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Cuba Bumped from Human Development Index over Missing Data
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) formulates its annual Human Development Index (HDI), it uses several socioeconomic indicators - including life expectancy, gross national income and literacy - to rank member states and also measure quality of life in these countries.
Floodwaters Rising Across Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
As South Africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise.
U.N. Fears Escalating Ethnic Clashes in Cote d'Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
United Nations officials said they were 'gravely concerned' Wednesday that the current political deadlock over recent presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire could ultimately lead to genocide, as both sides of the conflict consolidated their forces.
Mozambique Prepares for Worst Floods in 10 Years
- Inter Press Service
Flood alert levels are on orange in parts of Mozambique as disaster management services mobilise to respond to flooding potentially as bad as the catastrophe in 2000.
CHILE: Grassroots Heritage Preservation Efforts Growing
- Inter Press Service
With the first National Congress on Heritage Neighbourhoods and Areas, community groups in Chile plan to draw attention to their struggle to defend the country's vulnerable historic heritage.
COTE D'IVOIRE: New Techniques, New Profits for Tomato Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Even while the country has faced civil war and political crisis, innovative research organisations have worked to meet the challenges of food security and rural poverty.
'Accidentally' Set on Fire — New Form of Sexist Violence in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
'I knew he beat her but I never imagined that she would end up like this,' Elsa Jerez told IPS, talking about her 24-year-old daughter Fátima Catán, a victim of domestic violence in Argentina who died of severe burns to her body.
JAMAICA: Dying Manufacturing Sector Seeks Govt Cure
- Inter Press Service
For close to 10 years, Patrick Marzouca has just managed to keep his tiny car factory afloat in a rapidly declining productive sector.
SWAZILAND: Free Primary Education - If You Can Afford It
- Inter Press Service
The new school year opened with hope - and hunger - in Swaziland this week: an estimated 140,000 orphans and vulnerable children are among the small, eager faces in the mountain kingdom's classrooms. Poverty and the AIDS pandemic threaten to make an early mark on the next generation.
EAST EUROPE: Midwives Struggle to Deliver Home Births
- Inter Press Service
Women’s rights in Eastern Europe have been put into the spotlight as a Hungarian midwife faces five years in prison for assisting with home births.
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