September 5

• Education Faces Crisis Despite Big Budget

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  Civil society, business and education specialists have formed a national education partnership to deal with the problems in South Africa' s school system, which is in crisis... Read more »

September 4

• End Poverty to Achieve Social Cohesion, Nation Told

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  Human community is impossible in conditions of poverty and inequality, and unless current levels of inequality are addressed, social cohesion will be unattainable in South Africa,... Read more »

• Unemployed Youth Hungry for Development, Says Researcher

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  Unemployed, ill-educated youth in rural areas are eager to take part in development initiatives in their local communities which are ravaged by poverty and debt. Read more »

September 3

• Universities, Civil Society Join Major Bid to End Poverty

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  Poverty and inequality are named routinely among the key challenges facing South Africa today. This week a conference begins in Cape Town to consider not only the experiences and... Read more »

August 31

• Marikana Killings a Wake-Up Call, Says Union Founder [guest column]

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  South Africans need calm heads to examine what caused the slaughter of 44 workers and police officers at the Marikana mine. The judicial commission of inquiry appointed by... Read more »

August 30

• Pumps, Policies and Private Investment [interview]

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  As World Water Week draws to a close, a new report highlights the promise of small-scale irrigation schemes. "Water for Wealth and Food Security" touts simple interventions, such... Read more »

August 21

• Mali Forms New Government

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  Mali has reportedly formed a new government of national unity, five months after a military coup overthrew the country's elected government. Read more »

August 17

• Toilet Tales - Health Gains Without Wasting Water, or Excrement

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  Although there were no African prizewinners this week from a toilet challenge sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, South African Professor Chris Buckley doesn't... Read more »

• Govt Declares National Emergency over Cholera Outbreak

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  The government of Sierra Leone has reportedly declared a national emergency as a cholera outbreak in the capital, Freetown, and surrounding areas takes hold. Read more »

August 16

• Police, Protesters Clash in Anti-Govt Demonstrations

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  There were violent confrontations between the police and protesters in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, on Wednesday. The demonstrations were called by the leader of an... Read more »

August 14

• Zuma to Report to Regional Leaders On Zimbabwe [document]

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  Excerpt from a media briefing by the South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Coooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, on August 14, 2012: Read more »

August 12

• Uganda Finishes Olympics in Burst of Glory

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  Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich set the seal on East Africa's dominance of long-distance running at this year's Olympics - and won glory for his country - when he took the gold medal in... Read more »

August 9

• Controversy Trails Gold Medalist

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  The man who won South Africa's first gold at the 2012 Olympic games, Cameron van der Burgh, has allegedly admitted to using illegal kicks. Read more »

August 8

• Africa Innovation Prize to Reward Aspiring Entrepreneurs [interview]

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  'Innovation' - promoted as a way to find solutions to social and economic challenges - has joined 'entrepreneurship' as a focus of philanthropies, governments and businesses. Read more »

• The Olympian Who Didn't Try - But Won Gold

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  Taoufik Makhloufi, the Algerian middle-distance runner who was expelled from the Games on Monday, was reinstated on Tuesday – and went on to win gold in the men's 1,500m... Read more »

August 7

• 'Enough Is Enough' Says Chief Who Fights HIV/Aids [interview]

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  The Bible, science and an 18-year-old boy were the elements that sparked an initiative to curb HIV in a remote area of Zambia along the border with the Democratic Republic of... Read more »

July 31

• AllAfrica Editor Wins Top Award

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  AllAfrica's deputy managing editor, Juanita Williams, has been honoured with a top South African award for her service as a leader of the country's principal forum for editors. Read more »

July 30

• Europe Suspends Aid to Kagame Govt

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  A growing number of European governments is joining an international diplomatic drive to press President Paul Kagame's government into ending support for rebels in the eastern... Read more »

July 27

• HIV+ Mothers and Their Babies Thrive on Treatment

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  At 9 a.m. each morning and 9 p.m. each evening, in her shack on the outskirts of Cape Town, Nomsa* diligently takes the antiretroviral medication that makes her ... Read more »

July 24

• Shock Greets 'Untimely' Death of President As VP Takes Offfice

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  Ghana is mourning the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills, who was succeeded in office late Tuesday by his vice president, John Dramani Mahama. Read more »

July 23

• Beyond Contraceptive Controversy - Melinda Gates Bets on Pro-Life Policies

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  Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. Read more »

• U.S. Commits to Greater Support for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

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  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Monday that the administration of Barack Obama is committed to "an Aids-free generation" and will spend an additional U.S.$80... Read more »

• Europe to Lift Sanctions After Referendum

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  The European Union (EU) announced Monday that it will suspend most of its sanctions on Zimbabwean leaders and organisations as soon as the country holds "a peaceful and credible"... Read more »

July 22

• U.S. Cuts Military Aid Over Support for Congolese Rebels

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  The U.S. government is cancelling a small military assistance package that was to have been provided to Rwanda this year, citing "information that Rwanda is supporting armed groups... Read more »

July 20

• Court to Decide On Belgium's Case Vs. Senegal Over Habre Trial

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  An excerpt from a statement of the International Court of Justice on the case in which Belgium seeks either to have Senegal ordered to try former President Hissène... Read more »