http://africa.oneworld.net/article/country/958/ en_GB Southern Africa http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160454/1/ To provide counselling and protection services, a toll-free national Child Helpline was launched recently in Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa. Last year the government and UNICEF in their joint survey had found more than 90% children suffering from various forms of violence like hunger, exploitation and rape. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160439/1/ Erive Community Radio is bringing a change in the lives of young girls in Maganja da Costa. The UNICEF-supported station has led to a rise in enrollment in primary schools through its programmes promoting girls’ education. The station is run in partnership with Mozambique’s Social Communication Institute. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83260 Amidst conern about the increasing possibility of violence in the wake of Zimbabwe's unresolved election, the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance is sending delegations to request intervention by the Southern African Development Community and the African Union. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82445 Tulvat ovat aiheuttaneet laajaa tuhoa niin Mosambikissa, Zimbabwessa, Malawissa kuin Sambiassakin. Malaria- ja ripulitapaukset ovat lisääntyneet, ja tulvavesi on tuhonnut koteja sekä kymmeniä tuhansia hehtaareita viljelysmaata. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82039 About 60,000 Mozambicans have been affected by the flooding of the Zambezi river following unexpectedly heavy rains. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81731 "The SADC [South African Development Community] countries need to ratchet up their pressure [on Zimbabwe], and they need to do it not just behind doors but openly so that world public opinion can be mobilised behind African voices, behind African leadership," said the secretary-general of human rights organization, after attending a meeting in Cape Town last week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81687 Neljä maata eteläisen Afrikan EPA-ryhmästä eteni vapaakauppaneuvotteluissa seuraavalle askelmalle, mutta Namibia ja Etelä-Afrikka jättäytyivät neuvotteluista. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81651 The United Nations World Food Program is teaming up with the world's most popular food blog, Chez Pim, to raise money for small-scale farmers in the Southern African nation of Lesotho. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/155023/1/ http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81519 Itäisen Afrikan yhteisö EAC on ensimmäinen maiden joukko, joka on allekirjoittanut EPA-vapaakauppasopimuksen Euroopan unionin kanssa. Eteläisen Afrikan ryhmä seuraa pian perässä, ja sen neljä maata sopi jo väliaikaisesta EPAsta. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81187 The dangers to southern African children who migrate to other countries in search of work and education are documented in a new report by a leading children's charity. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80562 In the face of climate change-driven agricultural decline, a farming method called "conservation agriculture" multiplied one Tanzanian maize farmer's harvest by eight tons over a ten-year period. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/149035/1/ http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/151719/1/ Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) legislators have recommended the establishment of a Parliamentary Forum ICT policy and strategy to guide the development and adoption of ICT at the regional level. The development, widely seen as a move to harness and promote effective use of ICT in the legislative assemblies was adopted following a three-day workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/91442/1/ Recently, United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) launched this years human development report for Zambia in Lusaka. The occasion, which was graced by the presence of the country's vice president, Nevers Mumba was rather sobering. There was just nothing to celebrate. Zambia finds itself in the unenviable 164th position in the world on social and economic performance.