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United Nations Appoints New Zimbabwe Country Director
The United Nations (UN) has appointed Alain Noudehou as new UN resident coordinator and resident representative for UNDP in Zimbabwe, replacing the long-serving resident representative Agostinho Zacarias who left in 2009.
Kenya’s Economy Predicted to Grow By 3% in 2010
The World Bank has predicted that Kenya’s economy will register a growth rate of 3 to 3.5% in 2010 up from 2.5% last year. World Bank country director, Johannes Zutt said in Nairobi that last years prolonged drought saw the economy registering no growth...
Kenya Urges World Food Programme to Reconsider Ban on Relief Food to Somalia
President Mwai Kibaki has urged the World Food Programme (WFP) to reconsider its decision to suspend food relief distribution to Somalia. Kibaki noted that continued denial of relief food to Somalia was exerting more pressure on Kenya which is already...
Donors And Governments Urged to Deliver on Promises to African Farmers
Africa can farm its way out of poverty and hunger – if donors and governments keep their promises to invest more in the women farmers who grow most of its food, anti-poverty agency Action Aid said on Monday. “With one in three Africans chronically...
Dogs Being Used to Find Out the State of Vietnam’s Critically Endangered Rhinos
Highly trained detection dogs are being used help to determine the population status of the Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
World Food Programme Seeks Urgent Assistance As Kenya Sinks Deeper Into Food Crisis
After the near total failure of the annual rains in many parts of Kenya, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for more than $230 million to provide emergency food assistance over the next six months to 3.8 million Kenyans affected...
