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HEALTH: World Bank Shifting Gears on AIDS in Africa
By Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - The World Bank says it is recalibrating its financing for anti-AIDS efforts in Africa, which shoulders more than two-thirds of the world's HIV/AIDS burden.
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TRADE: Zimbabwe Is the Fly in the New FTA Broth
By Tonderai Kwidini
HARARE - With an electoral crisis, world-record inflation and a collapsing economy blighted by a brain drain and a generally restive population, Zimbabwe could prove to be southern Africa’s ‘‘problem child’’ as the region seeks to link its economies in a new free trade area (FTA).
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TRADE-MALAWI: Turmoil as Tobacco Prices Fluctuate
By Pilirani Semu-Banda
LILONGWE - Malawi’s tobacco industry has been in turmoil after wildly fluctuating prices led protesting farmers to force the closure of the auction floors.
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TRADE-AFRICA: EU Seeks to Subdue Competitive China
By Michael Deibert
JOHANNESBURG - With the ascendance of China as a robust force on Africa’s economic and political scene, plans are afoot in the European Union (EU) to pre-empt the Asian nation’s dominance on the continent by forming a trilateral partnership that places Europe squarely in the centre.
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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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ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green
By Julio Godoy
BONN - Notice how green the public relations campaigns of multinational corporations have become.
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DEVELOPMENT: Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa
By Emad Mekay
WASHINGTON - Sweden, Ireland and Britain top an index of 21 rich countries that ranks their commitment to help develop African nations. The United States, the world's largest economy, was a distant thirteenth, while Japan remains the least committed to the continent among rich nations.
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RIGHTS-KENYA: Home Is Where the Fear Is
By Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI - The Kenyan government has begun transporting certain internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the camps they have occupied for the last four months back to their homes. The IDPs have been assured of support by government once back on their farms.
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HEALTH-KENYA: Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist
By Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI - Every day, the Dandora dumpsite in the eastern part of Nairobi receives 2,000 tonnes of rubbish -- about half of the waste generated daily by the capital's 4.5 million people. The 12-hectare site is a low mountain of smouldering trash. Vultures and marabou storks circle overhead in anticipation of a meal.
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Q&A: "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt"
Interview with Lebônê founder Hugo Van Vuuren
ACCRA - You've heard of solar power, and also wind power. Now, you might start hearing about soil power as well.
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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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ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
By Stephen Leahy
ACCRA - In many of Africa's towns and villages, smoky kerosene lamps are all that keeps the darkness at bay after sunset. However, kerosene is a dangerous and increasingly expensive source of light for Africans who do not have access to electricity -- about three-quarters of those living on the continent, according to the World Bank.
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ANGOLA: Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof’s statement that Angola is a country "run by criminals" unleashed a political storm that could have an impact on Portugal’s large investment interests in the largest of its former African colonies.
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