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POLITICS-RWANDA: Woman Vies for Top 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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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.
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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.
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Women in the News: The Gender Wire
 
 
Politics
> 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

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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

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Rights
> 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

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Development
> 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

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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

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Education
> 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

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Energy
> 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

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Environment
> 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

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From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?
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SWAZILAND: Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health
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
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