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What Our Editors Should Do

Monday, April 07, 2008

The recenteditorial management workshop organised by GAMES (Gambia Media Support), aDanish organisation, has led to calls for the setting up of a...

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KENYA: Old but not cold: older people also at risk

africa » kenya » nairobi

PlusNews

Monday, November 12, 2007

James Kioko*, 55, a manager at a 4-star hotel in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, dismisses condoms as "dirty, fuelling prostitution and causing marriage...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Paying the price for disclosing their HIV status

africa » guinea bissau » bissau

PlusNews

Friday, November 09, 2007

If they could go back in time, perhaps they would do things differently.Three women who revealed their HIV-positive status on local television have...

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Tunisia: human rights briefing for 20th anniversary of President Ben Ali’s rule

africa » tunisia » tunis

Amnesty International

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Next week, 7 November 2007 marks the 20 year anniversary of the accession to power of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. President Ben Ali’s...

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BURKINA FASO: Sanitation shambles

africa » burkina faso » bobo dioulasso

IRIN

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Salamata Sanou is one of the lucky few. Her squat, concrete house is surrounded by tarmac with wide channels to carry away rain water. Even at the...

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Government-backed agents of torture and death in DRC

africa » dem rep congo

Amnesty International

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

The government of President Joseph Kabila must launch an urgent and independent investigation into the systematic detention, torture and murder of...

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SENEGAL: Smooth transition for Taxi Sisters

africa » senegal » dakar

IRIN

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

“It’s not heavy,” Sanou Top insists, as she takes a suitcase out of her client’s hands and hoists it into the trunk of her cab. “I hope you drive...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Government housing project excludes poorest of the poor

africa » south africa » cape town

IRIN

Monday, November 05, 2007

Thousands of the poorest residents in Cape Town, South Africa, are facing eviction from an informal settlement to make way for a government housing...

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SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-induced famine's impact on agriculture

africa » south africa » johannesburg

IRIN

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Hunger and HIV/AIDS are reinforcing each other in Southern Africa, "leading to a potentially tragic new level of famine", says a book published by a...

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BENIN: AIDS stripping farmers of their land

africa » benin » cotonou

IRIN

Friday, November 02, 2007

Comlan Houessou certainly knows what he is talking about when it comes to the impact of AIDS on rural communities. He is a farmer in Benin who has...

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