Tensions are running high on the streets of Cairo, following a night of deadly clashes between Christians, Muslims and security forces. As the death toll has now rises, officials are vowing to push ahead with the first election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power. Source - watch.ctv.ca
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Downtown Nairobi is in stark contrast to the images of famine and war that often represent coverage of Africa. Kenyas middle class has grown to 10 percent of the urban population — or 1.5 million people — making Kenya home to one of the largest middle class populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Government deregulation stimulated economic growth and turned Nairobbery — a former nickname for the city — into a booming economic center. Nairobi reflects this trend with multinational businesses, towering office buildings and a growing middle class. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal and producer Yuval Lion report from Nairobi on middle class Kenyans, who are educated, optimistic and upwardly mobile. More at worldfocus.org
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To some extent, the economic playing field has been leveled since the end of apartheid 15 years ago. But that has had another impact — white poverty has doubled since 1994. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal explores the rising poverty in South Africas white community. Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus worldfocus.org
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Low-cost laptops have now reached children in 31 developing nations, including Rwanda. The One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) launched in Rwanda in October with the aim of providing computer access to the countrys 2.3 million schoolchildren. President Paul Kagame has supported the program and efforts to expand schooling and educational resources in the country. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal travels to Rwamagana, Rwanda — once a site of the countrys 1994 genocide, now the site of technological transformation. Below, read what bloggers are saying about the laptop initiative from Rwanda to Peru at worldfocus.org Worldfocus video podcast: feeds.feedburner.com
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Rwanda is the only country in the world with a female majority in parliament, as women hold 56 percent of parliamentary seats (45 out of 80). The rise of women in power is in part due to the countrys electoral quota (30 percent female), and partly a consequence of male deaths during the countrys 1994 genocide. Women comprise 55 percent of the Rwandan population as a whole. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal travels to Rwanda, a country recovering from its terrible genocide with the help of some very powerful women. To see what bloggers have to say: worldfocus.org Worldfocus video podcast: feeds.feedburner.com
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Spain has an unemployment rate of 14.8 percent, the highest in Western Europe. Like many other countries, Spain went through a long period of robust growth. But then the housing market collapsed — bad news for millions of homeowners. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal reports from the town of Vila Real in eastern Spain, where many people make their living making tiles. Suddenly, no one wants or needs what they make. Worldfocus video podcast: feeds2.feedburner.com worldfocus.org
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Because Ethiopian farmers are fragmented and disorganized, they cannot leverage for higher coffee prices. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal reports on why farmers are deciding to plant corn and khat, a leafy drug that is chewed with stimulating effects somewhere between caffeine and cocaine. worldfocus.org
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Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal takes a look at South Africas easing of racial tensions in the Signature Story Poverty preserves racial lines in post-apartheid South Africa. Despite legal racial equality, social and economic structures continue to enforce a wide poverty gap in the country. Dr. Xolela Mangcu of the Platform for Public Deliberation and the Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme discusses this divide and the failure of a liberated people to meet the demands of the Mandela promise. Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus worldfocus.org
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Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal travels to a remote village in the highlands of Ethiopia. He observes a traditional way of life that is virtually cut off from the rest of the world. worldfocus.org
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Last year, waves of attacks on immigrants swept through South Africa. Now those same immigrants are caught between violence in a country that wants them to leave, and the danger of returning to home countries that dont want them back. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal explores the ongoing problems faced by South Africas immigrants. Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus worldfocus.org
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Twenty-five years after famine devastated Ethiopia, poverty still mars the countrys image. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal explores another side of Ethiopia. He reports on Ethiopias people, religion, and beauty and explores the relics that dot the landscape in the northern part of the country. worldfocus.org
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In August, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke of a spirit of that partnership with the African nations of Kenya and Tanzania. It was the tenth anniversary of bombings that rocked the US embassies in those countries and killed hundreds of Africans and several Americans. Worldfocus travels to both nations and finds that today, their people hold varying opinions of America. In Kenya, several Kenyans take comfort in American popular culture. Some Kenyans say they feel a connection to Americans because of their shared pain of terrorism and the ascent of presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan. In the Muslim-populated country of Tanzania, the view of America sours. Some citizens report a more negative view of the US and its foreign policy. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal and producer Yuval Lion report from Kenya and Tanzania. worldfocus.org
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South Africa is a complex and changing country that is still dealing with a legacy of racial division. It was only 15 years ago that the system of apartheid ended, and since then many of the racial barriers have been broken down, if not forgotten. But a gap still exists today between have and have-nots, and many of the poor are black. They may be equal on paper, but because of impoverished conditions, many still feel unequal. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal takes look at the new South Africa, beginning in Soweto, a former black township in Johannesburg that came to symbolize the repressive old days. Bloggers in South Africa and elsewhere discuss the state of race relations in the country: worldfocus.org Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus
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While South Africa has made strides toward racial and economic equality in the last 15 years, HIV/AIDS continues to kill an estimated 1000 people a day in the country. Worldfocus special corespondent Martin Seemungal, who has covered Africa for almost 20 years, explores the stigma and denial of AIDS in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus worldfocus.org
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Ugandas Bwindi Forest is home to almost half of the worlds remaining mountain gorillas, an endangered species. The gorillas are a main attraction for tourists to Uganda, as many are habituated and accustomed to human visitors. Tourism revenue has funded some gorilla protection efforts. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal treks through the wilderness to learn how these animals are being threatened and helped — witnessing some precious new arrivals. For more on endangered mountain gorillas, read an account from park rangers in the nearby Democratic Republic of Congo, where gorillas fall victim to the countrys ongoing war: Park rangers return to Congos imperiled gorillas. Worldfocus video podcast: feeds.feedburner.com worldfocus.org
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Germany has a plan for an "integration contract," which lays out services and assistance available to immigrant communities and details Germany's expectations of new arrivals. Martin Seemungal reported late last year on the rising Christian-Muslim tensions in the city of Cologne.
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In Ugandas state hospitals and clinics, the government provides free treatment and medicine — but supplies of both doctors and drugs are short. Hospitals receive some help from volunteer organizations like Doctors Without Borders that provide medical staff, but low salaries and long hours deter many Ugandan doctors from service. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal travels to a small hospital in northern Uganda where patients come by the hundreds and wait for hours to receive treatment from a handful of dedicated caregivers. Bloggers write from Uganda about their experiences on the ground at worldfocus.org Worldfocus video podcast: feeds.feedburner.com
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Last week, the Italian government announced that it will work to cut the number of unskilled immigrants. About 24241 illegal immigrants came to Italy between January and September of this year, reflecting a massive influx to the country. In July, the Italian government declared a state of emergency due to the high level of illegal immigration, largely from Africa. The following month, soldiers were deployed across the country in an effort to stop crime that has been blamed on illegal immigrants. Even the pope has weighed in on the issue. More than 3.5 million foreign-born people currently live in Italy. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal heads to the northern town of Treviso, where gunslinging mayor Giancarlo Gentilini has brought order to the town and cracked down on illegal immigration, even as accusations of racism linger. Bloggers in Italy and around the world assess the countrys debate on immigration here: worldfocus.org Worldfocus video podcast: feeds.feedburner.com
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Rome is a city defined by its antiquities — places like the Coliseum, the Forum and the Pantheon. As Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal reports, even building a subway in Rome is a delicate journey through ancient treasures. worldfocus.org
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Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe at 14.8 percent. Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal traveled recently to southern Spain, to the region of Andalucia, where he discovered that almost that almost no one is immune from the global recession — not even the many olive growers there. Worldfocus video podcast: feeds2.feedburner.com worldfocus.org
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The Launch of The La Horquetta Talparo Constituency Football competition at The Brazil Recreation Ground. One of the many initiatives for the community taken by the Member of Parliament for La Horquetta/Talparo, the Honourable Deputy Speaker Jairam Seemungal.
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