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URINARY INCONTINENCE – A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE ELDERLY

October 11, 2011 Global Author

Urinary incontinence is common affecting about 1 out of 3 elderly people. Some people are incontinent every time they urinate, whereas many others are incontinent intermittently. Many people live with incontinence without seeking medical help because they fear that it indicates a more serious illness or they are embarrassed by it. Others mistakenly believe incontinence to be a normal part... Read More

NATO’s War in Libya: Protecting to Kill, Killing to Protect

October 9, 2011 Global AuthorAyça Çubukçu, Libya, NATO

In war, truth is the first casualty. Words of wisdom, gifted to us by Aeschylus. Truer than ever now, two thousand years later, as NATO bombs Libya in the name of `protecting’ its civilians. But isn’t there a paradox here, asks young Turkish academic Ayça Çubukçu. `When “the international community” intervenes militarily in Libya under a cosmopolitan obligation to protect... Read More

Michael Sata seeks official apology from Malawi – Said to boycott COMESA summit

October 9, 2011 Global AuthorMalawi, Michael 'King Cobra' Sata, Mutharika, Zambia

BLANTYRE: Zambia's new President Michael 'King Cobra' Sata is seeking an official apology from Malawian authroities over his deporation from Malawi in 2007. . Read More

Trinity of women wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 2011 Global Authorafrican women, Liberia, nobel peace prize, president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Three women who have campaigned for rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. . Read More

Zambia’s Michael Sata – Biography

October 5, 2011 Global Author

Michael Chilufya Sata (born 1937) is a Zambian politician who has been the fifth President of Zambia since 23 September 2011. He leads the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government; he went into opposition in... Read More

Zambia’s Michael Sata appears to be ready for the Office

October 5, 2011 Global Author

Zambian President Michael Sata yesterday scrapped FirstRand Ltd.’s purchase of a local lender and fired the board of the central bank. The kwacha fell the most against the dollar. . Read More

Libya News: When western powers support ‘revolution’ in Libya!

October 4, 2011 Global AuthorBritain, France, Libya, Makwaia wa Kuhenga, NATO

News from Libya - The rush by France, Britain and Italy in particular, to get their hands on Libyan oil will soon be too obvious to cover up. The so-called "revolutionaries" are no doubt busy signing deals handing over that previously nationalised resource to the neocolonialists who put them in power - robbing the people of Libya their country's natural... Read More

Rwanda Dissident Colonel Spills Kagame Secrets

October 3, 2011 Global AuthorCol. Patrick Karegyeya, Genocide, Habyalimana, President paul kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan government, Rwandan National Congress

A prominant Rwandan journalist said that ,”Mr. Patrick Karegeya gives a good insight of issues in Rwanda in an interview with the RED PEPPER, a Uganda-based-daily publication. He talks about despotism, personalization of state affairs-like institutions of the state, insensitivity, perpetuation of clientelism in public administration, a lack of genuine reconciliation, rigging of elections, human rights violations, terrorizing the population… Read More

GETTING RID OF THE RPF SECTARIAN ADMINISTRATION, A PRE-REQUISITE FOR STABILITY

October 3, 2011 Global AuthorFDU/UDF, Paul Kagame, politics, Rwanda, stability

By: Jean-Baptiste Mberabahizi ” Leaked cables from the US Embassy in Kigali posted by the renowned whistleblower website Wikileaks confirmed last week what every Rwandan knows since July 1994 : that the Rwandese Patriotic Front government is dominated by a tiny minority of (English speaking) Tutsis in a country where 85% of the population are Hutus or Rwandans from mixed… Read More

Malawi youth on COP17 Africa campaign caravan

October 3, 2011 Global AuthorMalawi news

Fifteen youths will be part of the WE HAVE FAITH Caravan that will start off from Nairobi, Kenya, through Tanzania and arrive in Malawi in November next month as African youths prepare to have their voice heard at the Climate Justice COP 17 in November/December 2011, Durban. . Read More