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World + 19 others
Update: How Africa Turned AIDS Around

Report
UNAIDS

UNAIDS reports that more than 7 million people are now on HIV treatment across Africa, while new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS continue to fall.

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World + 27 others
Price Watch: March 2013 Prices

KEY MESSAGES

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Africa’s Information Highway - The AfDB Launches Open Data Platforms for 20 African Countries

The Open Data Platform is a user-friendly tool for extracting data, creating and sharing own customized reports, and visualizing data across themes, sectors and countries in tables, charts and maps. Through the Open Data Platform, users can access a wide range of development data on African countries from multiple international and national official sources. The platform also facilitates the collection, analysis and sharing of data among countries and with international development partners.

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South Africa + 5 others
“Protect the Goal” campaign launched at opening of the Africa Cup of Nations

Report
UNAIDS

The campaign aims to harness the power of football to raise awareness of HIV

JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2013— The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé and the President of the Confederation of African Football, Issa Hayatou launched the “Protect the Goal” initiative on January 19 at the opening ceremony of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in Johannesburg.

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Somalia + 11 others
Conflict trends (no. 7): Real-time analysis of African political violence, October 2012

This month’s Conflict Trends report is the seventh monthly publication by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED) publishing and analysing realtime disaggregated data on political conflict on the African continent. This issue will focus on developments in DR-Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia and South Africa. We also present a thematic focus on violent Islamist groups across the African continent in the third of our special focus features.

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Chad + 15 others
Flood report over west Africa-September 2012 [EN/FR]

Report
ACMAD

Synopsis

Many cities in sub-Saharan Africa experienced flash and/or Riverine floods in August 2012. Favorable conditions for moderate to heavy precipitation associated to a very active monsoon included an active phase of the MJO, an ENSO in its transition phase toward El Nino and an above normal temperature pattern over the Mediterranean region interacting with the African summer monsoon.
This report describes these patterns, related flooding events and impacts.

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World + 7 others
Deputy Secretary-General Urges Global Unity in Empowering Women Politically, Erasing Gender-Based Oppression from All Aspects of Life

WOM/1911

Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
1039th Meeting (AM)

UN Women Chief Hails Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Wisdom, Energy at Commemoration of Treaty’s Thirtieth Anniversary

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Algeria + 39 others
African Elections 2012

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Ethiopia + 10 others
Poverty is on the retreat in Africa

Overcoming extreme poverty remains at the top of the development agenda in Africa and this commitment is paying off but at a slower pace. Recent evidence indicates that poverty in Africa and in all the regions of the world declined over the period 2005-2010. In Africa, the proportion of people living below the poverty line decreased to 40% in 2008 from 47% in 1990, making it the first ever reversal of the long term poverty trend (see Figure 1). However, there are disparities in the rate of decline between Africa and other regions.

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Ethiopia + 10 others
CAHOSCC: “Africa should speak with one voice in articulating its demands” - Ping

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African Union

PRESS RELEASE Nº 147/2011

Addis Ababa, 16 November 2011- The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, hosted the Meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) today Wednesday 16 November 2011, at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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World + 26 others
Policy framework for pastoralism in Africa

Report
African Union

Executive Summary

The mandate of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission is to initiate and promote policies that can contribute to the development of rural economy and improve livelihoods through increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring food security, and enhancing sustainable use and management of Africa’s natural resources.

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Algeria + 9 others
Africa Food Security Brief Quarterly Bulletin Issue No. 1: June 2011

CONTENTS

\1. Overview of the recent trends of food prices

  • The global food prices escalated in February 2011
  • Recent developments in food prices in Africa

\2. Undernourishment and food supply/availability

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Algeria + 18 others
Five Feet High and Rising: Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century

Report
World Bank

Abstract

Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is driven by a combination of natural and human-induced factors.

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Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 62

As of December 07, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 16,031 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 109 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 61

As of November 30, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 15,887 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 108 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.
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Newly confirmed From November 23 to 29
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Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 60

As of November 23, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 15503 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 104 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 16 to 22
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Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 59

As of November 16, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 14,950 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 103 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 09 to 15
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Algeria + 27 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 58

As of November 09, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 14868 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 103 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 02 to 08
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Algeria + 26 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 57

As of November 04, 2009, 17H00 GMT, 27 countries have officially reported 14580 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 76 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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