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KENYA: Gathering Storm of Expectations in Nairobi Slum By Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI - For the first time in its 60 years of existence, there is a ray of hope for the one million inhabitants of Kibera, one of the world's most densely-populated slums. After spending most of his life on opposition benches -- or in prison -- as a champion of the poor, the member of parliament for this desperately poor constituency is now the prime minister of Kenya. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Mwanawasa Leaves Mixed Legacy By Nixon Chisonga LUSAKA - More than two months after suffering a stroke while at the African Union (AU) summit in Egypt, Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died Monday in hospital in France. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT: South Africa Beats Deadline on Water, Sanitation By Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM - South Africa and Madagascar, two African nations participating in the Stockholm International Water Conference currently underway in the Swedish capital, provide a contrasting picture of where they stand -- or fall -- in achieving the U.N.'s heavily-trumpeted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MORE >>
TRADE-TANZANIA: Cheap Imitation Goods Are Flooding Markets By Sarah McGregor DAR ES SALAAM - The mishmash of shops in Tanzania's central Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam stock an infinite array of brand name fakes. Throngs of customers snap up mobile phones, designer gear, high-tech electronics and gadgets -- all imitations being sold at unbelievably low prices. MORE >>
REFUGEES-ZAMBIA: Making a Home For Themselves By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - Zambia is home to over 90,000 refugees, many of whom have been in the country for up to 15 years. A voluntary repatriation programme is now drawing to a close, but many of the refugees will likely remain in a country where they have established themselves. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Sharing the Copper Windfall By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - Australian mining giant Equinox Minerals is developing the Lumwana Copper Mine (LCM) to take advantage of strong prices for copper on the international market. When it opens later this year, the mine will be the largest in Africa, but critics say Zambia's share of the profits of minerals is smaller than it should be. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Farmers Can't Afford to Leave Markets -- Literally By Tonderai Kwidini HARARE - It is a wintry Tuesday evening at one of the tobacco auction floors in the Zimbabwean capital Harare. A group of small-scale tobacco farmers are preparing food for the night. MORE >>
POLITICS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Ground-breaking Gender Protocol Signed By Zahira Kharsany JOHANNESBURG - Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit this weekend. Women bear the brunt of social injustice and problems on the African continent, ranging from access to clean water, poor health care, access to economic opportunities or adequate protection before the law. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-UGANDA: Looming Problems With Kampala's Water By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - The water supply for two million residents of the Ugandan capital Kampala is threatened by a combination of ill-planned urbanisation and changing rainfall patterns. MORE >>
TRADE-AFRICA: ‘‘An Injury To One Market Is an Injury to All’’ By Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG - Southern African non-governmental organisations have put forward demands to their governments in resistance to the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-CAMEROON: Operation Green Sahel Resumes By Tamfu Hanson GAROUA - "I have come to plant trees -- that is why I have left my jacket and tie in Yaoundé" declared Cameroon's Minister of Forest and Wildlife, Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, as he launched the tree planting at a small village near the town of Kousseri, in the north of the country. In four minutes, the minister and his staff planted a hundred trees as a bulwark against rapidly encroaching desert. MORE >>
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SADC - The official website for the Southern African Development Community
African Economic Research Consortium
Third World Network
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
SARPN is a facility for promoting debate on poverty in Southern Africa
The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, providing a space where communities can share their experiences on development.
