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DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Fears Over New Land Deal

Credit: R.A. Ward/US DoD

Activists say as many as 150,000 people in the Tana River delta could be displaced by a land-lease deal.

By Joyce Mulama
NAIROBI (IPS) - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.

The Second Scramble For Africa Starts
SUDAN: Can Local Investors Beat Foreign Investment?
ETHIOPIA: Can Foreign-Owned Farms Solve Food Crisis?
Mauritians Also Competing For Land in Africa

AGRICULTURE: Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
Wambi Michael
KAMPALA (IPS) - Africa must embrace agricultural biotechnology or risk being excluded from a major technological revolution that has had increased food production in the Europe, North America and Asia.

RIGHTS-AFRICA: AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims
Diletta Varlese
Sirte, LIBYA (IPS) - The final day of the African Union summit has been dedicated to the issue of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, charged with seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and torture.

HIV/AIDS

Women in the News: The Gender Wire

> AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims
> Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections
> Civil Society to AU: Investment Must Address Marginalisation
> Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?

Economics - Finance

> Fears Over New Land Deal
> Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?
> Traders Go Down as Prices Go Up
> 'Money Comes First, Health Second'

> AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims
> A Role For Men in Gender Equality
> U.N.-Backed Troops Abusing Civilians, HRW Says
> Controversial Mayor is Talk of the Town

> Fears Over New Land Deal
> Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
> Civil Society to AU: Investment Must Address Marginalisation
> Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Maternal Mortality, A Human Rights Catastrophe
> Fistula Sufferers Left To Their Fate
> 'Cut, Cut Again and Now Tie Tightly'
> AIDS Relief: 'We Might Have to Be More Selective'

> Young, Educated and Unemployed
> Investor Absence Fuels Retrenchments
> The Other Crisis
> Separating the ‘‘Ultra-Poor’’ from the Poor - Why?

> Will Bongo’s Death Signal a New Chapter?
> South African Government Edging Towards Renewable Sources
> The Second Scramble For Africa Starts
> Africa Will Have to Feed EU’s Artificial Biofuels Demand

> Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
> Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?
> Elephants Out of Harm's Way
> Protecting the World's Most Expensive Tree

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

The Southern Africa Water Wire

Active Citizens

CHANGING LIVES: Making Research Real

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

Zimbabwe: A House Divided

More Africa News

POLITICS-BOTSWANA: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections

AFRICA: Civil Society to AU: Investment Must Address Marginalisation

KENYA: A Role For Men in Gender Equality

DR-CONGO: U.N.-Backed Troops Abusing Civilians, HRW Says

TRADE: Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?

LIBERIA: Controversial Mayor is Talk of the Town

ECONOMY-UGANDA: Traders Go Down as Prices Go Up

AFRICA: Maternal Mortality, A Human Rights Catastrophe

HEALTH-SENEGAL: Fistula Sufferers Left To Their Fate

ZIMBABWE: 'Money Comes First, Health Second'

Dernières Nouvelles

AFRIQUE : La mortalité maternelle, une catastrophe des droits humains

KENYA : Dénoncer les cas de massacre, torture et de viol par des forces de sécurité

ENVIRONNEMENT-MALAWI : Des Eléphants hors de danger

BURKINA FASO : Renforcer les systèmes de santé pour mieux combattre la tuberculose

ENERGIE-RD CONGO : L’obscurité règne malgré les potentiels hydroélectriques du pays!

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LIBERIA: Meya Mwenye Utata Awa Gumzo la Mji

UCHUMI-UGANDA: Wakati Bei Zikipanda Wafanyabiashara Wanashuka Chini

AFYA-SENEGAL: Waathirika wa Fistula Waachwa Wenyewe

AFRIKA KUSINI: Kijana, Ana Elimu na Hana Ajira

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