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DAKAR, 6 November 2009 (IRIN) - Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is “volatile” due to a combination of sharp economic decline; widespread and chronic poverty; limited access to basic services like health, water and sanitation; and persistent political instability. (IRIN)

SENEGALESE President Abdoulaye Wade has asked leaders in Africa to desist from religious divisions for a better future. Wade said religion had divided people, thus hindering development. (webremix.info)

No one size fit all approach to development challenges in Africa - ERD (webremix.info)

JOHANNESBURG, 6 November 2009 (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been feeding people in Lesotho since 1965, yet the tiny mountain kingdom is still not much closer to achieving food self-sufficiency. Time to overhaul the approach, aid agencies say. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 6 November 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff. (IRIN)

There is greater frankness today about development policy failures in Africa. It was reflected in President Barack Obama’s speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11 when he stated: "Development depends on good governance. That is the ingredient that has been missing in far too many places for far too long." (webremix.info)

The distinguishing feature of human development activity throughout history is the use of labour to make goods so that society can improve itself and transform its habitat. (webremix.info)

Dr Alhassan Zaku, Minister of Science and Technology, on Tuesday urged African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, to conduct researches into issues that could solve Africa's development problems. (webremix.info)

Key players in Uganda's agricultural sector will meet on October 29, at Speke Resort Munyonyo to sign a compact on the comprehensive Africa agricultural development programme. (webremix.info)

Africa is changing faster than many realize, and there is definite momentum for economic reform and development in several African countries, says longtime investment banker Thomas Gibian. (webremix.info)

Investment Opportunity: Infrastructure (webremix.info)

Water is fast becoming a constraint to development in South Africa. (webremix.info)

The outgoing High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Duncan Taylor, says while the UK has not escaped the economic downturn, there are no plans to reduce overseas development assista... (webremix.info)

NOUAKCHOTT, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - People living with HIV in Mauritania are voicing their concerns about the suspension of HIV/AIDS funding by the World Bank and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They feel powerless in the face of the decisions, of which they are suffering the consequences. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG,, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Wavering international support for HIV/AIDS efforts is resulting in funding shortfalls that could wipe out a decade of progress in rolling out AIDS treatment, the international medical and humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has warned. (IRIN)

SELEBI-PHIKWE, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - On a recent Wednesday evening, Gillian Otsile, a volunteer at a local NGO, Men Sex and AIDS, approached a group of young men drinking cartons of traditional sorghum beer at a tavern in Selebi-Phikwe, a mining town in northeastern Botswana. (IRIN)

KINSHASA, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials. (IRIN)

WAJIR EAST, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes. Instead it marked the end of the evening bathroom break as “bucket toilets” were emptied for the day. (IRIN)

JUBA, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Sudan has started registering voters for presidential, legislative and regional elections, but officials in the south and international observers say the process has begun on a flawed note. (IRIN)

MAPUTO, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Helena Numaio was 12 years old in 1990 when she lost both her legs and a finger in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood in the Moamba district of Maputo Province, Mozambique. (IRIN)

Development group's chief, Ibrahim Mayaki, says help needs to be given to small farmers since majority of Africans live in rural areas (webremix.info)

SPONSOR WIRE Washington, DC — Africare, a leading international development organization specializing in development assistance to Africa, has chosen Darius Mans, Acting Chief Executive Officer... (webremix.info)

The outgoing High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Duncan Taylor, says while the UK has not escaped the economic downturn, there are no plans to reduce overseas development assista... (webremix.info)

ZIGUINCHOR, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Landmines and armed attacks in Senegal's Casamance region are preventing farmers from maximizing production from the region's fertile soil, but there is another problem, too: not enough young people are taking up farming, residents and experts say. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Donors have promised US$40 billion in aid to agriculture in developing countries since the Rome “food summit” in 2008, but in some countries the bulk of this aid is uncoordinated, shortsighted and does not support government priorities, says NGO Oxfam. (IRIN)

HARARE, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's threat to appoint interim ministers to plug the gap left by the "disengagement" of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) from the unity government could lead to a review of donor funding, a highly placed official from a major donor country told IRIN. (IRIN)

GABORONE, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Katlego Lally*, 17, belongs to a club for HIV-positive teenagers run by the Baylor Children's Clinic Centre of Excellence in Gaborone, Botswana's capital. She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about how the club has helped her overcome feelings of isolation and depression. (IRIN)

MBABANE, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Swaziland not only has the world's highest HIV prevalence rate, it now also has the highest tuberculosis (TB) rate, but health officials warn that not enough is being done to integrate TB and HIV services. (IRIN)

NOUAKCHOTT, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Adama Ndiaye, 20, is originally from the Kaédi region in the south of Mauritania – one of the regions worst affected by malnutrition. After losing her first two children she decided to go to the capital Nouakchott to care for her twins and her youngest child. (IRIN)

NOUAKCHOTT, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - At the health centre in Dar Naim, a working class neighbourhood of Nouakchott, the building for malnourished children is always full: in rural areas the seasons and crops affect malnutrition levels whereas in the capital this phenomenon remains constant throughout the year. (IRIN)