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afrol News, 20 November - Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world’s children, including a 28 percent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from assured, according to a new United Nations report issued today.

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afrol News, 19 November - The government of Zimbabwe has reported a breakthrough in the country’s diamond fields where the security forces had based.

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afrol News, 19 November - The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has backed out on attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled next week in Port of Spain, a government statement has said.

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afrol News, 18 November - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team’s visit to the country next week.

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» 16.11.2009 - Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth
» 11.11.2009 - Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices
» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 09.11.2009 - Seven African states in Malaria trial
» 06.11.2009 - "Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
» 04.11.2009 - Slavery still persists in Mauritania
» 03.11.2009 - "Strip Gambia off AU human rights body"
» 02.11.2009 - Africa discusses cooperation with ICC
» 30.10.2009 - Last Burundian refugees repatriated
» 30.10.2009 - Anti kidnapping legislation passes second reading
» 30.10.2009 - Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 28.10.2009 - SA racism case back in court
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 21.10.2009 - $1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 20.10.2009 - Mali armed to fight al Qaeda insurgents
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 15.10.2009 - Homosexuals angered by proposed law
» 15.10.2009 - World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights, AI
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - UN calls for renewed efforts to save millions of children from diarrhoea
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 13.10.2009 - African governments urged to recommit to develop people
» 09.10.2009 - UN experts raise concern on Gambia's threats of rights defenders
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 09.10.2009 - UN lawyers on a study mission in Côte d'Ivoire
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 29.09.2009 - $59 million awarded to eliminate exploitive child labour in 19 countries
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 24.09.2009 - CGI partners announce new commitments to empower girls and women
» 14.09.2009 - MEND threatens fresh attacks in Nigeria
» 14.09.2009 - Commission orders Libya not to execute Nigerians on death row
» 11.09.2009 - Global child mortality figures dropping
» 10.09.2009 - Egypt must investigate border killings, AI
» 09.09.2009 - Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
» 08.09.2009 - Court hands death sentence to alleged Norwegian spies
» 07.09.2009 - New UN trained special police graduate in Liberia
» 27.08.2009 - SA lawyer appointed UN rights expert on violence against women
» 27.08.2009 - Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
» 25.08.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya
» 25.08.2009 - AU-UN Dafur mission donate supplies to female prison
» 24.08.2009 - Kenyan census kicks-off
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation
» 19.08.2009 - 1st World humanitarian day marked
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 17.08.2009 - Chiluba acquitted
» 14.08.2009 - A few more days before Chiluba’s verdict
» 14.08.2009 - State policy should not leave populations homeless, UN expert
» 12.08.2009 - World population data sheet shows more growth in Africa and Asia
» 05.08.2009 - IFJ condemns seizure of magazines in Morocco
» 27.07.2009 - Demobilisation of Darfur child soldiers commences
» 17.07.2009 - Corrupt DRC magistrates send packing
» 10.07.2009 - HRW report was fallacy, E/Guinea
» 19.06.2009 - Tunisia dismiss fears of inmates’ mistreatment
» 18.06.2009 - Call for release Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco
» 12.06.2009 - Chadian released from Guantanamo Bay
» 05.06.2009 - International courts appeal for cooperation from member states
» 03.06.2009 - Disagreement on Burundi peace achievements
» 03.06.2009 - Swazi human rights lawyer arrested
» 02.06.2009 - Stop biasness, Rwanda Tribunal told
» 29.05.2009 - Museveni must appoint independent commissioners
» 29.05.2009 - Togo institutes the truth and conciliation commission
» 27.05.2009 - Eritrea rejects release of Swedish journalist
» 27.05.2009 - Court upholds decision to sack anti graft chief
» 18.05.2009 - Legislators pass dual citizenship bill
» 14.05.2009 - Over 200 political prisoners in Burundi released
» 14.05.2009 - Rwanda refugees in Uganda flee repatriation
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 14.05.2009 - Kenya to dispel repressive clause in media law
» 13.05.2009 - Tunisian president urged to stop bullying the media
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - Increasing Diarrheal related child mortality a global scandal, rights organisations
» 12.05.2009 - Broadcasting commission suspends licence of private radio station
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 11.05.2009 - RSF condemns suspension of local station in DRC
» 11.05.2009 - Egypt threatens to dismantle NGO for accepting foreign funding
» 06.05.2009 - Libya lodges official request for al-Megrahi's release home
» 04.05.2009 - Got you swine...!
» 04.05.2009 - SA revokes visa restrictions on Zimbabweans
» 30.04.2009 - Mixed reactions posted on Sudan’s census
» 28.04.2009 - Amnesty International begs for protection of alleged gay men
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 22.04.2009 - Donor pledges should not perpetuate violence on civilians - HRW
» 21.04.2009 - Bouteflika told to redress rights violations in Algeria
» 09.04.2009 - UNICEF commends Sudan for child protection law
» 08.04.2009 - Uganda must take active role to curtail abuses and torture
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