's campaign to try 40 of the group's leaders and financiers in front of a military court on charges of money
Cairo   Egypt   Leaders   Muslim   Photos  
Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders
| CAIRO -- The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures have been arrested by police in a dawn sweep that also grabbed 10 senior members across five provinces, p... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Chicago Sun-Times
African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma reacts at the end of a news conference, ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary vote, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.  COPE wants Zuma to resign
| Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of the Congress of the People, said on Monday that the party would move for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma when Parliament resumed this week... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell) Independent online
Africa   News   Photos   Political   President  
 Incumbent Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, right, leaves the polling station after voting in Banjul, capital of Gambia in West Africa, Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Voters in Gambia lined up across the country on Thursday to elect the nation´s next presid  Four Gambian ministers go in cabinet changes
| Banjul - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has axed four ministers in his latest cabinet reshuffle, with the ministers of tourism, local government and lands, fisheries and water and infrastructure bei... (photo: AP/Christine Nesbitt) Independent online
Gambia   News   Photos   President   Tourism  
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Agnes lies in the  infectious disease unit of Juba hospital for three weeks with no care. It was only the day before she died that she was tested postive for TB and her recieves a blood transfusion as a result but she it came too late and she died that night. Her husband, having taken another wife, wanted her to die and refused to let her be tested for HIV - not wanting her to bring shame on the familly if she was positive. There is huge stigma surrounding HIV and terminally ill patients in general and sufferers are often left to die. After 22 years of civil war there is no access to primary healthcare and Juba Hosptial is the only hospital in the Central Equatoria State. SUDAN: Universal access still a long way off in the south
web | JUBA, 3 February 2010 (PlusNews) - Southern Sudan's poor infrastructure, largely illiterate population and dearth of health facilities and workers mean that despite... (photo: IRIN News/Kate Holt / Eyevine) IRINnews
Africa   Health   People   Photos   Sudan  
Farmers suffer crop losses due to pests, poor storage and a lack of transport in parts of Uganda (file photo) UGANDA: Kapchorwa District farmers incurring big losses
web | KAPCHORWA, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) - Eastern Uganda's mountainous district of Kapchorwa has huge agricultural potential, but farmers perennially suffer crop losses d... (photo: IRIN News / Manoocher Deghat) IRINnews
Africa   Agriculture   Crop   Photos   Uganda  
Two boys look at the bodies of two government soldiers killed during clashes between Islamic fighters and government soldiers, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, May 22, 2009. Somali capital clashes claim lives
| Anti-government fighters have fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital, prompting return fire by troops that killed at least 16 people, ... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Al Jazeera
Defence   Mogadishu   Photos   Somalia   War  
African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis
| ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The worsening crisis in Somalia is as big a threat to global security as Afghanistan but is being ignored by the world, delegates told an Africa... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Gareowe Online
Africa   Photos   Somalia   Summit   UN  
A woman turns away after viewing a painting by British artist Damien Hurst entitled ' HIV Aids, Drugs Combination ' at Sotheby's auction house in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. The painting is part of the 'Red' auction of works of art donated by many renowned artists in order to raise money for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The sale which it is hoped will raise some US$ 40 million will take place in New York on Feb. 14. This painting is priced at US$ 450-650,0 War on AIDS Hangs in Balance as U.S. Curbs Help for Africa
By MICHAEL ALLEN | KAMPALA, Uganda—Ninsiima Agatha, a 20-year-old mother of two, showed up at a medical clinic here last month, weak, coughing, and desperate to sav... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) Wall Street Journal
Africa   Disease   HIV   Photos   US  
water reservoir - water river - in Pune Make safe water a goal
| Long before the earthquake, Haiti was mired in a crisis that only a few experts noticed -- a severe lack of clean drinking water. The country's 10 million people had dr... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Miami Herald
Disease   Haiti   Health   Photos   Water  
Business and Economy Politics
Tullow Oil close to Ugandan oil deal
Uganda Lending Rates a Hurdle as Common Market Nears
Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa
Tullow looks to China and Total after Heritage Ugandan deal
A woman turns away after viewing a painting by British artist Damien Hurst entitled ' HIV Aids, Drugs Combination ' at Sotheby's auction house in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. The painting is part of the 'Red' auction of works of art donated by many renowned artists in order to raise money for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The sale which it is hoped will raise some US$ 40 million will take place in New York on Feb. 14. This painting is priced at US$ 450-650,0
War on AIDS Hangs in Balance as U.S. Curbs Help for Africa
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Health Minister Visits Mityana Hospital
Besigye Versus Muntu is Not a Political Contest
Government to Set Up 14 Tech Schools
Government Keeps Off Busoga King Saga
President Barack Obama makes a statement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009.
Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as 'odious'
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Sport Farming
Lonyesi Downcast for Police Visit
Tennis Ace Mugabe Gets Double Blow at Egypt Futures
Script Intact as Nile Special Rugby League Continues
Kipsiro and Kiprop Re-Ignite Track Rivalry
Barcelona's Thierry Henry, right, from France, duels for the ball with Sporting Gijons Rafael Sastre Reus during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009.
Trap forgives Henry
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Chad's leader travels to Sudan to smooth relations
 Fires rage on in the Cape
Nation Under-Invests in Agriculture
 Blaze burning back over mountain
Street in Kumasi, Ghana
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
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Education Health
Explainer: The education system in Uganda
Government to Set Up 14 Tech Schools
A Level School Fees Double
Top A-level Schools
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Bad malaria drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance
Africa malaria drugs 'low-grade'
Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa
Health Minister Visits Mityana Hospital
A boy waits with his mother for his malaria lab results at a dispensary in Tanga, Tanzania
Bad malaria drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance
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