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1.	Mozambique: Women at forefront of resisting climate change
	Author: Stanley Kwenda, Johannesburg	Date Written: 7 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Mozambique, climate change, women
	Summary & Comment: The government of Mozambique has developed a gender strategy for the agrarian sector aimed at creating equal access to resources and opportunities for men and women. It also urges implementation of programmes for diversification of subsistence crops and access to improved technologies, including agro-processing, in response to climate change. AB
2.	South Africa: Civil society’s David versus corporate Goliath
	Author: Saliem Fakir, Cape Town	Date Written: 2 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: South African Civil Society Information Service
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.sacsis.org
	Key Words: South Africa, African Centre for Biodiversity, Schwabe, Nestlé
	Summary & Comment: Unlike BP’s oil spill that is publicly visible, biopiracy happens secretly in remote labs far from the public eye. Its detection requires passionate commitment and investigative skills. This article shows how civil society organizations have protected the public interest against corporate privatization. AB
3.	Angola: Drilling deeper for oil and hoping for no spills
	Author: Louise Redvers, Luanda	Date Written: 1 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Angola	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Angola, oil, Deepwater Horizon, BP, Chevron
	Summary & Comment: Is Angola prepared to deal with an oil "spill" like the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico? AB
4.	Republic of Congo: Deforestation threatens south
	Author: Arsène Séverin, Kinkala	Date Written: 22 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press News Agency
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Republic of Congo, deforestation, charcoal, safou
	Summary & Comment: In a painful irony the end of armed conflict in 2003 has signaled the wholesale devastation of forests in the southern region of the Republic of Congo. AB AB
5.	Disappointment over climate change meeting
	Author: Afrique en ligne	Date Written: 15 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Afrique en ligne
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.afriquejet.com
	Key Words: Africa, climate change, 350.org
	Summary & Comment: Civil society groups attending a meeting on climate change in Bonn, Germany, have expressed disappointment that Saudi Arabia blocked a review on the discussion of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius - the target suggested by scientists. AB
6.	World day to combat desertification: June 17
	Author: IFAD	Date Written: 13 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: International Fund for Agricultural Development
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.ifad.org
	Key Words: desertification, IFAD, UNCCD, 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
	Summary & Comment: Desertification is the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by human activities and climatic variations. Because of its toll on human well-being and on the environment, it ranks among the greatest development challenges of our times. The World Day to Combat Desertification focuses international attention on this growing problem. It has . . . [expand]
7.	South Africa: Stream of acid, the Tweelopiespruit
	Author: Rachael, Johannesburg	Date Written: 13 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Earthlife Africa Jhb
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.earthlife.org
	Key Words: South Africa, Tweelopiespruit , uranium, mine tailings
	Summary & Comment: The photos and text document show the effect of effluent from a mine on the Tweelopiespruit, a stream that flows through the Krugersdorp Game Reserve on the West Rand, near Johannesburg. AB

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1. Africa: Eco-Lens At Durban International Film Festival
   Filmmakers are key agents in keeping a watchful eye on not just on social and political issues but on environmental abuse that often slips unobtrusively into our daily lives. A number of films at this year’s Durban International Film Festival conscie...
2. Kenya: Fighting for Lake Turkana
   For the people of northwestern Kenya, fighting to protect Lake Turkana from the Gibe 3 Dam is a fight for their livelihoods and the future of their unique cultures. International Rivers recently took a trip to the area and documented their struggle. ...
3. Global: Africa looks to vast forests for carbon credit
   They inhabit a polluted part of Ivory Coast's main city with few jobs and a swelling population, but residents of Abidjan's slums have a rare respite: a stretch of pristine rainforest. From their wooden shacks and unpainted concrete houses by motorwa...
4. Nigeria: Zamfara government inaction cost communities 163 lives
   The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) in collaboration with the Women Environmental Programme (WEP) visited communities in three local government areas – Nassarawa LGA, Dareta Village in Anka LGA and Yar Garma in Buk...
5. Mozambique: Women at forefront of resisting climate change
   The Mozambican government has adopted various policies to address the effects of climate change, with special attention to women as studies show that they are more adversely affected by this phenomenon. The south-east African country, with its coastl...

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1. KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures "Aid" Counterfeiters
   A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit medicines to enter the market – a claim that health rights advocates refute.
2. POLITICS-GUINEA: Women Amongst Also-Rans in Presidential Elections
   Celou Dalein Diallo gained a significant advantage over Alpha Condé, his main rival for the Guinean presidency, when a third candidate said he would back Diallo in a second round of voting in August. But what has become of women candidates for high political office in this West African country?
3. ZIMBABWE: Badly Needed Work Begins on Bulawayo Water System
   Dispersing feasting flies and angry residents from a manhole cover spewing sewage from people's homes and into the road: another day in the working life of Njabulo Siziba. It's a dirty, frustrating, thankless job as a civil engineer for Bulawayo city council, but help is at hand for Siziba and the city he serves.
4. MADAGASCAR: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
   Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to legalise her organisation as an association. But both women are considering running in Madagascar's November elections.
5. HEALTH: Uganda Authority Finding Less Counterfeit Drugs
   Uganda's National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early 2000s. This serves as a possible indication of a drop in the availability of counterfeit medicines in the East African country.