IPS Inter Press Service - East AfricaIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: A Tangled Political Landscape Raises Questions About U.S. Ally- (Found June 29, 2008 ) ADDIS ABABA, Jun 21 (IPS) - When it was announced last month that the ruling party of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had swept local polls in this vast Horn of Africa nation, few expressed surprise.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42906 TANZANIA: Running Water Remains a Pipe Dream for Many- (Found June 29, 2008 ) DAR ES SALAAM, May 27 (IPS) - Juma Membe is a doorstep salesman with a commodity no one in his poor Dar es Salaam neighbourhood can refuse. Every inch of space in his handcart is occupied with canary yellow jerry cans of safe drinking water ready for home delivery.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42537 |