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POLITICS-RWANDA: Woman Vies for Top Job

Credit:www.victoire2010.com

Victoire Ingabire declared her interest in the country’s top political job.

By Stanley Kwenda
KIGALI (IPS) - On average women constitute 18.8 percent of representatives in parliaments across the world according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This gender imbalance has been subject to much feminist criticism and many campaigns for change have been staged to address the status quo. The situation is however different in Rwanda.

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Victoire Ingabire declared her interest in the country’s top political job. Credit: www.victoire2010.com

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
Servaas van den Bosch
WINDHOEK (IPS) - Plummeting revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) could cause severe financial difficulties in the region, economic experts warn. To make matters worse, the organisation is split over the future of its tariff pool that largely bankrolls the national budgets of its poorer members.

DEVELOPMENT: Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa
Stanley Kwenda
PRETORIA (IPS) - Spain is breaking new ground in its relations with Africa through an ambitious programme which has seen it increasing its development funding to the continent more than six-fold from 2004 to reach 1,4 billion euros in 2008.

HIV/AIDS

Women in the News: The Gender Wire

> Woman Vies for Top Job
> Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
> Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat
> Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health

Economics - Finance

> Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
> Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa
> Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat
> Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health

> Woman Vies for Top Job
> Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers
> "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"
> Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans

> Woman Vies for Top Job
> Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
> Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa
> Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers

Health - HIV/AIDS

> "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"
> Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health
> Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says
> Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans

> Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers
> "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"
> Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health
> Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans

> Small Is Beautiful, Say Independent Power Producers
> Dam Critics Won't Go Away
> No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks
> Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level

> Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
> Climate Change Is Changing Farming Methods

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Children on the Frontline

Bitter Pill - Obstacles to Affordable Medicine

Farming the Future Africa

The Southern Africa Water Wire

Active Citizens

CHANGING LIVES: Making Research Real

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

More Africa News

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AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says

MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans

DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development

HEALTH-UGANDA: EU Supports Law Threatening Access to Medicines

RIGHTS-MALAWI: Country Not Safe for Homosexuals

POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation

DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?

KENYA: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights

SOUTH AFRICA: Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis

Dernières Nouvelles

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SANTE-AFRIQUE DU SUD: Besoin de fonds plus importants contre le VIH

ENVIRONNEMENT-OUGANDA: Eboulements et inondations – le plus dur est encore à venir, disent les experts

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