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Zimbabwean Women Weave Their Own Beautiful Future
- Inter Press Service
LUPANE, Zimbabwe, Jun 03 (IPS) - Seventy-seven-year-old Grace Ngwenya has an eye for detail. You will never catch her squinting as she effortlessly weaves ilala palm fronds into beautiful baskets.
Campaign for Affordable Medicine Gains Ground in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 03 (IPS) - Patient and leading health organisations in South Africa have now joined a Fix the Patent Laws campaign launched in 2011 by Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to push for reform of the country's current patent laws.
Cueta, An Enclave For Migrating Birds Not Humans
- Inter Press Service
CEUTA, Spain, Jun 03 (IPS) - A few kilometres before the border between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and Morocco, a sign informs passers-by that this outpost of Spain on African soil stands in a privileged position for those who wish to observe the annual migration of birds across the Strait of Gibraltar, their shortest route from Africa to Europe.
Native Communities in Mexico Demand to be Consulted on Wind Farms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 03 (IPS) - "It hurts us that our land is affected, and the environmental impacts are not even measured. Wind farm projects affect streams and hurt the flora," said Zapotec Indian Isabel Jiménez, who is taking part in the struggle against the installation of a wind park in southern Mexico.
The Neglected Street Vendors of India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 02 (IPS) - For the past nine years, 27-year-old Jignesh has been hawking bed sheets on the bustling pavements of Janpath, a major throughway in India's capital, New Delhi, as kamikaze traffic swirls around him.
Despite Setbacks, Global Sanitation Makes Progress, Says Fund
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - When the United Nations hosted a panel discussion last year urging its partners to "break their silence" on open defecation, Singapore's deputy permanent representative Mark Neo was outspoken in his characterisation: "Open defecation is a euphemism. What we are talking about is shitting in the open."
Newly-Recovered Ship Contains Rare Remnants of Slave Trade
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 02 (IPS) - A Portuguese slave ship that left Mozambique in 1794 bound for Brazil had hardly rounded the treacherous Cape of Good Hope when it broke apart violently on two reefs only 100 yards from shore.
Jamaican Gov't Sees IMF Successes but No Benefits for the Poor
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jun 02 (IPS) - For Jamaicans like Roxan Brown, the Caribbean nation's International Monetary Fund (IMF) successes don't mean a thing. Seven consecutive tests have been passed but still, the mother of two can't find work and relies instead on the kindness of friends and family.
Prolonged Drought Leaves Caribbean Farmers Broke and Worried
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, Jun 02 (IPS) - St. Lucian farmer Anthony Herman was hoping that next year he'd manage to recoup some of the losses he sustained after 70 per cent of his cashew crop withered and died in the heat of the scorching southern Caribbean sun.
Africa Primed to Take Advantage of Internet Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jun 02 (IPS) - There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that Internet can bring to people across the continent, according to Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet Society.
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