Water, Agriculture, TANZANIA: Livelihoods Threatened as Great Ruaha Dries
DAR ES SALAAM - The Great Ruaha River, often referred to as Tanzania’s “ecological backbone” is delivering less and less water every year.

Agriculture, SENEGAL: Bumper harvest for Senegal
DAKAR - Farmers in Médina Yoro Foula, in Senegal’s southern Kolda region, are expecting a good grain harvest this year, and hope to sell thousands of tonnes in the local and regional markets.

Rights, LGBTI, UGANDA: Uganda’s anti gay bill spreads fear
KAMPALA - Revival of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, also known as the “Kill the Gays” bill, has re-ignited fear among Uganda’s homosexual community, with Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, vowing to push the bill into law as a “Christmas gift”.

Justice, Press Freedom, ETHIOPIA: Opposition to Ethiopia’s anti terrorism law resurfaces
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Proclamation is once again stirring debate as lawyer Temam Ababulga challenges the 2009 law as unconstitutional in the highly-publicised “Muslim terrorism” case.

Economy and Trade, IBSA, SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA: South African wines struggling to dominate Chinese market
JOHANNESBURG - While governments of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) alliance, are making good progress at a political level, wine industry spokespersons feel more could be done to ensure trade growth.

Development, Economy, SOMALILAND: Energy company shows faith in Somaliland’s prospects
HARGEISA - Twenty years of after seceding from Somalia, Somaliland is beginning to witness the benefits of relative peace.

HIV and AIDS, LGBTI, COTE D’IVOIRE: Anti-gay stigma hinders bid to lower Cote d’Ivoire’s HIV rate
ABIDJAN - Activists warn that unless something is done about the heavy stigmatisation men who have sex with men -- or MSM --face in Ivorian society – especially those who are HIV positive – it will be difficult to build on progress in lowering the country’s HIV prevalence rate.

Conflict, Economy, KENYA: Insecurity threatens Kenya’s recovering economy
NAIROBI - The wave of insecurity that has hit Kenya in the last few months is causing severe damage to the country’s recovering economy due to a loss in investor confidence, local economists have warned.

Agriculture, Food Security, AFRICA: AU seeks to make food security a reality for Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Food security in Africa could soon become a reality through the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.

Climate Change, Gender, KENYA: World urged to recognise women’s climate change adaptation strategies
DOHA - Pastoralists from Kenya are among the delegates attending the 18th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar.

Climate Change, Gender, KENYA: World urged to recognise women’s climate change adaptation strategies
DOHA - Pastoralists from Kenya are among the delegates attending the 18th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar.

HIV and AIDS, adolescents, KENYA: Disclosure traumatic for HIV positive teens
NAIROBI - For many HIV positive adolescents discovering from their families that they were born HIV positive, the disclosure is traumatic.

Peace, Development, SOUTH SUDAN: South Sudan targets self reliance in oil
JUBA - The South Sudanese government says it is developing its own oil industry and will start producing fuel for domestic consumption within the next eight months.

Climate Change, AFRICA: African negotiators push for renewal of Kyoto Protocol
DOHA - African negotiators attending the United Nations climate change talks in Doha, Qatar say they are determined to ensure that developed countries do not let the Kyoto Protocol die as its commitment period comes to an end on 31st December.

Economy, ANGOLA: Chinese and Brazilian companies in ambitious projects in Angola
LUANDA - Chinese and Brazilian companies are engaged in ambitious projects in Angola, with the Chinese building the Kilamba New City, a huge development designed to house half a million people.

Conflict, DRC: Fighting in Eastern DRC triggers massive displacement
BAKAVU, DR Congo - Humanitarian agencies in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been overwhelmed following massive displacement triggered by fighting between the Congolese army and rebels in North Kivu.

Agriculture, SENEGAL: Urban agriculture creates jobs, feeds many
Dakar - A growing number of people are turning to urban agriculture to make a living in and around Senegal’s capital, Dakar.

Corruption, Arts, KENYA: Political satirist exposes graft and corruption
NAIROBI - Kenyan activist and artist, Boniface Mwangi, is provoking Kenyans to think carefully about who they vote for in the March 2013 presidential elections.

GMOs, Food Security, Agriculture, AFRICA: Anti GMO in Africa lobbyists face resistance
JOHANNESBURG - The African Centre for Biosafety’s call for Africa to ban the cultivation, import and export of all genetically modified maize is meeting with some resistance from smallholder farmers who have experienced the economic benefits of GMOs.

Environment, Waste Management, INDIA: Municipality turns waste management into sport
WARANGAL, India - Municipal officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have come up with the idea of making household waste management a competitive sport to encourage the entire nation to clean up.

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