Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)

October 5

West Africa: Small Farmers Need Support - Despite Good Rains

Despite an abundance of rain, promising good harvests for the current growing season, small-scale farmers and non-governmental organisations are calling for support to smallholders... Read more »
Central Africa: Donors Urge Aid Boycott of DR Congo, Rwanda

Major donors to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should withhold aid to both governments until they comply with prior agreements to pacify the DRC's... Read more »
West Africa: Donors Must Seize 2013 Opportunity in Sahel, UN Urges

Reporting that the worst of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa appears to have been averted, the United Nations' top official on the area, David Gressley, warned on... Read more »
Sudan: Abyei Region Still a Stumbling Block Between South Sudan, Sudan

Pressure from ethnic groups along the border, security concerns, and keen interest in resources like oil and land are making it difficult for Sudan and South Sudan - the world's... Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Charts a Chinese Course [analysis]

The death of Ethiopia's leader of 21 years has raised fears of instability in one of Africa's fastest-growing non-oil producing nations, which could potentially slow investment... Read more »
South Africa: Reducing Poverty in South Africa By Cutting Time in Traffic

In South Africa, Bus Rapid Transit systems, which were pioneered to great effect in Latin American countries such as Colombia and Brazil, are being promoted as potentially... Read more »
Senegal: Concrete Jungle Grows

In the midst of the building frenzy in Senegal, the construction of buildings that cost less than 60,000 dollars, and thus do not require a building permit, is going unchecked by... Read more »

Uganda: Coffee Time in Uganda [opinion]

Uganda, Africa's biggest coffee exporter, is racing against time to boost its production of the crop by 60,000 tonnes, or one million 60-kilogramme bags, within the next three... Read more »
Africa: Delivering Promises to Africa's Smallholder Farmers [opinion]

Investment in rural infrastructure and support for Africa's millions of small-scale farmers have increased in the past decade. But as these farmers begin to see increased yields,... Read more »

Africa: Arab Spring Teaches Food Security, Says Annan

African leaders should take note of the lessons learned from the Arab Spring and realise that ensuring good governance and food security will avoid crises on the continent, says... Read more »
Sudan: International Community 'Overselling' Sudan-South Sudan Pact

The international community is reacting triumphantly following an agreement on Thursday between Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil production and trade, despite the accord's... Read more »

Uganda: Keeping Girls in School

Three years ago, after Irene Kamyuka finished her sixth year of primary school in Uganda, her father ran short of money. With four siblings ahead of her in school, Kamyuka's father... Read more »
Mali: Security Council Debates Deploying Force in North

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday began to debate a plan to deploy West African peacekeeping troops to tackle the six-month Islamist insurgency in northern Mali. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Call for Criminal Probe Over Toxic Dumping Scandal

Nouma Camara, a 40-year-old tailor, remembers waking up on Aug. 20, 2006 to a smell he described as "something catastrophic." His home in Akouedo village, in Côte d'Ivoire's... Read more »
Africa: Giving Women Farmers the Tools to Prevent Food Insecurity

If women had equal access to productive farming resources, they could increase their yields by 20 to 30 percent and potentially raise total agricultural output in developing... Read more »

Nigeria: Nobel Laureate Soyinka Calls for Armed Intervention

On the International Day of Peace, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka visited the United Nations - and called for armed intervention against the terrorist group Boko Haram in his home... Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: New Cassava Varieties Bring Women Autonomy

Women farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are achieving greater autonomy and economic independence thanks to new varieties of cassava. Read more »

Africa: Second Chance for an African Green Revolution?

As the world searches desperately for ways to boost food production by at least 70 percent by 2050 to feed an increasingly hungry planet, many are looking to Africa as the place... Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Oils Sales to China - Update

Almost a decade since Uganda initiated negotiations with China for the favourable export of coffee beans to the Asian giant, it is struggling to create even trade relations with... Read more »
South Africa: Miners Begin Returning to Work

Miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa have begun returning to work after agreeing a pay deal.* Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: A Reluctant Farewell to Arms

In his black boots and green fatigues - complete with arm patches bearing the name of the national army, Forces Republicaines de Côte d'Ivoire - Ousmane Kone looked every bit... Read more »

Mozambique: How the Country of the Young Is Failing Its Elderly

Carolina Poalo strikes the dry earth over and over with her hoe, her frail body bent almost double. She is determined to begin planting. During the long, dry season in Mozambique,... Read more »

Uganda: 'Haunted' Children Slow to Receive Medical Help

On a wet earth littered with fresh fruit from a large mango tree in Tumangu village in northern Uganda, Betty Olana (42) sits on a papyrus mat watching over four emaciated children... Read more »
Somalia: Donors Urged to Give Space to New Govt

Both the U.S. government and the United Nations warned Wednesday that new fighting in a key rebel-held area of Somalia needed to ensure the safety of civilians, in a battle that... Read more »

Uganda: Nation Oils Sales to China

Almost a decade since Uganda initiated negotiations with China for the favourable export of coffee beans to the Asian giant, it is struggling to create even trade relations with... Read more »

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