The vanishing mothers of Africa
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If there&#39;s one constant throughout the years I&#39;ve been UN Special Envoy - years spent traversing the African continent â-t&#39;s the thus-far irreversible vulnerability of women.
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Health centers staffed by trained   midwives are the key to reducing maternal deaths in poor   countries where more than half a million women die each year   giving birth.
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DROWNING IN DEBT: African nations say debt incurred by past generations is keeping them poor and unable to cope with pressing needs, such as the AIDS epidemic.
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Thereâs an ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs better aid and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent.
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BELGRADE, Oct 30 (IPS) - A young woman lost her job in a small town in  Serbia after she gave birth to a baby boy and was to be absent  from work for a year. That sacking shook up a nation.
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Africa, a continent usually synonymous with hunger, is falling prey to obesity.
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A South African study concludes it is the elderly, particularly women, who are bearing the brunt of caring for AIDS sufferers and children orphaned by the disease.
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KINSHASA, Congo, Sept. 3 -- Two hospitals, named for two mothers. One is mired in the past; the other represents beaten-down Congo's hopes for a better future.
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Sir Mark Thatcher&#39;s wife, Diane, and their children bade what seemed a tearful farewell to members of their Baptist church in Cape Town yesterday amid reports that they were leaving South Africa for good.
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Naomi Ewowo had just lost her parents when her family branded her a witch. She was 5.
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The findings are considered a significant step toward understanding who were some of the first ancestors to migrate out of Africa some 1.8 million years ago.
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THE family of a Brisbane woman missing in Thailand said yesterday they had not given up hope of finding her alive. Dina Fryer went missing from Phuket when the Boxing Day tsunami struck the island resort.
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VANDERBIJLPARK, South Africa  - South Africa, once  Africa's last bastion of white rule, has something you don't  often see elsewhere on the continent: poor whites.
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Elizabeth Adak Shindu paid a high price to return home. She walked for 30 days, endured hunger and disease and used up the last of her life savings. When she finally reached this sprawling, dusty town, she found another family living on her land.
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BODOULI, Central African Republic  - The village of Korosigna in northern Central African Republic is barely recognizable to those who once lived there.
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Like a camera out of focus, Maria Garcia&#39;s eyes still register what is most important -- the faces of her children and grandchildren -- though they are eroding gently, replaced by hazy silhouettes.
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Bodies of African migrants wash up on the beaches and those who survive the ocean voyage complain of discrimination and police harassment. This is not Italy or Spain, but the small central African country of Gabon.