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SOUTH SUDAN: Changing of the Guard By Skye Wheeler TORIT, South Sudan - An old rite is long overdue in Paul Yugusak Tombe’s home village, in Central Equatoria State, south Sudan. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: A More Gender Representative Leadership By Miriam Gathigah JUBA - As the general elections scheduled for April 2010 draw nearer in Africa’s largest country ravaged by a long drawn war, the scramble for political positions is rife as women struggle to make their presence felt. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Let our Chiefs Govern By Lewis Mwanangombe LUSAKA - The Litunga of Barotseland, King of the Lozi, has no judicial or legislative authority. No supervisory control over government projects, and worst of all he cannot stand for elected office. Yet successive Zambian presidents have deferred to him. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: Women Perpetuate Culture of Submission By Miriam Gathigah TORIT, southern Sudan - All day Rosalinda Duany sells vegetables from her stall at the local market, earning a living to feed her family while her husband spends his days idling with his friends. But when his days become too boring and he demands his conjugal rights, Duany wordlessly stops work just to oblige him. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Woman Breaking Traditional Walls in Chieftaincy Elections By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - A war is raging in the eastern part of the country, once the centre stage for battles during the 10-year civil war and the place where "blood diamonds" were once mined. But this time the war is not for diamonds, but about whether a woman has the right to stand for paramount chief in the local chieftaincy election. MORE >>
MALAWI: Women Fight Harmful Cultural Practices By Lameck Masina BLANTYRE - An experience which Belita Simpokolwe went through in December last year remains deeply etched in her memory. "Sometimes I fail to concentrate in class when these things come back to my mind," laments 13-year-old Simpokolwe, a grade six pupil at Kawale Primary School, in the northern Malawi district of Chitipa. MORE >>
WORLD AIDS DAY: Herdboys at Risk to Contract HIV By Letuka Mahe MASERU - In the scorching heat of the midday summer sun, a teenage boy’s sharp voice can be heard vividly as he continuously summons his cattle. Glad in his shabby-looking rag that used to be a blanket and black gumboots, the only thing that occupies his mind is his herd, his everyday companions, nothing else. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Help Sex Workers - Senator By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - It is one of the world's oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet's nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani CAIRO - Egypt has long been recognised as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television. MORE >>
UGANDA: Rebuilding Home and Hearth By Joshua Kyalimpa PALEMY, Uganda - Dusk gathers in the thickets of Palemy village, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. Men, women, and children follow foot paths through the dark to the residence of Mzee Otto Yuvani. MORE >>
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