Djibouti : News
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Opposition FRUD calls on Djiboutian unity against governmentJune 26, 2009 - Djibouti is observing its 32 years of dictatorship during which a brutal and repressive regime has thrived on the misery and impoverishment of the people.
(Topix.net)AFRICA: Funding boost for local think tanks
DAKAR Thursday, July 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Under a new initiative international donors are backing Africa-based policy research to improve local decision-making on complex global issues with potentially enormous humanitarian consequences like food security and climate change. (irinnews.org)
EAST AFRICA/HORN: Preparedness gaps evident as first flu cases diagnosed
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA/KAMPALA Thursday, July 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A(H1N1) http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/about_disease/en/index.html contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: River blindness drug trial launched
DAKAR Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - Researchers are launching a clinical trial with 1,500 people infected with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Liberia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo to test a remedy that could help stop transmission, according to drug manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization (WHO). (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Helping small farmers feed a continent
DAKAR Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers – mostly women – can have in feeding their communities. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Prices keep food on the shelves
ADDIS ABABA Monday, June 22, 2009 (IRIN) - An increasing number of Africans living in urban areas are finding it harder to put enough food on the table, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has warned. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: What will we eat in the future?
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (IRIN) - It will take at least ten years to develop a variety of staple grain that will survive in the climates caused by global warming in most parts of Africa, and the continent has less than two decades in which to do it, warn the authors of a new study. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Children speak up for right to survive
DAKAR Tuesday, June 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of children are participating in activities across Africa advocating for governments to boost child survival in commemoration of the Day of the African Child. Celebrated on 16 June, this is the same day hundreds of black school children were killed in Soweto, South Africa in 1976 protests for better education. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: 28 days to save a life
DAKAR Tuesday, June 16, 2009 (IRIN) - More than 1,500 babies born on any given day in sub-Saharan Africa will die within 24 hours, according to a recent report by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the non-profit Save the Children, which measured African government’s progress on improving child health. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Improved infrastructure key to slum upgrading - UN official
NAIROBI Thursday, June 11, 2009 (IRIN) - To successfully upgrade existing slums and prevent more from springing up, countries in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions must convince their governments to allocate more resources to urban infrastructure, services and capacity-building activities, a senior UN official has said. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Agriculture an underestimated "safety net"
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, June 09, 2009 (IRIN) - Investment in agriculture in developing countries, where most of the workforce consists of small-scale farmers, is akin to beefing up a "safety net" as the world struggles to limit the impact of the economic crisis, a UN agency head told IRIN ahead of the three-day World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Cape Town. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Urbanisation, poverty reduction take centre-stage in ACP conference
NAIROBI Monday, June 08, 2009 (IRIN) - More than 200 delegates have arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, for the first joint conference of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of Countries (ACP) focusing on the challenges of urbanisation and poverty reduction for millions of slum dwellers. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Camel farming could be the answer
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, June 03, 2009 (IRIN) - Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable to grow crops because of climate change, says the co-author of a new study. (irinnews.org)
Everday is special - 27 June 2009
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Roman Catholic Church. Though not a major feast, the story of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is quite remarkable.
(Topix.net)Djibouti Independence Day
On behalf of the United States and the American people, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the people of Djibouti as they celebrate their thirty-second anniversary of independence.
(Topix.net)Today In History June 27
Today is Saturday, June 27, the 178th day of 2009. There are 187 days left in the year.
(Topix.net)Greetings to President of Djibouti
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Friday sent a message of greetings to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of its independence.
(Topix.net)Zillur, Hasina greet President of Djibouti
BSS, Dhaka President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday greeted President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti on the occasion of the national day of his country tomorrow.
(Topix.net)Volga-Dnepr Aids Anti-Pirate Effort
A Russian airline is helping Japan's defense forces fight piracy off the coast of Africa.
(Topix.net)Djibouti - Forgotten by Amnesty Int l Report 2009, A Hell for the Tyrannized Afar Minority
In order not to disturb the evil colonial policy of the Freemasonic regime of Paris in East Africa and the criminal Anglo-French alliance, Amnesty International Report 2009 contains no chapter on Djibouti.
(Topix.net)France acquits Djibouti officials
A French court has overturned jail sentences handed out in absentia to two Djibouti officials convicted of halting a probe into a French judge's death.
(Topix.net)Indian cos' seeks contract to build Ethiopia's rail network
May 25, 2009 An Indian project management firm wants to participate in the building of Ethiopia's 5,000-km national railway network that will also link it with neighbouring Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
(Topix.net)In Brief: High food prices despite good rains in Djibouti
NAIROBI Monday, May 25, 2009 (IRIN) - Most poor households in Djibouti still cannot afford sufficient food, despite an improvement in food security due to rains in the coastal belt and large-scale distribution of aid, an early warning agency stated. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Coastal populations at risk as climate changes
NAIROBI Wednesday, May 20, 2009 (IRIN) - Several large African cities are at risk from rising sea levels and intense storms, experts warn. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: New agriculture funds must target poor farmers
DAKAR Monday, May 18, 2009 (IRIN) - African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka says medium-size farms are the engine for agricultural growth in Africa and given their position and potential they merit considerable investment. Agriculture campaigners say while they support such an approach, investors must not overlook small-scale farmers. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Helping fragile states survive financial crisis
DAKAR Thursday, May 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa has taken a heavy blow with the global financial crisis and this week as the African Development Bank held its annual meetings in Dakar, Senegal, finance ministers, donors and academics gathered to examine ways to help the continent cope and mitigate setbacks. But coping is particularly difficult for post-conflict or “fragile” states, where institutions are tattered and donors wary. (irinnews.org)
Somalia: Region Condemns Eritrea, Calls for Blockade
The 33rd Extra-ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers was convened at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 20th May 2009 to discuss the developments in Somalia since the 32nd Extra-ordinary Session held on 27th January 2009 and to chart the way forward.
(Topix.net)Zachary Levi blogs from USO tour in Djibouti
Put another way, it is the perfect place for the United States Military. After a great time in the middle east, and an interminable layover in Ethiopia, our team landed in Djibouti to check in on the soldiers, sailors, pilots, and marines of AfriCom.
(Topix.net)Zac Levi, Kal Penn, Christian Slater and Joel David Moore on USO tour in Djibouti
Actors Joel David Moore , Zac Levi , Christian Slater and Kal Penn pose for a photo with soldiers during a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to USN Expeditionary Camp Lemonier in Djibouti May 15, 2009.
(Topix.net)AFRICOM's $6 billion fiasco in Djibouti
The USA African Command is building their new African megabase in the tiny Horn of African country of Djibouti.
(Topix.net)Clerics Conclude Two Days Meeting in Djibouti
The Somali clerics have concluded two days meeting in Djibouti overnight on the role of the Somali clerics for the restoration of the peace and solution in Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday. (AllAfrica)