Millennium Development Goals – by 2015

World Leaders convene in New York on September 25 for a high-level event set up by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to renovate commitments to reaching the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The meeting also will focus on concrete plans for action. Read IPS’s coverage from the event and more stories on MDGs.

SOUTH AFRICA: Nurse Shortage Cripples Health System
Yugendree Naidoo
CAPE TOWN – In the impoverished informal settlement of Du Noon, 20 kilometres north of Cape Town, sick residents rely on a single clinic staffed by six nurses to meet their health needs.
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Q&A: ‘Corruption Nourishes Poverty’
Interview with HUGUETTE LABELLE, Chair of Transparency International
BERLIN – A new report by Transparency International (TI) lashes out at some of the world’s poorest countries for an “ongoing humanitarian disaster”, and deplores the wealthiest for not doing enough to stem graft.
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UGANDA: Women Wield Fair Trade Tools to Beat Poverty
Wambi Michael
KAMPALA – Producing baskets and mats in central Uganda has traditionally been women?s work. Women made these items for use in homes. The National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) has changed this practice into a powerful force fighting poverty.
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KENYA: Tea Market Tumultuous as Trading Partners Change
Charles Wachira
NAIROBI – Tea used to be Kenya?s major cash crop earner but ever since the world?s largest consumer of tea, Pakistan, entered into a free trade agreement with seven of its Asian neighbours, the local tea industry has been haemorrhaging.
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SENEGAL: Street Children at Risk of Exploitation
Koffigan E. Adigbli
Dakar – The Senegalese capital, Dakar, is filled with street children from villages in Guinea Bissau. These boys from Senegal’s southern neighbour — aged anywhere between four and twelve — have been sent by their families to study the Koran, but many are getting very little education.
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