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By Damon Van der Linde
Emmanuel Kargbo, a 26-year-old farmer, pushes a motorised soil tiller recently given to his farming cooperative. / Damon Van der Linde/IPS
LAMBAYAMA, Sierra Leone, Apr 19 (IPS) – In the eastern Sierra Leonean community of Lambayama, rice paddies are carved far into the landscape before being abruptly halted by distant hills. Aside [...]
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By Jessica McDiarmid
BEYIN, Ghana, Apr 18 (IPS) – Sam Kojo stands in a thigh-high pile of brown seaweed that blankets a beach in western Ghana. Behind him, a decomposing mound of Sargassum stretches down the shore past the fishing village of Beyin.
"Ever since I was born, I have not seen this," says Kojo, holding a [...]
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By William G. Moseley*
GABORONE, Botswana, Apr 18 (IPS) – On Apr. 6, Tuareg rebels in the West African city of Timbuktu unilaterally declared their independence from Mali and announced the birth of a new nation called Azawad. The declaration was widely ignored or condemned by neighbouring African states and the international community.
However, considering the arbitrary [...]
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By Soumaila T. Diarra
Timbuktu is one of the northern Malian cities seized by Tuareg and Islamist rebels. / Emilio Labrador/CC BY 2.0
BAMAKO, Apr 19 (IPS) – Cheick Modibo Diarra has been named interim prime minister of Mali as a transitional administration takes shape, to guide the country back to full constitutional government. But despite [...]
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Posted by
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A resident of Diepsloot waits among his empty water buckets. Credit: Sipho Stuurman/IPS
After a warning by the Johannesburg City Council, residents of the Diepsloot township have been queuing for days to get their hands on a bucket of drinking water. Sipho Stuurman was in the township and spoke to residents and officials.
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Posted by
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By Jake Lippincott
Thousands of Tunisians have protested against a government ban on street demonstrations. / Jake Lippincott/IPS.
TUNIS, Apr 20 (IPS) – Thousands of centre-left demonstrators violently clashed with police in street battles that completely shut down central Tunis last week, left scores seriously injured and underlined the persistent divisions in Tunisian society.
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Posted by
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By Jessica McDiarmid
Thomas Essuman says Ghanaian fisherfolk know that using poison, dynamite and illegal nets to catch fish is doing long-term damage. / Jessica McDiarmid/IPS
TAKORADI-SEKONDI, Ghana, Apr 19 (IPS) – Explosives, high-watt light bulbs, monofilament nets, and poison: these are a few methods fisherfolk are using to catch ever-dwindling fish stocks off Ghana’s
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By Katie Lin
On Jul. 20, 2011, the peaceful country of Malawi broke out into nationwide anti-government protests. / Katie Lin/IPS
BLANTRYE, Malawi, Apr 13 (IPS) – As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda’s appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new government [...]
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