Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa

Davison Makanga interviews MARI-LISE DU PREEZ, forests, fisheries and governance expert CAPE TOWN, Sep 1 (IPS) – Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies every year.... 

Human Rights

Further Victims Revealed in DRC Mass Rapes Case

By Aprille Muscara UNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 (IPS) – The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month’s raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic... 

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• Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians

Development

Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture

By Claire Ngozo WINDHOEK, Sep 1 (IPS) – The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from... 

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• AFRICA: ‘Welcome to My Taxi – Let’s Do Business with My Cell Phone’
• SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Tea Bag’ Filter Provides Safe Drinking Water

Environment

Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa

Davison Makanga interviews MARI-LISE DU PREEZ, forests, fisheries and governance expert CAPE TOWN, Sep 1 (IPS) – Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies... 

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• ECONOMY: "Sub-Saharan Africa Is Speeding Towards Affluence"
• KENYA: A Bid to Save Macadamia Crops

Economics and Finance

Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture

By Claire Ngozo WINDHOEK, Sep 1 (IPS) – The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from... 

• SOUTH AFRICA: "Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point"
• Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Growing Seed Security

Health

BOTSWANA: HIV-positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed

By Alma Balopi GABORONE, Sep 1 (IPS) – "An HIV-positive woman must never be encouraged to breastfeed because regardless of what the doctors or researchers say – it is too dangerous... 

• SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Tea Bag’ Filter Provides Safe Drinking Water
• SOUTH AFRICA: Public Health Strained by Nurses' Strike
• UGANDA: Unfriendly Nurses and Culture Hinder Male Involvement in HIV Prevention

Education

SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers' Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike

By Marshall Patsanza JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 (IPS) – South African teachers – along with other public service employees – have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The... 

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