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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. MORE >>
UGANDA: The Media is Not Free By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Every Saturday afternoon at a public house in the capital city, Lynne Anite, a journalism student at Makerere University, would join senior government officials, academics, and even business people to debate about current affairs. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
HEALTH-AFRICA: If Men Were Dying En Masse... By Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN - Maternal mortality rates in Africa constitute a "monumental tragedy" that requires urgent attention by African governments, health experts say. MORE >>
HEALTH-KENYA: Affordable New Weapon Against Cervical Cancer By Susan Anyangu NAIROBI - Faced with an increase in the number of cervical cancer cases, Kenya has adopted a simple, cheap yet effective visual inspection method of detection. Ideal for low resource settings, the test is offering reprieve to thousands of women who die annually from the disease. MORE >>
AFRICA: Youth Wars Cause Turmoil in Jonglei By Skye Wheeler AKOBO, Sudan - There was no moon the night the armed men from the Murle tribe attacked the fishing village: it took place in complete darkness. Nyakong Both grabbed her two youngest boys and fled across the nearby river, as the men from the Murle tribe burnt down huts. MORE >>
UGANDA: Business Wants to Put Brakes on New Common Market By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - The plans for a common market in the East African Community (EAC) are proceeding apace and should fall in place on Jan 1, 2010, the target date of implementation. But Uganda’s traders are concerned that they will be unable to compete with traders from their country’s larger neighbour Kenya when the new common market starts. MORE >>
UGANDA-RIGHTS: Bride Price: You Feel You Are Family Property By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - John Owor is a paid spokesperson for brides and grooms. His job is to represent one of the parties during traditional marriage negotiations, which involves the payment of a bride price. MORE >>
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Uganda Women Seek Gender Recovery Plan By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - After two decades of war during which thousands of children were used as child soldiers and many women raped, northern Uganda’s recovery plan is to be spent on building roads rather than helping the country’s most vulnerable. MORE >>
KENYA: Slum Upgrade Is Land Grab - Nubians By George Kebaso NAIROBI - Her neighbours moved away one week ago, but Fatuma Abou sits against the tin door of her Kibera shack with a hijab over her head, chin on her knees and a defiant expression on her face when she looks up. MORE >>
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