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ZIMBABWE: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Arrears? By Zenzele Ndebele BULAWAYO - Faced with nearly six billion dollars of external debt, Zimbabwe's national unity government is considering applying for Highly Indebted Poor Country status. MORE >>
Q&A: Creating Momentum for Women's Participation Paula Fray interviews ANNE-MARIE GOETZ, UNIFEM chief advisor for Governance, Peace and Security NEW DELHI - Women's movements have played a critical role in creating political space for female participation in politics around the world. In fact, there are more women in government today than ever before. MORE >>
ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away By IPS Correspondents ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. MORE >>
SUDAN: Bashir May Face Genocide Charges By Zukiswa Zimela JOHANNESBURG - The International Criminal Court is to review its earlier decision not to add genocide to the charges against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. MORE >>
POLITICS-SUDAN: Security Essential to Ensure Peaceful Elections By Amelia Lawrence ADDIS ABABA - Peace in Sudan remains an uncertainty ahead of the country’s first general elections in 24 years, according to the African Union Commission chief. MORE >>
NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks By Sam Olukoya YENAGOA, Nigeria - Three flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta have had to be closed after a pipeline was sabotaged, according to Royal Dutch Shell. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign against gay people. MORE >>
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Sierra Leone Sees Opportunity to Rise Up By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. That inspiration was not sustained. MORE >>
KENYA: Documenting Sexual Violence By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - The testimonies of women who survived sexual violence during post-election conflict in 2008 should be heard, say advocates. The magnitude of the crimes committed against women because of their gender must be recorded and prosecuted to prevent such violence from occurring again. MORE >>
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Africa Continues to Draw Inspiration Stanley Kwenda interviews DAKARAYI MATANGA, Southern Africa Social Forum HARARE - The same kind of worldwide solidarity that helped bring down apartheid is necessary to free the global South from economic domination. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Dreams of Free Education Deferred By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Ten-year-old Tembuso Magagula sat outside her classroom with her shoulders hunched against the cold today, tears streaming from her eyes. Her long-awaited first day of school had turned into a nightmare. MORE >>
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