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AFRICA: We Are the Government
By Jessie Boylan
LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique - As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
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ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
By Vusumuzi Sifile
HARARE - Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
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DEVELOPMENT: "Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists"
By Christi van der Westhuizen
CAPE TOWN - Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa". This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.
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AFRICA: 'Pick Up Your Money With Your Groceries'
By Paul Virgo
ROME - Of the many proposals on how to combat poverty in Africa, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is championing what must be one of the simplest - make it cheaper and easier for migrants to send money home.
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HEALTH: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports.
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LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand
By Letuka Mahe
MASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Trading Welcomed, Criticised
By Jessie Boylan
NIASSA PROVINCE, Mozambique - A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
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AFRICA: Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria Effort
By Susan Anyangu
NAIROBI - Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.
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ECONOMY: Ghana Boosts Apprenticeships for Jobless Young Women
By Amy Ascherman*
ACCRA - The small shack beside Marjorie Patterson's house encloses evidence of a hard day's work. Bags overflow with the bold prints of traditional African fabrics.
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AFRICA: Malaria Vaccine Draws Closer
By Susan Anyangu
NAIROBI - After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five years.
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RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The Reverend Raped Me

By Ngala Killian Chimtom

YAOUNDE - A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt.
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RIGHTS-MALAWI: Blame Game While Children Suffer
By Charles Mpaka
LIMBE, Malawi - Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.
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SIERRA LEONE: New Dawn for Small Farmers?
By Mohamed Fofanah
KAMBIA DISTRICT, Sierra Leone - They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice.
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