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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 >>
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 >>
RIGHTS-MOROCCO: Firing Squads Silent - But Death Hovers By Abderrahim El Ouali CASABLANCA, Morocco - Morocco's death row prisoners -- some 150 inmates -- are living in sub-human, "life-threatening conditions", according to leading NGOs and rights activists. 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 >>
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 >>
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-ZIMBABWE: Civil Society Demands More From Talks By Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG - A barrage of banners denouncing Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe greeted passersby in the well-manicured gardens of Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre, where that country's political crisis is high on the agenda of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit. 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 >>
SIERRA LEONE: Partisan Politics Threatens Peace By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - A violent showdown on August 13 in the heart of Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, demonstrated the political tension that has been brewing between the country's two main political parties, the ruling All People's Congress (APC) and the main opposition Sierra Leone's People's Party (SLPP). MORE >>
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