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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
28 May 2013
(IRIN
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Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98114/Digital-jobs-offer-skills-promise-to-Africa-s-unemployed-youth
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Careless food storage sidelines Swaziland’s hungry
23 May 2013
(IRIN
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Mounds of food aid intended for Swaziland’s food insecure were recently found rotting in the government’s main storage warehouses at the Matsapha Industrial Estate, about 25km east of the capital, Mbabane.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98086/Careless-food-storage-sidelines-Swaziland-s-hungry
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Circumcision plans go awry in Swaziland
13 May 2013
(IRIN
),
It was an ambitious plan to circumcise the majority of men in Swaziland, an effort to reduce the risk of HIV transmission in a country with the world's highest HIV prevalence. How could it have gone wrong?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98023/Circumcision-plans-go-awry-in-Swaziland
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Swaziland’s dental dilemma
3 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Having a toothache in Swaziland can be a lot more painful than it is in many other places. Most Swazis have never visited a dentist, because in a country where 70 percent of the population lives in absolute poverty, oral hygiene is considered a luxury.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97774/Swaziland-s-dental-dilemma
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Southern Africa cracks down on TB in mines
25 March 2013
(IRIN
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South Africa's gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries. IRIN takes a look at the declaration meant to change this situation.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97719/Southern-Africa-cracks-down-on-TB-in-mines
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Swazi government sells food aid
20 March 2013
(IRIN
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Swaziland’s government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97684/Swazi-government-sells-food-aid
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
),
New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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Solving statelessness in Southern Africa
30 January 2013
(IRIN
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Frederik Ngubane was born in South Africa to South African parents 22 years ago but, lacking any proof of his origins or nationality, he lives a shadowy, marginal existence. He cannot travel, study or secure formal employment and has lost count of how many times he has been arrested for being undocumented.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97372/Solving-statelessness-in-Southern-Africa
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In Swaziland, child marriage still a grey area
29 January 2013
(IRIN
),
The relief felt by health officials and activists several months ago at the apparent outlawing of child marriages now appears to have been premature, with Swaziland’s traditional leadership recently declaring that such unions are acceptable under customary law.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97360/In-Swaziland-child-marriage-still-a-grey-area
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
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Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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Swazi farmers struggle to afford inputs
9 January 2013
(IRIN
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Faced with increasingly unpredictable rains and soaring agricultural input costs, many of Swaziland’s smallholder farmers are no longer able to make a living relying on traditional methods to grow maize, the staple crop.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97190/Swazi-farmers-struggle-to-afford-inputs
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Swazi women find strength in numbers
3 January 2013
(IRIN
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Swazi women are organizing to promote their rights and welfare, convinced that discriminatory laws are at odds with the essential roles they play in their families and in their country’s economy.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97168/Swazi-women-find-strength-in-numbers
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IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
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SWAZILAND: Preschool as a way of life in rural areas
29 November 2012
(IRIN
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The proliferation of Swaziland’s Neighbourhood Care Points (NCP) has had the effect of popularizing preschool education throughout the country in just over a decade.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96924/SWAZILAND-Preschool-as-a-way-of-life-in-rural-areas
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HIV/AIDS: Despite progress, HIV efforts fall short
20 November 2012
(IRIN
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Record progress in reducing the number of new HIV infections and lowering the numbers of people dying from AIDS-related causes indicate that the end of AIDS is "entirely feasible". But the epidemic is not over in any part of the world, and is gaining pace in some.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96830/HIV-AIDS-Despite-progress-HIV-efforts-fall-short
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SWAZILAND: Illegal abortions endangering lives
14 November 2012
(IRIN
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Abortions are illegal in Swaziland and have resulted in criminal convictions, but in October 2012 more than 1,000 women were treated for abortion-related complications at a single clinic in the country’s second city Manzini, says the Family Life Association of Swaziland (FLAS), a family planning organization.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96777/SWAZILAND-Illegal-abortions-endangering-lives
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SWAZILAND: HIV stigma still a barrier
12 November 2012
(IRIN
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Stigma against HIV-positive people is hobbling national efforts to encourage testing, and to get more people to access antiretrovirals (ARVs), according to findings from a stigma index compiled by Swazis living with HIV.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96761/SWAZILAND-HIV-stigma-still-a-barrier
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SWAZILAND: IMF recommends land reforms
9 November 2012
(IRIN
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Land reform has been recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the solution to deepening economic decline in Swaziland, a country where more than two-thirds of the population lives in poverty.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96742/SWAZILAND-IMF-recommends-land-reforms
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Governments failing to address cervical cancer
31 October 2012
(IRIN
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Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments’ attempts to address the disease have been inadequate. Access to cervical cancer screening services is minimal, few countries in the region have policies on the disease, and treatment remains a major challenge.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96676/SOUTHERN-AFRICA-Governments-failing-to-address-cervical-cancer
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SWAZILAND: Art invigorates academic work of disabled children
4 October 2012
(IRIN
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Art programmes have widely been considered unaffordable luxuries by Swaziland's public schools, but one school has broken from the pack, using art to improve academic performance and economic prospects for students with disabilities.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96447/SWAZILAND-Art-invigorates-academic-work-of-disabled-children
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