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11/11/2009
WEST AFRICA
Helping Pirates to Plunder the Oceans
By Hilaire Avril
West Africa is one of the world’s regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources.
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11/10/2009
ZAMBIA
Media Face Beatings and Attacks
By Kelvin Kachingwe
Lusaka-based journalists march on the Great East Road campaigning for the violence against journalists to stop. Credit:Kelvin Kachingwe/IPS When journalists were beaten by political supporters for covering the president’s return trip from abroad, and cabinet ministers and police officers looked on without stopping it, it seemed to be the last straw in the victimisation of the media. But it was not.
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11/9/2009
FRANCE
Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations
By Alecia D. McKenzie
Designer Doll by Giorgio Armani. Credit:Jean-Francois Aloisi Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn’t sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur.
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Q&A
"One Can't Work 18 Hours a Day and Still be Poor"
Isolda Agazzi interviews BABACAR NDAO, West African farmer
"The Doha Round wil strengthen multinational corporations further." Credit: IPS Given the billions of dollars and euros that the U.S. and EU spend on trade-distorting support measures and the intractable lobby groups demanding these subsidies, these rich states’ promises to reduce such amounts will come to nought. It makes no sense for poor African states to allow these goods to flood their markets.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA
"You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay"
By Wambi Michael
David Bahati submitting his controversial anti-gay Bill to parliament. Credit:Wambi Michael/IPS The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.
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11/6/2009
AFRICA
We Are the Government
By Jessie Boylan
Members of the Women's Forum of Karonga after the meeting. Credit:Jessie Boylan/IPS As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
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ZIMBABWE
Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
By Vusumuzi Sifile
An overhaul of Harare's water infrastructure has stalled. Credit: Vusumuzi Sifile/IPS Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
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DEVELOPMENT
"Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists"
By Christi van der Westhuizen
Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa". This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.
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AFRICA
'Pick Up Your Money With Your Groceries'
By Paul Virgo
Of the many proposals on how to combat poverty in Africa, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is championing what must be one of the simplest - make it cheaper and easier for migrants to send money home.
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HEALTH
Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine
By Wambi Michael
Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports.
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