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Avian
Flu travels to Africa
24.02.2006
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The deadly strain of bird flu has been found in poultry
in northern Nigeria, the World Organisation for Animal Health
(OIE) has said in
a statement. The Paris-based organisation said this was the first time
the disease had been detected in Africa. The body said it was the
"highly pathogenic" strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, which can kill humans. |
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It was detected on a farm in the northern state of
Kaduna, where a team of
experts have been sent. Authorities there said they had taken measures to stamp out
the outbreak by disinfecting the affected premises, imposing a quarantine
and putting restrictions on animal movements.
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African NGOs Call For A Ban To Terminator Technology
24.02.2006
A group of African NGOs has strongly condemned the use
of Terminator technology to genetically modify harvested seeds and rendering
them sterile. The NGOs filed an appeal to UK Ministers urging them to oppose any moves to erode the global
moratorium of Terminator technology agreed under the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in2000. The appeal further advocates a complete ban of this technology.
This call comes prior to next month’s convention in
Brazil where delegates at the Convention of Parties of the CBD will be
tussling against Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US government fighting for
the implementation of the controversial Terminator technology. Delegates of the
CBD argue that allowing their counterparts views to weaken the global moratorium
on Terminator technology would pave its way into agriculture.
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Peggy
Appiah Passes on
24.02.2006
Peggy Appiah, well-known British writer on books
for children passed away in Kumasi on Saturday February 11 2006 at 84. She
had spent over 50 years in this city since she left England after her marriage
to the Ghanaian lawyer, statesman and presidential advisor, the late Joe
Appiah. For all these years, she Chronicled both as a profession
and hobby, traditional folkore of the Asante people- village and forest lives
as well as natural history-especially behaviour of birds in over 30 books. Some
of the books were reflected as text in the prescribed reading of primary
and secondary schools in Ghana and of the West Africa Examination Council. At onetime and it is still the case, she had the best collection of
Asante gold-weights in the world with featured exhibitions from Australia to
the United States.
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VOICE OF AFRICA
Radio awarded FM Licence
24.02.2006
OFCOM the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK
communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio,
telecommunications and wireless communications services, has granted Voice of Africa Radio, a
Newham-based Pan-African radio station, a 5 years permanent Radio Licence in London.
The African community and operators of the station had
been waiting anxiously since November 2004, when an application was made.
since made a bid to become one of the first full
time community radio stations in the UK.
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IN THIS
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Leadership
is Africa's problem
Valentine
ball for Ghanians in UK
TRUSTWORTHY-
Miracles for sale
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION-A Constitution for United African States - By DR R. Glah
Business Ethics:
Networking-Getting your name out there - By Vona Oyibo
What is LOVE?
Say it
Loud
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