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RIGHTS-CHAGOS: 'My Navel is Buried There'
By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT-LOUIS - "We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests. Nature was our refrigerator."
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GENDER-AFRICA: Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges
By Madi Ceesay
BANJUL - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to economic resources and decision-making power.
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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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ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
By Jessie Boylan
DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
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AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning
By Susan Anyangu
KAMPALA - The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.
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Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth
Susan Anyangu interviews STAN BERNSTEIN, senior policy advisor UNFPA
KAMPALA - Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
By Miriam Gathigah
JUBA, South Sudan - The guns have gone silent – except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation
By Nastasya Tay
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden’, says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today.
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CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
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DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN - Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
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Q&A: Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing
Jedi Ramalapa interviews Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General of CIVICUS

JOHANNESBURG - Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions?
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TRADE: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by.
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HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top.
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