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| Zimbabwe Politics | Society Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now afrol News - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has pledged his party's return to the unity government with President Robert Mugabe after a successful mediation by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Mozambique last night. |
| South Africa Health | Science - Education | Society South African mortality crisis overcome afrol News - Mortality rates, which have been increasing in South Africa since the 1990s, are on their way back down, reflecting a downturn of the AIDS epidemic and signalling longer lifespans for South Africans, statistics published today reveal. |
| Zimbabwe Politics Call for African troops in Zimbabwe afrol News - A new regional report calls for the deployment of observers and military personnel from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Zimbabwe to secure the future of the power-sharing agreement, to fight political violence until a new constitution is in place and to assure civil war does not break out. |
| Swaziland Labour | Human rights Swaziland "worst offender on workers' rights" afrol News - A new report by international trade unions named Swaziland the "worst offender on workers' rights." Even worst practices such as institutionalised forced labour and child labour are common in the kingdom. |
| South Africa Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education GM potato gets roasting in South Africa afrol News / SciDev.Net - South Africa's Agricultural Research Council has appealed against the government's decision to reject a locally developed genetically modified (GM) potato it was hoping to release to farmers. The decision has split the industry. |
| Namibia | South Africa Politics | Economy - Development Namibia urges SA to improve cross-border traffic afrol News - Visiting Namibia, South African President Jacob Zuma today was told that progress was too slow when it comes to build new infrastructure links between the two neighbours and removing border crossing restrictions. Namibia fears for promised World Cup benefits. |
| Lesotho Science - Education | Society Lesotho student clashes being investigated afrol News - The October student riots, in which one student died and 20 persons were injured, are now to be investigated by a commission of inquiry. The Maseru National University of Lesotho meanwhile has been reopened. |
| Botswana Politics Botswana President optimistic at meeting Obama afrol News - Botswana's recently re-elected President Seretse Khama has managed to secure a visit at the White House on his trip to Washington later this week. President Barack Obama signals he will go easy on his Batswana counterpart. |
| Malawi | Southern Africa Politics | Economy - Development | Society Malawi president receives 2009 Drivers of Change Award afrol News - The 2009 Southern Africa Drivers of Change award winners were announced yesterday evening at Summer Place, Hyde Park in South Africa. Among the 2009 southern Africa Drivers of Change that were honoured was Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, the president of Malawi in the government category. |
| Zambia Gender - Women | Society Zambia launches campaign to end gender-based violence afrol News - A new campaign in Zambia backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has kicked off, calling for an end to gender-based violence, the second biggest scourge in the nation, following HIV and AIDS, according to the country's leader. |
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