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RIGHTS-MALAWI: Country Not Safe for Homosexuals

Credit:Claire Ngozo/IPS

Chimbalanga and Monjeza (r) have been charged under colonial-era laws against homosexuality that are in direct conflict with the constitution.

By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE (IPS) - Malawi is quickly becoming unsafe for homosexuals as the country’s police service recently launched a campaign to hunt down and arrest prominent people who are suspected of being gay.

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POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
Mustapha Muhammad
KANO (IPS) - Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say.

DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
Mohamadou Houmfa
YAOUNDE (IPS) - A support network for women's political participation, is challenging head-on what it calls "electoral apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral abstention.

HIV/AIDS

Women in the News: The Gender Wire

> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
> U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority, Report Says

Economics - Finance

> Property Rights At Last for Women
> Pressure Mounts to Make Public Oil Agreements
> Will Poultry Project Live up to Expectations?
> What Fish may do for Western Sahara

> Country Not Safe for Homosexuals
> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights

> Country Not Safe for Homosexuals
> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
> Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
> Prescription Drug Abuse on the Increase

> Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis
> Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School
> Informal Sector Lures University Graduates
> Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers

> Small Is Beautiful, Say Independent Power Producers
> Dam Critics Won't Go Away
> No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks
> Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level

> Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
> Climate Change Is Changing Farming Methods

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Children on the Frontline

Bitter Pill - Obstacles to Affordable Medicine

Farming the Future Africa

The Southern Africa Water Wire

Active Citizens

CHANGING LIVES: Making Research Real

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

More Africa News

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EDUCATION-TANZANIA: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School

TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature

ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come

NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes

MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land

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