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Expert calls for measures to reduce road traffic deaths in Africa

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• Africa is leading the world in road traffic fatalities, according to a public health specialist from Kenya. The expert says nearly 65 per cent of all road deaths in Africa occur in…

9 May 2013 / Listen /

Famine killed almost 260,000 people between 2010 and 2012

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• Almost 260,000 Somalis died from famine and food insecurity between 2010 and 2012, according to a report released…

2 May 2013 / Listen /

Africa has potential to emerge as a global economic power: UN report

Rice farming in Madagascar (Photo: UN Photo / Lucien Rajaonin)

• Africa can emerge as a global economic power by using its natural resources to promote industrialization, according to…

25 Apr 2013 / Listen /

UN envoy condemns terrorist attacks in Mogadishu

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga

• The bomb attack at Somalia's Supreme Court on 14 April was condemned by the top UN envoy for…

18 Apr 2013 / Listen /
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