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KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods By Mary Kiio NAIROBI - A week after torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid. MORE >>
KENYA: State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life By Suleiman Mbatiah NAIROBI - Kenya’s Constitutional Court heard yesterday from counsel representing the government that the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 does not threaten the importation or manufacturing of cheap generic medicines and therefore does not deny Kenyans their constitutional right to life. MORE >>
EDUCATION-MALAWI: Local Language Dictionary Released By Charles Mpaka BLANTYRE - The thickest book on secondary school teacher Hellen Ndalama’s desk is her indigenous language dictionary. It is also her most-used book. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA: Stopping the Polio Virus By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease. MORE >>
POLITICS-RWANDA: Woman Vies for Top Job By Stanley Kwenda KIGALI - On average women constitute 18.8 percent of representatives in parliaments across the world according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This gender imbalance has been subject to much feminist criticism and many campaigns for change have been staged to address the status quo. The situation is however different in Rwanda. MORE >>
EDUCATION-SIERRA LEONE: Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - Ismail Conteh has been teaching for the past year-and-a-half at a primary school in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown – without receiving a single cent. He is one of hundreds of teachers recruited by schools to match the ever-growing number of pupils. MORE >>
NAMIBIA: "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It" By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - "At home we have a bar," says grade seven learner David Bravo* (14). "When my mother puts on the music I cannot concentrate on (my) schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the people." MORE >>
MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - Margaret Atieno, a 38-year-old mother of six, says she wanted to avoid her last pregnancy. But consistent stock-outs of contraceptive devices at her health care centre in rural Siaya, western Kenya, gave her no choice but to fall pregnant once again, albeit the fact that she did not want another child. MORE >>
HEALTH-UGANDA: EU Supports Law Threatening Access to Medicines By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - The European Union (EU) is funding the drafting of Uganda’s controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill, a proposed law that has caused an outcry as it threatens access to life-saving generic medicines in this low income East African country. Some 90 percent of medicines used in Uganda’s health-care system are imported, of which about 93 percent are generics. MORE >>
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Country Not Safe for Homosexuals By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - Malawi is quickly becoming unsafe for homosexuals as the country’s police service recently launched a campaign to hunt down and arrest prominent people who are suspected of being gay. MORE >>
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South African Human Rights Commission
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