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ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop. MORE >>
TRADE: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA - The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by. MORE >>
KENYA: Foreigners in Their Homeland By Susan Anyangu NAIROBI - Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity. MORE >>
UGANDA: "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"* By Wambi Michael MOUNT ELGON, Uganda - "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop." MORE >>
AFRICA: Water Summit Ends By Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - As the Second Africa Water Week ends, participants have reiterated that lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation has a direct bearing on public health and the economy in Africa. MORE >>
Q&A: Civil Society to Lose Major Supporter Christi van der Westhuizen interviews GARA LaMARCHE and GERALD KRAAK of The Atlantic Philanthropies CAPE TOWN - Human rights and democracy are causes that are never completely won, which is why civil society needs the support of philanthropists. MORE >>
WATER-AFRICA: Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words By Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - "No more commitments... We have had enough of the promises. Can we please see something happening on the ground? Right now, it is business as usual and that’s why Africa is off-track on the MDG target." MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Told 'Stop Playing the Victim' By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Critics of carbon trading, a strategy meant to combat global warming, say the buying and selling of carbon credits is being exploited. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa In the Global Carbon Trade By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. MORE >>
AFRICA: Taking the Lead on Water By Zenzele Ndebele and Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - Water is a resource that binds people together, for better or worse. MORE >>
FRANCE: Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations By Alecia D. McKenzie PARIS - Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn’t sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur. MORE >>
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is a regional arm of the UN with 53 African member states. Its primary responsibility is to encourage the growth of the economic and social sectors of the continent.
