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RIGHTS-CHAGOS: 'My Navel is Buried There'

Credit: Chagos Refugee Group

In 2006, a hundred Chagossians were allowed to go and have a look at their land. They came back in tears.

By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT-LOUIS (IPS) - "We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests. Nature was our refrigerator."

Protests, Hypocrisy at Nuclear Carrier's Port Call
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GENDER-AFRICA: Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges
Madi Ceesay
BANJUL (IPS) - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to economic resources and decision-making power.

POLITICS-BOTSWANA: I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
Vusumuzi Sifile
GABORONE (IPS) - When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.

HIV/AIDS

Women in the News: The Gender Wire

> 'My Navel is Buried There'
> I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
> Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
> Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes

Economics - Finance

> Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
> Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha
> Foreigners in Their Homeland
> "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"*

> Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges
> I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
> Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
> Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation

> I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
> Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
> Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning
> Song Sparks Governance Debate

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges
> Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning
> Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth
> Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes

> Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
> Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps
> The Struggle Does So Not Continue
> Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary

> Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
> Africa Told 'Stop Playing the Victim'
> What Will China’s Legacy in Africa be by 2049?
> Watching the Water Flow Away

> Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
> Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation
> Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes
> Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

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

ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off

AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth

SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women

CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation

CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate

DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes

Q&A: Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing

TRADE: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha

HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps

Dernières Nouvelles

Q&R : Reconnaître les avantages de ralentir la croissance démographique

AFRIQUE : Utilisation croissante du téléphone cellulaire pour le planning familial

OUGANDA : "L’expulsion du Mont Elgon nous a réduits en mendiants"*

REFUGIES-RD CONGO : Les humanitaires reprennent à zéro au nord Congo

EAU-ZAMBIE : Des inquiétudes avant la saison des inondations

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