A cheap, common heartworm medication that is already being used to fight other parasites in Africa could also dramatically interrupt transmission of malaria, potentially providing an inexpensive tool to fight a disease that kills almost 800,000 people each year, according to a new study published today in the July edition of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
News release: States should maintain their financial commitment to the International Criminal Court (ICC) – the first and only permanent international court capable of trying perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – the Coalition for the International Criminal Court said today. In a public letter sent prior to the publication of the Court’s 2012 budget proposal, […]
The Call for Papers for the conference Young People, Farming & Food: The Future of the Agrifood Sector in Africa is now open. This international conference is being sponsored by the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) and the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and will take place 19-21 March 2012 in Accra, Ghana. […]
Tullow oil plc has released a mid year tradig statement and operational statement indicating tremendous success in its Ghana and Uganda oil drilling campaigns. • Record first half revenues; strong operational performance • 79% E&A success ratio; frontier wells in new territories to feature in the second half 5 July 2011 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) issues […]
Christian Aid has launched an emergency humanitarian appeal to help people across the east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons have left ten million on the brink of starvation. Drought and displacement combined with rising global food prices have left Kenya and Ethiopia in particular facing severe food shortages, with UNOCHA reporting that […]
News Release: Law Ministers and Attorneys-General from the 54-member Commonwealth will hold their triennial meeting in Sydney, Australia, 11-14 July 2011, to discuss important legal issues affecting Commonwealth citizens. Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma and Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba will join host Attorney-General Robert McClelland for the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM 2011) under the theme “Fostering […]
The Department of the Academic Registrar Makerere University has released the District Quota list of Government Admissions for the 2011/2012 Academic Year. In a statement, the Academic Registrar says that the candidates have been recommended to the respective programmes pending verification by the respective Districts. Download detailed lists by district Full list-Makerere University District Quota […]
Many people buy smart phones like blackberries from different foreign markets only to reach here and the phones cannot work because they were locked to the network where they were first purchased. That is where you need services of a professional to help you unlock your phone. We shall be listing here contacts of people […]
Online Search giants Google have launched a new social networking service under their Google+ project which many industry pundits say is aimed at wrestling the inline audience from social networking giant Facebook. Google in a statement today said the new service is currently available on invitation only will avail a better social networking platform where […]
IMA International is hosting open training courses to be held in Cape Town in September 2011. All information is on their website www.imainternational.com<http://www.imainternational.com/ Click on the links below to view fact sheets for the courses on offer: Monitoring and Evaluation http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Monitoring+and+Evaluation; Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Results-based+Monitoring+and+Evaluation; Project Management http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Project+Management; Leading Organisations http://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Leading+Organisations; and Managing Peoplehttp://www.imainternational.com/training/factsheet/Managing+People. […]