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Sudan Set to Split Despite Egyptian Moves
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. has rejected an Egyptian proposal for a 'confederation' between northern and southern Sudan, insisting that a Jan. 9 referendum - which will determine the fate of the south - go ahead as scheduled. According to Egyptian analysts, the move proves Washington's determination to see Africa's largest country split in two.
DEVELOPMENT-MOZAMBIQUE: Hunger Stalks 55 Percent of Adults
- Inter Press Service
Baptista Macule is sitting on a sack of groundnuts in a dusty side-alley near the sprawling, makeshift Malanga market on the outskirts of Maputo. He squints into the sun as he tries to explain the extent of poverty in his country.
AFRICA: Threat of a Perfect Storm - AIDS and a Fresh Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
In November, the Food and Agriculture Organisation was just one of many voices warning that food prices have risen to levels last seen at the start of the 2007-2008 crisis. A majority of the countries most exposed to a repeat of that problem are in Africa, where vulnerability to food security is exacerbated by AIDS.
Rights Groups Divided over Wikileaks Revelations
- Inter Press Service
Some of the nation's leading human rights groups - who are almost always on the same page - are taking widely opposing positions on the latest Wikileaks document dump of diplomatic cables.
MEXICO: Oaxaca Voters Hope for Change
- Inter Press Service
'A dark chapter has come to a close in the history of Oaxaca. A chapter that must never again be repeated,' said lawmaker Flavio Sosa, the head of the social movement that brought this southern Mexican state to its knees for several months in 2006 and was brutally repressed.
ZAMBIA: Pack of Drugs Helps Mothers Protect Babies
- Inter Press Service
Close to 400,000 African children are infected with HIV every year - nearly one in five of these infected during birth or shortly thereafter because their mothers lack access to antiretroviral drugs.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Watchful Eye on Deadly Stock Disease
- Inter Press Service
Government spokesperson Dr Mohamed Bakari says Tanzania has contained an epidemic of viral disease that had affected the northern part of the country, mainly around Arusha, since the start of the year.
SIERRA LEONE: (Misused) Key to Malaria Prevention
- Inter Press Service
Lucky for Osman Conteh that one of his aunts disagreed with the family consensus that he had been stricken by an evil spirit. She insisted the twitching, incoherently babbling child be taken to the hospital rather than a witch doctor.
U.N. a Playground for Spies of all Political Stripes
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations has long been a veritable playground for spooks of all political stripes to spy on each other - going back to the days of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War in the 1960s and '70s.
Security Council Hopefuls Stymied by Myriad Squabbles
- Inter Press Service
Who is responsible for stalling reform of the U.N. Security Council? The exclusive club of five nuclear-armed industrialised countries, or those from the developing world who have little say in decision-making on issues of international peace and security?
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