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SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women By Miriam Gathigah JUBA, South Sudan - The guns have gone silent – except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope. MORE >>
HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO - As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top. MORE >>
POLITICS-NAMIBIA: The Struggle Does So Not Continue By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia’s Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary. MORE >>
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand By Letuka Mahe MASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. MORE >>
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Blame Game While Children Suffer By Charles Mpaka LIMBE, Malawi - Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by. MORE >>
UGANDA: Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations. MORE >>
AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals Evelyn Kiapi interviews SYLVIA MWICHULI, deputy director of the U.N. Millennium Campaign Africa KAMPALA - The Millennium Goals cannot be achieved at the United Nations. The U.N. can create a platform for governments to make commitments but cannot force compliance by member states. MORE >>
EDUCATION-ZIMBABWE: Students Quit Classes - and Country - As Crisis Deepens By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - Schooling is increasingly becoming a privilege of the rich, , Zimbabwean parents and teachers' unions complain. MORE >>
SENEGAL: Scrambling to Keep Up With Education For All By Souleymane Faye DIOHINE, Senegal - In Diohine, a village of some 3,000 inhabitants in the Fatick region of central Senegal, real progress has been made towards educating all children, in spite of a lack of infrastructure. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: 'Clear Lack of Commitment to HIV' Kristin Palitza interviews HENRY MALUMA, Oxfam Zambia essential services coordinator CAPE TOWN - A United Nations mid-point review of Zambia's efforts towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), released in September, has revealed that HIV/AIDS might prevent the southern African country from meeting the targets. MORE >>
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