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Os vendedores do Mercado Central da cidade de Maputo têm vendido produtos de má qualidade devido  a seca que tem assolado a região.

Jovens diambulam diariamente pela cidade a busca do seu pão, as vezes com e tantas outras sem sucesso. O emprego informal é tido como alternativa pese embora não seja seguro, mas para não virarem amigos do alheio, jovens, mulheres, crianças e velhos tem na venda de bugigangas a sua fonte de renda.

Freelance Clifford Derrick was the first cameraman to go into Kenya's Kibera Slum at the height of the post-election chaos and showed how its impoverished residents bore the brunt of the violence. Derrick was attacked because of his work and had to leave Kenya because of safety reasons.

Há cerca de milhas costeiras da cidade de Maputo, localiza-se a ilha da Inhaca. Conhecida pelas suas águas mornas e cristalinas, dunas arenosas e corais, inhaca é um dos destinos turisticos  mais conhecidos de Moçambique.

Uganda’s economic growth (GDP) is estimated at 8.9%. This is, however, reflected in the construction and communication sectors. Debate has been going on as to whether this economic growth reflects the actual position on the ground. A team of Citizen Journalists in Uganda conducted a survey on small business enterprises in Kafunda zone located in Seeta town, a few kilometres from the City centre of Kampala.

Hate it or love it, motorbikes commonly known as ‘boda boda’s, a regular form of transport in Kampala city, is here with us. When one visits Kampala town for the first time, you will be amazed by the numerous ‘boda bodas’ that have turned the city into a nightmare.

Mass media is such an important ally when doing any community work, embarking on education and awareness projects or attempting to change attitudes and behaviour of project beneficiaries.

Let our tears and anguish fuel a new resolve that we can, and will overcome our challenges over the fight for a new constitution, recover our plundered resources and continue to put pressure on those who were charged with corruption in the past and the present.

Intense debate on the pros and cons of a government of national unity cum- transitional arrangement cum- negotiated settlement between Zanu PF and the MDC has now taken centre stage in Zimbabwe’s socio-economic and political discourse in the aftermath of the 27 June 2008 presidential election runoff.

Whether we talk about homophobia or xenophobia, we need to acknowledge the fact that these are hate crimes and that for as long as human rights are not seen as indivisible, these violations will continue in other forms and this continent of ours that we call home will perish.

As the schools open this week with the economic situation in Zimbabwe getting worse by the day TAPIWA ZIVIRA AND MELODY CHAITWA take a critical look into the state of the crucial education sector that has since been forgotten by the Robert Mugabe regime