The InterMedia survey was conducted in July and August 2009 and had 2,051 respondents based on a probability-proportional-to-size (PPS) plan. 56% of the sample was urban and 46% rural
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Ghana: Ghana - New Survey Results Uncover More Complex Patterns of Mobile Phone and Internet Use
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed its deep concern for the safety of more than 8,000 people trapped in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, by clashes which have uprooted more than 100,000 people since the start of the year.
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Somalia: Fighting Traps 8,000 in Mogadishu
In an attempt to deal with a growing influx of migrants, authorities in Somalia’s autonomous region of Puntland are adopting new measures to stop people from undertaking the hazardous journey to Yemen, officials said.
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Somalia: Offering Migrants an Alternative to Death By Water
Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports detailing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by various groups there.
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN, U.S. Accuse Govt Forces of War Crimes
In order for Africa to be liberated from hunger and unemployment among its youths, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) yesterday advised the continent to embrace modern method of farming.
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Africa: Embrace Modernized Farming Techniques -UN
Food insecurity on the African continent is severely aggravated by a depletion of nutrients in the soil that leads to a decrease in soil productivity.
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Africa: Website Provides Farmers With Fertilizer News
Lawmakers controversially passed a crucial Bill in a record seven minutes on the last sitting day of Parliament in 2009, opening the way for political parties to be funded by taxpayers.
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Uganda: How Key Election Law Was Passed in Seven Minutes
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has defended the indigenisation laws and regulations saying they promote Zimbabwean interests and must not scare away foreign investors.
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Defends Indigenisation Laws
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week made his third trip to Africa in a year, visiting Kenya, South Africa and Zambia between March 8 and 11. In Johannesburg, AllAfrica senior correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault put to him questions sent in by our readers.
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Africa: Civil Society Must Hold Govt Accountable, Says IMF Chief
HUNDREDS of Plateau women, yesterday, staged peaceful demonstrations in Jos and Abuja against Sunday’s mayhem at Dogon Nahawa where hundreds, mostly women and children, were murdered.
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Nigeria: Plateau Women Protest Peacefully over Jos Killings