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NAMIBIA: Court case highlights workers rights
JOHANNESBURG, 3 July 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - In a landmark case in Namibia, 22 hotel workers are taking their employer and a doctor to court for allegedly testing them for HIV without their informed consent.
In February 2000, the owner of Oshakati Coun....
RWANDA: Water rationing warning as drought bites
KIGALI, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Electrogaz, Rwanda's public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said.
Yves Muyange, the acting chief executive, said the country wa....
WEST AFRICA: Another stab at the "resource curse"
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - In Africa billions of dollars from oil, gas and mining revenues go missing, leaving populations dependent on international assistance, according to a new report on natural resource use on the continent.
The report, whi....
RWANDA: Sugar daddies and mummies have bitter consequences
KIGALI, 2 July 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda - "Sinigurisha" (I am not for sale) - warns against cross-generational sex involving both older men and older women.
"Sexual relationships between girls and older men [sugar....
AFRICA: Civil Society to AU: Investment Must Address Marginalisation
Diletta Varlese, Terna Gyuse and Joyce Mulama, Sirte, LIBYA, CAPE TOWN and NAIROBI, Jul 3 (IPS) - No gathering hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is ever dull, and the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, concluding in Sirte, Libya ....
KENYA: A Role For Men in Gender Equality
Joyce Mulama, NAIROBI, Jul 3 (IPS) - The recent Gender Festival in Kenya has underlined the important role that male activism can play in achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment.
"Men have a role to play when it comes to ensuring gender ....
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