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ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
By Stephen Leahy
ACCRA - In many of Africa's towns and villages, smoky kerosene lamps are all that keeps the darkness at bay after sunset. However, kerosene is a dangerous and increasingly expensive source of light for Africans who do not have access to electricity -- about three-quarters of those living on the continent, according to the World Bank.
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ANGOLA: Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof’s statement that Angola is a country "run by criminals" unleashed a political storm that could have an impact on Portugal’s large investment interests in the largest of its former African colonies.
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DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Can Be Beautiful
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - Is small the new big when it comes to agriculture in Southern Africa? As rising food prices place this sector firmly in the spotlight, there are compelling examples at hand to make the case for greater investment in small-scale farming.
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ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
By Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people enters a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets beyond the reach of the continent's outdated power grid.
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DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
By Newton Sibanda
LUSAKA - Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia’s Southern Province, recalls with bitterness the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season and the harsh consequences they had for his life.
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RIGHTS: In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
By Michael Deibert
JOHANNESBURG - As the autumn sun sets over South Africa's most populous city, the halls of downtown Johannesburg's Central Methodist Mission fill with weary figures, many far from home, seeking solace within its walls.
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Q&A: "We Mustn't Think as South Africans That We Have Won the Day"
Interview with Paul Verryn
JOHANNESBURG - Bishop Paul Verryn, who directs the Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has long been on the frontlines of the country's political struggles.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe -- which hit in early March.
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DR CONGO: With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability
By Michael Deibert
JOHANNESBURG - The indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two years after being delivered under seal to war crimes prosecutors.
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Q&A: Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers
Interview with Steven Friedman
CAPE TOWN - Co-operation between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and forerunners of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) goes back several decades to the early days of efforts to end racial discrimination in South Africa.
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Q&A: Circumcision an "Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward" Against HIV
Interview with Mark Heywood
JOHANNESBURG - Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to 60 percent. On the basis of these results, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organisation have recommended that countries encourage men to be circumcised.
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TRADE-RUSSIA: Ethiopia Seeks Preferential Treatment for Coffee
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW - After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of aromatic coffees on a preferential basis.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Where Have the Piglets Gone?
By Kathryn Strachan
JOHANNESBURG - Each psychiatric patient leaving Tower Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province under a new project to integrate patients into the community is sent home with two piglets. While at the hospital, patients are trained to raise pigs, the hope being that they will use the piglets for breeding to develop a sustainable source of income once discharged.
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