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Wednesday, May 16, 2012   20:35 GMT    
Development

By NAIROBI
Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa - Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education.
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By NAIROBI
Less Politics, More Economic Development - Economic and social growth have become the heart of the development agenda of the bloc of leading emerging economies known as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) since it began focusing less on politics.
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By JOHANNESBURG
"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity" - Millions of Angola’s poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.
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By BULAWAYO
Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa - While women constitute the majority of food producers, processors and marketers in Africa, their role in the agricultural sector still remains a minor one because of cultural and social barriers.
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By ACCRA
Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease.
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By MONROVIA
Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent.
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By JOHANNESBURG
Water Infrastructure Falls Far Short in Southern Africa - The cost of maintaining and expanding water infrastructure in southern Africa is high. And while South Africa may be in a better economic position than the rest of the region, it also faces funding challenges that are similar to those of its neighbours.
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By ALGIERS
Hope Dwindles Ahead of Elections in Algeria - "Is that your photo on the poster?" a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers. "Why do you ask?" she inquired. "Because only the candidates are interested in these elections," he replied.
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By CAPE TOWN, South Africa
Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa - On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa.
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By RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa - The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank.
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By OUAGADOUGOU
Action Plan to End Banishing of "Witches" in Burkina Faso - It's called "the bearing of the body" in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused - almost always women – are then chased out of their homes.
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By CAPE TOWN, South Africa
Governments Can’t Do It Alone - African countries need more support from the private sector in order to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015, which include important development targets like poverty reduction, and improved health and education.
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By NIAMEY
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict - It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
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By JUBA
Disarmament Sparks Violence in South Sudan - Civil society groups are calling on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to withdraw support from a disarmament programme they say could spark further violence in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei state.
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By ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal
Cashew Producers' Pain Is Intermediaries’ Gain in Senegal - Cashew nut growers in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance are complaining bitterly that intermediaries are cutting them out of a fair share of the profits.
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