Sociolingo's Africa BlogSociolingo's Africa BlogNews, images and comments about Africa. I live in Mali in West Africa and I collect news and information about African countries. I hope you find something here that interests you. I usually include short snippets from websites and newsletters in ord Articles
African archaeology Egypt: Heritage law
2008-05-26 13:04:00 Source: African Archaeology Egypt : > Supreme Council of Antiquities, Regulations for Foreign Archaeological Missions More About: Heritage
African archaeology Democratic Republic of Congo: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 12:48:00 Source: African Archaeology Congo (R.D.) : > Ordonnance n° 70-089 du 11 mars 1970 portant création d’un Institut des musées nationaux > Ordonnance-Loi n° 77-016 du 15 mars 1971 relative à la protection des biens culturels > Article 46 de la Constitution More About: Heritage , Laws , Democratic , Democratic Republic of Congo
African archaeology Congo: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 12:04:00 Source: African Archaeology Congo (Brazzaville) : > Décret n° 68/45 du 19 février 1968 fixant les modalités d’application de la loi 32/65 du 12 août 1965 More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Comoros: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:59:00 Source: African Archaeology Comoros : > Loi n°94-022/AF portant protection du patrimoine culturel national, 27 juin 1994 More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Cameroon: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:56:00 Source: African Archaeology Cameroon : > Loi fédérale n°63-22 du 19 juin 1963 organisant la protection des monuments, objets et sites, de caractère historique ou artistique > Loi n°91/008 du 31 juillet 1991, portant protection du patrimoine culturel national More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Burundi: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:52:00 Source: African Archaeology Burundi : > Loi n°1/6 du 25 mai 1983 portant protection du patrimoine Culturel National More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Burkina Faso: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:46:00 Source: African Archaeology Burkina Faso : > Ordonnance n°85-04/CNR/PRES portant protection du patrimoine culturel > Décret n°85-493/CNR/PRES/INFO portant réglementation de l’exportation des objets d’arts au Burkina-Faso More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Botswana: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:39:00 Source: African Archaeology Botswana : > National Museum and Art Gallery Act, 1967 > Monuments and Relics Act, 1970 More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Benin: Heritage law
2008-05-26 11:27:00 Source: African Archaeology Benin : > Ordonnance n°35/PR/MENJS du 1er juin 1968 relative à la protection des biens culturels More About: Heritage
African archaeology Angola: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 11:22:00 Source: African Archaeology Angola : > Décret n°80/76 du 3 septembre 1976 Portant fixation des modalités de conservation et de protection du patrimoine historique et culturel du peuple angolais, et annulant toute législation antérieure en la matière, à l’exception des articles pertinents du code disciplinaire des FAPLA et de la réglementation relative à la détention et ... More About: Heritage , Laws
African archaeology Algeria: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 10:57:00 Source: African Archaeology Algérie : > Ordonnance n°67-281 du 20 décembre 1967 relative aux fouilles et à la protection des sites et monuments historiques et naturels > Décret n°69-82 du 13 juin 1969 relatif à l?exportation des objets présentant un intérêt national du point de vue de l?histoire, de l?art et de l?archéologie > Arrêté du 17 mai ... More About: Heritage , Laws , Algeria
Papers and reports on the Food crisis, rising food prices, 2008
2008-05-24 15:12:00 These papers seen on IISD are global but may be of interest to those tracking the current food crisis. HIGH FOOD PRICES: THE WHAT, WHO, AND HOW OF PROPOSED POLICY ACTIONS (IFPRI, 200 This paper, authored by Joachim von Braun et al., offers an action plan to combat the global food price crisis. ... More About: Food , Crisis , Papers , 2008 , Prices
UNECA: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR AFRICA May 2008
2008-05-24 14:57:00 Source: IISD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR AFRICA (UNECA, May 200 The report provides a Five-Year Review of the Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Outcomes in Africa . It reflects on the relationship between poverty reduction and global security, and places the achievement of the MDGs as a priority for international efforts ... More About: Report , Sustainable Development
Woman moves to end breast cancer deaths in Mauritius
2008-05-22 21:41:00 Source: APA Woman moves to end breast cancer deaths in Mauritius (2008-05-04 10:53:17) APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) Allia Syed Hossen, president of the Cercle des Dames Mourides (CDM) in Mauritius, has launched a brochure in English, Creole and in braille together with a CD to inform women on ways of detecting cervical and breast cancer. Read the ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Deaths
Kenyan doctor to be honoured at TICAD conference in Japan
2008-05-22 21:37:00 Source: APA Kenya n doctor to be honoured at TICAD conference in Japan (2008-05-22 03:02:50) APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenya?s former National Aids Control Council chairperson Miriam Were will be given the Hideyo Noguchi award at a ceremony in Japan next week during the fourth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD IV). Read the full story ... More About: Doctor
Nigerian author: Chukwuemeka Ike awarded Fonlon-Nichols Award
2008-05-22 21:32:00 Source: African Book Collective Here is the ABC Author blurb for: Chukwuemeka Ike IKE, (Vincent) Chukwuemeka (1931-), Nigeria n novelist, was born in eastern Nigeria and educated at the University of Ibadan and at Stanford in the USA. As an educator, Ike has contributed to the intellectual and cultural development of Africa in important administrative positions at Nigerian universities ... More About: African writers , Award
Uganda: Concert to celebrate the achievements of women in music
2008-05-22 21:16:00 Source: APA APA-Kampala (Uganda) An international agency, Woman at Work International, will stage a concert in Kampala on June 8 to celebrate the achievements of African women in music. Uganda Breweries Limited will be co-hosting the concert dubbed ?V and A Divas Unite? at Serena Kampala Hotel, according to the event coordinator and veteran Ugandan musician Halima ... More About: Women , Music , Concert , Celebrate , African music
US embassy presents a prominent Gambian gender activist with a courage awar
2008-05-22 21:00:00 Source: APA APA-Banjul (The Gambia ) The embassy of the United Sates of America in Banjul on Wednesday presented the 2008 Secretary of State?s Award for International Women of Courage to Dr. Isatou Touray, Executive Director of Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP). The award, given annually, pays tribute to women of courage around the world and ... More About: Presents , Gender , Embassy
Angola new book: Angola on the Move. Transport Routes, Communications and H
2008-05-22 18:58:00 I’d like to bring a new book on Angola to your attention. You’ll find the publicity blurb below and also at http://www.zmo.de/angola the symposium on the subject in 2003 where the papers were presented. X-Posted from H-Net Discussion List on Portuguese-speaking African Countries and H-West-Africa ——– From: Beatrix Heintze heintze@em.uni-frankfurt.de Date: 22 May 2008 Dear list members, I would like to draw your attention ... More About: Transport , Book , Move , Communications
Two new health maps: worldwide Polio, Kenya Cholera epidemic
2008-05-22 18:08:00 Source: AlertNet World wild poliovirus 2008. See particularly the Africa part of the map. http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satellit eimages/120756146591.htm Kenya Cholera epidemic http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satellit eimages/120894374793.htm More About: Health , Maps , Worldwide , Epidemic
CHARTING THE FUTURE OF BANANA IN AFRICA
2008-05-21 21:09:00 Contributed by Thomas Dubois CHARTING THE FUTURE OF BANANA IN AFRICA IITA, Kampala, Uganda - The best and the brightest minds in banana research and industry from all over Africa will converge in Kenya later this year to develop a 10-year strategic roadmap that would harmonize and guide efforts to promote the marketing and trade of ... More About: Banana , Future , The Future , Charting
Africa: Medical internship opportunity
2008-05-21 20:57:00 The following advert was seen on www.idealist.org, it is intended for non-Africa n medics to gain experience in Africa. Comments are closed for this post. Please apply directly to the advertiser (see the bottom of the advert). http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Intern ship/122277-109 Location: Bungoma, Western Province, 50200, Kenya Organization: WEPOGA KENYA. Area of Focus: Foundations, Fundraising, and Philanthropy, Health, Mental Skill(s): fundraising, graphic design, ... More About: Medical , Opportunity , Internship
Academic paper: Forms of education of indigenous children as crimes against
2008-05-20 20:51:00 Via Lg-policy list Please see the expert statement commissioned by the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It’s a very strong statement, basically arguing that subtractive education for Indigenous peoples is tantamount to a crime against humanity and should be sanctioned as such under international law. Although the focus is Indigenous peoples, there are clear extensions to other minoritized groups. Tove ... More About: Education , Children , Academic , Paper
Africa: Poor power supply bane sub-Saharan growth - IMF report states
2008-05-20 20:44:00 Source: APA (2008-05-19 22:43:05) APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the increasing power supply crisis in sub-Saharan Africa has become a major constraint to economic growth. Read the full story More About: Power , Report , Growth , Bane
Senegal: Senegalese dental surgery gets 1st ISO 9001 certification for qua
2008-05-20 20:34:00 Source: APA APA Dakar (Senegal ) A Senegalese dental surgery got the first ISO 9001 certification for such a structure in West Africa after passing the recognition test of the quality of its service. “We had already set up an organization around the reception, the follow-up of patients, appointments, a software that manages all information related to our ... More About: Dental , Surgery , Certification
CAMEROON: The aesthetics of water
2008-05-20 20:29:00 20 May 2008 11:31:22 GMT Source: IRIN Since the 1990s when the Cameroon government stopped providing free water in urban centres, most of the population of the commercial capital Douala have had to resort to digging their own wells, which are often contaminated. But four years ago, a shiny futurist-looking structure sprang up in Bessengué Akwa, ... More About: Water , Twater
São Tomé and Príncipe 2 IMF documents
2008-05-20 16:03:00 Country Report No. 08/154: São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21962.0 Country Report No. 08/155: São Tomé and Príncipe: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21964.0 More About: Documents
A Senegalese, 2 South-Africans awarded at Tunis choreography encounters
2008-05-19 23:22:00 Source: APA APA -Tunis (Tunisia) The 7th choreographic encounters “Dance, Africa Dances”, which had started on 1 May, ended Thursday evening at the municipal theatre of Tunis. The international jury of the encounter awarded Pape Ibrahima N?Diaye, called Kaolack, of Senegal, for his creation “J?accuse!” in the solo category. The prizes in the collective piece category are as ... More About: South , Africans , Choreography , Encounters
Thousands of artists march in 9th festival of cultures in Gabon
2008-05-19 23:14:00 Source: APA APA - Libreville (Gabon ) Nearly 1000 Gabonese and foreign artists marched Saturday at the seafront boulevard in Libreville within the framework of the 9th edition of the “Festival of culture” which kicked off Friday with an exhibition dedicated to the contribution of women to development. Read the full story ... More About: Artists , March , Cultures
Nigeria: Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters
More articles from this author:2008-05-19 15:52:00 Source: AllAfrica Nigeria : Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters 15 May 2008 Baba Yusuf Abuja Developments at Nigeria’s premier radio corporation, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), are fast transforming the staid image of Africa’s largest radio network. In the past one year, Radio Nigeria has been quietly transforming itself with improved signals, captivating programming, web audio streaming, and, the latest, brand ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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