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Government of Mozambique to Subsidize Food, Transport to Poor Citizens
Mozambique’s government said it will provide food and transport subsidies to poor citizens beginning August 2011 as part of a strategy to mitigate the high cost of living in the poverty stricken southern African nation, Planning and Development...
Germany Withholds 50% Budget Support to Malawi Over Penal Code Amendment
The Federal Government of Germany has withheld half the budget support to Malawi because of concerns to the amendment of the Penal Code that gives powers to a minister to ban a publication, local press reported on Tuesday. How People Arrived Here: flag...
UK to Help Build 750 New Schools in Pakistan Administered Kashmir And North West Frontier Province
The United Kingdom (UK) is to help build 750 new schools in Pakistan Administered Kashmir and North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The schools will provide a safe learning environment for 90,000 children, who have been forced to study in tented facilities...
UK And Australia Launch Research And Advocacy Fund to Improve the Lives of Mothers And Children Across Pakistan
The UK and Australia have launched a new £18.3 million Research and Advocacy Fund (RAF) aimed at improving the lives of all mothers and children across Pakistan – the first fund of its kind in the country. Every year, 15,000 women in Pakistan die from...
Financial Crisis Causing Problems for Mozambique’s Oil Refinery Project
The financial crisis has hit the $5.5 billion oil refinery project of the US-based Ayr Logistics in northern Nampula Province and the government has given investors six months to decide whether to proceed or pull out. According to the Planning and Development...
International Monetary Fund Predicts a Lower Mozambique Growth Rate of 4.5% in 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Mozambique’s overall growth rate in 2009 is likely to record a 4.5% low this year. The IMF said in a statement available to by APA on Saturday that a recovery in Mozambique’s exports should help stabilise...
Mozambique Cuts Growth Forecast to 6.1%
Mozambique has reduced its 2009 growth projections to 6.1% from the initial 6.5-7.0% due the fall of exports and high food prices, a senior government official said on Friday. Planning and Development Minister Aiuba Cuereneia said exports have fallen...
Uganda to Mainstream Disability Issues in All Its Plans
Uganda’s Community Development Minister Catherine Namugala announced on Sunday that the government will soon mainstream disability issues in all its programs.
