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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." MORE >>
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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
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. MORE >>
POLITICS: Malawians Demand Local Councils By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country’s black rhinoceros. MORE >>
POLITICS-NAMIBIA: The Struggle Does So Not Continue By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia’s Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians. MORE >>
UGANDA: "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"* By Wambi Michael MOUNT ELGON, Uganda - "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop." MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Help Sex Workers - Senator By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - It is one of the world's oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet's nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution. MORE >>
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Redux? By William Fisher NEW YORK - On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government - not the courts - can interfere with government-sponsored "extraordinary rendition", a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court to tell the government it wasn't okay to secretly imprison and abuse him in three different African countries over a period of four months. MORE >>
POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Victory for Frelimo Amid Claims of Election Fraud By Zenaida Machado MAPUTO - The incumbent, President Armando Guebuza, has won the Mozambican 2009 elections in a landslide, obtaining three quarters of the votes, according to official results. MORE >>
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