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Making a dent in South Africa’s drug culture
17 June 2013
(IRIN
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In pink tracksuit and big sunglasses, Nomvula Mokonyane, premier of South Africa’s Gauteng Province, delivered a combative warning to the drug dealers of Eldorado Park that had the crowd buzzing: “Leave, your days are numbered!” But then a distraught mother, urged to speak but unable to, brought everyone back down to earth with the news that her addict daughter had just died.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98243/Making-a-dent-in-South-Africa-s-drug-culture
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Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops
31 May 2013
(IRIN
),
A newly sanctioned African Union (AU) force for quick deployment in conflicts such as in Mali is being promoted as a stop-gap measure ahead of the planned formation of the “rapid deployment capability” (RDC) African Standby Force (ASF).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98139/Analysis-AU-prepares-its-shock-troops
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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
28 May 2013
(IRIN
),
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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Cape Town's asylum seekers struggle to get documented
16 May 2013
(IRIN
),
When Jean Baptiste*, a medical student from Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arrived in South Africa in September 2012, he headed straight for Cape Town, where he knew he would be able to stay with his brother. No one at the border told him that it was no longer possible to apply for asylum in Cape Town.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98051/Cape-Town-s-asylum-seekers-struggle-to-get-documented
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Quelling xenophobia in South Africa's townships
14 May 2013
(IRIN
),
This week marks five years since tensions between foreigners and South Africans living in impoverished communities across the country erupted in xenophobic violence, leaving more than 60 people dead and tens of thousands displaced, their homes and businesses robbed and abandoned.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98035/Quelling-xenophobia-in-South-Africa-s-townships
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South Africa's flawed asylum system
30 April 2013
(IRIN
),
South Africa attracts the largest number of asylum seekers in the world, but grants refugee status to very few of them, ranking only thirty-sixth in the world for the size of its refugee population, which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) puts at about 58,000.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97944/South-Africa-s-flawed-asylum-system
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Shortages of new one-a-day ARV pills in South Africa
19 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Just days into the rollout of fixed-dose combination (FDC) antiretrovirals (ARVs) by South Africa’s HIV treatment programme - the world's largest - activists are raising fears of drug shortages.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97880/Shortages-of-new-one-a-day-ARV-pills-in-South-Africa
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TB testing in South Africa rolling out slowly
26 March 2013
(IRIN
),
South Africa will expand its rollout of GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) testing machines, which can diagnose TB and drug-resistant TB within 90 minutes, but concerns remain about the capacity to back up this commitment with supplies and treatment.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97730/TB-testing-in-South-Africa-rolling-out-slowly
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Southern Africa cracks down on TB in mines
25 March 2013
(IRIN
),
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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Aid for Trade - does it help the poor?
12 March 2013
(IRIN
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Since the World Trade Organization launched its Aid for Trade initiative in 2005, an estimated US$200 billion dollars of development funding has been mobilized for the programme. But some NGOs are asking whether Aid for Trade really helps reduce poverty.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97630/Aid-for-Trade-does-it-help-the-poor
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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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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Analysis: Refugees aim for self-reliance, not hand-outs
6 February 2013
(IRIN
),
On the streets of inner-city Johannesburg, refugees and asylum-seekers are participants in a thriving informal economy, plying their trade as tailors, barbers and street vendors.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97418/Analysis-Refugees-aim-for-self-reliance-not-hand-outs
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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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Frederik Ngubane, stateless in South Africa: "It's like my future is on hold"
30 January 2013
(IRIN
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Frederik Ngubane, 22, returned to South Africa, the country of his birth, in 2009, after spending his entire childhood in Kenya and Uganda. An orphan, Ngubane had lost all contact with his South African relatives, and soon after arriving in the country he also lost his birth certificate, the only document proving his South African nationality. He has spent four years living as a stateless person, and is now losing hope that his situation will ever change.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97373/Frederik-Ngubane-stateless-in-South-Africa-It-s-like-my-future-is-on-hold
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South Africa searches for solutions to shack fires
23 January 2013
(IRIN
),
One of the worst informal settlement fires in the history of Cape Town, South Africa, took place on New Year’s Day in the sprawling township of Khayelitsha, laying bare the complexities undermining efforts to end these frequent disasters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97313/South-Africa-searches-for-solutions-to-shack-fires
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Widespread flooding hits Southern Africa
22 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Several Southern African countries are dealing with the effects of flooding following heavy rains over much of the region in the past week.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97305/Widespread-flooding-hits-Southern-Africa
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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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GLOBAL: Lessons in urbanizing from BRICS
10 January 2013
(IRIN
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In another four decades, urban residents will account for 66 percent of the population in developing countries, says the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97211/GLOBAL-Lessons-in-urbanizing-from-BRICS
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South Africa bolsters its troops in the Central African Republic
8 January 2013
(IRIN
),
South Africa has deployed 200 troops in the strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR), which some see not simply as an effort to assist CAR’s army but also as a move to counter French military influence in the region.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97194/South-Africa-bolsters-its-troops-in-the-Central-African-Republic
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Urban water woes
2 January 2013
(IRIN
),
In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (population 3,000,000), a man relieves himself in the dirt next to his tin shack, holding his nose to ward off the stench of a nearby overflowing latrine. In Ramallah (population 300,000) in the occupied Palestinian territory a 14-year-old girl wakes with menstrual cramps - and skips class because her school lacks a washroom where she can clean herself in private. In Bangladesh’s mega-capital (population 12 million), a monsoon-season flash flood leaves thousands with cholera.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97161/Urban-water-woes
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