African News Update – UGANDA: It takes money to get universal access to treatment (AlertNet)
UGANDA: It takes money to get universal access to treatment (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN As donors tighten their belts in the global recession, health experts in Uganda worry that the national antiretroviral (ARV) programme, which is almost entirely dependent on foreign aid, will be unable to keep providing the life-prolonging drugs.
Gambia : AGIB Gives to Presidential Treatment Programme (AllAfrica.com)
Arab Gambia Islamic Bank (AGIB) Gambia Limited, on Wednesday, donated 10 bags of rice and three rams to the Presidential Treatment Programme (PTP), at a presentation ceremony held at the new Serrekunda hospital in Kanifing.
Gambia : President Jammeh’s Tobaski Message (AllAfrica.com)
In line with tradition, The Gambian leader, His Excellency Shiekh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, last Thursday evening delivered his usual message on the Muslim feast of Eid-Ul-Adha known in the local parlance as Tobaski which was observed last Friday.
Nigerian sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan wants to move (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Nigerian soccer player Stephen Worgu, who was sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being convicted of drunk driving, said on Monday he would move to Europe if he got a suitable offer.
Gambia : Speaker Renner Returns From Women, UN Meetings (AllAfrica.com)
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Madam Elizabeth F.Y. Renner, recently returned from Madrid, Spain, where she attended the launch and first meeting of the networking group on empowerment, equality and womenÂ’s rights held in the Spanish Ministry of Equality from the 3rd to 4th November.
Burkina Faso to assume rotating UN Security Council presidency for December (People’s Daily)
Burkina Faso is scheduled to assume the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday for the month of December. Michel Kafando, Burkian Faso’s permanent representative to the United Nations, will take over the rotating Council presidency from the Austrian UN ambassador, Thomas Mayr-Harting, who holds the rotating presidency in November. In the outgoing November, the …
UGANDA: Government boost for PMTCT, paediatric services (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN In a bid to reduce the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child, Uganda will now give all pregnant women highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Expose those behind albino murders, Tanzania urged (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * MP says politicians use witchdoctors * Warns albino killings will increase ahead of elections * High Court says two trials have been stopped By Katrina Manson MISUNGWI, Tanzania, Dec 1 ( …
Ex-Ghana Coach Claude Le Roy Tops Nigeria’s Wish-List (Goal.com)
Former Ghana and Cameroon coach, Claude Le Roy, is top of a list of foreign coaches being considered to lead World Cup-bound Nigeria, Goal.com has gathered.
Volta Commences RC Drilling Program to Follow up New Cu-Au Porphyry Targets at its Gaoua Project in Burkina Faso (ITNews)
TORONTO, Canada, November 30 /PRNewswire/ — TSX: VTR Volta Resources Inc. (“Volta” or the “Company”) (TSX:VTR) announced today that it has commenced a 28 hole reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling program for a total of approximately 2,900 metres on its 100% owned Gaoua Project in southern Burkina Faso, West Africa (See Figure 1). This follows positive geochemical auger drilling results at the …
Kenya ivory seizure ‘reflects poaching rise’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wildlife officials here Monday displayed more than half a tonne of recently-seized ivory, reflecting a rise in poaching they said was prompted by the controversial sale of stockpiled tusks last year.
Maddow on Uganda and The Family (The Advocate)
Journalist Jeff Sharlet joined Rachel Maddow to discuss the connections between American conservatives and the prospective deadly bill against gay people in Uganda.
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