New Libya Off to a Shaky Start

By Karlos Zurutuza BENGHAZI, Feb 5 (IPS) – It's been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was killed, but there is a growing sense of frustration in eastern Libya with the National Transitional Council. Two weeks ago, a group of protesters attacked the Council’s Benghazi headquarters as chairman... 

Development

DEVELOPMENT-NIGER: Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger

By Ousseini Issa BOBOYE, Niger, Feb 4 (IPS) – Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have... 

• Social Media Saved Africa’s Oldest Community Station
• Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
• WEST AFRICA: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
• Kenyan Chief Tweets His Way to Reducing Crime

Human Rights

New Libya Off to a Shaky Start

By Karlos Zurutuza BENGHAZI, Feb 5 (IPS) – It's been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was... 

• DEVELOPMENT-NIGER: Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger
• Social Media Saved Africa’s Oldest Community Station
• POLITICS-SENEGAL: Violence After Validation of Wade Candidacy
• UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War

Environment

Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade

By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Feb 4 (IPS) – The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new... 

• WEST AFRICA: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
• AFRICA: Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket
• KENYA: Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities
• Brown Revolution Brings New Hope

Economics and Finance

New Libya Off to a Shaky Start

By Karlos Zurutuza BENGHAZI, Feb 5 (IPS) – It's been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was... 

• Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
• SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
• ZAMBIA: Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate
• UGANDA: Rural Women’s Banks Ease Tough Times

Health

DEVELOPMENT-NIGER: Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger

By Ousseini Issa BOBOYE, Niger, Feb 4 (IPS) – Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have... 

• HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
• SOUTH SUDAN: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
• CAMEROON: Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic
• Double Sentence: AIDS in a Senegalese Prison

Education

Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations

By Sandra Ferrari* ACCRA, Feb 1 (IPS) – There is a tension resonating through Ghana’s airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates... 

• SOMALIA: Rebuilding Among the Rubble
• SOMALIA: Taking Schools Back From Militants
• MALAWI: Women’s Education The Path to The Presidency
• At the Nexus of Agrofuels, Land Grabs and Hunger – Part 1