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Lesotho: Cash-grants pilot programme aims to ensure vulnerable children's rightsLEBAKENG, Lesotho, 18 November 2009 - Mapalesa Sebatanyane, 73, is the primary caregiver for her four grandchildren, but she struggles to feed them with the small income she earns raising chickens in this remote village.
(Topix.net)Xenophobic tension prompts evacuation
About 1,000 foreign nationals have evacuated informal settlements at De Doorns in the Western Cape following a flare-up of xenophobia, police said.
(Topix.net)Taking the time to remember
Ben Koebernick, left, vice-president and poppy chair for the Pemberton branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, presents the first poppy to veterans Bob Eldridge and Elsie Miller.
(Topix.net)LESOTHO: Mokete Tsehlo, 'I don't take [antiretroviral] drugs...
MASERU, 12 November 2009 - Mokete Tsehlo, 26, a shepherd working in the Berea district in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, told IRIN/PlusNews how his nomadic lifestyle contributed to his HIV-positive diagnosis.
(Topix.net)In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production
DUSHANBE Thursday, November 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November. (irinnews.org)
LESOTHO: Mokete Tsehlo, "I don't take [antiretroviral] drugs because I am moving around with the sheep"
MASERU Thursday, November 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Mokete Tsehlo, 26, a shepherd working in the Berea district in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, told IRIN/PlusNews how his nomadic lifestyle contributed to his HIV-positive diagnosis. (irinnews.org)
In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report. (irinnews.org)
Suspected killer arrested in FS
A Lesotho man wanted for murder, was arrested on Sunday in Bloemspruit, Free State police said.
(Topix.net)The high road to Lesotho
My partner and I bid Pretoria farewell on a balmy mid-April morning. We weave southwards through jacaranda suburbs on to Highway N1.
(Topix.net)06 November 2009BMW Motorrad out in force at the Roof of AfricaThere...
Based in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho, the Roof of Africa is known for being one of the world's toughest enduro events.
(Topix.net)Aids Orphans Get Helping Hand
Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. (AllAfrica)
A Mountain of Challenges
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. (AllAfrica)
LESOTHO: A mountain of challenges
JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 06, 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. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria
NAIROBI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. (irinnews.org)
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand
Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars.
(Topix.net)Time to Talk About Sex and HIV
Having more than one sexual relationship at the same time is driving the spread of HIV in small landlocked Lesotho. The health sector has long suspected this, but a new report by the National AIDS Commission (NAC), in partnership with UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed it. (AllAfrica)
The Curriculum Vitae of Derek Pasquill
Why not give Derek Pasquill a job? General Organised and methodical approach to office work with extensive experience of managing small teams of committed individuals.
(Topix.net)LESOTHO: Time to talk about sex and HIV
MASERU Monday, November 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Having more than one sexual relationship at the same time is driving the spread of HIV in small landlocked Lesotho. The health sector has long suspected this, but a new report by the National AIDS Commission (NAC), in partnership with UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed it. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change. (irinnews.org)
Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law
KAMPALA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in international humanitarian law, say experts. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Electronic records can streamline health care
NAIROBI Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of care and enable African HIV treatment programmes to be scaled up more efficiently, say the authors of a new article on the subject. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
MIDRAND Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins
KAMPALA Monday, October 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to observers. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Climate change could worsen displacement - UN
KAMPALA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - With increasing natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, hitting the continent, more people in Africa are likely to be displaced, creating a challenge for governments, the UN warns. (irinnews.org)
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Life insurance for HIV-positive people, at a price
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - The availability of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and legislation prohibiting discrimination have helped turn HIV/AIDS into just another chronic disease, but an HIV-positive status can still be an obstacle to getting a loan or buying insurance. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Talking about forced displacement
KAMPALA Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs. (irinnews.org)
South Africa: Women Farmers Play Vital Role in Food Security
In South Africa's not-too-distant past, the image of a commercial farmer usually brought to mind middle-aged white men in short pants or, in a few cases, black farmers struggling against the odds to compete in far-away markets.
(Topix.net)Purchase for Africa: An appeal for American apparel buys
Labels do matter. When it comes to African Americans' apparel purchases Howard University business students say "Labels do matter" and encourages these consumers to engage in socially conscious buying and to "look for Lesotho labels" when they shop.
(Topix.net)Timeline: Lesotho
A chronology of key events: 1820s - Basutoland founded by Moshoeshoe, who unites various groups to repel challenges from Zulus.
(Topix.net)UN should be reformed to make it meaningful: Lehoh
Kottayam, Oct 23 : Archibald Lesao Lehohla, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Kingdom of Lesotho in South Africa, today said climate change, HIV- AIDS and terrorism were the main challenges before the international political arena.
(Topix.net)LESOTHO: A gift from the sky
When a place is so remote that you can only reach it on foot or horseback, a cash-in-transit operation is a real challenge - but Lesotho's Child Grants Programme has overcome it with air support.
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