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12/10/2009
ENVIRONMENT
Darkness at Noon Clouds Cairo Skies
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
Dark clouds over Cairo. Credit:Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani For the last decade, the autumn skies over Egypt - especially over capital Cairo, have been overshadowed by a thick haze people call "the black cloud".
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RIGHTS-UGANDA
Anti-homosexuality Bill Means 'Targeted Killings'
By Wambi Michael
David Bahati submitting his controversial anti-gay Bill to parliament. Credit:Wambi Michael/IPS Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay or lesbian and for repeatedly engaging in homosexual sex, say rights activists.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
From Dirty Fuels to Clean Technology
By Servaas van den Bosch
COP 15 host Denmark has invested billions of Euro's in developing clean wind energy technology. Credit:Servaas van den Bosch/IPS Tomorrow’s polluters are today’s emerging economies. To develop without retracing the polluting steps of the West, requires green technology, an expensive option for Africa.
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12/9/2009
CORRUPTION-AFRICA
A Crime Against Development
By Sholain Govender-Bateman
Dr. Jonathan Lucas says corruption is preventing the world from meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Credit:Sholain Govender-Bateman/IPS Corruption is preventing the world from reducing extreme poverty, from averting child deaths and even from fighting epidemics like HIV/AIDS. And it will have a devastating effect on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals if not tackled directly by each national government.
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RIGHTS-ZAMBIA
'Justice Prevailed’ – Says News Editor Acquitted of False Charges
By Kelvin Kachingwe
Chansa Kabwela speaking to the media after her acquittal. Credit:Kelvin Kachingwe/IPS Chansa Kabwela faced a five-year jail sentence when she sent photographs of a woman giving birth, without medical assistance while in the country’s largest hospital, to government officials.
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UGANDA
Mob Justice Increases as Court Backlogs Escalate
By Joshua Kyalimpa
Uganda chief justice Benjamin Odoki says arbitration will help reduce the backlog in the courts. Credit:Joshua Kyalimpa/IPS Sam Kubo had gone to lease out his 600 hectares of land in Kayunga district. But instead he went to his death.
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12/8/2009
ETHIOPIA
New Election Code Sparks Furore
By Omer Redi
Opposition parties are troubled by what they say is government’s strategy to keep them out of the general elections in May 2010.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Poor Vendors in Swaziland Worried by 'Flora Protection Law'
By Mantoe Phakathi
Moses Ginindza (l) and Mphumuzi Magwagwa: 'If I’m stopped from selling this firewood, the only choice I’d have is to steal.’ Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS For close to three decades, Jeremiah Mkhonta has earned a living by selling firewood by the roadside. It's not exactly lucrative: the father of 15 often goes for a fortnight without even selling a single four dollar bundle of firewood.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Deal On Forests Likely, But...
By Servaas van den Bosch
Avoiding deforestation remains the cheapest and quickest way to realize huge reductions, say activists. Credit:Fabricio Vanden Broeck As debate ratchets up ahead of working out a climate change deal, a Dutch study says emissions from deforestation and land degradation are far lower than has been assumed. Will this have an impact on a deal to protect forests in Africa?
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CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE
President Challenged on Corruption
By Lansana Fofana
President Ernest Bai Koroma's administration has been heavily criticised. Credit:Mohamed Fofanah/IPS The country’s president has failed to meet his electoral commitment of running a transparent and accountable government, free of tribalism and regionalism, opposition parties say.
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