Africa's new $5 million prize for top leaders
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Proponents say the Ibrahim Prize will help improve the continent's crippling governance problem.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  said on Wednesday it was giving $500 million to the Global Fund  to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, by far its biggest grant to the  fund, which says it sorely lacks cash.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.Comment
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Delegations from more than 60 countries are expected to offer around $5.6 billion on Monday to help lift the Palestinian economy and underpin the renewed Middle East peace talks.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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A VITAL project to prevent the spread of HIV within the African community has been given almost a quarter of a million pounds.
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Five hopefuls are waiting to hear who will win one of Africa's leading literary awards - the Caine prize.
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IHURURU, Kenya - When Wangari Maathai got word she had won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, she was campaigning to protect Kenya's forests and distributing food to villagers suffering from drought - the same work she's been doing for decades.    Maathai was in the countryside - just one hill away from her childhood home - when told she had won the $1.3 million prize, joining a club that includes Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and the Dalai Lama...
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A $180m five-year project to revive the depleted soils of sub-Saharan Africa is launched in Nairobi.
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Five rich countries led by Italy launched a $1.5 billion project on Friday to help develop vaccines they said could save millions of lives in poor nations, and called on others to join them.
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African leaders agreed bold plans at the weekend to preserve the world's second biggest rainforest area but Kenya's Nobel prize-winning environmentalist told them they would need to root out corruption to succeed.
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The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it has "brought forward" to this year $5.3 million of its 2005 pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to help ensure that the United ...
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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African nations and citizens to date raise $5m to help the tens of thousands affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano wins a new Â£2.5m prize for African excellence in leadership.
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Up to 5,000 people expected to take part in march.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 22 -- Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano on Monday won a $5 million leadership prize that promoters hope will encourage other African heads of state to rule wisely, without overstaying their welcomes.