ANGOLA: POLITICS: Geldof Riles Tempers
LISBON - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof’s statement that Angola is a country "run by criminals" has angered Angolan authorities.

AFRICA: ENERGY: Conference Seeks Better Lighting for Africa
ACCRA - Businesses in the lighting industry gathered in Accra, Ghana this week in a drive to provide better lighting options for Africa.

AFRICA: ENERGY: Conference Seeks Better Lighting for Africa
ACCRA - Businesses in the lighting industry gathered in Accra, Ghana this week in a drive to provide better lighting options for Africa.

SOUTHERN AFRICA: DEVELOPMENT: Small-Scale Farmers the Future of Agriculture?
CAPE TOWN - Small-scale agriculture could be the future of sustainable farming for Southern Africa, says an agriculture expert.

GLOBAL: DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Escapes Security Council Scrutiny
UNITED NATIONS - The food crisis that has triggered street demonstrations and riots in nearly 30 countries -- including Haiti, Indonesia, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Mozambique, Senegal and Somalia -- continues to escape the scrutiny of the U.N

GLOBAL: DEVELOPMENT: Finger Pointing Over Global Food Crisis
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has defended the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (F.A.O.), under fire for failing to anticipate the global food crisis which has seen street riots in more than 30 countries

MOZAMBIQUE: ENVIRONMENT: Officials Struggle With Floods Aftermath
GRAHAMSTOWN - Floods, which wreaked havoc in Mozambique between December 2007 and February 2008, ending with Cyclone Jokwe in early March, have had long lasting effects that the authorities are struggling to deal with.

ZIMBABWE: POLITICS: In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sactuary and Contempt
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabweans desperate to escape the political and economic crisis in their country are finding that there is not much of a welcome for them from their neighbours in South Africa.

ZAMBIA: ECONOMY: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
LUSAKA - Zambian farmers are suffering the worst effects of the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season.

AFRICA: ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
WASHINGTON - An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people enters a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets beyond the reach of the continent's outdated power grid.

AFRICA: ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
WASHINGTON - An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people enters a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets beyond the reach of the continent's outdated power grid.

GLOBAL: DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Affecting Women and Children Worst
UNITED NATIONS - The global food crisis is threatening to impact heavily on the most vulnerable in society: women and children.

GLOBAL: MEDIA: People Everywhere Support Free Media
WASHINGTON - Most of the world’s people are in support of a free media, say the results of a global media survey, published on the eve of International Press Freedom Day, May 3.

GLOBAL: HIV/AIDS: Circumcision: an "Opportunity to Take Great Strides Forward" on HIV
JOHANNESBURG - Male circumcision needs to be integrated into a wider programme of male sexual and reproductive health, says an AIDS expert from South Africa.

D.R. CONGO: POLITICS: A Tentative Step to Accountability
JOHANNESBURG - The indictment against Bosco Ntaganda, a militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east, was made public at the end of April, almost two years after being delivered under seal to war crimes prosecutors.

KENYA: ECONOMY: Relocation of Traders in Nairobi Still Beset with Problems
NAIROBI - The forced move for Nairobi's street hawkers from the city centre to Muthurwa market, located about one and a half kilometres from the CBD, has not been without its challenges, with a huge demand for limited stalls, harrassment of women traders and corruption.

KENYA: ECONOMY: Relocation of Traders in Nairobi Still Beset with Problems
NAIROBI - The forced move for Nairobi's street hawkers from the city centre to Muthurwa market, located about one and a half kilometres from the CBD, has not been without its challenges, with a huge demand for limited stalls, harrassment of women traders and corruption.

ZIMBABWE: TRADE: Zimbabwe, "A Hard Sell"
BULAWAYO - In the wake of the controversial 29th March harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which ended this past weekend, failed to attract exhibitors.

SOUTH AFRICA: ENVIRONMENT: Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion
GRAHAMSTOWN - A plan to increase the supply of potable water to two coastal towns in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province is provoking heated debate.

AFRICA: HEALTH: Study Attempts to Unravel Mental Health in Africa
JOHANNESBURG - The link between mental health and poverty is currently the focus of a project spanning four countries in Africa.

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