News from category: Economy
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Residents of Nairobi’s crowded slums have been particularly hard hit by spikes in the price of food
NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in …
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Street children polish shoes in Bosasso
BOSASSO, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of …
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Food security solves many ills
MBABANE, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme …
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Hujale Jama is one of thousands of people in Bossaso who have been displaced by drought and have moved to urban centres where they depend on relatives
BOSASSO, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) – …
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Women continue to be treated as minors
MBABANE, 25 February 2010 (IRIN) – The High Court of Swaziland ruled on 23 February 2010 that some married women will be allowed to register property …
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The economic aftermath of instability
ANTANANARIVO, 24 February 2010 (IRIN) – Tensions between street traders and the city authorities in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, are mounting as hundreds of recently unemployed textile industry workers …
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Who to condemn?
DAKAR, 19 February 2010 (IRIN) – Opposition parties, Niger’s largest union and members of civil society announced their support on 19 February for a military ruling council that abducted …
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Constitutional crisis thickens (file photo)
NIAMEY, 18 February 2010 (IRIN) – Small vendors abandoned their stalls as the typical lunch hour break opened with gunfire at the presidential palace shortly after 1pm …
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Constitutional crisis thickens (file photo)
NIAMEY, 18 February 2010 (IRIN) – Small vendors abandoned their stalls as the typical lunch hour break opened with gunfire at the presidential palace shortly after 1pm …
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Lycée Technique Commerciale in Chad’s capital N’djaména, closed during nationwide teacher strike
N’DJAMENA, 17 February 2010 (IRIN) – Teachers demanding more pay to face higher food prices entered the third day of …
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President Robert Mugabe remains unwelcome in Europe
JOHANNESBURG, 16 February 2010 (IRIN) – The European Union’s decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and senior members of the ruling …
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President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai agree to the formation of a unity government
HARARE, 11 February 2010 (IRIN) – A year after a political pact was forged in the hope of …
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Jaboya – the exchange of sexual favours for fish – has been associated with Nyanza’s high HIV prevalence
KISUMU, 9 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Ooko*, a fisherman in his mid-twenties operating mainly from …
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HIV prevalence among Nyanza’s fishing communities is estimated to be as high as 30 percent
KISUMU, 9 February 2010 (PlusNews) – If you were a fishmonger in Kisumu, a city on Lake Victoria …
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NAIROBI, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) – A new project seeks to harness the skills of Somali expatriates in the development of their homeland by sending them on short-term capacity-building assignments in key public …
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Poverty levels remain
INEQUALITY NOT SO BLACK AND WHITE , 8 February 2010 (IRIN) – The growing gulf between the haves and have-nots in the black population has given South Africa the …
