Full Coverage: Southern Africa
January 2007
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25.01.2007
Torrential rains are lashing Angola, Mozambique and Zambia, killing scores of people, leaving thousands homeless and causing severe crop damage. In the Angolan capital, Luanda, floodwaters are still rising and the death toll has exceeded 75 people, with around 50 others reported missing. About 1,200 families have been displaced and aid workers fear that if the rains continue a wider humanitarian crisis could be provoked.
MoreImage: Floods in Africa © Worldwatch Institute
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23.01.2007
Tough isolation measures are justified to contain a deadly, highly contagious, drug-resistant mutant strain of tuberculosis and to prevent "a potentially explosive international health crisis," warn experts in South Africa and Canada.
more...From: Public Library of Science Related topics/regions: [South Africa] Image: The Stop TB Strategy
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23.01.2007
Trade unions and labour rights activists will launch a global campaign Tuesday to use soccer to promote "decent work" worldwide, focusing initially on the construction sector, in the build-up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
more...From: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Related topics/regions: [South Africa] Image: Kenya style football © Peter Armstrong
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22.01.2007
* Nothing But The Truth is written by and stars John Kani "who changed the face of theatre in South Africa in the last century". It explores the relationship between those who remained in South Africa to lead the anti-apartheid struggle and those who returned victoriously after living in exile; London, from 1 February.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Africa] [United Kingdom] Image: John Kani in "Nothing But The Truth"
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22.01.2007
Botswana on nauttinut reippaasta talouskasvusta 20 viime vuotta. Silti on epävarmaa, onnistuuko maa puolittamaan köyhien ja nälkäisten määrän vuoteen 2015 mennessä, kuten YK:ssa asetettu tavoite edellyttäisi. Eteläisessä Afrikassa sijaitsevan 1,8 miljoonan asukkaan Botswanan talous on kasvanut vuosittain keskimäärin yli seitsemän prosenttia vuodesta 1986.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Development] [Poverty] [Economy] Image: Botswanalainen nainen
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18.01.2007
Botswanan san-kansan jäsenet eli bushmannit aloittivat viikonloppuna paluun kansalle perinteisesti kuuluneille maille Botswanan sisämaahan Kalaharin suojelualueelle. Tämän he tekivät siitä huolimatta, että läsnä oli paljon poliiseja, jotka yrittivät taivutella heitä pysymään alueilla, joille heidät oli Kalaharista aikaisemmin siirretty.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Land] [Shelter & housing] [Human rights] [Indigenous rights] Image: Kotiseudulleen palanneita san-naisia. © Survival International
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18.01.2007
Namibialaiset matkanjärjestäjät ottivat tiistaina tuntumaa suomalaiseen matkailuun Porvoossa. Hiekkadyyniskimbaajalle ja luontoretkien järjestäjälle lumi oli uusi elementti. Monikulttuurinien Namibia on näyttävästi esillä torstaina Helsingissä alkavilla Matkamessuilla. Suomi tukee Namibiassa erityisesti yhteisöturismin kehittämistä. Se tähtää matkailutulojen ohjaamiseen edes osin paikallisille ihmisille.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Namibia] [International cooperation] [Tourism] Image: Namibialaisia matkanjärjestäjiä Porvoossa.
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17.01.2007
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17 (OneWorld) - Tribal Bushmen began returning to their ancestral lands inside Botswana's largest game reserve this weekend, despite what their supporters describe as a heavy police presence and attempts to persuade them to stay in relocation camps.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Land] [Corporations] [Animals] [Indigenous rights] [Governance] [Law] Image: Bushmen women back on their land. © Survival International
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16.01.2007
A group of 40 Bushmen have managed to return to their homes in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve, despite a heavy police presence and attempts to persuade them to stay in the relocation camps.
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09.01.2007
A group of Kalahari Bushmen will return to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve on Friday, following a historic court ruling that their eviction by the Botswana government was "unlawful and unconstitutional" and that they have the right to live on their ancestral land.
more...From: Survival International Related topics/regions: [Botswana] Image: Botswana Bushmen at Gope village in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve before they were evicted to make way for diamond mining activities © Survival International
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09.01.2007
Köyhyyden läsnäolo näkyy Etelä-Afrikassa esimerkiksi laajoina hökkelikylinä ja kadulla kohdattuina kerjäläisinä. Nyt on päätetty selvittää, miksi jotkut onnistuvat nousemaan köyhyydestä ja toiset eivät. Afrikan historian laajin tutkimus sosiaalisesta liikkuvuudesta alkaa tänä vuonna. Valtio on myöntänyt sille kolmen miljoonan euron rahoituksen.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [South Africa] [Development] [Poverty] [Science] Image: Katulapsi Etelä-Afrikassa © Janet Jarman
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05.01.2007
Oprah Winfrey and Gordon Brown - who both recently launched educational initiatives - could do "so much more to improve girls' education", a leading development group said today.
more...From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [South Africa] [United Kingdom] Image: Street children, Ghana © ActionAid UK
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