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St.Thomas - US Virgin IslandsA most popular cruise port; it's more that just an Island to pop into. Only 32 square miles in size, St.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 15:05
Comoros - the forgotten islands
The Comoros Islands form an archipelago of volcanic islands covering a total area of 2034 km² situated off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and north-west of Madagascar.
Topix.net | 16-Jan-2012 15:03
Muslim leader jailed for bribe over booze
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Topix.net | 03-Jan-2012 22:58
Comoro Unions Back Dar es Salaam Port
TRADERS from Comoro islands have been advised to use Dar es Salaam as their transshipment port to lower costs of cargo freight.
AllAfrica | 09-Dec-2011 11:59
CLIMATE CHANGE: Durban or bust - the Trans-African Caravan of Hope
KAMPALA 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Brandishing a plea for developed countries to make good their promises to reduce carbon emissions, 300 farmers, youths and activists took the scenic route to the COP17 conference in Durban, travelling more than 7,000km from Burundi in 17 days, through 10 eastern and southern African countries, aboard a convoy of buses draped in various national flags.irinnews.org | 02-Dec-2011 01:00
Top Ten Coelacanth Stories of 2011
Following in the tradition of the " Top Ten Coelacanth News Items of 2010 " A and " Top Ten Coelacanth Bulletins for 2009 ," here is the " Top Ten Coelacanth Stories of 2011 ": A team of Japanese researchers has discovered a hitherto unknown population of coelacanths, a fish species known as a "living fossil," off southeast Africa.
Topix.net | 28-Nov-2011 07:34
Analysis: Taking on the LRA
GULU-JUBA-KINSHASA 21 November 2011 (IRIN) - Washington’s contribution of 100 military advisers to help central African forces neutralize the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been welcomed by some in the countries where the insurgency sows terror, but has also been met by caveats and calls for a negotiated path to peace.irinnews.org | 21-Nov-2011 01:00
Africa: Kenya and Mozambique Take the Lead
Kenya's Harambee Stars proved too strong for their Seychellois counterparts after beating them 3-0 in their preliminary round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Friday in Roche Caiman.
AllAfrica | 12-Nov-2011 11:40
CLIMATE CHANGE: Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring
JOHANNESBURG 02 November 2011 (IRIN) - Information about how climate change may affect any city, town or village in Africa until the next century will be available by mid-2012 as scientists localise global climate data.irinnews.org | 02-Nov-2011 15:59
AFRICA: Going rural and green
ADDIS ABABA 15 October 2010 (IRIN) - As rural Africa experiences an increasingly moody climate which will erode resilience, drive up hunger and threaten economic growth, it is time countries got serious about development, participants at the seventh African Development Forum in Addis Ababa were told.irinnews.org | 02-Nov-2011 15:44
HIV/AIDS: Global Fund looks to private sector to fill funding gap
JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap.irinnews.org | 02-Nov-2011 15:29
AFRICA: Thinking big on climate change modelling
ADDIS ABABA 13 October 2010 (IRIN) - If African countries had had the capacity to do climate change projections, their data could have been fed into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) assessments for the continent, said Richard Odingo, former vice-chair of the IPCC at one of the discussions ahead of the Seventh African Development Forum.irinnews.org | 02-Nov-2011 15:14
HEALTH: New global plan aims to wipe out TB
JOHANNESBURG 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - A new roadmap for curbing the global epidemic of tuberculosis aims to save five million lives between 2011 and 2015 and eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2050 but comes with a price tag of US$47 billion, nearly half of which must still be found.irinnews.org | 02-Nov-2011 15:14
AID POLICY: The politics of humanitarian principles
BERLIN 28 October 2011 (IRIN) - The politics of humanitarian principles
irinnews.org | 28-Oct-2011 02:00
Statement at the end of an IMF Staff Mission to the Union of the Comoros
A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Mbuyamu Matungulu, Mission Chief for the Union of the Comoros, visited Moroni during October 4-18, 2011 to continue discussions of performance under the country's economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility .
Topix.net | 18-Oct-2011 19:50
FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid
JOHANNESBURG 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers.
irinnews.org | 18-Oct-2011 02:00
Tanzania: Comoros, South Sudan Draws Attenttion of Local Traders
MANY successful modern economies have relied on the private sector to achieve sustainable economic development through provision of enabling policies.
AllAfrica | 12-Oct-2011 12:39
India offers $35 million soft loan to Comoros
Intensifying its ties with Africa, India has offered the Comoros a $35 million soft loan which will be used to plug the energy crisis in that country, comprising three picturesque islands in the Indian Ocean.
Topix.net | 08-Oct-2011 15:48
Comoros
The Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros is an island republic which lies in the Indian Ocean east of Mozambique and forms part of the Indian Ocean Islands associated with Africa.
Topix.net | 05-Oct-2011 15:45
John Price will deliver UCCD lecture at Westminster College
The second lecture in The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy 2011-2012 Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4 and will feature John Price, businessman and former US Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Seychelles, and the Union of the Comoros.
Topix.net | 25-Sep-2011 21:23
HEALTH: "Encouraging" drop in maternal deaths
NAIROBI 16 September 2010 (IRIN) - The proportion of women in sub-Saharan Africa who died because of pregnancy fell by more than a quarter between 1990 and 2008, according to estimates released on 15 September.
irinnews.org | 20-Sep-2011 16:19
Chipolopolo Reclaim Top Slot
ZAMBIA reclaimed the top spot in Group C after a scrappy win over the Comoros here, leaving them only needing a draw in next month's crucial tie against Libya to qualify to the 2012 African Cup of Nations finals to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
AllAfrica | 05-Sep-2011 16:33
RB Hails Squad
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has congratulated the Zambia soccer squad for beating Comoros in yesterday's 2012 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group C qualifier in Moroni, Comoros.
AllAfrica | 05-Sep-2011 16:32
Precision Air launches new route to Comoros Islands' Moroni from Dar es Salaam
Precision Air of Tanzania launched two new routes on 17 August; one domestic and one international.
Topix.net | 26-Aug-2011 03:44
Union of the Comoros: Statement at the end of an IMF Staff Visit
A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Mbuyamu Matungulu, Mission Chief for the Union of the Comoros, visited Moroni during August 16-23, 2011 to discuss progress in implementing Comoros' economic reforms supported by the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility .
Topix.net | 23-Aug-2011 23:29
Bonetti Ponders Strong Side for Comoros Clash
ZAMBIA coach Dario Bonetti says he will not underrate the Comoros Islands and intends to field a strong team to face the Group C bottom side, who have summoned all their French-based players for next Saturday's 2012 Equatorial Guinea/Gabon Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier.
AllAfrica | 23-Aug-2011 15:08
President Jacob Zuma Extends Messages of Condolence to the People of Comoros
The President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr Jacob G Zuma has learnt with profound sadness the sinking of a Comorian boat that was carrying over 100 passengers, on 9 August 2011 between the islands of Anjouan and Ngazidja in rough seas.
AllAfrica | 11-Aug-2011 15:55
At least 30 dead in boat accident
At least 30 people died after their boat sank off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, a rescue official said yesterday.
Topix.net | 10-Aug-2011 03:15
At least 50 drown after Comoros boat capsizes
At least 50 people including children drowned in rough seas when a passenger boat sunk off the Comoros archipelago in the early hours of Tuesday after its engines failed, the country's public prosecutor said.
Topix.net | 09-Aug-2011 15:51
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Measles back with a vengeance
JOHANNESBURG 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - "Out of sight, out of mind" explains why Southern Africa has been grappling with one of the biggest outbreaks of measles, a highly contagious viral disease, since 2009.
irinnews.org | 02-Aug-2011 16:59
AFRICA: Horn migrants heading south "pushed backwards"
JOHANNESBURG 02 August 2011 (IRIN) - Increasing numbers of Ethiopians and Somalis fleeing war, drought and poverty in their home countries face arrest, deportation and detention as they try to make their way to the south of the continent.
irinnews.org | 02-Aug-2011 16:59
World Cup 2014 - All the African Draws
Nigeria was Saturday, in Brazil drawn in Group F of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with Malawi and the winners of the preliminaries between Seychelles and Kenya and Djibouti versus Namibia as opponents.
AllAfrica | 31-Jul-2011 10:45
HEALTH: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG 28 July 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.
irinnews.org | 28-Jul-2011 13:59
FOOD: Political will can solve malnutrition
KAMPALA 26 July 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.
irinnews.org | 27-Jul-2011 11:38
HEALTH: Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria
DAKAR 06 July 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."
irinnews.org | 06-Jul-2011 15:03
In Brief: Fish nets join mosquito nets against malaria
JOHANNESBURG 02 July 2010 (IRIN) - New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite.
irinnews.org | 06-Jul-2011 14:48
FOOD: Help out small farmers, report urges
NAIROBI 02 July 2010 (IRIN) - Small-holder farmers, who make up almost all of Africa’s agriculture sector, need more support to reduce over-dependence on increasingly costly food imports, states a new report.
irinnews.org | 06-Jul-2011 14:33
Precision Air to Fly to Comoros
THE Precision Air will soon start flying from Dar es Salaam to the Comoros and resume its flights to Kigoma.
AllAfrica | 06-Jul-2011 04:39
HEALTH: Diabetes cases to double by 2030
DAKAR 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - Without a major breakthrough in preventing and treating diabetes, the number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double, reaching 24 million by 2030, according to the Brussels-based International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
irinnews.org | 01-Jul-2011 15:23
Rift Valley Fever in Ruminants, Republic of Comoros, 2009
Sbastien Girard, Abdourahime Faharoudine, Mohamed Halifa, Michle Bouloy, Catherine Cetre-Sossah, and Eric Cardinale Author affiliations: Centre for Scientific Research and Intelligence on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Indian Ocean, Sainte-Clotilde, La Reunion Island, France ; French Agricultural Research Center for International Development , ...
Topix.net | 28-Jun-2011 16:24
AFRICA: Go-ahead for IDP convention
NAIROBI 11 June 2010 (IRIN) - African Union members have adopted plans to implement the Kampala convention on the protection of internally displaced people, including increasing their contributions to refugee and IDP funding and accelerating the convention’s ratification, signature and domestication, the AU said.
irinnews.org | 20-Jun-2011 16:19
AFRICA: Plugging the technology gap with help from India
DAR-ES-SALAAM 14 May 2010 (IRIN) - Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said.
irinnews.org | 20-Jun-2011 15:49
Comoros
The Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros is an island republic which lies in the Indian Ocean east of Mozambique and forms part of the Indian Ocean Islands associated with Africa.
Topix.net | 18-Jun-2011 12:17
Al-Qaeda's Nairobi Bomber: The Time He Got Away
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed in a file photo released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on on May 26, 2004.
Topix.net | 16-Jun-2011 09:30
Qatar leads development efforts in Comoros
Doha: Qatar leads the development efforts in the Republic of the Comoros, especially after the Donor Conference, hosted by Doha in March 2010, and the historic visit of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to Moroni.
Topix.net | 16-Jun-2011 06:26
Somali gov't: 1998 US Embassy blasts suspect dead
A photo taken in Moroni shows the family home of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , a Comorian Al-Qaeda operative wanted over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , who was allegedly killed in Somalia .
Topix.net | 11-Jun-2011 18:45