http://en.afrik.com/ Afrik.com, Africa's portal offers a daily online newspaper with information on what is going on in the world, culture, economics, sport, societies of 56 african countries. en http://en.afrik.com/images/logo_moyen.gif http://en.afrik.com/ http://en.afrik.com/article13452.html Fri, 02 May 2008 11:07:03 +0200 Canadian and Ugandan researchers at Makerere University said they had recorded a breakthrough in their search for new drugs to treat malaria, noting that initial toxicity tests in animals demonstrated the safety of the drugs. http://en.afrik.com/article13391.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:17:59 +0200 According to a Canadian study, the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder is two and a half times higher among smokers than among non-smokers... Targetting those who regularly use both tobacco and marijuana ... http://en.afrik.com/article13376.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:40:19 +0200 The model enhances communities that perceive themselves as marginalised to appraise their natural and human resources, identify their problems, analyse root causes, seek solutions, consider strategy and drive the process for development. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13322.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:57:26 +0200 Dr. Foster, who is also a member of a delegation assigned to deliver civil society's message to the fifth on-going Dakar meeting of “Leading Group” on “Solidarity Levies”, made his argument during an interview. http://en.afrik.com/article12927.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:23:18 +0100 The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced that IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first class of recipients of Dorian & Antony Fisher Venture Grants. http://en.afrik.com/article12523.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:26 +0100 When one knows about the number of deaths and physical malformations caused by both the legal and non-legal exploitation of gold, the question cannot be overlooked. The South American French territory does not intend to keep quiet on the subject of ecology. Prince Ofori-Atta http://en.afrik.com/article12465.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:41:06 +0100 Given the huge development challenges Africa faces, the continent, more than any other region, needs a premier continental development bank, an Independent High Level Panel on the African Development Bank Group says in a report released on Tuesday in Tunis. The report, "Investing in Africa's Future: The AfDB in the 21st Century," says while poverty reduction and promoting growth and economic integration will be the overarching objective of the Bank, it should foster economic integration and, particularly, undertake regional investments in which returns are greater than those for any individual country and which may otherwise not be financed. Panapress