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BIODIVERSITY: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse By Stephen Leahy* VICTORIA, Seychelles - In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible as they bustle along, soon to be filled with Skipjack tuna that only days ago were swimming freely in the inky blue Indian Ocean. MORE >>
ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away By IPS Correspondents ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT: Keeping Wetlands from Becoming Wastelands By Stephen Leahy VICTORIA, Seychelles - Swamps, marshes and other wetlands are beginning to be recognised as a country's 'green jewels', even in a tropical paradise like Mahé Island here in the Seychelles, with its stunning beaches and dramatic granite outcrops. MORE >>
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested. MORE >>
NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks By Sam Olukoya YENAGOA, Nigeria - Three flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta have had to be closed after a pipeline was sabotaged, according to Royal Dutch Shell. MORE >>
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Sierra Leone Sees Opportunity to Rise Up By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. That inspiration was not sustained. MORE >>
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Africa Continues to Draw Inspiration Stanley Kwenda interviews DAKARAYI MATANGA, Southern Africa Social Forum HARARE - The same kind of worldwide solidarity that helped bring down apartheid is necessary to free the global South from economic domination. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Dreams of Free Education Deferred By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Ten-year-old Tembuso Magagula sat outside her classroom with her shoulders hunched against the cold today, tears streaming from her eyes. Her long-awaited first day of school had turned into a nightmare. MORE >>
COTE D'IVOIRE: Banana Producers Turn To Regional Markets By Salif D. Cheickna ABIDJAN - Twelve thousand people working on Côte d'Ivoire's banana plantations face uncertainty as the European Union begins implementing a new agreement governing tariffs on bananas. MORE >>
MAURITIUS: These Women Chose the Sea By Nasseem Ackburally PORT-LOUIS - She cannot swim, but Marie-Claite Hector is not afraid of the ocean. The 53-year-old pushes her small boat with all her strength towards the blue lagoon, starts the engine, and sets out to sea. MORE >>
POLITICS-UGANDA: Sharing the National Cake By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Their caricatures show great wealth and status, being driven in flashy four-wheel drives surrounded by bodyguards, and receiving benefits including mansions, cars, medical care and travel and sitting allowances. They are treated as Very Important Persons. MORE >>
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SADC - The official website for the Southern African Development Community
African Economic Research Consortium
Third World Network
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
SARPN is a facility for promoting debate on poverty in Southern Africa
The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, providing a space where communities can share their experiences on development.
