Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 W/Bank approves US$ 24 million budget support to S/Leone ** New ** APA – Freetown (Sierra Leone) The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the fifth Governance Reform and Growth Credit (GRGC) for Sierra Leone amounting to US$ 24 million, being a one-tranche budget support disbursement. Read more Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 President Jammeh of Gambia withdraws from AU chairmanship race ** New ** APA Banjul-(The Gambia) Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has pulled out of the race for the chairmanship of the African Union assembly. Read more Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 HIV patients petition Zambian govt over ARV funding ** New ** APA Lusaka (Zambia) Hundreds of people living with HIV and civil society groups in Zambia on Friday petitioned the government to set up a national trust fund to mobilise resources for the provision of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to people in the country in view of uncertainties surrounding funding from the Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and Malaria. Read more Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 Ethiopia, Australia sign US$45 million health accord ** New ** APA Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia and the government of Australia signed late on Thursday US$45 million agreement to strengthen the health sector in Ethiopia over the coming four years, APA learns here. The visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, Kevin Rudd and Ethiopian Minister for Health, Dr Tedros Adhanom, signed the agreement. Read more Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 Australia to support AU institution, capacity building with US$2.1 million ** New ** APA Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The government of Australia has approved about US$2.1million funding to support for two-years the Institution and Capacity Building Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC). Read more Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 Al-Qaeda in Maghreb named in rebel attack on northern Mali town ** New ** APA Bamako (Mali) The Malian armed forces, on Thursday evening and for the first time, referred by name to the terror group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as having been involved in an armed attack launched on Tuesday in Aguel’hoc, about 170km from Kidal, the main town of the country’s north-eastern region Read more Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 Eq. Guinea ousts Senegal, reaches African soccer cup quarter-finals APA Bata (Equatorial Guinea) Co-host country Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday in Bata, created a sensation at the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) by beating Senegal, one of the favourite teams of the competition, by 2-1, in the second match of Group A. Read more More Articles »