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POLITICS-MALAWI: Revolt Rocks the Ruling Party
President Bakili Muluzi declared in April that he would not seek another term in office, and hand-picked a successor which triggered revolt within the ruling party.HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Providing a Ray of Hope
"When we started in 2001, we used to move from door-to-door looking for AIDS patients," explains the matronly MaSibanda.DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Slow Growth Undermines Efforts to Fight Poverty
Africa is a continent of diverse countries, some succeeding better at the challenges of social and economic development than others, says South African-based UN Development Programme economist, Azghar Adelzadeh.HEALTH-ZAMBIA: Campaigners Call for Heavy Sentence for Rapists
Enraged by the rising cases of child abuse, a member of parliament has called for mandatory castration in all defilement and rape cases in Zambia.DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Farmers Find Marijuana the Most Lucrative Cash Crop
Drug interdiction efforts through the coordinated programmes of police forces of the region are having mixed results against small-landholder farmers who find marijuana cultivation yields by far their most lucrative cash crop.POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: Mandela’s Good Intentions Amount to little for the Poor
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's deck of cards has been dealt out in spades.ENVIRONMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Land Shortages Fuel Encroachment, Poaching
Tempers are flying high between Malawi and Zambia over counter accusations of land encroachment and poaching along the two country's common border due to shortage of land.RELIGION-AFRICA: Big Brother Show Irritates the Church
The housemates in the Africa reality show, Big Brother, are getting ready to evict their next housemate. But in Zambia, the church is campaigning to get the whole show "evicted" of the national television because it is "immoral" and "unAfrican".HEALTH-MALAWI: Quest for Cheap AIDS Treatment Fuels Fake Drugs Boom
Many Malawians living with HIV/AIDS are forced to rely on illegal drugs in a bid to treat opportunistic illnesses, ease suffering and prolong their lives.POLITICS-AFRICA: Zimbabwe, a Thorn in the Side of Africa
South African President Thabo Mbeki is reported to have told United States President, George W Bush, that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will leave office at the end of this year.SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: A New Challenge for Africa
African leaders are becoming more and more frustrated with coup plotters, rebel groups and errant governments whose relentless fighting is hampering the development of the continent.TECHNOLOGY-AFRICA: Poverty an Impediment to Internet Growth
Africa's editors are communicating more and more through the Internet, forming members-only chat-rooms to exchange thoughts on the issues that confront the continent, and to share solutions when these appear.POLITICS-ZAMBIA: Women make slow, but steady Progress
-In the early hours of a cold Winters morning, the streets of Lusaka are thronging with people rushing to work.SPORTS: Soccer Fever Grips Africa
Fourteen soccer teams will join host Tunisia and reigning champion Cameroon for the finals of the 24th African Cup of Nations in Tunisia from Jan. 24 to Feb.14, 2004.POLITICS-MALAWI: Election Campaign Promises to be Ugly and Brutal
-Promises of an ugly and brutal campaign lies ahead of Malawi's presidential and parliamentary general elections in 2004 as manifested last week in Blantyre, the commercial city.POLITICS: New AU Chief, Konare, is Africa’s Alpha
The big men of Africa, its heads of state, dominated Mozambique's port city of Maputo last week as their cavalcades careened through the small city's roads.HEALTH: Annan Urges African Gov’ts to Double their Budgets to Fight AIDS
Almost as common as national flags at the African Union summit in Maputo, Mozambique, is the red ribbon symbol of the anti-HIV/AIDS campaign.POPULATION: African Union Courts Africans in Diaspora
Through the centuries, Africa's story has been one of outward migration - from the era of slavery to the present era of migration where hardship and a lack of opportunity have seen many people from the continent seek their better lives elsewhere.DEVELOPMENT-BOTSWANA: Tourism May Save the San from Cultural Extinction
The government of Botswana's decision to permit the San, or the Bush People, to have a say in how their lands are developed by tourism industry, is an indication of the changing nature of tourism development in the region.DEVELOPMENT: Africa Urged to do More to Reduce Poverty
African leaders are beginning to sharply focus their attention on finding ways the New Partnership for Africa's Development - a programme to kick-start the development of the continent - can improve the daily lives of their people.TRADE-AFRICA: Bush Calls for More Access to U.S. Market
When it comes to the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, the United States' preferential trade pact with 36 countries in Africa, the glass is half-empty or half-full depending on who you talk to.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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