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(Topix.net)Ceasefire deal sealed
"The agreement will take effect immediately"
The Central African Republic government and the country's main rebel group yesterday signed a ceasefire agreement in a bid to end three years of unrest, a government spokesman said. via The Herald
(Topix.net)GABON : The Gabon Cup will take place of the 7 to May 11 to Port-Gentil
The FEGABAB thanks the League of the Maritime Ogoou that accepted to take the organization in charge convenient of this competition. via Basketball in Africa
(Topix.net)Corrections and clarifications
"I can never tell the difference between a dunnock and a house sparrow"
Gabon drifted from the west coast of Africa into the centre of the continent on a map accompanying an article about the country's president . via Guardian Unlimited
(Topix.net)Papa Bongo's 40 years in power
"This is Bongo's main secret to remaining in power for 40 years: corruption"
Omar Bongo heads on of the world's richest first families. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters There are many ways of measuring Omar Bongo's rule. via Guardian Unlimited
(Topix.net)Mid Morning
The market appears to be pricing in the chance that Argentina could default on its sovereign debt . via Random Roger's Big Picture
(Topix.net)Jean Ping Takes Over AU Commission From Konaré
Former Malian President Alpha Ouma Konare, who has served as chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) since 2003, handed over power to Jean Ping, former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Gabon yesterday at the headquarters of the Union. (AllAfrica)
Police Beat TV Cameraman Who Filmed Police Attack On Protest Organiser
Reporters Without Borders condemns the beating which cameraman Claude Aba Mboula of privately-owned TV station Télé Africa received from police when he filmed police violence during a street protest against cost of living increases in Libreville on 25 April. (AllAfrica)
Killing children a political ritual
"An 8-year-old girl was snatched in Ndolou department and killed in Mouila. The man allegedly responsible was a candidate to Parliament who entered the government after this crime."
"When the body of 13-year-old Ralph Edang N'na was found drained of blood and with gaping wounds in his genitals, chest and neck last month, many in Gabon thought it was politicians who had ordered his killing. via The Toronto Star
(Topix.net)Survivor may return to Africa to film season 17 in Gabon
The rumored location for the first season to be shot in HD is Gabon, or the Gabonese Republic, which is located in western Africa on the Atlantic Ocean and borders the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon. via Reality Blurred
(Topix.net)Maputo to host conference on Education in Africa
The 2008 biennial conference on Education in Africa will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, 5-9 May, according to the organisers, Association for the Development of Education in Africa . via Panapress
(Topix.net)Gabon seeks Nepad support
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nepad e-schools stakeholder conference, held in Kempton Park, yesterday, Gabon education minister Michel Menga said his government committed three billion Gabonese francs ... via ITWeb
(Topix.net)Gabon election raises fears of ritual killings
"It's before elections and ministerial reshuffles that the vilest crimes are committed and the capital empties of certain kinds of politicians who go to the interior to carry out witchcraft"
When the body of 13-year-old Ralph Edang N'na was found drained of blood and with gaping wounds in his genitals, chest and neck last month, many in Gabon thought it was politicians who had ordered his killing. via Reuters UK
(Topix.net)Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Attends First Ministerial Meeting On Sudanese-Chadian Peace Agreement in Gabon
The Eritrean Foreign Minister, Mr. Osman Saleh, attended the First Ministerial Meeting in Libreville, Gabon, on following up the implementation of the peace agreement concluded between Sudan and Chad last month in Dakar, Senegal. (AllAfrica)
Statement of an IMF Staff Mission at the Conclusion of a Visit to Gabon
A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund headed by Mr. Cyrille Brianon visited Libreville from March 26-April 8, 2008 to conduct policy discussions and examine developments in Gabon's reform program ... via International Monetary Fund
(Topix.net)Dubai World explores investment opportunities in Gabon
Dubai World Chairman Mr. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem on Thursday, met H.E. El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, the President of Gabon, during his visit to the country. via AME Info
(Topix.net)Sudan: UNAMID Intensifies Political Dialogue With Govt
"To support and monitor the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement and any subsequent agreements."
Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese officials, in the course of the last two days, to coordinate activities and maintain ... via AllAfrica.com
(Topix.net)Chad fears Sudan rebel attack
"Al-Beshir's aim is not only to destabilise Chad but in time the entire central African region in line with an Islamic expansionism that does not speak its name"
Thousands of rebels massed in Sudan are about to attack neighbouring Chad in an attempt to destabilise it, Chad's defence minister said today. via Sunday Times
(Topix.net)NIGERIA: Stepping up the fight against child-trafficking
ABUJA Monday, December 10, 2007 (IRIN) - In a welcome centre in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, a small finger traces the words of an English text book; a young voice struggles to pronounce the words. Ruth is 13 years old and only in grade 3. But for her, this is a major achievement. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Building capacity to attract carbon markets
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, December 06, 2007 (IRIN) - Industrialised countries can earn greenhouse gas emission reduction credits by investing in projects that lower emission levels in developing countries, but little of this money has found its way into Africa. (irinnews.org)
Shell Gabon Resumes Partial Crude Oil Production After Government Request
Shell Gabon resumed partial oil production after the central African nation's government requested it restart pumping following a strike, said Managing Director Hans Bakker . via Bloomberg
(Topix.net)GLOBAL: More on hair care than climate conditioning
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, December 04, 2007 (IRIN) - Industrialised countries have only paid about US$163 million towards helping the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adapt to global warming - less than what Canadians spent on hair conditioner last year - says a new report by the UK-based development agency, Oxfam. But less than $10 million of this has been dispensed so far, the UN Development Programme's Human Development Report 2007/2008 pointed out. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: "Political will" needed to change climate
JOHANNESBURG Monday, December 03, 2007 (IRIN) - Officials stressed the need for "political will" to stem the impact of global warming as the United Nations Climate Change Conference got underway on the Indonesian island of Bali on 3 December. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: New tool to evaluate donors
JOHANNESBURG Monday, December 03, 2007 (IRIN) - A unique new benchmarking mechanism that looks at the performance of humanitarian aid donors has put Sweden in the lead. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: Humanitarian cost of climate change understated CORRECTION
GENEVA Friday, November 30, 2007 (IRIN) - Massive new funding – estimated at US$2 billion a year until at least 2015 – will be needed for disaster response programmes to deal with the global food shortages and increasing frequency of natural disasters that will be caused by climate change, the UN Development Programme warns. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: Hoping for a deal on the road to Bali
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, November 27, 2007 (IRIN) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference on the Indonesian island of Bali in December is not expected to achieve any dramatic breakthroughs on saving the planet from global warming, a senior official of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told IRIN. But it could well produce an important timeframe on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, predicted Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chair. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: IRIN presents Tomorrow's Crises Today: the humanitarian impact of urbanisation - the book
NAIROBI Thursday, November 22, 2007 (IRIN) - Co-published by IRIN and UN-HABITAT, Tomorrow's Crises Today explores the effect living in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises, and those who are being drawn into them from the countryside every day - by the millions. (irinnews.org)
WEST AFRICA: Meeting education targets - access versus quality
SALY Thursday, December 06, 2007 (IRIN) - Midway to the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000, several West African countries have made vast efforts to achieve universal education and gender parity in primary schools by 2015. But education officials and teachers’ unions say the push for increased access to education has come at a cost. (irinnews.org)
GLOBAL: No silver bullets? The online funding revolution and micro-finance sector
NAIROBI Wednesday, December 05, 2007 (IRIN) - When Mohammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, which revolutionised credit for the poor, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, micro-finance became a household concept. Now, online lending sites such as Kiva and NamasteDirect, give everyone a chance to help fight global poverty and, in the words of one new investor, “teach people how to take a small investment, grow their business and eventually become self-sufficient”. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Safety nets help to climate-proof the poor
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, December 05, 2007 (IRIN) - A unique safety net programme being piloted in Ethiopia, which attempts to break away from the traditional humanitarian model, is being punted in the UN Development Programme's Human Development Report 2007/2008 as a "bold attempt" to tackle food security threats posed by an uncertain climate. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Human rights watchdogs urge action against enforced disappearance
BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (IRIN) - Human rights activists who gathered in Brazzaville have called on African states to do more to prevent the enforced disappearance of citizens and to end the impunity that often accompanies such crimes. (irinnews.org)