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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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom. MORE >>
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - It is a public-private partnership intended to reduce Uganda's dependence on imported vegetable oil while creating sustainable jobs and income for several thousand people. Its critics say it's destroying forests with no regard for environmental regulations. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Watchdog Groups Urge Ban on Diamond Exports By Eli Clifton WASHINGTON - The past week brought new scrutiny of Zimbabwe's human rights record with the deportation of a senior U.N. official sent to investigate torture there, and demands by a coalition of civil society groups that the international community address human rights violations stemming from Zimbabwe's lucrative diamond industry. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Far From the City’s Money, Villagers Barter Again By Stanley Kwenda CHITSA, Zimbabwe - In Chitsa, a village with some 2,000 inhabitants located about 250 km from Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare, it has become difficult to conduct everyday transactions involving money. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Israel Divided Over 'Illegal' Children By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler TEL AVIV - "Migrant workers bring with them a profusion of diseases - hepatitis, measles, tuberculosis, AIDS and drug addiction: Our critics can be as sanctimonious as they like, but unless we stop the wave of migrant workers, the whole character of the State of Israel, its Jewish character, will be under threat." MORE >>
MIDEAST: Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani CAIRO - Egypt has long been recognised as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television. MORE >>
POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Another Term for Incumbent President? By Zenaida Machado MAPUTO - Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced. MORE >>
WORLD: IMF Has Long Way to Go – Even After "Istanbul Decisions" By Marina Penderis JOHANNESBURG - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be performing better during the current economic crisis than during the Asian crisis of the late 1990s, but it still has "a long way to go". MORE >>
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