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Somalia Centre Stage Ahead of AU Summit
- Inter Press Service
The African Union summit opens in Kampala on July 19 amid heightened security following twin bomb attacks a week earlier. The official theme of child and maternal mortality will likely be overshadowed by discussion of the AU's mission in Somalia.
CHINA-NIGERIA: New Refinery Planned for Lagos Free Trade Zone
- Inter Press Service
Nigeria is a place where many more deals are announced than are ever completed. But July saw progress towards the construction of one of three new Nigerian refineries that were the subject of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian and Chinese governments earlier in the year.
RIGHTS-CHINA: Migrants Are Badly Needed, But Get Little Support
- Inter Press Service
Thirty-six-year-old Luo Fusheng left his hometown in China’s Jiangxi province a decade ago to look for work to help support his family. Unskilled and with limited education, Luo eventually ended up in the factory city of Shenzhen, more than 700 kilometres to the south, where he now works as a security guard.
Nigeria Suffers Acute Lead-Poisoning Outbreak
- Inter Press Service
The Nigerian government is trying to cope with an outbreak of lead poisoning which has killed over 200 people in Zamfara State since early July.
SOUTH AFRICA: Trauma of Children Caring for HIV-Positive Parents
- Inter Press Service
Nine-year-old Nomasonto* had no choice but to switch roles with her mother and care for the HIV-positive woman who gave birth to her. Instead of worrying about homework and going out to play with her friends, Nomasonto’s daily concerns were now a matter of life and death.
PAKISTAN: Swat Valley’s Festival Speaks Up for Peace
- Inter Press Service
The threats against officials and ordinary people alike have not stopped, with yet another suicide bomber sowing terror in the district’s main town just on Jul. 15.
ZIMBABWE: Veggies Dried and Tasted
- Inter Press Service
A resurgence of interest in dried traditional vegetables has opened up a market opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo.
Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body
- Inter Press Service
A long outstanding proposal to recognise the right to water as a basic universal human right is threatening to split the world's rich and poor nations.
North Korea in Dire Need of Food, Medical Aid, Amnesty Says
- Inter Press Service
The fragile health system in the cash-strapped Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), long described as one of the world's most secretive countries, is on the verge of collapsing, Amnesty International (AI) warned Thursday.
Venezuela Starts Its Own 'Zero Hunger' Programme
- Inter Press Service
Standing between two wooden planks that shore up the front of her small makeshift house, 40-year-old Maribel Huerta talks about her family.
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