TERRAVIVA AFRICA

12/7/2009

SIERRA LEONE

Mixed Reactions to Libel Laws Ruling

By Mohamed Fofanah

Secretary-general of the SLAJ, Mustapha Sesay, says his organisation is disappointed with the court’s ruling. Credit:Mohamed Fofanah/IPS Journalists in Sierra Leone can still be arrested and jailed for writing material considered "libel" regardless if what they published is true or not.

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Q&A

Punitive Laws Problematic For HIV Response - UNAIDS

Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi interviews UNAIDS senior advisor for human rights and law, SUSAN TIMBERLAKE,

Susan Timberlake, UNAIDS senior advisor for human rights and law. Credit:Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi The East African Community is currently developing a law to guide the region’s response to HIV/AIDS. The move comes ahead of the commencement of the East Africa common market protocol.

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"Copenhagen Should Target the Developed World"

Andrea Bordé interviews DJIMON HOUNSOU

Actor Djimon Hounsou opens the U.N. Summit on Climate Change in September 2009 with a quote from the late astronomer Carl Sagan. Credit:UN Photo/Marco Castro Although a professional actor by trade, Djimon Hounsou takes his role as a campaigner against climate change at the U.N. seriously, and hopes to see a strong mandate reached in Copenhagen that puts the spotlight on developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Carbon Projects Waiting to Exhale

By Cam McGrath

CDM projects could clear Egyptian skies. Credit:Cam McGrath/IPS Initiatives to reduce Egypt's greenhouse gas emissions could get a big push if world leaders and environment officials meeting in Copenhagen for climate talks that start Monday agree to maintain or enhance the carbon trading framework.

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12/5/2009

POLITICS-NAMIBIA

SWAPO Wins

By Servaas van den Bosch

SWAPO supporter Martha Hamukoto and her friends traveled 900 kilometres to get new voter's cards. Credit: Servaas van den Bosch/IPS The ruling South West Africa People's Organisation party (SWAPO) has won legislative elections in Namibia, with voters also giving incumbent President Hifikepunye Pohamba a second five-year term in office.

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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA

Collaborating on Sustainable Solutions

By IPS Correspondent

Cogeneration technology use in plants like this one on Réunion is among several fruitful South-South exchanges. Credit: B.Navez/Wikicommons Mauritian experts are helping set up cogeneration systems to feed the hunger for electricity in Tanzania, Zambia and elsewhere. An example of how appropriate technology can be applied to problems common to countries in the global South.

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South Must Harmonise To Take Advantage of Common Interests

IPS interviews EDWARD OMOTOSO, U.N. Special Unit for South-South Cooperation

Omotoso: 'The South must take measures to protect itself from the impact of the global financial crisis.' Credit: IPS Fifty-five years after the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung, Kwame Nkrumah's exhortation to the developing world to unite for socioeconomic transformation remains resonant.

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12/4/2009

SUDAN

U.S. Envoy Faces Intense Scrutiny over Darfur Policy

By Matthew Berger

As U.S. special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration defended the Barack Obama administration's new policy toward the war-torn country on Capitol Hill Thursday, NGOs and a U.N. official reacted with disappointment and impatience.

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EAST AFRICA

No Laws to Fight HIV Stigma in Schools

By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi

School children face stigmatisation for being HIV-postive, making it hard for them to receive an education. Credit:Manoocher Deghati/IRIN Although he was born with the virus, it was only 15 years after his birth that Robert* and his family discovered he was HIV-positive.

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EAST AFRICA

Move Towards Common HIV/AIDS Law

By Wambi Michael

Catherine Mumma led a consultation in the five East African states before the drafting of the new proposed law. Credit:Wambi Michael/IPS All HIV-positive east Africans could soon access free anti-retroviral treatment even as they move freely from country to country, if a new proposed law comes into effect.

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US-AFGHANISTAN: Calls for Change of Strategy Grow Louder

U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus

AFRICA: Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children

Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle

AGRICULTURE-AFRICA: Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase

Biking Across the Americas, Spotlight on Children

U.N. Weighs Sanctions Against Perpetrators of DRC Mass Rapes

LATIN AMERICA: Border Mining Projects Before Ethics Tribunal

Slammed For Its Roma Expulsions, France Shifts Rhetoric

Sri Lanka Shuns West, Finds Solace in Emerging Powers' Arms

ENVIRONMENT-PHILIPPINES: Mining Project Digs Up Locals' Ire

HEALTH: H1N1 Pandemic Is Over, But Vigilance Needed - WHO

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