Economy

University students boycott classes over allowances

MBABANE, 2 September 2011 (IRIN Africa) - Swaziland’s only university has reopened a month late for the new academic year, but the nearly 6,000 students are boycotting classes over cuts in their allowances, which the government says will only be paid in a few months time. full report

Analysis: West Bank dogged by high cost of trade

 RAMALLAH, 1 September 2011 (IRIN Middle East) - West Bank trade remains largely isolated from global markets due to restrictions imposed on the movement of goods to, from, and within the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), according to a July 2011 study by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). full report

LIBYA: Overstretched health service needs sustained support

 BENGHAZI, 1 September 2011 (IRIN Middle East) - Recent fighting in Libya, especially in the capital Tripoli, has taken a toll on medical services with overstretched personnel working under very difficult conditions, and seriously ill and injured patients unable to reach hospitals and clinics, health workers say. full report

PAKISTAN: Many Afghan refugees may opt to stay on

 PESHAWAR, 1 September 2011 (IRIN Asia) - Abdullah Jan, 28, has lived as a refugee in Nowshera, a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province (KP), close to its capital Peshawar, since he was two, but now feels it is time to return home to Afghanistan. full report

HORN OF AFRICA: Thinking outside the traditional funding box

 NAIROBI, 1 September 2011 (IRIN Africa) - The race to feed more than 12 million people facing severe food shortages in the Horn of Africa has seen humanitarian agencies make several funding appeals. Donor governments have contributed US$1.46 billion out of the required $2.48 billion. full report

CAMBODIA: Rural poor at risk from climate change, says report

 PHNOM PENH, 30 August 2011 (IRIN Asia) - Building local resilience will prove key to better addressing the effects of climate change in Cambodia, this year's Cambodia Human Development Report (CHDR) states. full report

GLOBAL: Food Crisis - Status and Impacts

 NAIROBI, 29 August 2011 (IRIN In-Depth) - When costly food is on the menu full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Livelihoods lost to bulldozers

ABIDJAN, 26 August 2011 (IRIN Africa) - The Côte d’Ivoire government is demolishing shops and makeshift stalls in a bid to clean up the main city, Abidjan, but the operation is causing concern about how those affected will cope as the country is still reeling from post-election turmoil, observers say. full report

ZIMBABWE: Import duties drive up food prices, hurt poor

 HARARE, 26 August 2011 (IRIN Africa) - Barely a month after the Zimbabwean government reintroduced duties on imported food items such as cooking oil and maize meal to protect local manufacturers, the move appears to have backfired, making essentials unaffordable for low-income consumers. full report

CAMBODIA: HIV exacts big toll, says report

PHNOM PENH, 26 August 2011 (PlusNews Global) - Prach Vothy, a single mother of two living with HIV, is struggling to make ends meet. Food for herself and her family is often little more than a bowl of boiled water lilies – one of the cheapest items in the local market. full report

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