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Q&A: "We Will Write About Them"
 

Interview with Hausa novelist Sa’adatu Baba
KANO (IPS) - While formal publishing companies in Nigeria languished through the economic crises that accompanied the structural adjustment programmes of the late 1980s and early 1990s, young Hausa writers began writing about their lives and contemporary problems they faced. Bypassing formal publishers, they self-published their novels, often with the help of a writers' cooperative.
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AGRICULTURE-MALAWI: Going Against the Grain on Subsidies
Busani Bafana
LILONGWE (IPS) - In each of the past three growing seasons, the family of Bernadette Banda, in Chidambo village in the central region of Malawi, has doubled the maize harvest from the family plot, thanks to a government input subsidy programme.
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RIGHTS: Swazi Law And Custom Under Pressure
Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE (IPS) - When the women's movement in the southern African kingdom of Swaziland took to the streets in August to challenge what they called extravagance by the royal family, Swazi traditionalists were livid.
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Focus on Southern Africa
 
 
Politics
> Swazi Law And Custom Under Pressure
> Building Women's Leadership
> Forging a ‘Strategic Alliance’
> EU Takes a Weak Step Against Logging

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Economics - Finance
> Going Against the Grain on Subsidies
> Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
> 'Our Voices Have Been Heard'
> Donors And The Poor Agree Aid Agenda

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Rights
> Swazi Law And Custom Under Pressure
> Building Women's Leadership
> U.S. Policy Likely to Bring Blowback
> "We Can Forgive, But We Have To Know The Truth"

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Development
> Going Against the Grain on Subsidies
> Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
> 'Our Voices Have Been Heard'
> Donors And The Poor Agree Aid Agenda

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Health - HIV/AIDS
> Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
> Women Challenge King Mswati
> Commission Launches First Human Rights Report
> Africa Still Hampered by Lack of Geographical Data

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Education
> Rights Work Hampered by Closure Threat
> Fighting for an Education
> HIV/AIDS Reduces Children’s Education Chances
> Students Pour In, Teachers Drain Away

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Energy
> Human Rights Drowning in Oil
> People, Not Electricity, Make Growth Possible
> Critics Target U.S. Military Command
> Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"

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Environment
> Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
> EU Takes a Weak Step Against Logging
> Africa Still Hampered by Lack of Geographical Data
> Activists Cry Foul Over Mining Policy

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Africa - A Globalising Continent
 
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RIGHTS-SOMALIA: Building Women's Leadership
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
Q&A: 'Our Voices Have Been Heard'
DEVELOPMENT: Donors And The Poor Agree Aid Agenda
SOUTH AFRICA-VENEZUELA: Forging a ‘Strategic Alliance’
ENVIRONMENT: EU Takes a Weak Step Against Logging
DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Microfinance Succeeding Despite Obstacles
POLITICS-ANGOLA: Economy Weighing On Voters' Minds
POLITICS-SOMALIA: U.S. Policy Likely to Bring Blowback
DEVELOPMENT: Nice, Fuzzy, Positive Language on Aid
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