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¤ Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
Who benefits from Africa’s natural riches? The people or a coterie of political and military elites?

¤ Group Allows Limited Sales of Zimbabwe’s Diamonds

Zimbabwe was allowed to export two batches of rough diamonds before Sept. 6 under the supervision of the Kimberley Process.

¤ Zimbabwe Diamonds Fail to Get Conflict-Free Approval
As debate by the United Nations-backed Kimberley Process dragged on, the country warned that it might export its stones without the organization’s approval.

¤ Diamond Find Could Aid Zimbabwe, and Mugabe

New mining has provoked fears that riches will be used to subvert attempts to bring democracy to Zimbabwe.

¤ Report on Zimbabwe Diamond Trade Angers Rights Groups
A United Nations monitor recommended that Zimbabwe be allowed to export stones and that the army should continue to guard the diamond fields.

¤ 2 New Papers to Provide Competition in Zimbabwe
If they are allowed to publish freely, the appearance of two daily newspapers to compete with the state-owned Herald will represent a sea change in efforts to bring greater democracy to Zimbabwe.

¤ Zimbabwe Past and Present in a Mix of Reality and Myth
Nora Chipaumire and Thomas Mapfumo use Zimbabwe’s past to view the state of Africa, real and imagined.

¤ Zimbabwe Court Acquits Mugabe Opponent of Terrorism Charges
A judge acquitted Roy Bennett — a leader of the party that opposed President Robert Mugabe but now governs with him — on charges of plotting to overthrow Mr. Mugabe.

¤ Zimbabwe’s Accidental Triumph

Robert Mugabe’s race-baiting has actually brought whites and blacks together.

¤ Every (Wild) Dog Has Its Day
A lesson in do-gooder marketing to save an endangered species in the African bush.

¤ ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need not put an end to education
HARARE Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (IRIN) - Falling pregnant used to mean the end of school – and of much more - for girls in Zimbabwe, so a new regulation replacing immediate expulsion with maternity leave has been welcomed.

¤ ZIMBABWE: Diamond sale a false economic dawn
HARARE Monday, August 23, 2010 (IRIN) - An auction of Zimbabwean diamonds has created an air of expectation that the country’s economic plight will be eased or even improved, but the stones realized as little as a fifth of their value, and most of the proceeds are expected to benefit controversial mining companies.

¤ ZIMBABWE: Diaspora can also discuss new constitution
HARARE Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (IRIN) - The parliamentary committee in charge of reviewing Zimbabwe's constitution is actively inviting feedback and recommendations from the millions of Zimbabweans living abroad.

¤ SOUTHERN AFRICA: No single formula for HIV risk
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 16, 2010 (IRIN) - In southern Africa, prevention campaigns highlighting the HIV risks of having more than one partner at the same time have largely targeted heterosexuals and ignored the fact that men who have sex with men also have multiple partners.

¤ ZIMBABWE: Children doing time with their mothers
HARARE Wednesday, August 11, 2010 (IRIN) - Sarah Moyo, 24 - not her real name - clasps her stunted one-year-old child to her chest as she talks to her visiting husband through a chain-link fence at the Central Remand Prison, on the eastern fringe of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

¤ ZIMBABWE: More food production, but not enough
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's production of maize, its staple food, has improved "significantly", but the country is still food insecure and about 1.68 million people will require assistance in the first quarter of 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said in a national crop and food security situation report released on 9 August.

¤ AFRICA: Adaptation strategy hit parade
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 09, 2010 (IRIN) - Crops that mature faster and are tolerant of more frequent and intense droughts top the list of how most countries adapt their food production to climate change, says a new paper.

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