http://www.blacknet.co.uk/ http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4616:as-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-and-other-high-level-officials-visit-goma-today-joanna-trevor-of-oxfam-in-drc-said&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4616:as-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-and-other-high-level-officials-visit-goma-today-joanna-trevor-of-oxfam-in-drc-said&Itemid=415 "Thousands of people are again homeless after a new explosion in violence forced them to flee the camps where they had sought protection and refuge. People don't know where... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 10:14:00 +0200 4616 2013-05-23 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1369304048.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4583:in-the-wake-of-2012-food-crisis-oxfam-calls-for-radical-shift-in-efforts-to-tackle-hunger-in-the-sahel&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4583:in-the-wake-of-2012-food-crisis-oxfam-calls-for-radical-shift-in-efforts-to-tackle-hunger-in-the-sahel&Itemid=415 16th April In a new report published today, international agency Oxfam says that the aid community needs to fundamentally change the way it deals with food crises in the... ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:17:00 +0200 4583 2013-04-16 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1366100238.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4566:if-we-stand-in-solidarity-we-can-bring-about-change-emeritus-archbishop-desmond-tutu&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4566:if-we-stand-in-solidarity-we-can-bring-about-change-emeritus-archbishop-desmond-tutu&Itemid=415 If we stand in solidarity we can bring about change Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu Many decades ago, hundreds of thousands of British people joined the anti-apartheid campaign. They... ]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:48:00 +0100 4566 2013-03-22 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_effe-logo-black-1363952883.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4560:if-campaign-calls-on-uk-government-to-boost-agricultural-aid-after-decline-trapped-millions-in-poverty&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4560:if-campaign-calls-on-uk-government-to-boost-agricultural-aid-after-decline-trapped-millions-in-poverty&Itemid=415 IF campaign calls on UK Government to boost agricultural aid after decline trapped millions in poverty Ten million of the poorest people in Africa could be living free... ]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:21:00 +0100 4560 2013-03-18 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_effe-logo-black-1363616517.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4545:qmake-or-break-time-for-eastern-drc-after-new-peace-plan-warns-oxfam&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4545:qmake-or-break-time-for-eastern-drc-after-new-peace-plan-warns-oxfam&Itemid=415 24th February "Make or break time” for eastern DRC after new peace plan, warns Oxfam A framework for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, due to... ]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:41:00 +0100 4545 2013-02-25 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1361810501.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4535:eastern-congo-region-of-masisi-faces-growing-insecurity-and-threat-of-cholera&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4535:eastern-congo-region-of-masisi-faces-growing-insecurity-and-threat-of-cholera&Itemid=415 Eastern Congo region of Masisi faces growing insecurity and threat of cholera Over 700,000 vulnerable according to UN as region is hit by increased militarisation, poor harvest &... ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:49:00 +0100 4535 2013-02-08 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1360316966.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4532:northern-mali-food-and-fuel-in-short-supply-as-stocks-looted-and-traders-fail-to-return&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4532:northern-mali-food-and-fuel-in-short-supply-as-stocks-looted-and-traders-fail-to-return&Itemid=415 Monday 4 February 2013 Northern Mali: food and fuel in short supply as stocks looted and traders fail to return In areas of northern Mali the... ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:13:00 +0100 4532 2013-02-04 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1359994431.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4529:spiritual-calling-set-to-make-real-fathers&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4529:spiritual-calling-set-to-make-real-fathers&Itemid=415 Today’s society has become a commonplace for many men to have children without accepting or acknowledging the role of being a father, Bishop Paul Fadeyi goes back to basics... ]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:55:00 +0100 4529 2013-01-28 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_bishop-with-book-1359374126.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4526:100-major-charities-launch-joint-campaign-to-tackle-hunger-trap&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4526:100-major-charities-launch-joint-campaign-to-tackle-hunger-trap&Itemid=415 100 MAJOR CHARITIES LAUNCH JOINT CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE HUNGER TRAP Hunger and malnutrition in childhood will trap almost a billion young people in poverty by 2025, according to a... ]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:33:00 +0100 4526 2013-01-23 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/4526_rs30868-ifenoughlaunch-0353-scr-1359045405.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4518:oxfam-calls-on-civilians-to-be-protected-and-humanitarian-needs-met-as-mali-conflict-escalates&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4518:oxfam-calls-on-civilians-to-be-protected-and-humanitarian-needs-met-as-mali-conflict-escalates&Itemid=415 International aid agency Oxfam is extremely concerned that the recent intensification of fighting in Mali, which includes the intervention of French military, could worsen restrictions on humanitarian access and lead... ]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0100 4518 2013-01-15 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/4518_tn-4508-4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1357810169-1358267273.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4502:26th-dec-2012-show-africas-potential-not-just-its-problems-says-oxfam&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4502:26th-dec-2012-show-africas-potential-not-just-its-problems-says-oxfam&Itemid=415 Please visit www.oxfam.org.uk/food to learn more about Oxfam’s work on food security. People in UK can text FOOD to 70066 to donate £5. · Charity strikes optimistic... ]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:52:00 +0100 4502 2012-12-26 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_76650scr-1356511975.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4500:10-ngos-call-for-measures-to-mitigate-harm-to-civilians-in-any-military-response-in-mali&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4500:10-ngos-call-for-measures-to-mitigate-harm-to-civilians-in-any-military-response-in-mali&Itemid=415 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:37:00 +0100 4500 2012-12-20 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4499:millions-left-at-the-mercy-of-militias-and-armed-forces-across-eastern-congo-oxfam-warns&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4499:millions-left-at-the-mercy-of-militias-and-armed-forces-across-eastern-congo-oxfam-warns&Itemid=415 Agency warns of risk of war on top of the daily violence and abuse people already face. More than one million people are at risk of militia, rebel... ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:54:00 +0100 4499 2012-12-18 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1355828066.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4481:oxfam-steps-up-response-to-growing-crisis-in-eastern-congo&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4481:oxfam-steps-up-response-to-growing-crisis-in-eastern-congo&Itemid=415 As the humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo grows, with thousands of people fleeing new fighting in the past 48 hours, Oxfam said it is stepping up the supply of life-saving... ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:59:00 +0100 4481 2012-11-26 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_oxfam-1353941979.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4478:humanitarian-suffering-set-to-worsen-across-eastern-congo-following-fall-of-goma-oxfam-warns&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4478:humanitarian-suffering-set-to-worsen-across-eastern-congo-following-fall-of-goma-oxfam-warns&Itemid=415 Fighting in Goma the ‘tip of the iceberg’ as some 25 armed groups control much of region As the M23 armed group fights to take control... ]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:19:00 +0100 4478 2012-11-22 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1353597597.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4468:people-in-eastern-congo-forced-to-fund-the-war-that-destroys-their-lives-says-oxfam&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4468:people-in-eastern-congo-forced-to-fund-the-war-that-destroys-their-lives-says-oxfam&Itemid=415 Tuesday 20 November 2012 Communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being preyed on mercilessly by rebel groups and local militias, as well as their own... ]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:39:00 +0100 4468 2012-11-20 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1353404378.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4449:put-an-end-to-risky-malaria-scheme-warns-oxfam-affordable-medicines-facility-for-malaria-is-a-dangerous-distraction-from-effective-public-health-measures&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4449:put-an-end-to-risky-malaria-scheme-warns-oxfam-affordable-medicines-facility-for-malaria-is-a-dangerous-distraction-from-effective-public-health-measures&Itemid=415 A scheme designed as a “silver bullet” to fight malaria could actually be endangering lives, says Oxfam, because medicines are being distributed by unqualified shopkeepers and hawkers rather than trained... ]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:58:00 +0200 4449 2012-10-24 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1351065529.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4441:shabelle-river-threatens-to-flood-town-of-afgooye&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4441:shabelle-river-threatens-to-flood-town-of-afgooye&Itemid=415 October 12th, 2012 by Geno Teofilo Flooding follows poor rains during the last Gu season between July and August 2012, which have caused a prolonged food crisis... ]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:04:00 +0200 4441 2012-10-15 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1350291887.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4438:world-bank-must-advance-universal-health-coverage&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4438:world-bank-must-advance-universal-health-coverage&Itemid=415 110 global civil society groups sign letter to president Jim Kim Tokyo - Civil society groups representing 40 countries will meet with World Bank president Jim Yong Kim... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:31:00 +0200 4438 2012-10-12 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1350034314.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4437:rising-food-prices-and-increased-frequency-of-humanitarian-crises-may-entrench-hunger-long-term&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4437:rising-food-prices-and-increased-frequency-of-humanitarian-crises-may-entrench-hunger-long-term&Itemid=415 www.oxfam.org.uk The international aid agency, Oxfam, has warned that efforts to bring an end to global hunger are in danger of "flat-lining" in the longer term, with rising food... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:29:00 +0200 4437 2012-10-12 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1350034150.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4432:new-survey-reveals-somalias-food-crisis-remains-critical-and-likely-to-worsen-in-coming-months&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4432:new-survey-reveals-somalias-food-crisis-remains-critical-and-likely-to-worsen-in-coming-months&Itemid=415 www.oxfam.org.uk A new survey of people across 40 regions of Somalia by international agency Oxfam has found that water and food shortages are at critical levels and likely to... ]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:35:00 +0200 4432 2012-10-08 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1349685319.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4430:international-writers-and-artists-warn-global-land-rush-is-hurting-the-poorest-kamila-shamsie-baaba-maal-and-angelique-kidjo-join-call-on-world-bank-to-freeze-land-deals&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4430:international-writers-and-artists-warn-global-land-rush-is-hurting-the-poorest-kamila-shamsie-baaba-maal-and-angelique-kidjo-join-call-on-world-bank-to-freeze-land-deals&Itemid=415 People wishing to support the campaign can sign up to Oxfam’s petition: www.oxfam.org/landgrabs International writers and artists warn global land rush is hurting the poorest Kamila... ]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:41:00 +0200 4430 2012-10-05 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1349430094.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4429:land-sold-off-in-last-decade-could-grow-enough-food-to-feed-a-billion-people-oxfam-world-bank-must-freeze-investments-to-protect-poor-people-from-land-grabs&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4429:land-sold-off-in-last-decade-could-grow-enough-food-to-feed-a-billion-people-oxfam-world-bank-must-freeze-investments-to-protect-poor-people-from-land-grabs&Itemid=415 Land eight times the size of the UK was sold off globally in the last decade, enough to grow food for a billion people says international development agency Oxfam. This... ]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:39:00 +0200 4429 2012-10-05 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_4-ox-vl-c-rgb-1349429994.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4411:oxfam-new-sites-for-south-sudan-refugee-camps-must-be-found-as-blue-nile-conflict-enters-second-year&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4411:oxfam-new-sites-for-south-sudan-refugee-camps-must-be-found-as-blue-nile-conflict-enters-second-year&Itemid=415 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:28:00 +0200 4411 2012-09-21 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4388:oxfam-calls-for-a-rapid-scale-up-of-aid-effort-to-tackle-to-sierra-leones-escalating-cholera-outbreak&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4388:oxfam-calls-for-a-rapid-scale-up-of-aid-effort-to-tackle-to-sierra-leones-escalating-cholera-outbreak&Itemid=415 Sierra Leone is in the grip of one of the worst cholera outbreak in its history with death rates almost double emergency thresholds and the number of people affected likely... ]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:44:00 +0200 4388 2012-08-24 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_20120517-kroo-bay-river-10-1345815894.JPG http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4256:amref-launch-global-campaign-stand-for-african-mothers&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4256:amref-launch-global-campaign-stand-for-african-mothers&Itemid=415 Embargoed till 23rd May 2012 Today in London, AMREF, Africa’s largest health charity, launches its first global campaign, Stand Up for African Mothers. AMREF believes in a future where... ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 09:40:00 +0200 4256 2012-05-17 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_esther20and20mums1-1337247648.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4233:the-word-of-god-is-living-and-powerful-author-and-medical-doctor-robert-peprah-inspires-and-guides-us-in-warding-off-demonic-attacks-in-jesus-name-and-launches-ministry-centre&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=4233:the-word-of-god-is-living-and-powerful-author-and-medical-doctor-robert-peprah-inspires-and-guides-us-in-warding-off-demonic-attacks-in-jesus-name-and-launches-ministry-centre&Itemid=415 Dr. Robert Peprah-Gynamfi combines his work as a doctor with that of writing and evangelism. The latest book written by Dr. Robert Peprah-Gynamfi is aimed at all Christians ‘Warding off... ]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 11:06:00 +0200 4233 2012-05-02 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_tj-wor-cen-joint-launch-apr-12-2-1335956803.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_tj-worship-centre-april-12-1335956803.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=3566:belong-a-new-play-by-bola-agbaje&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=3566:belong-a-new-play-by-bola-agbaje&Itemid=415 A new play by Olivier Award-winning Bola Agbaje set in the political heat of Nigeria. ]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:36:00 +0100 3566 2012-03-22 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_belong-1332416219.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=3332:african-nations-cup-stars-join-oxfam-to-win-the-match-against-hunger&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=3332:african-nations-cup-stars-join-oxfam-to-win-the-match-against-hunger&Itemid=415 On the eve of the 2012 African Cup of Nations, more than 25 footballers including Seydou Keita from Mali, Charles Kaboré from Burkina Faso, Demba Bâ from Sénégal and... ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0100 3332 2012-01-25 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/images/jreviews/_africa-cup-of-nations-2012-1327529752.jpg http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=2969:selling-afro-beauty-products&Itemid=415 http://www.blacknet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=54:africa-news&id=2969:selling-afro-beauty-products&Itemid=415 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:51:00 +0100 2969 2011-12-28