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ZAMBIA
Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate
By Lewis Mwanangombe
LUSAKA - Zhang Daliu, 46, a carpenter from China never imagined himself in the dreadful confines of a stinking and overcrowded Zambian jail where conditions are so terrible that they lead to gastronomic disorders and skin diseases within days of confinement.
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UGANDA
Rural Women’s Banks Ease Tough Times
By Wambi Michael
WAKISO, Uganda - For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks.
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MALAWI
Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
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SOUTH SUDAN
Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
By Jared Ferrie
PIBOR, South Sudan - In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Waiting for the "Heavens to Weep"
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - Duduzile Sibanda takes a break from preparing her long stretch of land for her maize crop in rural Mberengwa, in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province. She wipes her brow under the scorching sun and looks upwards. The sparse clouds are a cause of concern as she studies the sky and wonders aloud when the "heavens will weep."
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KENYA
A Shelter for Safe Delivery
By Isaiah Esipisu
GARISSA, Kenya - The Garissa Maternal Shelter in North Eastern Province, Kenya is the only such facility in an area with the country’s highest maternal mortality rate. At 1,000 deaths per 100,000 live births, it is almost double the country’s average.
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MALAWI
Women’s Education the Path to the Presidency
By Travis Lupick and Emma Mwasinga
BLANTYRE - On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she struggled to beat her. But now decades later Banda is a likely contender for the country’s presidency in 2014, while Mtokoma lives in poverty.
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NIGERIA
Fearing the Floods - Sleeping with One Eye Open
By Sam Olukoya
LAGOS, Nigeria - The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open. Many live in fear that when they go to sleep at night they will wake to flooded homes and business.
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'Walk the Busan Talk'
Analysis by Miriam Gathigah
BUSAN, South Korea - Women’s rights champions are not prepared to let the dust settle on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that ended in this South Korean port city on Dec. 1 with the customary nod towards gender equality and empowerment.
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Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge
By Isaiah Esipisu*
DURBAN, South Africa - For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine.
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Climate Change Killing Womens' Livelihoods
By Isaiah Esipisu
DURBAN, South Africa - Talata Nsor, a 54-year-old woman from Bolgatanga community in Northern Ghana, has been weaving the cultural Bolga baskets, which are named after her community, her entire life.
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