In the News - Africa in the 21st Century http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/africa/focus/ en dan@kdweb.co.uk Copyright 2007 2007-10-01T12:24:21+00:00 Africa needs GM food, says top scientist http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/africa-needs-gm-food-says-top-scientist-922489.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/africa-needs-gm-food-says-top-scientist-922489.html#When:09:38:46Z The Government's former chief scientific adviser,Sir David King, says that advanced approaches to agriculture, such as GM crops, are the only way Africa will be able to feed itself. 2008-09-18T09:38:46+00:00 How George W Bush became an African hero http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2262217/Analysis-How-George-W-Bush-became-an-African-hero.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2262217/Analysis-How-George-W-Bush-became-an-African-hero.html#When:09:49:01Z President Bush has made America the biggest single donor to the Global Fund for Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, contributing one third of its Pounds 5 billion 2008-09-18T09:49:01+00:00 Rich nations are ‘betraying’ Africa http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/rich-nations-are-betraying-africa-859091.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/rich-nations-are-betraying-africa-859091.html#When:09:52:27Z The world's richest nations will today be told by Gordon Brown to stop backsliding on their pledges to double aid to Africa by 2010. Backing Bob Geldolf, who warned yesterday that high energy prices are starving the super-poor in Africa. 2008-09-18T09:52:27+00:00 Overseas Aid: Aid package stays true to £9bn promise made at G8 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/overseas-aid-aid-package-stays-true-to-pound9bn-promise-made-at-g8-396477.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/overseas-aid-aid-package-stays-true-to-pound9bn-promise-made-at-g8-396477.html#When:09:54:03Z Increases in international aid announced yesterday by the Government will enable Gordon Brown to keep promises given to Bono and Bob Geldoff at the Gleneagles summit on doubling support for Africa. 2008-09-18T09:54:03+00:00 Aid isn’t the answer. Africa must be allowed to trade its way out of poverty http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bob-geldof-aid-isnt-the-answer-africa-must-be-allowed-to-trade-its-way-out-of-poverty-478355.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bob-geldof-aid-isnt-the-answer-africa-must-be-allowed-to-trade-its-way-out-of-poverty-478355.html#When:09:56:16Z Sir Bob Geldof advocates a "stand-alone" trade deal for Africa's poor, to enable poorer states the chance to reduce their poverty through a more balanced global trade regime. 2008-09-18T09:56:16+00:00 Is trade, not aid, the answer for Africa? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/25/africa-entrepreneurs-charity http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/25/africa-entrepreneurs-charity#When:09:42:31Z Donors are now focusing less on charity and more on the continent's small entrepreneurs 2009-05-26T09:42:31+00:00 Africa seeks climate change cash http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8217449.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8217449.stm#When:09:10:03Z The leaders of 10 African countries are gathering in Ethiopia to try to agree a common position on climate change. 2009-08-24T09:10:03+00:00