Rwanda: UN Tribunal Finds Former Investigator Guilty of Leaking Information
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
A former Rwandan investigator for the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994 was found guilty today by the same court of leaking protected information.
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN-Backed Troops Abusing Civilians, Says Rights Watchdog
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces conducting intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and instead are themselves attacking and raping Congolese civilians, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday.
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Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight ‘Successful Models’ And Be An ‘Effective Partner’ - Obama
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a meeting of industrialized nations known as the G8. AllAfrica's Charles Cobb, Jr., Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman went to the White House to explore President Obama's views on Africa in advance of his visit. The interview took place in the Blue Room.Charles Cobb posed the questions. We asked visitors to our site, allAfrica.com, what they might be interested in with respect to your policy. And as you might imagine, the responses are everywhere: conflict resolution, development issues, trade issues, et cetera. But they and we have one immediate question: How is it that you happened to pick Ghana as the first place to visit in sub-Saharan Africa?
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Nigeria: Tension in Kano Over Murder of Islamic Cleric
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Following security reports which indicated that Islamic fundamentalists in Kano State, and some followers of murdered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ja'afar Mahmud Adam were planning to cause violence, Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro has enjoined the people of Kano State to shun violence, keep the peace and allow the police to finish the task of finding the killers.
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Niger: Continuing Crisis Imperils Democracy - Ban Ki-moon
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law.
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Uganda: General Tinyefuza - There is No Rebel Group in North
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
The frightening talk about a new rebel group forming in northern Uganda is "rubbish", according to the country's chief spymaster.
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Côte d’Ivoire: American Embassy’s National Daily Press Review
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
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Uganda: Swine Flu Confirmed
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Uganda's first case of the H1N1 swine flu virus was confirmed Wednesday night in a 40-year-old man from the UK, the Ministry of Health announced Thursday.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Secret Police Accused of Torture
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Rights groups say they have received many reports of intelligence agents abusing detainees.
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Rwanda: Draft Health Law Causing Jitters
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
A law in its draft stages in Rwanda is calling for the forced sterilisation of mentally handicapped persons, a report published by watchdog Human Rights Watch has said.
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Mozambique: IMF Approves U.S. $176 Million Loan
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)on Wednesday approved a loan of 176 million US dollars for Mozambique over the next year to counter the effects of the world economic crisis.
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Zimbabwe: Global Fund Moves to Safeguard Money
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Government officials in Zimbabwe are unhappy about a decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to ditch the National AIDS Council (NAC) as the principal recipient of its existing and future grants and to instead channel funds through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Increase in Attacks on Civilians
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces conducting intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and instead are themselves attacking and raping Congolese civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks on civilians from all sides have resulted in a significant increase in human rights violations over the past six months.
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Zimbabwe: Kimberley Group Probes Conflict Diamonds
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
The Kimberly Process, an international diamond certification body set up to curb trade in conflict diamonds has launched an investigation into reports that President Robert Mugabe's previous administration committed atrocities during a clampdown on illegal miners last year.
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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Parly Majority Under Threat
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
THE Movement for Democ-ratic Change (MDC) formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai risks losing its parliamentary majority following the conviction of three of its legislators on various charges, with four others currently appearing before the courts on matters in which expulsion is applicable.
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Zimbabwe: Miners Defy Government Order
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
MINING corporations operating in Zimbabwe on Tuesday defied an order by Mines and Mining Development Minister, Obert Mpofu, to boycott an international mining conference organised in London by a South African resource industry consultancy after the government official was denied a visa to the United Kingdom.
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South Africa: Nurses Want to Leave Profession
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Two-thirds of South African nurses said that they were unlikely to still be in the profession in five years' time, according to research released at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) congress.
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Niger: U.S. Criticizes Tandja’s Bid to Keep Power
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
President Mamadou Tandja has undermined Niger's efforts over the last 10 years to advance good governance and the rule of law, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Zimbabwe: Storm Brews Between Zanu-PF, MDC
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
PARTIES to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that gave birth to the inclusive government are heading for collision over plans to have the Kariba Draft used as the working document in crafting a new constitution for Zimbabwe, The Financial Gazette can reveal.
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Africa: There’s a Farming Crisis Too
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers - mostly women - can have in feeding their communities.
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