Posted on 20 January 2011 by editor
Students at Motshane Primary School, Mbabane. Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS
MBABANE, Jan 19, 2011 (IPS) – The new school year opened with hope – and hunger – in Swaziland this week: an estimated 140,000 orphans and vulnerable children are among the small, eager faces in the mountain kingdom’s classrooms. Poverty and the AIDS pandemic threaten to make an early mark on the next generation.
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Posted on 19 January 2011 by editor
Analysis by Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Jan 18, 2011 (IPS) – Mohammed Bouazizi, the 26-year old Tunisian whose act of self-immolation led to an unprecedented popular revolution in Tunisia, is quickly turning into a symbol for disgruntled Arab youths angry at their autocratic rulers and poor economic conditions – a development that Arab leaders in the region are clearly taking note of.
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Posted on 18 January 2011 by editor
Analysis by Cam McGrath
CAIRO, Jan 18, 2011 (IPS) – “Break my heart but don’t come near my bread,” goes an old Arabic proverb. Failure to observe it has often come at a high political price.
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Posted on 12 January 2011 by editor
By Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Jan 15, 2011 (IPS) – “Where can I find a Tunisian flag?” The question flooded Egyptian blogs, tweeter and Facebook pages minutes after news that popular protests had forced out long-time Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
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Posted on 11 January 2011 by editor
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON, Jan 14, 2011 (IPS) – Several hours after Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled his country in the face of massive protests, U.S. President Barack Obama applauded “the courage and dignity of the Tunisian people” and appealed for calm and “free and fair elections in the near future”.
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Posted on 10 January 2011 by editor
Analysis by Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Jan 14, 2011 (IPS) – These are scenes Western powers would have loved to see in Iran – thousands of young people braving live bullets and forcing an autocratic ruler out of the country. But it is in the North African nation Tunisia where an uprising forced the Western-backed autocratic President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country.
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Posted on 07 January 2011 by editor
By Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Jan 9, 2011 (IPS) – At least three Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies that only three months ago won praise by the International Monetary Fund and other Western financial institutions.
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Posted on 06 January 2011 by editor
By Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Dec 31, 2010 (IPS) – As Western countries were busy celebrating Christmas and dealing with air traffic holiday delays because of snow blizzards, the tranquil North African country of Tunisia was going through events that would have been thought unthinkable just three weeks ago – public unrest that saw thousands demonstrate against the regime of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
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Posted on 05 January 2011 by editor
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Fanja Razafimahatratra*
ANTANANARIVO, 4 jan (IPS) – Le calvaire des femmes malgaches continue au Liban. Selon les dernières statistiques du ministère malgache de la Population, entre 2009 et décembre 2010, quinze femmes malgaches ont trouvé la mort dans ce pays du Moyen-Orient où elles vont travailler souvent comme des domestiques. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 December 2010 by editor
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Thalif Deen
NEW YORK, 29 décembre (IPS) – Alors que l’année 2010 touche à sa fin, les États-Unis et les Nations Unies ont tendu la main à l’un des groupes les plus marginalisés du monde : les peuples indigènes ou autochtones. Continue Reading
