By Shout-Africa News – The civil rights initiative AfriForum today demanded in a lawyer’s letter sent to the Department of Trade and Industry, that the South African Government should intervene urgently to protect the lives and property of South African citizens in Zimbabwe. This follows after South Africans farming in Zimbabwe, are once again being subjected to a renewed and intensified onslaught, starting this past weekend. AfriForum is also currently obtaining legal advice regarding possible action against the Government, if such protection were not to materialise. The demand is based, amongst other reasons, on the settlement reached between AfriForum and... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa News – LONDON, – New Zealand tops rankings for second consecutive year in the Global Peace Index: World Less Peaceful in 2010 Report, which cites violence impacting global conomy by $7 trillion annually. The Index reports notes that a drop in peace is due largely to 5% increase in homicides, more violent demonstrations and fear of crime, and 4-year trends show Middle East and Africa with most gains in peacefulness, while South Asia sees sharpest fall in peace, with military spending as a % of GDP reaching its lowest point in 4 years. The world became less peaceful... Continue Reading
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 – ABUJA, — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave the Kick Polio Out of Africa (KPOA) campaign a boost today by signing the football which is travelling from Cape Town to Egypt ahead of the 2010 World Cup. During the ball’s epic journey through 22 polio-affected and high-risk countries, Rotary clubs throughout Africa are mobilizing the public for massive immunizations and raising awareness for polio eradication. Gates lauded Rotary’s efforts to help kick polio out the continent — and eventually out of the world. Gates also commended Nigeria for making significant gains... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, — The President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo released comments yesterday regarding the controversy surrounding the “UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences” to be awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) later this month; the prize is intended to promote scientific development and achievements that “improve the quality of human life”: “The opposition to this prize is not because the award is not positive, it’s simply because the international community does not want to advocate on... Continue Reading
