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11/5/2009
LESOTHO
AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand
By Letuka Mahe
Ntsebeng Tlokotsi is one of the first 5,000 beneficiaries of Lesotho’s new child grant. Credit: Letuka Mahe/IPS Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
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11/6/2009
CLIMATE CHANGE
Carbon Trading Welcomed, Criticised
By Jessie Boylan
A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
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11/5/2009
AFRICA
Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria Effort
By Susan Anyangu
Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.
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ECONOMY
Ghana Boosts Apprenticeships for Jobless Young Women
By Amy Ascherman*
The government hopes that teaching more than 600,000 young people like Marjorie Patterson to tailor will dent the 25 percent unemployment rate. Credit: NYU Livewire The small shack beside Marjorie Patterson's house encloses evidence of a hard day's work. Bags overflow with the bold prints of traditional African fabrics.
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11/4/2009
AFRICA
Malaria Vaccine Draws Closer
By Susan Anyangu
Malaria accounts for 20 percent of deaths of children under five in Africa; a new vaccine targeting this age group has entered the final stages of testing. Credit: Julien Harneis/Wikicommons After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five years.
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RIGHTS-CAMEROON
The Reverend Raped Me
By Ngala Killian Chimtom
A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt.
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RIGHTS-MALAWI
Blame Game While Children Suffer
By Charles Mpaka
Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.
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SIERRA LEONE
New Dawn for Small Farmers?
By Mohamed Fofanah
Farming rice in Sierra Leone Credit: Marc Rachou/Wikicommons They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice.
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11/3/2009
AGRICULTURE-SENEGAL
Groundnut Production in Freefall
By Koffigan E. Adigbli
New varieties of groundnuts that are suited to the local soil and climate are part of arresting falling production. Credit: ICRISAT Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA
Baganda Fight for Their Heritage
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
Mary Ndagire (78) will not listen to the radio ever since her favourite radio station was shut down. Credit:Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi/IPS Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.
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