APO News from Africa: UNICEF and partners assist more than 145,000 people in famine-hit areas of South Sudan: One month since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan, UNICEF - together with the World Food Programme and other partners - has delivered life-saving assistance to 145,000 people, including 33,000 children under the age of five. Thirteen mobile … [Read more...] about UNICEF and partners assist more than 145,000 people in famine-hit areas of South Sudan
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SA News: ASSITEJ International Theatre Festival Offers Young People Chance to Catch World Theatre
ASSITEJ International Theatre Festival Offers Young People Chance to Catch World Theatre: It is currently under the leadership of its first African President, Yvette Hardie, director of ASSITEJ SA. ASSITEJ South Africa is a registered NPO (066-875) established in 2007, which operates as a networking platform for people working with or ... Source: "South Africa" - … [Read more...] about SA News: ASSITEJ International Theatre Festival Offers Young People Chance to Catch World Theatre
New study helps crack the problem of diagnosing TB in people with HIV | The Conversation
New study helps crack the problem of diagnosing TB in people with HIV: ShutterstockDiagnosing TB in people who have HIV has been a challenge because they often have low levels of the bacteria in their system. This has been a serious problem for a country like South Africa where 454,000 people are infected with TB each year, half of whom are HIV … [Read more...] about New study helps crack the problem of diagnosing TB in people with HIV | The Conversation
South Sudan: Urgent humanitarian assistance needed for thousands of people who fled fighting in Wau Shilluk
South Sudan: Urgent humanitarian assistance needed for thousands of people who fled fighting in Wau Shilluk: Over the last weeks, fighting in the Greater Upper Nile region has left the town of Wau Shilluk deserted, and now thousands of vulnerable people who fled the violence are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Until recently, Médecins Sans … [Read more...] about South Sudan: Urgent humanitarian assistance needed for thousands of people who fled fighting in Wau Shilluk
The needs of the land and the needs of the people can’t be separated | The Conversation
The needs of the land and the needs of the people can't be separated: About three-quarters of South Africa's land is used for agriculture. Robert Wallace/Flickr I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. For the trees have no tongues – Dr Zeuss The national conversation about land, always simmering in South Africa, has come to the boil again. What’s often missing is a voice … [Read more...] about The needs of the land and the needs of the people can’t be separated | The Conversation
