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Ephraim Nsingo
HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) – Over 75 percent of the people in crisis-riddled Zimbabwe are living in desperate poverty, with children bearing the brunt. And with rival parties still wrangling over implementation of a power-sharing agreement signed four months ago, things are likely to get worse before [...]
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Wambi Michael
JINJA (Uganda), Jan 16 (IPS) – Illegal trade and overfishing in Lake Victoria have led to fish scarcities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Large quantities of illegally traded unprocessed fish, especially Nile perch and tilapia, may be finding their way to export markets in the European Union [...]
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Zahira Kharsany
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (IPS) – A new UNICEF report reveals there is still much to be done to reduce infant and maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Failure to improve care for pregnant women and newborns threatens to undermine progress on all health-related development goals.
”Newborn deaths account for [...]
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Sarah McGregor
ARUSHA (Tanzania), Jan 13 (IPS) – Omari Saidi heard bad news about the global financial crisis, but the 34-year-old Tanzanian taxi driver felt too far removed from the world market to worry.
Saidi, living on an income of 1,500 dollars a year, has never had a bank account, [...]
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