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Progress Towards a Food-Secure Africa

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Posted by admin 490 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Miriam Gathigah A growing number of African countries are making significant progress towards eradicating extreme hunger and poverty. / Zahira Kharsany/IPS NAIROBI, Jan 20 (IPS) – A growing number of African countries are making significant progress towards eradicating extreme hunger and poverty. Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa are some of [...]

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MAURITIUS: The Decline of Consumer Cooperatives

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Posted by admin 489 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Nasseem Ackbarally Mauritians are abandoning shopping at dirty and disorganised cooperatives in favour of shopping malls. / Nasseem Ackbarally/IPS PORT-LOUIS, Jan 21 (IPS) – Amateurism, high prices, mismanagement, and a limited product range have discouraged Inderjeet Rajcoomarsingh, the former chairman of the Mauritius Agricultural Cooperative Federation, from shopping at co

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ZIMBABWE: Street Vendors’ Protest Sparking a Revolution

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By Stanley Kwenda Francis Tachirev, a fruit seller in Zimbabwe lives in fear of the local police confiscating his goods. / Stanley Kwenda/IPS HARARE, Jan 19 (IPS) – There are some unlikely comparisons between the work lives of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who sparked the Arab revolution, and Francis Tachirev, a fruit seller in [...]

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EGYPT: Islamist Parties to Abide by Camp David – For Now

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By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jan 19 (IPS) – The Islamist landslide in recently concluded parliamentary polls has led to fears in some quarters of an impending paradigm shift in Egyptian foreign policy. Most local analysts, however, dismiss the likelihood of any sea changes, especially when it comes to the sensitive issues of [...]

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Woe Betide the Return of the Zimbabwean Dollar

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Posted by admin 492 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Ignatius Banda Many Zimbabweans have shunned formal employment. / Stanley Kwenda BULAWAYO, Jan 18 (IPS) – Tinashe Zuze’s story is a typical one of Zimbabwe’s professionals who have shunned formal employment. Instead of working for someone else, Zuze left his job as a bank teller and entered into the world of "wheeling and dealing" [...]

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EGYPT: Lending to Repression, Again

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Posted by admin 492 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Jan 18 (IPS) – For three decades Western governments and lending institutions bankrolled a corrupt regime in Egypt that trampled human rights and stifled democracy. Now they appear ready to do it again, say critics of the military council that has ruled since removing president Hosni Mubarak last February. "Foreign aid should not [...]

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KENYA: Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities

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Posted by admin 493 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Peter Kahare A crocodile carcass on Lake Kamnarok. In the distance cows graze on the lake bed. / Peter Kahare RIFT VALLEY, Kenya,, Jan 17 (IPS) – Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of [...]

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SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA: New Railway Line to Boost Economies

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Posted by admin 493 days ago (http://www.ips.org)
By Mantoe Phakathi Soon a railway line will link South Africa and Swaziland and add a much-needed boost to the economies of these two countries. / Oxyman/Wikicommons MBABANE, Jan 17 (IPS) – The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries. Swazi [...]

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