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CULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Crafts That Steal Hearts All Over the World By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - It is early on a Monday morning and Margret Woermann is late for her interview with IPS. The owner and creative force behind the Heartworks shops is at a meeting discussing a project with a clothing designer. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Fruit and Wine By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - In an effort to stay competitive in a global market where increasing demands are made by consumers for 'green' products, South African fruit and wine farmers have launched an initiative to determine the environmental impact of their industries. The research could challenge the idea that exported products from the developing world have a higher environmental cost. 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Human Rights Drowning in Oil By Mario de Queiroz LISBON - The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) two years from now, despite the country’s poor human rights record. 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 >>
POLITICS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC Summit Under Way By Zahira Kharsany JOHANNESBURG - A free trade agreement is one of the main points on the agenda at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit presently under way in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit will also discuss political problems in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Lesotho and consider protocols on gender and poverty eradication. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: No Joy As Talks Drag On By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - As Zimbabwe's tripartite talks dragged on this week, the public remained in the dark about progres. Frustration is running high on the streets as protracted talks could mean further tough times ahead as the economy continues its free fall. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Retailer Creates Jobs With Green Practices By Johan Eybers JOHANNESBURG - Seven years ago, 54 subsistence farmers in the Umbumbulu district on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa were struggling to feed their families. They could barely pay their children’s school fees. MORE >>
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is a regional arm of the UN with 53 African member states. Its primary responsibility is to encourage the growth of the economic and social sectors of the continent.
