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RSS FeedAfrica: Now Zambia suspends maize exports
2008-05-08
Barely some two months after Malawi and Tanzania suspended maize exports to avoid hunger, Zambia has followed suit suspending white maize exports due to a decline in output after the country was hit by floods, a minister said on Wednesday....
Global: The US role in Haiti’s hunger riots
2008-04-24
Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots worldwide in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivorie, Egypt, Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen. The...
Kenya: Government to embrace a social protection strategy for the poor
2008-04-18
Still in its nascent stages, the Kenya National Social Protection Plan is an ambitious government project that proposes far-reaching policies and actions for the poor and vulnerable that will enhance their capacity to cope with poverty and equip them...
South Africa: Home Affairs standing in the way of kids getting grants
2008-04-11
Social grants are out of the reach of many of the poorest South Africans because they cannot afford to get the necessary identity documents from the Department of Home Affairs. Some of the biggest barriers are money for transport to the Home Affairs ...
Côte d’Ivoire: Protests force tax cuts
2008-04-04
Ivory Coast has slashed the taxes on imported staple foods after two days of violent protests in the commercial capital Abidjan over rising prices. At least one man died in the demonstrations during which police fired live ammunition and tear gas to ...
Africa: African ministers to tackle rising food prices
2008-04-04
African ministers on Wednesday agreed to tackle rising food prices that have threatened the continent's fledgling stability and economic growth. Although the hike "presents opportunities for increased food production in some of our countries", the ph...
Kenya: Dream come true for slum dwellers
2005-04-26
As the Government dithers and over housing the urban poor, residents of an informal settlement in Nairobi are showing the way things ought to be done. Up to the year 2003, the residents of Kambi Moto slum village in Huruma, Starehe Division, Nairobi,...
South Africa: Study highlights impact of social grants
2004-12-16
South Africa's system of social grants has reduced poverty and is playing a developmental role in uplifting poor households, according to a new study. The research was commissioned by the Department for Social Development and focused on the social an...
Angola: Concern over mounting social tension
2004-12-16
The end of a devastating civil war and substantial oil wealth have done little to develop Angola or improve the lives of its 13 million people, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Angolan launc...
Kenya: Juvenile justice in Kenya
2004-12-16
This report from the Consortium for Street Children looks at the situation of Kenyan street children in general and those in conflict with the law in particular. It examines the status of the Kenyan juvenile justice system and the reasons behind chi...
Africa/Global: Hunger costs millions of lives
2004-12-09
Hunger and malnutrition cause tremendous human suffering, kill more than five million children every year, and cost developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity and national income, according to FAO's annual hunger report, 'The State...
Zimbabwe: NGO de-registration stalls aid for 90,000 kids
2004-12-02
An international NGO involved in a school feeding programme has had to leave Zimbabwe because the authorities refused to renew its registration and work permits for expatriate staff. International aid agencies and NGOs must register with the governme...
South Africa: The BIG discussion: Social security in post-apartheid SA
2004-12-02
In 2000 a South African government committee recommended the introduction of a basic income grant (BIG), consisting of a grant of R100 per month for every South African citizen, regardless of age or income level. The idea of basic income emerged as ...
Lesotho: Abuse of child domestic workers uncovered
2004-12-02
The preliminary findings of a study on child domestic workers in Lesotho, forced onto the job market by poverty and HIV/AIDS, has uncovered the sometimes "highly abusive nature" of their relationship with employers. Commissioned by the UN Children's ...
South Africa: Tutu slams political enrichment; voices concern about poverty
2004-11-25
Former Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu was a thorn in the flesh of successive apartheid regimes in South Africa until the demise of white rule in 1994. Now, with apartheid gone, Tutu is directing his desire for social justice elsewhere. "We were i...
South Africa: Poverty deepens
2004-11-18
New estimates of poverty show that the proportion of people living in poverty in South Africa has not changed significantly between 1996 and 2001. However, those households living in poverty have sunk deeper into poverty and the gap between rich and ...
South Africa: Protest at pre-paid metres
2004-11-18
Hundreds of people from a diversity of backgrounds came together this week to protest the installation of pre-paid water meters in Soweto and other townships. The march was organized by the coalition Organizations Against Prepaid Water that included ...
South Africa: A new way to secure children and parents
Margaret Legum and Norman Reynolds (2004-11-18)
The City of Johannesburg has been presented with an innovative programme to address child poverty and early childhood development - that would also regenerate local economies by enabling poor communities and thus parents to earn money in the process....
South Africa: Child welfare system leaves many AIDS orphans stranded
2004-11-11
With an increasing number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS seeking foster care, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is placing enormous pressure on South Africa's child welfare system. An estimated 18 percent of the country's children are orphans. According to the...
Zimbabwe: Escalating prices restrict access to food
2004-11-11
Estimates of food aid needs in Zimbabwe should be revised as maize prices have climbed well above anticipated levels, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned. "Due to much higher than expected maize prices, and no evidence of c...
Southern Africa: Infant and child mortality rates rising
2004-11-11
Gains in reducing infant and child mortality in Southern Africa are being eroded by the impact of HIV/AIDS, the 40th Regional Health Ministers' Conference for East, Central and Southern Africa was told. A paper by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) regi...
East Africa: Positive outcomes from Child-Centred Approaches to HIV/AIDS
2004-11-11
The results of a HIV project focusing on children in East Africa indicates that the project has contributed to lessening the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, their families and their communities. For example, school authorities have reported that the ...
Africa: A guide to child justice in Africa
2004-11-04
This manual produced by the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa presents innovative examples of applied local practices of child justice in Africa. The topics mainly relate to programme delivery, to the expansi...
DRC: UN civilian accused of sexual abuse
2004-11-04
UN authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have handed over a French UN civil servant to French authorities following allegations that the person sexually molested children. Last week, two Tunisian UN peacekeepers were sent home following...
Zimbabwe: Assessing impact of interventions on children
2004-11-04
Children receiving food aid are often stigmatised and maltreated by guardians, according to the findings of a pilot project in Zimbabwe to assess the impact of food interventions on children. The project was prompted by a lack of "humanitarian accoun...
Africa: Poverty in Africa Set to Worsen Significantly By 2015, Says Survey
2004-11-04
Half of the world's poor will live in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2015, up from 27% in 1999, despite significant inroads made in reducing global poverty, according to a new report. The latest survey compiled by the South African Institute of Race Relations...
Africa/Global: Street children and the justice system
2004-10-28
Children who live and work on the streets are vulnerable to human rights violations in the juvenile justice system and are less likely to be able to defend themselves from abuse once they are within the system, says a report from the Consortium for S...
South Africa: The end of GEAR, or change of gear?
2004-10-28
Attention should be focused on what the ANC government plans to do about the deepening socio-economic crisis that grips SA, says this analysis on the University of Natal's Centre for Civil Society website. President Mbeki placed poverty eradication ...
Malawi: Increasing number of children working
2004-10-28
The effects of the 2002 food crisis in Malawi continue to take a heavy toll of the country's children, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a new report. The 50-page study, launched last week, noted an increase in the number of childre...
South Africa: Falling through the bureaucratic cracks
2004-10-28
Abandoned and orphaned children are languishing in South African institutions while bureaucrats take up to two years to decide whether they can be adopted. Around a quarter of a million South African children are orphaned but large numbers are fallin...
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