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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"

Credit:Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN

Residents of Boa Vista in Luanda, Angola, queue for water. This situation is repeated across Southern Africa.

By Lawrence Keketso
MASERU (IPS) - A two-day conference on water issues in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which opened Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other groups discuss the likely effects of climate change on development in the region.

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ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green
Julio Godoy
BONN (IPS) - Notice how green the public relations campaigns of multinational corporations have become.

DEVELOPMENT: Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa
Emad Mekay
WASHINGTON (IPS) - Sweden, Ireland and Britain top an index of 21 rich countries that ranks their commitment to help develop African nations. The United States, the world's largest economy, was a distant thirteenth, while Japan remains the least committed to the continent among rich nations.

HIV/AIDS

Focus on Southern Africa

> Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa
> Home Is Where the Fear Is
> Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
> In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt

Economics - Finance

> Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa
> Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist
> Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
> World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa

> Home Is Where the Fear Is
> Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist
> In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
> With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability

> Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
> Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa
> Home Is Where the Fear Is
> Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Only the Cover Is Green
> Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist
> Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
> Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow

> Making the Blackboard Jungle Less So
> "A World 'Unfit' for 2.2 Billion Children"
> Free Secondary Schooling Policy Faces Testing Times
> Education Amidst Displacement

> Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
> "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt"
> From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
> The Census Saga Continues

> Only the Cover Is Green
> Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist
> Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion
> "Between Implementation and Planning, There Is a Disconnect"

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Chaos, Death, Destruction in Kenya -- Elections and Aftermath

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

The Southern Africa Water Wire

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ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX

ANGOLA: Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers

DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Can Be Beautiful

ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa

DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods

RIGHTS: In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt

Dernières Nouvelles

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