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Zimbabweans Turn to Indigenous Medicine
- Inter Press Service
Zimbabwe's government recently announced that the country had run out of the critical painkiller morphine. It was just the latest development in a debilitating health care crisis that has seen hospitals turn away patients because of drug shortages.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: A Region of Winners and Losers, Not Partners
- Inter Press Service
As Southern Africa prepares itself for another year of economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union, trade analysts say any deal should be about more than just liberalised trade.
Malawi Business Keen on Power From Mozambique
- Inter Press Service
The feasibility study looking at connecting Malawi's electricity grid to Mozambique's Cahora-Bassa hydropower station was completed 15 years ago; a price for power was long ago agreed by the respective governments: but somehow the project is yet to go ahead.
OP-ED: Zambian TV Ads Threaten Women's Gains
- Inter Press Service
Five years since Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president in Liberia, it appears there is a systematic campaign to remind African women that their place is still in the kitchen. And advertisers of detergent powders and other cleaning products appear to be the main culprits.
African Migrants Targeted in Libya
- Inter Press Service
As nations evacuate their citizens from the violence gripping Libya, many African migrant workers are being targeted because they are suspected of being mercenaries hired by Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader.
OP-ED: Democracy Is No Panacea
- Inter Press Service
The Egyptian people have every reason to be proud. They have provided the world with a shining example of how to overthrow a dictator within three weeks with hardly any violence - their message of freedom, unity and solidarity will remain for years in the collective memory of the Middle East and the entire world.
Educate the Girl, Empower the Woman
- Inter Press Service
Picture a mother, hunching over a field with a Medieval-style hoe in hand, spending day after day tilling the soil under a beating hot sun - only to retire home to care for her family without electricity or running water.
CARIBBEAN: Regional Integration Stalls over Governance
- Inter Press Service
For the first time in years, none of the Caribbean leaders appearing at the Caribbean Community's end-of-summit news conference uttered the words, 'We had a very good meeting.'
PHILIPPINES: Building Schools From Soda Bottles
- Inter Press Service
It takes roughly three to five centuries for the average plastic bottle to biodegrade. But some environmentalists have found new uses for it, turning it into durable material for building classrooms.
PAKISTAN: Injecting Disease With Medicine
- Inter Press Service
Once every two weeks, 45-year-old Perween Riaz enters a place with a sign outside that says 'Ghazi Medical Centre' where she gets injections for headache and nausea from someone people know is not a real doctor.
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