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Risking Life and Limb for Football in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
'Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that,' former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said. Uncomfortably close to a bald statement of fact for fans of the beautiful game in Somalia, who risk their lives to watch the World Cup unfolding in South Africa.
Artists Refuse Silence on Zimbabwe Atrocities
- Inter Press Service
In a bold attempt to stoke public debate on national healing, an art exhibition is challenging the government to publicly acknowledge one of the most hideous episodes in Zimbabwe's history.
DEVELOPMENT: Violence Escalates Around India’s Largest Inland Lake
- Inter Press Service
Basudev Dalai, 43, never thought that the fishing village where he has lived all his life and which has been home to generations of fishermen like him would be embroiled in violent clashes over the very source of their livelihood.
Civil Society Pushes for Action Ahead of MDG Review
- Inter Press Service
As a major high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals approaches at U.N. headquarters in September, anti- poverty and human rights activists are stepping up efforts to have their voices heard.
China-EU Rivalry in Africa Sharpens
- Inter Press Service
If China needed another prompt that the European powers have finally woken up to the fact they were losing the competition for the Africa pie, it came with France’s bid to recapture lost ground this month.
MALAWI: Changing the Face of Politics
- Inter Press Service
The face of politics is changing in the southern African country of Malawi. And civil society is making plans to ensure that it changes even more.
Upstream States Challenge Egypt Over Nile Waters
- Inter Press Service
A water-sharing treaty among five upstream Nile Basin countries - to the exclusion of Egypt and Sudan - has reignited the longstanding dispute over water distribution. Local experts, however, say the agreement will not jeopardise Egypt's historical share of Nile water.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Maldives Inches Closer to HCFC Phase-out
- Inter Press Service
The Maldives Islands, fast gaining a reputation for ‘walking the talk’ as it raises its tiny island voice in the climate change discourse, has launched an action plan to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2020, or 10 years ahead of other countries and the target set by an international agreement known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
AFRICA: Renewing the Promise of Education for All
- Inter Press Service
The World Cup is wreaking havoc with a key millennium development goal in South Africa: as the football tournament hit its stride, not a single child across the nation attended school.
KENYA: Pharmaceutical Companies Drove Anti-Counterfeit Law
- Inter Press Service
Much of the initiative behind the adoption of Kenya’s controversial anti-counterfeit law came from multinational pharmaceutical companies using their membership of a local manufacturers’ association to push for the legislation.
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