While food prices have been stable or have fallen in relation to our incomes for much of the past thirty years, the past two years have indicated clearly that the era of cheap food is over. Rising food prices place a severe burden on the poor and government must intervene to support the needy in facing higher food prices. However, higher food prices also provide an opportunity to profit from producing more food for our people.

In this article, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel looks...

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Beijing – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the opportunity presented by the Beijing Olympic Games to promote friendship and peace.
He was speaking on Wednesday during a tour of the site where athletes and fans from around the world will gather in just over one month’s time.

“I hope this Olympic Games will be the venue for all athletes and people of the world to promote their mutual understanding, harmony, reconciliation and friendship on...

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New York - The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Africa faces a “dramatic” shortage of physicians by the year 2015.
According to a new study, it is projected that there will be nearly 13 million doctors by then, a figure that will meet demand and will exceed the target of achieving the benchmark of having 80 percent of all live births covered by a skilled attendant.

However, given the imbalances in physician distribution, Africa will face...

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By Kwaku Osei Bonsu

Sharm-El-Sheikh - A landmark plan of action, targeting an estimated $72 billion a year in external funding to help Africa win the battle against poverty, has been launched at the gathering of the continent's political leaders in this Egyptian Red Sea resort.

President Thabo Mbeki was among the Heads of State and Government of the 53-nation African Union (AU), who attended the two-day summit on Monday held under the theme "Millennium Development...

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