http://www.uk.oneworld.net/article/country/950/ en_GB_uk Africa http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83710 Governments could save human lives and millions of dollars in crop and income losses for the rural poor through better consideration of the needs of wildlife, according to a new study of conflict between humans and wild elephants in Africa and Asia. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83708 Peter Armstrong listens to Dr. Ian Goldin on Africa's response to globalisation. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160369/1/ Africa today presents the most promising opportunities and perspectives for the ICT industry. International Telecommunication Union is organising Telecom Africa 2008 which will bring together technologies, topics, leaders, speakers and networking opportunities for growth and investment in the continent. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/160121/1/ Today, on World Malaria Day, 3,000 children will die of malaria. This year, it will kill more than one million people. When faced with such disastrous statistics, it can be easy for us to feel overwhelmed – to see malaria as another problem that is too big and too complex. The reality is different: malaria is 100 per cent preventable. But action must be taken before the mosquito bites. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/160120/1/ “If the world is serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by the year 2015, ICT must figure prominently in the effort. Everyone – governments, civil society and private sector businesses – has a vital stake in fostering digital opportunity and putting ICT at the service of development.” Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General, United Nations http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83521 Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159998/1/ African universities are crucial to the future development of the Internet on the continent in two ways.The Kenyan Government and Google have both said they want to provide free Internet connectivity to students. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83401 As the baton of violence heads over to Zimabwe, Bronwen Manby looks at the African Peer Review Mechanism in relation to Kenya, its shortcomings such as lack of follow-up and political teeth and the urgent lessons from its engagement with Kenya. From Pambazuka News http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83320 ACWICT in collaboration with other Women’s organizations from the Eastern Africa Region formed the WSIS-Gender Caucus (Africa Region), a group that worked to ensure that African women’s issues and concerns were incorporated in the WSIS process http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159548/1/ UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159514/1/ UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159490/1/ BROSDI uses a multistakeholder approach by engaging government, private sector and civil society in knowledge sharing as a means of rural development. This is through using ICT methods, inclusive of online social networking applications and participatory methods http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159362/1/ Created in collaboration with Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, the interactive site is the first of its kind for a truth commission. Its creators hope it will play a key part in Liberia's reconciliation process, bringing video footage of the TRC's work to Liberians around the world. "By hosting videos on our website, we hope to better engage Liberians at home and around the world in the work of the TRC" says TRC Chairman Jerome J. Verdier. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159176/1/ As players in the ICT industry,we are to provide impetus and help to monitor the implementation mechanism that will harness the translation of the Policy into tangible results on the ground. Our contribution towards this process must ensure policy implementation strategies speeds up at all levels. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159173/1/ For the past two weeks, Gambians have been unable to access the Freedom Newspaper, an online Gambia newspaper based in United States of America, which has been very critical of the administration of President Yahya Jammeh.