Japan Inashindana na China Afrika!

African and Japanese leaders hold a bilateral meeting ahead of the Tokyo International Conference Photo by AFP

 
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Japan is wooing African nations, promising 3.2 trillion yen ($32 billion) as government and private-sector aid to foster growth in a region that is increasingly an appealing market and business partner.

   The package for the next five years, including 1.4 trillion yen ($14 billion) in government aid called ODA, or official development assistance, was announced at a three-day conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, opening Saturday.

   Japan is eager to catch up with neighboring Asian rival China, which has a big head start in courting Africa, investing heavily in infrastructure projects.

   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office late last year, is bullish about investing in and exporting to Africa.

   "What Africa needs now is private sector investment," he said in his opening speech, in between meetings with officials from African nations, including Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan and Kenya.

   "If we recognize this as a new reality, then it will be necessary to revolutionize the way of providing assistance to Africa," he said.

   Among other measures, Tokyo will invite 1,000 people from Africa to study and work as interns at Japanese companies, according to the Foreign Ministry.

   Japan will also provide 650 billion yen ($6.5 billion) in assistance for infrastructure projects, including support for transportation in cities, it said. Aid for education, farming, energy projects and water sanitation is also being offered.

   "Africa could be the next global growth pole," said Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

   Japan's conference for Africa, held every five years, began in 1993, and the latest is the fifth such gathering. Japanese companies have set up booths, to showcase their efforts to win business in Africa, such as Nissin Foods, the maker of Cup Noodles.

   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took part in the conference and urged the world to do more to ensure security in the region, noting the value of investing in Africa is now clear.

   "But millions of Africans still lack jobs, health care and food. Too many suffer in conflict. To find solutions, we must address the links between peace, security and government," he said.

Ugonjwa wa Ajabu Yaua Watoto Cambodia!

Kuna habari kutoka World Health Organization (WHO) kuwa watoto wengi nchini Cambodia wamekufa kwa ugonjwa wa ajabu. Ugonjwa huo unaathiri mishipa ya fahamu na mapafu. Wadau, tuombe huo ugonjwa wa ajabu usiingie barani Afrika. Watoto wetu watakwisha!

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Kutoka CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/06/world/asia/cambodia-children-disease/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Hong Kong (CNN) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and Cambodian health officials are investigating why at least 61 children in the country have died mysteriously after suffering severe neurological and respiratory complications.


Dr. Beat Richner, of the Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals who first alerted Cambodia's health authorities about the unknown disease said as of Friday, he knew of 64 cases, in which only two children have survived.

Countries surrounding Cambodia were informed of a deadly disease that killed dozens of children earlier this week, through the International Health Regulations event information system, which provides public health communications.

In Hong Kong, a major air hub in the region, health officials responded by alerting doctors to be watchful for patients returning from Cambodia who have respiratory symptoms. Travelers who have been to Cambodia were told to visit their doctors if they developed respiratory symptoms.

Kwa habari kamili BOFYA HAPA:

Ramani Ya Africa

Kazi ya Acting Kwa Watoto - African Boy and Girl

African Boy and Girl

Mon, 09/13/2010

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(age 7-12) are needed to narrate several kids films
about Africa. The work is unpaid but can serve as an
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Thank you.
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Viongozi wa Afrika Part II

L-R Rais Siad Barre wa Somalia, Mwalimu na Rais wa FRELIMO Samora Machel. Baada ya Msumbiji kupata uhuru Machel alikuwa Rais wa nchi hiyo. Alifariki katika ajali ya ndege Afrika Kusini.
Nisaidie majina. L-R, Rais Kenneth Kaunda wa Zambia, ?, Rais Indira Gandhi wa India, Mwalimu, Rais Milton Obote wa Uganda, ?
Rais Mobutu Sese Seko wa Zaire (Congo), Rais Kaunda wa Zambia nyuma yake na Mwalimu
Mama Maria Nyerere, Dikteta Idi Amin Dada was Uganda na Mwalimu

Mashindano ya Mwanaume Mzuri Afrika

Nimepokea hizi picha kwa e-mail:

Wanauliza nani mwanume mzuri kuliko wote barani Afrika. Wanaowania taji ni hao TISA chini:

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MSHINDI NI HUYO WA CHINI!

AFRICA/AFRIKA

Sisi ni waafrika. Je, tunajua nini kuhusu bara Afrika? Ni continent ya pili kwa ukubwa duniani. Ina madini kibao, maziwa, kuna nchi zenye rutuba, na nchi zenye ukame. Kuna nchi 53. Pia Afrika ina sifa nyingi zaidi. Wanasema kuwa binadamu wa kwanza walitokea bara Afrika, hivyo kila mtu dunia hii (hata wazungu) ana asili ya Afrika.

Leo jiulize unajua nini kuhusu bara letu Afrika.

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Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Area
30,221,532 km² (11,668,598.7 sq mi)

Population
922,011,000[1](2005, 2nd)

Density
30.51/km² (about 80/sq mi)

Countries

53[show]
BurundiComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSeychellesSomaliaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweAngolaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonSão Tomé and PríncipeAlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoSudanTunisiaWestern SaharaBotswanaLesothoNamibiaSouth AfricaSwazilandBeninBurkina FasoCape VerdeCôte d'IvoireGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNiger

Dependencies
8[show]
MayotteRéunionCanary IslandsCeutaMadeira IslandsMelillaSaint Helena

Languages
African Languages and many others

Time Zones
UTC-1 (Cape Verde) to UTC+4 (Mauritius)

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.[2] With about 922 million people (as of 2005)[3] in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.2% of the world's human population.

The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There are 46 countries including Madagascar, and 53 including all the island groups.

Africa, particularly central eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree (great apes), as evidenced by the discovery of the earliest hominids and their possible ancestors, as well as later ones that have been dated to around seven million years ago – including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster – with the earliest Homo sapiens (human) found in Ethiopia being dated to ca. 200,000 years ago.[4]

Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones.[5] Because of the lack of natural regular precipitation and irrigation as well as glaciers or mountain aquifer systems, there is no natural moderating effect on the climate except near the coasts.

Kwa habari zaidi za Afrika someni:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm