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Current Feed ContentSWAZILAND: Govt fails to stop "terrorist" meetingMBABANE Monday, October 20, 2008 (IRIN) - An international conference of NGOs dedicated to social change took place in Swaziland despite the government banning the meeting on grounds of public safety; it had alleged some of the delegates were supporters of terrorism. The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) holds its annual meeting in a different country each year. The greatest attendance was achieved in 2005, when the forum convened in Zimbabwe and 4,000 people participated. This year only...TANZANIA: Govt issues RVF alertDAR ES SALAAM Friday, October 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Health authorities in Tanzania have urged people to take precautionary measures against Rift Valley Fever (RVF), saying there were signs that the disease might erupt. "The government has conducted surveys in border regions and established that there was a likelihood of a breakout of the deadly disease," said Aisha Kigoda, Tanzania's deputy minister for health on Friday. She said the disease usually occurs during rainy season which is just around...Govt. Should Accept Failure - Halifa SallahHalifa Sallah, the spokesperson of the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD), has written off the APRC regime as a failure and called on the government to recognise that failure and then build more democratic institutions. “It has already been proven that this government cannot enhance liberty and that it lacks the capacity to move the country away from poverty and, as a result, it has failed this country,” he contended. Mr. Sallah made this assertion in an exclusive... |
