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SOMALIA: Women 'Keep Life Going' in Violent Streets of Mogadishu By Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI - On the fifth day of every month a group of women entrepreneurs gather to share their experiences and discuss matters of trade. What makes this exceptional is that the women are from south-central Somalia and they meet in Mogadishu, one of the world's most devastated and dangerous cities. MORE >>
EDUCATION-KENYA: Nomadic Schools for Mobile Girls By Joyce Mulama GARISSA, Kenya - Five years after the introduction of free primary education (FPE) in Kenya, the enrolment of girls in schools continues to lag behind in Garissa, in Kenya's North Eastern region. MORE >>
KENYA: Failing Grade For Free Primary Education? By Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI - When in 2003 Kenya followed its neighbours Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi in introducing free and compulsory primary education for all, the response from the public as well as international donors was overwhelming. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - Each morning, Mariama Kamara and her two teenaged sons walk to Freetown’s main rubbish dump. Their mission: to dig through the mounds of garbage in search of scrap metal. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Ghost Schools, Phantom Progress On Education By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - Magnus Kamara is a school inspector with a difference. He has been hired to find schools that don't exist. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-TANZANIA: Lighting Up Women's Lives By Sarah McGregor ARUSHA - Anneth Laizer shoved her kerosene lantern onto the top shelf and switched on the lights after her home in Tanzania's third-largest city, Arusha, was connected to electricity earlier this year. MORE >>
EDUCATION-ZAMBIA: Food Insecurity Hits Schools By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - "Sometimes there is barely any food at home, so I only eat at school, at lunch," said Justin Banda, a 12 year old student, at Chikumboso school in Lusaka’s Ngombe township. MORE >>
TRADE-AFRICA: Art Creating Hope in the Midst of Death and Disease By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - Zulu artists working at the Ardmore Ceramic Studio in South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu Natal have gone from poverty to international acclaim. MORE >>
UGANDA: Women Wield Fair Trade Tools to Beat Poverty By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Producing baskets and mats in central Uganda has traditionally been women’s work. Women made these items for use in homes. The National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) has changed this practice into a powerful force fighting poverty. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-SWAZILAND: Young Farmers Improving Food Security By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - When her friends go out to play with skipping rope during break, 12 year old Noncedo Masina takes her watering can and goes to work on her plot at the school vegetable garden. MORE >>
Q&A: Zimbabwean Women Have Had ‘‘More Trauma'' After Independence Interview with Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) National Coordinator Jenni Williams CAPE TOWN - Zimbabwean women have experienced higher levels of trauma, including violence and lack of food, after the country's independence from Britain in 1980 than before. MORE >>
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