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Politics | Economy - Development | Society Mozambique drug barons "protected by President" afrol News - Mozambique is becoming a major narcotics transit point in Africa, with US diplomatic sources pointing at two of country's main businessmen as drug barons. Both are protected by the President. |
Health Zambia AIDS treatment reaches 90% of sick afrol News - As HIV/AIDS prevalence is finally being reduced in Africa, also Zambia can celebrate successes in the fight against the pandemic. Almost all Zambians suffering from AIDS now receive treatment. |
Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure Botswana outraged over tourism, diamond boycott afrol News - The government and citizens of Botswana are expressing outrage at a campaign launched by a British group, calling for a world-wide boycott of the country's diamonds and tourism industry, fronted by celebrities. |
Agriculture - Nutrition | Technology Zambia farmers get innovative e-vouchers afrol News / SciDev.Net - Zambian farmers could gain faster access to agricultural products and services with Africa's first electronic voucher scheme for farmers. |
Politics Swaziland opposition plans offensive afrol News - PUDEMO, the banned opposition of Swaziland, has announced that "the year 2011 must begin with a bang." An opposition congress in January is to plan for a democratic revolution in the kingdom. |
Politics | Society US was against Zim unity govt afrol News - In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed figure." |
Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature South Africa avoids climate leadership afrol News / IPS - South Africa is Africa's largest economy and the continent's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. But at the just opened climate negotiations, South Africa most likely will try to avoid reducing emissions. |
Economy - Development | Environment - Nature Mozambique smelter ignores pollution limits afrol News / Savana - The large aluminium smelter Mozal, set up as a major Mozambique industry investment by foreign capital, is emitting polluting fumes and dusts emissions bypassing filters. Complaints are ignored. |
Politics | Gender - Women Southern Africa lags behind gender targets SANF / afrol News - Tougher measures are needed if Southern Africa is to attain its 50-percent target for representation of women in political and decision-making positions at all levels by the 2015 deadline. |
Health | Science - Education Longer life in SA may reflect AIDS victory afrol News - New statistics show that South Africa's declining life expectation turned already in 2005, with mortality rates for both sexes decreasing since that. Better HIV/AIDS treatment may be the cause. |
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