Global News Blog – Global Analyst / IPS By Nasseem Ackburally PORT-LOUIS, Oct 19, 2010 (IPS) – The small island state of Mauritius is the only African country likely to meet all eight of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 – at least on paper. But its citizens say government could do…
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Oct
19
MAURITIUS: Social Ills Prevail Despite Meeting MDGs
Oct
19
PERU: A Highway Built to Be Flooded
Global News Blog – Global Analyst / IPS PUNO, Peru, Oct 19, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Construction workers are fighting the clock to finish the last stretch of the Southern Inter-Oceanic Highway, in southeastern Peru, apparently unaware that about 100 kilometres of this road connecting to Brazil will be covered by water once the Inambari hydroelectric…
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Oct
18
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Strengthen Cooperation to Secure Power
Global News Blog – Global Analyst / IPS By Thabani Okwenjani MAUN, Botswana, Oct 16, 2010 (IPS) – Southern African nations need to agree on a common operational system to manage energy in the region, environmental experts advise. If they don’t, the region could experience power shortages and resulting economic deficits. The Southern African Power…
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Oct
18
ZAMBIA: Bumper Harvest May Prove an Embarassment of Riches
Global News Blog – Global Analyst / IPS By Kabomba Sonkolo LUSAKA, Oct 16, 2010 (IPS) – Buoyed by government’s fertiliser subsidy, Zambia’s farmers produced 2.8 million tonnes of maize in the 2009/10 growing season. Initial delight over the increased harvest – up from 1.8 million tonnes the previous year – gave way to worry…
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