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CUBA: Village with English Past, Ecological Present
- Inter Press Service
Only hurricanes disrupt the tranquility of Cocodrilo, a Cuban coastal village founded by immigrants from the Cayman Islands in the early 20th century.
BURKINA FASO: Race to Achieve Goals on Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
The government of Burkina Faso has embarked on the construction of 55,000 latrines each year to improve access to proper sanitation for the population from the present 10 percent to 54 percent by 2015.
POLITICS-GUINEA: Women Amongst Also-Rans in Presidential Elections
- Inter Press Service
Celou Dalein Diallo gained a significant advantage over Alpha Condé, his main rival for the Guinean presidency, when a third candidate said he would back Diallo in a second round of voting in August. But what has become of women candidates for high political office in this West African country?
POLITICS: Temple Row Sours Thai-Cambodian Ties - Again
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s tempestuous relationship with its eastern neighbour Cambodia looks set to worsen, fuelled by the latest round of anger over the future of a 10th- century Hindu temple perched atop a steep cliff along the two countries’ border.
BRAZIL: Young Indigenous Hero Teaches History in Video Game
- Inter Press Service
Computer game technology can have an impact on the way we view the world. In a new video game developed in Brazil, a young indigenous boy named Jeró helps break down the stereotypes of the worldwide video game industry while teaching about the history of colonialism.
MALAWI: Innovative Campaigning by Women Candidates
- Inter Press Service
You will find Beauty Kasonda on her campaign trail at funerals, weddings, church functions or just about any local gathering in her community. Kasonda does not have the sort of funding her male counterparts have for campaigning in the country’s November 2010 elections but she is not letting that stop her.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Realising Trade in Virtual Water
- Inter Press Service
The vegetables Omphemetse Monyi sells at the Francistown bus rank come from 400 kilometres away in South Africa. One approach to development might seek to replace her suppliers with local farmers, but Southern Africa's water managers are considering the merits of reinforcing a regional trade in 'virtual water'.
KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures 'Aid' Counterfeiters
- Inter Press Service
A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures to make medicines available in poor countries create 'loopholes' for counterfeit medicines to enter the market — a claim that health rights advocates refute.
JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA: 100 Years Later, Mistrust far From Gone
- Inter Press Service
Economies ties between Japan and South Korea are becoming stronger by the day, and the neighbouring countries have also been collaborating more frequently on the cultural front.
ZIMBABWE: Badly Needed Work Begins on Bulawayo Water System
- Inter Press Service
Dispersing feasting flies and angry residents from a manhole cover spewing sewage from people’s homes and into the road: another day in the working life of Njabulo Siziba. It's a dirty, frustrating, thankless job as a civil engineer for Bulawayo city council, but help is at hand for Siziba and the city he serves.
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