A health worker explains the sexual transmission of infections at the family planning clinic in Yopougon, one of Abidjan’s largest suburbs.Photo: Kristin Palitza/IPS |
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Last Updated 19 May 2012
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| ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- "I would like to use contraception, but my husband is against it," says Bintou Moussa*. The 32-year-old mother has just given birth to her sixth child at the Abobo General Hospital in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital Abidjan. Since violence erupted after the country's November 2010 elections when former president Laurent Gbagbo refused to cede power to his successor Alassane Ouattara, which brought Cote d'Ivoire to a political and economic standstill for a good six months, Moussa's carpenter husband Ibrahim lost his job and has been struggling to find new employment. The family barely survives from the money Ibrahim earns from odd jobs here and there. But despite their difficult economic situation, Ibrahim refuses to consider family planning. "My husband does not want to use condoms. He says it's against nature. And I don't dare to take the birth control pill because I am afraid he might find out about it," Moussa explains. By Kristin Palitza, Inter Press Service (Italy) | ||||||
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MASHAVA, Zimbabwe -- Susan Dhliwayo was stunned when she pulled her car over recently to pick up a group of male hitchhikers and they refused to get in. The reason? They feared being raped. Sensational reports of gangs of beautiful women picking up male travellers to have sex and harvest their sperm in condoms have gripped Zimbabwe in a dizzying mix of taboos, rituals and the downright bizarre. "Now, men fear women. They said: 'we can't go with you because we don't trust you'," 19-year-old Dhliwayo recounted. Local media have reported victims of the highway prowlers being drugged, subdued at gun or knife point -- even with a live snake in one case -- given a sexual stimulant and forced into repeated sex before being dumped on the roadside. The sperm hunters first surfaced in the local press in 2009 but police have only arrested three women, found with a plastic bag of 31 used condoms in October. The attacks have continued since they were nabbed for allegedly violating 17 men. By Justine Gerardy, Agence France-Presse (France) | ||||||
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- For Princess Moyo, who lives in a shack in a Johannesburg settlement infamous for poverty and crime, the bank account she opened several months ago means security. "In Diepsloot, there's lots of criminals," she said. "If they break into my house, they won't find money. The money's in the bank." Not long ago, banks here were unconcerned with providing services for people like Moyo, a 34-year-old with an easy smile. But banks across Africa increasingly see opportunity in the slums. The spread of mobile phones has made it easier for the poor of the continent to maintain bank accounts. Africa's middle class is growing, too, and millions of people need a way to amass and maintain their money. African banks, which have attracted international attention for resilience in the difficult global economy, are also providing advice on multi-billion-dollar deals involving foreign companies looking for business on the continent. Donna Bryson, The Associated Press (U.S) | ||||||
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