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Nigeria: Govt Advised Against Borrowing
Dec 18, 2008 (allAfrica.com)
ActionAid advises Nigeria against taking loans from developed countries due to the negative implications of both domestic and external debt on the economy of any country.
Battling the effects of climate change
Dec 16, 2008 (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN))
ActionAid is supporting Bangladesh's urgent requirement to develop a climate-resilient agriculture so its people are able survive and prosper in the years to come.
Africans to Unlock $990 Million Global-Warming Fund
Dec 11, 2008 (Bloomberg News)
Poor countries at the United Nations climate talks in Poland may win approval to tap into a $990 million fund as early as next month to cope with the damage of global warming, their biggest victory in 11 days of debate.
ActionAid works with WHO combating cholera in Zimbabwe
Dec 11, 2008 (ABC - Australia)
Transcript from ABC's Australia's interview with WHO officials detailing the efforts to combat cholera with ActionAid's assistance.
Action Aid treating post-traumatic stress in Kashmir
Dec 8, 2008 (The Wall Street Journal via livemint.com)
Type of trauma will drives the tools needed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. ActionAid has been running mental health programs in Kashmir.
'Slumdog' highlights India's forgotten poor
Dec 3, 2008 (CNN)
New movie "Slumdog" shines a stark light on poverty in India - an aspect of Indian society that has increasingly been pushed into the background by a decade and more of upbeat headlines about the country's dramatic economic growth.
Reform global finances to help the poor, world leaders urged
Nov 27, 2008 (Reuters Alternet)
As world leaders and finance ministers meet this weekend to discuss funding for poorer countries, two leading development agencies are calling for major reforms of the global financial system to give the war on poverty new momentum. ActionAid and Christian Aid are concerned that the present financial crisis will be used by rich countries as an excuse to renege on aid commitments to the developing world.
Aid agencies ask UN for help in Afghanistan
Nov 27, 2008 (One World)
Today, as members of the UN Security Council visit Afghanistan, aid agencies working in the country report that their operating environment is becoming increasingly difficult. Access to communities in need of assistance and protection is shrinking day by day.
Classical Music With a Modern Message
Nov 27, 2008 (Wall Street Journal)
British Composer Errollyn Wallen's Works Are Often Inspired by History, and by Complex Social Issues. Her piece "All the People of the World" will be included in a concert in England with proceeds benefiting ActionAid.
Women key to lasting peace solutions
Nov 17, 2008 (Irish Times)
If more women were involved in peace negotiations, the chances of arriving at lasting solutions would be greater, former president Mary Robinson told delegates at a major conference on women and conflict in Dublin this morning.
African leaders urges G20 powers not to forget them
Nov 16, 2008 (AFP)
As the world's major economic powers sought ways to reverse a looming global recession, African leaders urged them not to forget their impoverished continent as it battles the crisis.
Congolese women rally for peace and protection
Nov 14, 2008 (ActionAid)
Hundreds of women dressed in black will gather in the Congo tomorrow to demand peace and protection in the war-torn region. The three hour event, organised by ActionAid partner SAUTI, will be held in a sports stadium in Goma town, where thousands of people have fled the fighting between the Congolese army and renegade general Laurent Nkunda.
South Africa: Unrest Threatens Limpopo Platinum Mines
Nov 3, 2008 (Business Day via All Africa)
Conflict between mines and communities will come under the spotlight this week when the results of two investigations into alleged human rights abuses in Limpopo are released.
We cannot turn our backs on Congo, say European leaders
Nov 3, 2008 (International Herald Tribune)
Britain and France yesterday called for urgent international action to prevent a humanitarian disaster in war-torn Congo.
Congo aid agencies resume work amid ceasefire
Nov 3, 2008 (The Guardian - UK)
As a UN supply convoy arrived today in rebel-controlled territory in Congo, aid agencies were working flat out to resume their own efforts disrupted by recent fighting. Relief work was halted last week in and around Goma, where thousands of refugees had fled after fighting broke out between rebels and government forces.
Dilemma of the Ghanaian rice farmer
Nov 3, 2008 (The Statesman via Modern Ghana)
A documentary which seeks to portray the economic suffering and occupational hardships that Ghanaian rice farmers go through in cultivation, harvesting and marketing of their produce, has been developed and launched by the General Agricultural Workers Union, Action Aid and other civil society organizations.
Call for greater protection of DRC civilians
Nov 2, 2008 (Reuters Alternet)
As thousands of refugees in eastern Congo go without food and shelter for yet another day, international development agency ActionAid urges the UN Security Council to strengthen its mandate to enforce peace in the region.
ActionAid suspends operations in Goma
Oct 30, 2008 (ActionAid)
ActionAid has been forced to suspend operations in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo because of the surge in violence in recent days
Malawi Women Push for Parliamentary Positions With Help of 50:50 Program
Oct 29, 2008 (Voice of America)
As Malawi prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next year, women have embarked on a campaign for equal access to parliamentary seats.
NGOs Call for Radical Reforms as IMF Offers New Loans
Oct 29, 2008 (IPS)
Two weeks before U.S. President George W. Bush hosts an economic summit to address the six-week-old financial crisis that has wreaked havoc on the world's capital and stock markets, a coalition of nearly 600 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from 88 countries is calling for a "fundamental and far-reaching transformation on the international financial and economic system."
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