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POLITICS-BOTSWANA: I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
By Vusumuzi Sifile
GABORONE - When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.
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POLITICS: Malawians Demand Local Councils
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country’s black rhinoceros.
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HEALTH-SWAZILAND: On ART Since Birth
By Mantoe Phakathi
NHLANGANO, Swaziland - Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV-positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
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POLITICS-NAMIBIA: The Struggle Does So Not Continue
By Servaas van den Bosch
WINDHOEK - They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia’s Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians.
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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.
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ZAMBIA: Media Face Beatings and Attacks
By Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA - When journalists were beaten by political supporters for covering the president’s return trip from abroad, and cabinet ministers and police officers looked on without stopping it, it seemed to be the last straw in the victimisation of the media. But it was not.
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AFRICA: We Are the Government
By Jessie Boylan
LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique - As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
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LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand
By Letuka Mahe
MASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
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RIGHTS-MALAWI: Blame Game While Children Suffer
By Charles Mpaka
LIMBE, Malawi - Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.
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POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Another Term for Incumbent President?
By Zenaida Machado
MAPUTO - Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.
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SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours. With a baby on her back and two more buckets to fill up, 19-year-old Maziya says she walks to this well at least three times a week to get water for her family of 15.
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