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JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on the epidemic released on 24 November. (IRIN)

ADDIS ABABA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010. (IRIN)

EMUHAYA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Fifteen years ago, Dan On'gayi was the first person in the western Kenyan village of Emuhaya to go public with his HIV status; at the time, the reaction from his community was so vitriolic he considered taking his own life. (IRIN)

JUBA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said. (IRIN)

DURBAN, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of not being South African nationals, but the welcome ends when they leave the grounds. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years. (IRIN)

The South African government has urged the Korean government to quadruple its development aid to Africa. (webremix.info)

South Korea currently provides some US$100 million in development assistance to African nations, which accounts for over 18 percent of Korea's official development assistance. Speaking at a summit ... (webremix.info)

The package is destined to boost the development of football on the continent. (webremix.info)

The World Bank and the Africa Development Bank have agreed to support efforts at climate change adaptation by Nigeria and South Africa with the sum of $200m. (webremix.info)

Kenya ranks top in human development in the region, however Uganda ranks better when poverty levels in Kenya are taken into consideration, according to the United Nation's 2009 Human Development report. (webremix.info)

DAKAR, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - The world's first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low. (IRIN)

MASERU, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - Isolated mountain communities hard hit by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho have begun to reap benefits from the overhaul of nine healthcare clinics over the past four years. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - Both locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia's central town of Beletweyne are experiencing increased hardship with several changes in the town's administration, residents say. (IRIN)

MONROVIA, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war's damage to the social fabric, say health workers, who says the condition is partly "a social problem". (IRIN)

Harare — THE Industrial Development Corporation (Zimbabwe) has agreed on terms with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa to finance existing and new projects in Zimbabwe. IDC ... (webremix.info)

South Africa will participate in the second Korea-Africa Forum which will explore ways to strengthen ties on development and cooperation between Korea and the African continent. (webremix.info)

THE Industrial Development Corporation (Zimbabwe) has agreed on terms with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa to finance existing and new projects in Zimbabwe. (webremix.info)

JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2009 (IRIN) - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations. (IRIN)

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and New Partnership for African Development partner to boost food security (webremix.info)

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and New Partnership for African Development partner to boost food security (webremix.info)

Conference Seeks to Make Early Childhood Development Priority in Africa (webremix.info)

A seminar held in Tunis on Thursday on women's soccer, was attended by Mr.Thierry Regenass, FIFA Associations Development Director, Mr. Cyril Loiseau Development Director in Africa, Director of FIFA Regional Football Development Office and of Goal project for North and Eastern Africa Mr. Taha Ismail, a FIFA official in charge of women's football and Mrs. Marion Daube, an expert in marketing and communication within FIFA. (webremix.info)

Wen encourages Chinese companies to contribute to Africa's development (webremix.info)

SENEGALESE President Abdoulaye Wade has asked leaders in Africa to desist from religious divisions for a better future. Wade said religion had divided people, thus hindering development. (webremix.info)

No one size fit all approach to development challenges in Africa - ERD (webremix.info)

BRAZZAVILLE, 20 November 2009 (IRIN) - Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 20 November 2009 (IRIN) - HIV-positive women in western Uganda want fewer children than women not living with the virus, but often do not have access to family planning services, a new study reveals. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 20 November 2009 (IRIN) - Guineans and the international community are watching mediation efforts of Blaise Compaoré, as international investigators begin to probe the 28 September deadly military attack on civilians in the capital Conakry. The latest violence stunned even a nation with a long history of military repression of civilians – an era Guineans had hoped would pass with the death of 24-year leader Lansana Conté and arrival of Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2008. Here is a timeline of some events since independence from France in 1958. (IRIN)

MONROVIA, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served. (IRIN)