YAOUNDE, — UNDP and Sony bring the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ to Cameroon’s Poor / Kick out Poverty / Campaign TV ad by Drogba and Zidane to be played through public viewings nationwide. In the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Official FIFA Partner, Sony Corporation, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a campaign to bolster efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) —a set of eight internationally-agreed goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015. The “Public Viewing in Africa” campaign focuses on Goal Six: combating HIV... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa News – NEW YORK, – 2AFRIKA, INC. announces its 2011 Wild Safari Sale to Tanzania. “We’re pleased to announce a significant reduction in safari prices for 2011,” company President Kenneth R. Hieber reported to the media. “For the last 15-years, we have remained consistent by always providing our passengers with the best savings possible,” he added. All of 2AFRIKA’s Tanzania and Kenya Safaris are on sale! While the rest of the world focused on the upcoming FIFA World Cup Soccer event in South Africa, always visionary, 2AFRIKA shifted its attention to East Africa where passenger arrivals are waning.... Continue Reading
By Xan Rice in Nairobi A severe drought is causing increasing hunger across the Eastern Sahel in West Africa, affecting 10 million people in four countries, aid agencies warned today. In Niger, the worst-affected country, 7.1 million are hungry, with nearly half considered highly food insecure because of the loss of livestock and crops coupled with a surge in prices. In Chad, 2 million require food aid. The eastern parts of Mali and northern Cameroon have also been badly affected by the failed rains, says the UN World Food Programme, which described the situation as critical. The Sahel, a largely... Continue Reading
Johannesburg — The government should enact trade and industrial policies that create level playing field between South African clothing manufacturers and their rivals in mainland China, says Apparel Manufacturers of SA executive director Johann Baard. He was addressing a workshop for stakeholders hosted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) last week. “SA needs its clothing industry. It is uniquely positioned to contribute to job creation and poverty alleviation and, as such, our trade and industrial policies should level the playing field between domestic manufacturers and their competitors in locations such as China.” He said customs fraud needed to be brought... Continue Reading
