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Wolfowitz urges greater aid to Africa
World Bank assistance is helping development in African countries...
World Bank and European Union Call for International Support
The two leaders held a meeting in Kinshasa that brought together the country’s 15 main development partners...
Southern Africa braces for poor harvests
WFP has been supporting about a quarter of Swaziland’s 1.1 million people with food assistance...
Catholic development agency turns over food programs to African nation
Ongoing CRS programming in Ghana includes conflict-transformation programs...
Germany to push G8 for more Africa aid
Germany was giving 400 million euros in 2007 to help fight AIDS...
UN agencies continue relief work in Mozambique
The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided a Cessna airplane for the air bridge, and has purchased some 1,700 metric tonnes (MT) of maize...
Electronic record-keeping saves lives
At every monthly check-up patients are given their charts and hand-carry them to the nurse...
The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa approves grants
The 2007 funding programme includes a £50,000 grant to WaterAid, for water provision and sanitation...
     

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