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JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - Two near misses by huge storms rolling in from the Indian Ocean have signalled an early start to Madagascar's cyclone season, prompting the humanitarian community to appeal for "urgent" preparedness funding. Meteorologists forecast that four to five intense cyclones could strike Madagascar during the 2009/10 season. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has launched an ambitious HIV campaign to test at least one million people across the country over a three-week period. (IRIN)

BUJUMBURA, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - One of the guards of a provincial governor in Burundi seriously beat up a man in early November over a dispute involving a bicycle. The man died after a few days in hospital. The case received wide media coverage in Burundi, with human rights organizations condemning the incident and calling for legal action to be taken against the perpetrator. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - It would take US$8.8 billion annually over several years to halve the number of malnourished children worldwide, currently at some 178 million, says Save the Children in a new eight-point action plan. (IRIN)

Africa should have a research fund to accelerate development- Effah (webremix.info)

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEOAD) are partnering to boost agricultural development in Africa. (webremix.info)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Over 50 delegates from across the region are expected to converge in Barbados for the Caribbean Sub-regional Meeting on Tobacco Surveillance and Policy Development, slated for November 16 to 20. Health Minister, Donville Inniss, will deliver the feature address. (webremix.info)

The Curacao-based Foundation Youth Into Media is responsible for the sustainable development of a youth news program - Caribbean Kids News - on television and the internet for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. (webremix.info)

Africa must adopt best practices to enhance development (webremix.info)

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)