Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

Delegates from 36 civil society organisations from Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and South Africa made this declaration after their two-day meeting in Pretoria recently.

Cape Verde to be entirely wind-powered (Daily Telegraph)

Britain is to spend £26 million building a wind farm to power the entire Cape Verde, the isolated archipelago off the west coast of Africa.

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

The Second Assembly of the CPLP had its beginning on Monday and ordered the creation of three specialized standing committees, namely "Policy, Strategy, Law, Citizenship and Movement", "Economy, Environment and Co-operation and" Language, Education, Science and Culture, "in the shortest time.

Polio immunization campaign begins across West and Central Africa (News-Medical-Net)

More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic.

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 9 March 2010 (SpaceRef)

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

Africa : Continent's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment (AllAfrica.com)

Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so.

President Mills welcomes alternative political views (Ghanaweb.com)

Accra, March 10, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday said divergent political views were ideal for good democratic practice. However, he noted that political leaders should use State resources to advance the cause of the people and improve their living standards.

Majority, Minority lock horns "cocaine era" perception (Ghanaweb.com)

Accra, March 10, GNA- The Majority and the Minority on Wednesday collided over whose era Ghana was adjudged "cocaine coast" to conclude debate on the State of the Nation Address.

Senior Vice President, Jeannine B. Scott to Leave Africare (AllAfrica.com)

Washington, DC — After seven years of exemplary service as Senior Vice President, Jeannine B. Scott has announced her departure from Africare.

Kenyan-flagged fishing boat hijacked off Somalia (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing boat with 16 crew which may be used as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks in the Indian Ocean, maritime sources said Tuesday.