IPS Inter Press Service - AfricaIPS Africa provides news features and analyses on the events and processes affecting political, economic and social development of people and nations in Africa. In directing this coverage, emphasis is put on not only hearing the voices of those in positions of power and formal authority, but more on providing access for actors in civil society and the majority of the people whose voices have often been silent in the media.RIGHTS-SEYCHELLES: Problems In Paradise- (Found July 6, 2008 ) VICTORIA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Annette is a small, lively woman in her early sixties. Married to an abusive husband -- who once threw boiling water on her, landing her in hospital -- she was not repeating the story with her alcoholic and drug-addicted son. Just as her husband was growing older and calmer, her son was getting increasingly violent.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43062 DEVELOPMENT-GHANA: Lethal Yellow Disease Has Scientists Stumped- (Found July 6, 2008 ) ACCRA, Jul 1 (IPS) - Older Ghanaians remember when the country's coast was lined with coconut trees. Fishermen would mend their nets in the shade the trees provided, as well as drink the water and eat the fruit. Thousands of women made a living extracting oil from copra -- the dried meat of the coconut. But today, the beaches have been stripped bare by Lethal Yellow Disease (LYD).http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43045 HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Refugees Denied Access to Health Care- (Found July 6, 2008 ) DURBAN, Jul 1 (IPS) - Refugees and migrants do not have adequate access to health care services in South Africa, aid organisations and NGOs say. This is particularly detrimental for those who are HIV-positive and in need of continuous antiretroviral (ARV) medication: interrupted treatment can mean illness, development of drug-resistance and ultimately death.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43029 ZIMBABWE: Dim Outlook for Power-Sharing Deal- (Found July 6, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jul 1 (IPS) - Ramped up pressure from the West, especially the U.S. and Britain, is having a perverse effect on African leaders gathered in Egypt. The harder the West leans, the more they circle the wagons around Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43027 SOMALIA: Fighting for an Education- (Found July 6, 2008 ) MOGADISHU, Jul 1 (IPS) - "I like to study, even though there is fighting everywhere in Mogadishu," says Bashir Gedi, a 15-year-old student in the Somalian capital. "Education is more important for me because if I can get an education, then I can help rebuild my country."http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43025 ZIMBABWE: Tobacco Sector Up in Smoke as State Violence Escalates- (Found July 6, 2008 ) HARARE, Jul 1 (IPS) - The perennial political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe has wreaked havoc with the countrys once thriving tobacco industry.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43021 HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Bleak Future For the Country&39;s Water- (Found July 6, 2008 ) GRAHAMSTOWN, Jun 30 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a private pilot reported to a Johannesburg radio station that while flying over the Kruger National Park, in the far eastern reaches of the country, he had spotted the carcasses of several large crocodiles floating in the Olifants River. This was unusual because the crocodiles within the country&39;s largest game reserve are protected from hunting.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43016 CULTURE-ETHIOPIA: Debate Swirls Around Fate of Holy Sites- (Found July 6, 2008 ) LALIBELA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Carved into the rugged mountains of northern Ethiopia, the eleven churches of Lalibela have for centuries remained among the most stunning visions a traveler can encounter.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43063 |