What Do You Know About Africa?

Leila Samara visits the Lincoln Memorial to find out what people know about Africa -- and gets some interesting answers.

Alternative Policies to Address Poverty and Inequality in Africa

Dambiso Moyo spoke about Alternative Policies to Address Poverty and Inequality in Africa, at this event hosted by Idasa and ANSA - www.idasa.org. Dr Moyo is the author of the book Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa. In her book she argues that aid does not work and is actually detrimental to Africas economic development. In her opinion, business and trade are better than aid dependency, and she posits alternative strategies for Africas economic development that governments, multinationals and bi-laterals should adopt to ensure thriving economies instead of aid.

Army Hunts Children

One of the world's most brutal rebel groups, Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is on the move from the Congo, terrorizing civilians.

Return to Africa's Witch Children

A year ago, Dispatches told the story of how children in Africa's Niger Delta were being denounced by Christian pastors as witches and wizards, and then killed, tortured or abandoned by their own families. Following the introduction of the Child Rights legislation and an increase in financial support for a British charity providing a refuge for affected youngsters, the programme returns to find out what happened to some of the people featured in the first film.

Fighting Malaria in Tanzania

Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds. Most deaths occur in Africa. This short documentary from Ifakara, Tanzania, shows how difficult it is for people in rural areas to get access to malaria treatments. The video also offers solutions on how to overcome these obstacles to fight malaria more effectively. The ACCESS project is supported by the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, the Swiss Tropical Institute and the Ifakara Health Institute.

A Golden Opportunity?

The effects of multinational gold mining on local communities in Tanzania. While Canadian and Australian mining companies reap the profits of record high gold prices, local residents suffer forced displacement, and remain destitute.

Drug Trafficking Leads to Addiction Problems in Africa

During the past three years, the tiny West African country of Guinea-Bissau has become a key transit point for cocaine traffickers shipping drugs to Europe. That has led to a rise in the number of crack-cocaine addicts in Guinea-Bissau. Those struggling to quit drugs face an uphill struggle in a country with few medical resources.

Muslim Slavery Still Exists

Muslim countries in the Middle East and north-central Africa lead the world in human trafficking, according to a new U.S. State Department report. Of the 17 countries that were given the "Tier 3" listing reserved for the worst offenders, nine were Muslim countries or countries with a large Muslim population from these two regions. Tier 3 countries are defined as those whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards" of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 and "are not making significant efforts to do so.

East African Community Trade agreement

New Legislation now allows all of the countries in the East African Community to negotiate trade agreements as a single bloc, but challenges may stunt some growth.

China Pledges $10bn Africa Loans

China has pledged to give Africa $10bn (£6bn) in concessional loans over the next three years, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said at a summit in Egypt.

The Chinese leader is attending a two-day forum on China-Africa cooperation in Sharm el-Sheikh, attended by officials from 50 nations.

Zimbabwe Diamond Sales Ban Urged

Zimbabwe is facing calls to be suspended from the the international diamond trade, following allegations of brutality by its soldiers.

Rights groups are lobbying members of the Kimberly Process, the body which regulates the trade in rough diamonds, to halt exports from Zimbabwe.

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