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10/26/2009

Lost in the Tracking of Budgets

By Charles Mpaka

Vendors at the Lizulu market say they do not know how government spends its money but they know it certainly will not reach them. Credit:Charles Mpaka/IPS As Susan Muonanji and other vendors scrambled around one of the many transport busses to sell cabbages and tomatoes at a market along one of Malawi’s key roads, a national budget session had just started in parliament some 100 kilometres away in the capital city, Lilongwe.

Broken Promises Litter the Aftermath of Global Crisis

By Francis Kokutse

It seems that, once again, Africa and the rest of the developing world have been short-changed, given the broken promises in the wake of the global economic implosion.

What Will China’s Legacy in Africa be by 2049?

By Stephanie Nieuwoudt

With its recent history of tremendous economic growth, China has a few lessons to teach Africans. But African governments should be vigilant in ensuring that their countries also reap benefits from their relations with China.

10/24/2009

Fishing in Troubled Waters

By Zarina Geloo*

Fishing in the Lukanga Swamp - a deadly fungus is destroying fish stocks along the length of the Zambezi. Credit: D Brian Wilson/Wikicommons In two decades of fishing on the Zambezi, Darius Wamulume has never seen anything like this. With deep ulcerations and tissue decay, the fish he has caught recently is too unsightly to sell and too suspect to eat.

Reducing Run-off To Protect Lake Victoria

By Pius Sawa*

Smoking fish at Ggaba: these kilns, and the houses behind them, are too close to the shoreline, polluting the water - contributing to driving fish stocks down. Credit: Pius Sawa/IPS/IFEJ The Ggaba landing site on Lake Victoria is the nearest wholesale fish market to the Ugandan capital, Kampala. More than 6,000 people live and work in this fishing community.

A Garden In the Heart of the Village

By Nicholas Mokwena & Terna Gyuse

Look, there's no drama with the borehole in Mokobeng. And that's the way it should be.

10/23/2009

Could Regulation Ease Fears Over Land Grabs?

By Busani Bafana

Kenya's River Tana delta: 40,000 hectares of valuable land here has been leased to Qatari investors, potentially affecting tens of thousands of local farmers and herders. Credit: R.A. Ward/US DoD The 'land rush' across Africa by international investors should be regulated to protect smallholder farmers from deals that could leave them landless and hungry.

Rebuilding Home and Hearth

By Joshua Kyalimpa

Villagers are reviving community traditions disrupted by 20 years of armed conflict. Credit: Joshua Kyalimpa/IPS Dusk gathers in the thickets of Palemy village, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. Men, women, and children follow foot paths through the dark to the residence of Mzee Otto Yuvani.

Arms Treaty Could Be Powerful Tool to Protect Children

By Suzanne Hoeksema

The impact of global weapons trafficking on children and their recruitment as fighters should be on the agenda of talks for an international Arms Trade Treaty, say United Nations experts and non-governmental organisations.

Watching the Water Flow Away

By Zenaida Machado

Less than 100 kilometres from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads.

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