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IPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.
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DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps
FREETOWN, Oct 4 (IPS) - Each morning, Mariama Kamara and her two teenaged
sons walk to Freetown?s main rubbish dump. Their mission: to dig
through the mounds of garbage in search of scrap metal.
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CARIBBEAN: Brain Drain - No Solution in Sight
HAVANA, Oct 3 (IPS) - Like other developing regions, the Caribbean is no
stranger to brain drain. Besides the impact on local economies,
the exodus of university graduates has profound social
implications, and there is no solution in sight.
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RIGHTS-MEXICO: Tlatelolco Massacre - 40 Years of Impunity
MEXICO CITY, Oct 1 (IPS) - The rivers of ink that have been spilled in
investigations, trials and the collection of testimony on the
Oct. 2, 1968 massacre of student demonstrators in Tlatelolco
square in Mexico City have made it clear that the state was
responsible. But not one person has been sentenced, and no one
even knows exactly how many young protesters died.
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SIERRA LEONE: Ghost Schools, Phantom Progress On Education
FREETOWN, Sep 29 (IPS) - Magnus Kamara is a school inspector with a
difference. He has been hired to find schools that don't
exist.
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DEVELOPMENT-TANZANIA: Lighting Up Women's Lives
ARUSHA, Sep 26 (IPS) - Anneth Laizer shoved her kerosene lantern onto the
top shelf and switched on the lights after her home in
Tanzania's third-largest city, Arusha, was connected to
electricity earlier this year.
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