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¤ Portugal Turns to Angola to Grow
 With oil and diamonds, Angola is one of the strongest economies in sub-Saharan Africa, and is attracting Portuguese to set up shop there. | ¤ BP Moves to Fix a Leak as Obama Warns of Damage
 BP prepared to install a shutoff valve on one of three leaks gushing from an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. | ¤ One Player for Whom the Show Won't Go On
As terrorists make threats against the World Cup in South Africa, one player who has suffered through an attack on a national soccer team, Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo, announced he was quitting the international stage. | ¤ Algeria Strikes Very Late to Eliminate Ivory Coast
Hameur Bouazza scored in extra time as Algeria beat Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals of the African nations Cup. | ¤ Angola Moves to Make President Stronger
 The Angolan Parliament approved a new constitution Thursday that will further concentrate power in the hands of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. | ¤ A Big Part of Life, and Now Death
 World sports, and not simply African soccer, now have to face up to the reality that they can no longer presume they are immune from terrorism. | ¤ Repent or Resign, Bishops Tell African Politicians
Declaring that Africa needed more “saints” in public life, African bishops issued a strong statement calling on corrupt Catholic politicians to “repent” or leave office. | ¤ Congo and Angola Agree to End Expulsions
Both countries had forced out each other’s citizens; some had fled war, while others sought economic opportunity. | ¤ U.S. Sees Opportunities in Angola
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s visit last month sent the message that America is eager to help transform the former cold war battleground into a stable energy giant. | ¤ Clinton Praises Angola, but Urges More Reform
 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Angola to bolster ties with a country that rivals Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer. |
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¤ AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much. | ¤ AFRICA: Political will can solve malnutrition
KAMPALA Monday, July 26, 2010 (IRIN) - "Children don't vote," said Dr Robert Mwadime, of Uganda Action for Nutrition, at a session on the subject before the three-day African Union (AU) meeting opened in Kampala, Uganda. This means that political leaders in Africa often pay scant attention to the millions of children who die every year of malnutrition-related causes. Most of the audience nodded in agreement; many clapped. | ¤ AFRICA: Bullish about the agricultural future
LONDON Friday, July 23, 2010 (IRIN) - Suddenly, after 20 years of relative neglect, African agriculture is a hot topic, with a substantial growth in production and a new interest among major donors in funding the sector. That is the message emerging from a series of seminars now taking place in London looking at the constraints and opportunities facing Africa’s farmers. | ¤ How To: Protect your livelihood from wild animals
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, July 22, 2010 (IRIN) - People and wildlife have never been in greater competition for limited resources as human populations invade shrinking natural habitats in a fight for living space, food and water. In this vignette of a planet-wide battle, IRIN looks at how to keep elephants away from your crops and raiding monkeys out of your food stores. | ¤ Blog: Bursting my AIDS 2010 bubble
VIENNA Thursday, July 22, 2010 (IRIN) - This is my second International AIDS Conference and now I know for sure, Mexico wasn’t a fluke – I really do love these gatherings. I love the passion of the speakers, the excitement the boffins create around their new research and the “let’s all get behind this” spirit the activists bring. | ¤ ANGOLA: Cabindan separatists in exile deny end to conflict
PARIS Thursday, July 22, 2010 (IRIN) - Offers of peace by senior officials of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), which seemingly ended a long-standing separatist conflict in northern Angola, were made without the knowledge or consent of its president, Henrique N'Zita Tiago, and exiled leaders in France describe the olive branch as a "coup d'état". | ¤ Analysis: NGOs' to-do list for incoming UN relief coordinator
DAKAR Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (IRIN) - IRIN consulted the heads of some of the largest NGO networks on what they thought should be the top priorities of the incoming UN Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) and Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, who is expected to take up her role within two or three months. | ¤ AFRICA: Child witchcraft allegations on the rise
DAKAR Friday, July 16, 2010 (IRIN) - Accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa - spurred on by urbanization, poverty, conflict and fragmenting communities, creating a “multi-crisis” for already vulnerable children - says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). | ¤ IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles
NAIROBI Tuesday, July 13, 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. | ¤ AFRICA: Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria
DAKAR Tuesday, July 06, 2010 (IRIN) - More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the "continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa." |
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