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Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa
By Brian Ngugi
NAIROBI - Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education.
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Less Politics, More Economic Development
Miriam Gathigah interviews MICHAEL SUDARKASA, chief executive officer of the African Business Group.
NAIROBI - Economic and social growth have become the heart of the development agenda of the bloc of leading emerging economies known as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) since it began focusing less on politics.
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Deserting Refugees in the Sahara
By Rebecca Murray
KUFRA, Libya - As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant "Libya free, Chadians out", before they kneel down for evening prayers.
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"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"
By Louise Redvers
JOHANNESBURG - Millions of Angola’s poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.
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Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa
Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
BULAWAYO - While women constitute the majority of food producers, processors and marketers in Africa, their role in the agricultural sector still remains a minor one because of cultural and social barriers.
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Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough
By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
ACCRA - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease.
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Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women
By Travis Lupick*
MONROVIA - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent.
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Water Infrastructure Falls Far Short in Southern Africa
Siphosethu Stuurman interviews PHERA RAMOELI, Senior Programme Officer at the Southern Africa Development Community Secretariat
JOHANNESBURG - The cost of maintaining and expanding water infrastructure in southern Africa is high. And while South Africa may be in a better economic position than the rest of the region, it also faces funding challenges that are similar to those of its neighbours.
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Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - The two weeks since Egypt's abrupt cancellation of a Mubarak-era gas-export deal with Israel have seen an exchange of indirect threats and warnings between the two countries, culminating in an apparent Israeli military build-up on the border of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
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Hope Dwindles Ahead of Elections in Algeria
By Giuliana Sgrena
ALGIERS - "Is that your photo on the poster?" a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers. "Why do you ask?" she inquired. "Because only the candidates are interested in these elections," he replied.
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Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa
Kristin Palitza interviews GABRIELLE GAUTHEY, executive vice president of global telecommunications provider Alcatel Lucent
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa.
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Mubarak Still Has His Billions
By Cam McGrath
CAIRO - More than a year since president Hosni Mubarak was removed from power, the money he allegedly syphoned from Egypt during his 29-year rule remains beyond the reach of authorities attempting to recover it.
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Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa
By Fabíola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank.
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