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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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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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KENYA

: Practical Measures Needed on Teen Sexual Education
By Susan Anyangu
MOMBASA - Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it.
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WATER-BOTSWANA: A Garden In the Heart of the Village
By Nicholas Mokwena & Terna Gyuse
MOKOBENG, Botswana - Look, there's no drama with the borehole in Mokobeng. And that's the way it should be.
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HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS
By Nalisha Kalideen
JOHANNESBURG - Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.
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UGANDA: Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School
By Joshua Kyalimpa
KAMPALA - More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations.
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AFRICA: Counting on Media for Good Governance
By Charles Mpaka
LILONGWE - While campaigning in the last election, Margaret Roka Mauwa, Member of the Malawian Parliament, did not promise her voters that when she won she would buy them coffins.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Over three decades ago a 14-year-old girl, her sister and a group of young teenagers from Bukwo headed to the River Amana for a ceremony that would change their lives forever.
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AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals
Evelyn Kiapi interviews SYLVIA MWICHULI, deputy director of the U.N. Millennium Campaign Africa
KAMPALA - The Millennium Goals cannot be achieved at the United Nations. The U.N. can create a platform for governments to make commitments but cannot force compliance by member states.
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UGANDA: Wanted: New Messengers on Women's Rights
By Evelyn Kiapi
ENTEBBE, Uganda - Activists have spent decades trying to get new laws passed to secure the rights of Ugandan women in the private sphere. As a fresh set of gender-related laws comes before parliament, activists are this time seeking to enlist male legislators as partners in advocating their passage.
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Q&A: Women's Empowerment: 'Men Are Interested'
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi interviews CHRIS BARYOMUNSI, Ugandan member of parliament
ENTEBBE, Uganda - A trident of gender legislation will be debated in Uganda's parliament in November: the Marriage and Divorce Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill and the Female Genital Mutilation Bill.
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