Kituba News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:10 CST 60 Model Metrics, the leader in cloud computing services for the enterprise and an Amazon Web Services Solution Provider, today announced it has partnered with Global Business Assist and Grameen Foundation's Mifosac Initiative to migrate the Mifos platform to Amazon Web Services to support Global Business Assist's microfinance programs in Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11o4blv6h/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/100311/cg68829.html?.v=1 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:09 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11o4blv6h/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/100311/cg68829.html?.v=1 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland "Two of my family members are languishing as beggars in the streets of Freetown as a result of deformity due to polio," tells Yabom Saffie, a Sierra Leonean mother whose children have just been http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1281t8joh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218536/126831134770.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:09 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1281t8joh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218536/126831134770.htm More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13kcqrbl9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news-medical.net/news/20100310/Polio-immunization-campaign-begins-across-West-and-Central-Africa.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:14 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13kcqrbl9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news-medical.net/news/20100310/Polio-immunization-campaign-begins-across-West-and-Central-Africa.aspx Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, scientists say. The 36-46km-wide feature, identified in DR Congo, may be one of the largest such structures discovered in the last decade. Italian researchers considered other origins for the ring, but say these are unlikely. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=129hfbrbn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1%26aid=822%26dir=2010/March/Thursday11 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:09 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=129hfbrbn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1%26aid=822%26dir=2010/March/Thursday11 UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations is asking rich nations to help raise $59 million to support refugees who have fled clashes in the cobalt-rich Democratic Republic of Congo. Thousands of Congolese have fled fighting in the northern province of Equateur and taken refuge in neighboring Congo Republic, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, which has assisted refugees from the outset http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-brazzaville%2522/SIG=12sep0mrh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7784357%26subject=general%26action=article Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:22 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-brazzaville%2522/SIG=12sep0mrh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7784357%26subject=general%26action=article Deforestation in central Africa has revealed what could be an impact crater left by a giant space rock, scientists say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11s8rl7ef/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8526093.stm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:41:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11s8rl7ef/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8526093.stm BOFFINS have discovered what could be a GIANT asteroid crater in central Africa http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=138inchn2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2886600/Huge-crater-found-in-Africa.html?OTC-RSS%26ATTR=News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=138inchn2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2886600/Huge-crater-found-in-Africa.html?OTC-RSS%26ATTR=News But not until barely six months ago, about nine West and Central African countries began identifying new cases. Today, nine of 19 countries in the West and Central Africa region are considered by WHO authorities as "active" sources of the disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11indp7qb/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090627.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:04:43 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11indp7qb/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090627.html Three months after Steven Lively returned from central Africa in 1996, the Canadian Forces soldier started experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11nan944r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/30992/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11nan944r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/30992/ Meeting kindness and con-men in Central Africa http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12prg9h4d/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/fromourowncorrespondent/8555531.stm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:42:35 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12prg9h4d/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/fromourowncorrespondent/8555531.stm Beginning from Saturday March 6, Nigeria joined 19 countries in West and Central Africa in a campaign to immunize over 85 million children under five years old against polio. The four-day exercise ends today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11if85iah/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090013.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:47:33 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11if85iah/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090013.html The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11v4os9ve/%2Ahttp%253A//lubbockonline.com/stories/030810/upd572549053.shtml Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11v4os9ve/%2Ahttp%253A//lubbockonline.com/stories/030810/upd572549053.shtml More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a y http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12ir3jkgt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thaipr.net/nc/readnews.aspx?newsid=F5EA7936CABB4F44E38E4D4AA5178DA6 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:15:57 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12ir3jkgt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thaipr.net/nc/readnews.aspx?newsid=F5EA7936CABB4F44E38E4D4AA5178DA6 The women's football team takes on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday in Gaborone in the opening match of the qualifiers of CAF Championships. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-kinshasa%2522/SIG=11il3rdoo/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080435.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:29:14 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-kinshasa%2522/SIG=11il3rdoo/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080435.html This weekend witnessed a beautiful example of what can happen when international cooperation works well. Millions of people benefit. A campaign has been launched to eradicate polio in west and central Africa, targeting 85 million children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12dgm150l/%2Ahttp%253A//ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/when-international-cooperation-works Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:02:23 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12dgm150l/%2Ahttp%253A//ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/when-international-cooperation-works Global health organizations will launch a $30 million polio vaccination campaign on Saturday in West and Central Africa aimed at immunizing 85 million children under age 5, the Joint Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the International Federation of the Red Cross said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports (3/4). The campaign, which targets 19 countries, will be carried out by more than http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=10o8vnhpi/%2Ahttp%253A//mnt.to/f/3yBD Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:12 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522central%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=10o8vnhpi/%2Ahttp%253A//mnt.to/f/3yBD The Thomas Lubanga defense this week called two witnesses, but the highlight of the trial was the string of complaints made by the defense lawyers against the prosecution, as well as court reporters and translators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-kinshasa%2522/SIG=11i7noimc/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080058.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:46:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522congo-kinshasa%2522/SIG=11i7noimc/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080058.html