November 07, 2012
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Zimbabwe: Why Zimbabwe's Tobacco Industry Is Unhappy With WHO
The World Health Organisation says its guidelines aim to alert governments to declining demand for tobacco. But producers say they put farmers' livelihoods at risk. Read more »
October 25, 2012
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Africa: Africa Must Diversify to Save Itself From Resource Curse, Says Thinktank
Report highlights Nigeria and Angola's reliance on oil and gas exports, warning extractive industries drive away other business Read more »
October 23, 2012
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Mali: Conflict Threatens to Bring Back Slavery
Anti-slavery activists are fighting to stop former masters using the crisis to recapture Malians whom they see as their property Read more »
October 17, 2012
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Africa: IMF Gold Windfall Helps Poor Countries Now but Won't Break Cycle of Debt
By subsidising cheaper loans to low-income countries, the IMF will keep them trapped by debt repayments for years Read more »
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Africa: France Looks to EU Transparency Law to Help Lift the 'Resource Curse'
French development minister says transparent accounting by extractive industries will see more wealth staying in global south Read more »
October 16, 2012
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Ghana: Female Entrepreneurs Break the Chains of Poor Education
A training and funding scheme in Ghana is helping young women overcome poor schooling to build their own businesses Read more »
October 05, 2012
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Africa: Continent's Mineral Wealth Hardly Denting Poverty Levels, Says World Bank
Strong economic growth in the past decade among African countries rich in oil and minerals has failed to make a significant dent on their poverty levels, according to a World Bank... Read more »
October 04, 2012
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Africa: Economic Development Has Not Been Accelerated By Urbanisation [analysis]
The mood surrounding African economic development has improved greatly in the past few years. This is good news. It seems to indicate that the "lost decades" for sub-Saharan... Read more »
October 01, 2012
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Tanzania: Witchcraft Prompts Violence Against Women
Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. Read more »
September 26, 2012
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Sierra Leone: Nation's Women Are a Political Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored
Two years ago, Sierra Leone's government invited the women's movement to draw up a bill to usher in the quota system they had been demanding for the past 10 years. The women set... Read more »
September 25, 2012
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Somalia: Fishermen Struggle to Make a Living From Pirate-Infested Seas
It's just after 11am and a group of young men, some bare-chested, others wearing tattered T-shirts, rush in carrying fresh fish of all kinds: some carry their catch on their head;... Read more »
September 20, 2012
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Malawi: Focus Shifts to Nutrition, New Crops to Tackle Food Crisis
A nutrition act and new crops are at the centre of the Malawi government's latest attempts to overcome the effects of annual food shortages that affect more than 10% of the... Read more »
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Africa: Report Finds Funding for Maternal and Child Health Has Stalled
Spending on maternal and child health has stalled, according to an expert analysis, raising concerns that efforts to cut deaths in poor countries to meet the millennium development... Read more »
September 19, 2012
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Africa: EU Legislators Aim For Tougher Law On Oil, Gas and Mining Payments
Anti-poverty campaigners have hailed a vote on Tuesday by a European parliamentary committee requiring EU oil, gas, mining and timber companies to publish their payments to foreign... Read more »
September 14, 2012
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Zambia: Nation's Healthcare System in Need of an MOT As Road Accidents Increase
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 16-year-old Vasco Mzanda limped into a district health centre in Zambia's southern province, accompanied by his father, Listen. Three weeks earlier,... Read more »
September 13, 2012
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Malawi: Country Must Improve Survival Rates Among Newborn Children
Malawi's progress on child survival - as highlighted by the United Nations children's fund, Unicef - obscures a failure to cut deaths among newborns, according to Queen Dube, one... Read more »
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Africa: Development Must Be Less About Growth, More About Wellbeing
People and their wellbeing need to be at the centre of development, with less emphasis on economic growth, according to a new report, but this requires philanthropic and... Read more »
August 16, 2012
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Senegal: Progress on Gender Equality - But Not Everyone's Happy [analysis]
In March, Senegal came of age as a democracy. After 12 years in office, the country's 86-year-old president, Abdoulaye Wade, ceded electoral defeat to his popular rival Macky Sall.... Read more »
August 14, 2012
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Mauritania: Slavery Still Shackles Nation, 31 Years After Its Abolition
Rigid caste system and ruling elite have enabled a centuries-old practice to continue into the 21st century Read more »
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Chad: Flourishing Community Radio Stations Feel the Pinch
Refugee camp radio stations set up by a development charity are loved by their audiences, but face major funding challenges Read more »
August 10, 2012
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Malawi: Country's Food Safety Threatened by Contaminated Groundnuts [analysis]
Fair trade NGO Twin is calling for urgent action after revealing 60% of groundnuts are not tested for potentially lethal aflatoxins Read more »
August 08, 2012
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Kenya: Kenyans Shame Dangerous Drivers on Twitter as MPs Debate Rules for Roads [analysis]
Nairobi considers traffic bill to introduce stiff penalties for dangerous driving as motorists face being outed by social media Read more »
August 06, 2012
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Africa: Helping Continent Manufacture Its Own Disaster Relief Supplies [analysis]
David Dickie set up Advance Aid when he questioned the sense in flying supplies for people affected by Africa's humanitarian crises from China, say, when they could be made on home... Read more »
August 02, 2012
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Africa: We Are Teetering on the Brink of Another Global Food Crisis [opinion]
At the start of July, a record global harvest was predicted. Yet just a few weeks later, prices for maize and soybeans broke the record levels of the 2007-08 food crisis, when food... Read more »
July 31, 2012
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Mozambique: Nation's Agricultural Fortunes Rest on a Choice Between Obama and Annan [analysis]
Mozambique is a development paradox. Rural poverty is increasing despite high growth rates and billions of dollars in aid. Now the country has been targeted by two contrasting... Read more »
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