Africa
Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Science - Education
"Corrupt culture" revealed among African diplomats
afrol News, 9 October - Assuming there would be impunity for power abuse, would people from all cultures treat the opportunity equally? Well, a recent study found there is a "culture of corruption" in many countries, as there was a direct correlation between diplomats' abuse of impunity in New York and the level of corruption in their home countries. Most of them refused to pay their parking tickets. Among New York's top ten parking ticket violators are Egypt, Chad, Sudan, Mozambique, Angola and Senegal.
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South Africa
Health | Science - Education
Mortality for middle-aged South Africans doubled
afrol News, 7 September - South Africa's governmental statistics agency has presented depressing numbers on the population's life expectancy. In only seven years, the death rate for young and middle-aged South African has doubled, in some cases even tripled. Life expectancy at birth declined by 4 to 5 years over the last decade. The growing numbers of deaths from AIDS are blamed.
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South Africa
Economy - Development | Labour | Science - Education
"Dramatic increase in black affluence" in SA
afrol News, 26 January - A new study made at the University of Cape Town reveals that important changes have occurred in social mobility across racial lines in South Africa during the last decade. Studying the top end of South Africa's earners, the study found that by now, almost half of the country's affluent belong to South Africa's black majority.
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Africa
Science - Education | Economy - Development | Society
Religious knowledge set found to check Africa's development
afrol News, 25 January - A "religious, medieval knowledge" set is said to be "capturing, confining the minds and hindering development" of up to a quarter of all Africans according to a new study by scientists at the Economic Commission for Africa. Sustainable development in Africa could only be achieved by a forceful narrowing of the growing knowledge divide, the study found.
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Botswana
Health | Science - Education
Botswana HIV rate at 17, not 40 percent
afrol News, 20 December - The 2004 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey has documented the scale of the AIDS pandemic in the country. Contrary to widespread belief and reference, the HIV prevalence rate in Botswana is not close to 40 percent, but now stands at 17.3 percent. Most reports refer to HIV surveys of pregnant women, the Batswana government explains.
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» 14.01.2004 - Chancellor to introduce German-Ethiopian science cooperation
» 29.10.2003 - Deepening African-European ties studied
» 30.07.2003 - Muslim-Christian coexistence in Nigeria studied
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