Africa Industrialization Day: Leapfrogging with Sustainable Energy
November 20th is Africa Industrialization Day, but unlike much of the rest of the world, development on this continent is proving to be far more sustainable. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for Africa Industrialization Day, “Approximately 600 million people in Africa still live without access to affordable and sustainable modern energy, and rely [...]
Polls at NL-Aid
The last few weeks NL-Aid had published 7 polls. These are the results. The Millennium Development Goals will be met. Yes: 56,605 votes (32%) No: 121,114 votes (68%) Total votes: 177,719 Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark [...]
Political situation in Egypt unclear after fresh round of heavy fighting leaves 10 dead and 1700 wounded
Fresh waves of protests started throughout Egypt after clashes between police and protesters refusing to leave Tahrir Square on Saturday left two dead and 676 injured as police violence escalated a few days before parliamentary elections. The police’s decision to evacuate Tahrir Square early Saturday morning backfired, as their heavy-handed tactics against the small overnight [...]
Islamists versus the army, a new phenomenon in Egypt (VIDEO)
Hundreds of thousand of people all over Egypt have demonstrated on Friday, according to Al Ahram, against the way the military is handling the expected handover of the power to civilian institutions. The main ire of the protesters was directed towards a document about the make-up of a constituent assemble that has to be formed [...]
South African’s Overcharged for Medicines
South African consumers are paying more for their medicine than they could be, says Paul Anley, CEO of Pharma Dynamics. He was speaking at the annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance (IGPA) conference that took place in Cape Town this month. He claims that originator pharmaceutical companies (patent holding drug developers) produce their own “pseudo generics” [...]
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