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Q&A: Shared Water Resources - Source of Conflict or Cooperation?
Interview with Anthony Turton, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa
PRETORIA - Over the past decade, numerous media and research reports have have anticipated wars over water in Africa. As far back as 1998, the Institute for Security Studies presented a research paper stating that water is "recognized as a fundamental political weapon in the Southern African region. Water will increasingly shape the international relations and security arrangements of Southern Africa."
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POLITICS-ZIMBABWE: "Getting People Participating Is a Process, Not an Event"
By Ephraim Nsingo
HARARE - Amidst the turmoil surrounding the Jun. 27 presidential run-off in Zimbabwe, it is doubtless something of a challenge to muster enthusiasm for plans relating to the country's next general elections. Gender activists intent on having more women voted into office in 2013 are undaunted, however.
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POLITICS-AFRICA: Critics Target U.S. Military Command
Analysis by Lawrence Delevingne
NEW YORK - In just a few months, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) - Washington's latest military oversight structure for the continent - is expected to be fully operational.
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Q&A: Malawian Aquaculture Initiative Gives Cause for Quiet Hope
Interview with aquaculture consultant Tom Shipton
GRAHAMSTOWN - From time immemorial, fishermen on Lake Malawi have depended on the chambo to help feed their families - all without upsetting the stocks of this fish species. Following the start of commercial fishing on the lake, however, the annual catch of chambo plunged, from 3,250 tonnes in 1985 to 207 tonnes in 2002.
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DEVELOPMENT-BOTSWANA: Of Tourists, Bushmen - and a Borehole
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - A planned lodge development at the settlement of Molapo in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) has become a source of controversy.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Suffer the Little Children
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - Located high in the Drakensburg Mountains of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa, Sterkspruit is a picturesque rural area that includes several tribal villages. In the midst of this natural beauty, however, a tragedy has been unfolding over recent months.
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Q&A: "The Poor Have Turned on the Poor"
Interview with Prince Mashele, analyst at the Institute for Security Studies
CAPE TOWN - Upwards of 40 people are said to have been killed and some 15,000 displaced in South Africa during more than a week of violence directed mainly against foreigners.
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RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Ruling Party Terrorises Voters
By Grace Kwinjeh*
JOHANNESBURG - "It’s a very traumatized community. Their crime on the 29th March election, at that polling station called Chaona, there were about 80 votes for the MDC and 15 votes for ZANU-PF. So that is the offence they committed. This is the price they are paying. And that is what Retired Major Mhandu was saying. ‘You will have to learn’. Not only were the victims killed, their parents were also beaten, their wives were also beaten, their children were also beaten, so it was a very frightening operation. The community is still traumatized. It’s very sad."
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DEATH PENALTY-ZAMBIA: Inmates Plead for Deliverance
By Newton Sibanda
LUSAKA - The common prayer of those on Zambia’s jam-packed death row is for divine intervention to end their hell on earth and let the waiting hangman carry out his job speedily, according to a recently released inmate.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
By Lawrence Keketso
MASERU - A two-day conference on water issues in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which opened Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other groups discuss the likely effects of climate change on development in the region.
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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: "Political Will" Needed To Address Food Crisis
By Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI - The need to give agriculture top billing on governmental "to do" lists has been highlighted at a telephone briefing to discuss the current food crisis as it affects Africa.
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