From the page: "Harvard and five other institutions of higher learning signed a statement articulating their commitment to promoting medical technology accessibility to developing countries on Monday, stirring both criticism among students that the University did not do enough."
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "President Obama's public schedule includes trips to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. But imagine what kind of message it would send to the rest of the world if Obama and President Hu Jintao were photographed, instead, in a field of wind turbines? Or at a factory producing batteries that could someday power cars on both sides of the Pacific? The world will be watching this visit for signs of leadership. "
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "Japan's new government faces a dilemma in trying to prevent a double-dip recession, with recent stimulus efforts due to wane, debt soaring and the economy likely to begin losing steam by early next year."
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "The problems that Malawi is facing ranging from fuel shortages, the forex crunch, power blackouts and water scarcity are attributable to the administration of Bingu wa Mutharika for his extravagant use of forex."
- Clement Nyirenda
Vodacom Tanzania, part of South Africa's Vodacom Group, said on Thursday its M-Pesa money transfer service had attracted more than a million customers since its launch in April last year.
- Clement Nyirenda
Microsoft Research is now accepting proposals for cash grants to help Africa-based researchers conduct one-year studies on the potential of mobile technologies in the delivery of healthcare-related services on the African continent. This is a great opportunity for Africa-based researchers who specialize in mobile technologies. You still have more than two weeks before the deadline; you can work out something. Give it a try!
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "The thinking is that the Red Sea will eventually pour into the new sea in a million years or so. The new ocean would connect to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, an arm of the Arabian Sea between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in eastern Africa. "
- Clement Nyirenda
The Unity fiber-optic cable, a new trans-Pacific undersea cable partly backed by Google, has landed in Japan, marking an important step toward the launch of service.
- Clement Nyirenda
New data unveiled by the United Nations' children agency Sunday showed that 300 million children are trapped in poverty in South Asia -- almost half of the children in the region.
- Clement Nyirenda
The award winning Journalist and Filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono has put together another documentary film called "A Violent Response" which covers some of the actions carried out by the Zimbabwe government after the March 2008 elections.
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "Former President of the Republic of Malawi Bakili Muluzi has been sponsoring a group of armed bandits that have been car jacking motor vehicles in South Africa and later sold them to Muluzi and his family in Malawi, Malawi Digest can reveal."
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "Germany plans to cut off millions of euros in foreign aid to emerging economic giant China, the new development minister Dirk Niebel told daily Bild on Friday."
- Clement Nyirenda
Another typhoon in the northern Philippines really is something to be scared about, and Mirinae is expected to make landfall there in the mid-morning hours on Halloween, October 31. Mirinae will be the fourth major storm to hit the Philippines in one month bringing more rain to an already flood-weary region.
- Clement Nyirenda
Chronic, non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are by far the world's leading cause of mortality, representing 60 percent of all deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the 35 million people who died from chronic diseases in 2005, half were younger than 70. WHO projects that, globally, non-communicable disease-related deaths will increase by 17 percent over the next 10 years and even more severely in Africa, where up to a 27 percent increase is projected.
- Clement Nyirenda
The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year, official data has shown.
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "The commission's conclusion was that Telkom had charged excessive prices after comparing Telkom's prices to its costs, prices in other countries, prices of other operators offering similar services and prices to customers of Telkom who posed a competitive threat to it."
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "Somalia's president escaped an opportunistic attack by Islamic militants Wednesday as deadly fighting erupted in the center of Mogadishu, officials said."
- Clement Nyirenda
From the page: "President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday."
- Clement Nyirenda
The United States appears increasingly concerned about the new course of Japan's foreign policy, raising the specter of a showdown between Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and U.S. President Barack Obama at their summit in Tokyo next month.
- Clement Nyirenda