TERRAVIVA AFRICA

11/17/2009

POLITICS

Malawians Demand Local Councils

By Claire Ngozo

In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country’s black rhinoceros.

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DR CONGO

Urban Water Supply Needs Attention

By Emmanuel Chaco

Just 22 percent of Congolese have access to safe drinking water. Credit: Julien Harneis/Creatve Commons Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Régie de distribution des eaux (REGIDESO) produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water.

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11/16/2009

HEALTH-SWAZILAND

On ART Since Birth

By Mantoe Phakathi

An HIV-positive mother sits next to her 18-month-old baby girl at Kangcamphalala in southern Swaziland. Both mother and baby are on ART Credit:Mantoe Phakathi/IPS Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV-positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

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11/14/2009

WATER-ZAMBIA

Worries Ahead of Flood Season

By Lloyd Himaambo

Zambia was hit hard by floods at the start of 2009; officials and communities alike are apprehensive as the rains begin again in November. Credit: Nebert Mulenga/IRIN The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.

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KENYA

Foreigners in Their Homeland

By Susan Anyangu

Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity.

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11/13/2009

POLITICS-NAMIBIA

The Struggle Does So Not Continue

By Servaas van den Bosch

Venesa Karises (18) will be voting for the first time in Nambia's elections. Credit:Servaas van den Bosch/IPS They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia’s Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians.

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UGANDA

"Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"*

By Wambi Michael

Mary Yeko: "Where we were, the air is fresh, we had water, we had medicinal plants." Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop."

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AFRICA

Water Summit Ends

By Nasseem Ackbarally

As the Second Africa Water Week ends, participants have reiterated that lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation has a direct bearing on public health and the economy in Africa.

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Q&A

Civil Society to Lose Major Supporter

Christi van der Westhuizen interviews GARA LaMARCHE and GERALD KRAAK of The Atlantic Philanthropies

Human rights and democracy are causes that are never completely won, which is why civil society needs the support of philanthropists.

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WATER-AFRICA

Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words

By Nasseem Ackbarally

"No more commitments... We have had enough of the promises. Can we please see something happening on the ground? Right now, it is business as usual and that’s why Africa is off-track on the MDG target."

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INDIA: Gov't Hems and Haws Over ‘Honour Killings'

INDIA: Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic

RIGHTS-CHILE: No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict

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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