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Mobile reporters in Africa

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Thanks to tremendous progress achieved by the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the wireless communication protocol, it is now possible for Africans to send articles and images (still and moving) about events taking place in their countries without using a computer and without having traditional internet connection. Under those circumstances, the bigger the number of people expressing their opinions through that technology, the stronger becomes democracy, and the more valuable is the contribution to good governance efforts in Africa.Read more…

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  1. Bulawayo: Traders protest $23 flea market…07/02Traders at Bulawayo Central Business Centre flea market feel they are being overcharged by the City Council, which require $23 per day from each of them.
  2. Fin des tracasseries policères annoncée à…07/02La hiérarchie de la police congolaise dans la ville de Goma vient d'entreprendre des réformes importantes visant à réduire les cas de corruption et de tracasserie au sein de cette institution.
  3. Zimbabwe: Police guarding nutrition gardens31/01Farmers in Luveve, a high density suburb in Bulawayo, are happy that police finally sent some agents to prevent the now rampant banditry targeting mainly the nutrition gardens meant for HIV positive people in the area.
  4. Zimbabwe: Passport application a hassle30/01Passport prospectors from the seven districts of Masvingo province are calling on the government to decentralize the issuing of passport to their districts offices as it serves time and money .They endures days of long queues at the Provinc…
  5. Walikale: 6000 déplacés suite aux combats27/01Plus de six mille personnes ont été obligées de quitter leurs ménages suite aux affrontements entre deux groupes rebelles Mai Mai Tcheka de Walikale et le colonel Janvier de Masisi.
  6. Goma: Sept incendies en une semaine27/01Au total sept incendies ont ravagé les quartiers de la ville de Goma, à l' Est de la RD Congo pendant la seule troisième semaine du mois de janvier. 149 ménages sont jusqu'à ce jour sans abri.
  7. Zimbabwe: Residents resist pre-paid water…24/01Residents of Cowdray Park, a high density suburb in Bulawayo have resisted the City Council's efforts to introduce a pre-paid water system in the Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai area.
  8. Bulawayo: Legalize in-city loading…17/01Commuters and taxi drivers in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe are urging the City Council to consider the legalization of in-city loading and off-loading bays to safeguard traffic safety and prevent further accidents at these places.
  9. Bulawayo: Street vendors want covered market16/01Open-market 2nd-hand cloths vendors have appealed to the City Council to find an covered market to shelter their now popular business that has seen shoppers shying away from most clothing shops.
  10. Goma: Les femmes voilées sont répudiées13/01Uwimana, femme d'une quarantaine d'année a été violée par cinq hommes à Katoyi une localité située en territoire de Masisi au Nord Kivu, en RD Congo.
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