Namibia
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Policy | Political rights
Namibia reaches 30 percent women MP target
afrol News / SARDC, 19 June - Namibia has become the fourth country in the Southern African region to achieve 30 percent female representation in political and decision-making positions.
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World | Guinea
Harmful practices | Law | Policy | Refugees - Displaced
FGM reason to get asylum in US
afrol News, 12 June - A decision by a federal appeals court in New York has come as a saviour for many asylum seeking African women in the United States. The court ruled that three Guinean women, claiming to be victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), should not be sent back to their home country, saying there were obvious errors in denying them asylum.
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Uganda
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Crime | Economic rights | Good governance | Law | Oppression | People | Socio-economic
3 million Ugandan minors risked forced labour
afrol News, 12 June -
Close to three million Ugandan minors risked forced labour either by parents or poor economic living conditions, Uganda's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Syda Bbumba, revealed.
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Egypt
Children | Harmful practices | Health | Law | Oppression | Policy | Policy | Sexuality
Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
afrol News, 9 June - Egyptian parliamentarians at the weekend passed a legislation banning the age-old culture of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. Under the enacted law, those found guilty of practising FGM could be jailed between three months and two years plus a fine of US$ 900.
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Gambia
Children | Diaspora | Diplomacy | Harmful practices | Law | Policy
Parents detained over daughters' FGM in Gambia
afrol News, 6 June - The parents of five daughters of Gambian descent have been detained in Oslo, Norway, after a human rights group revealed all the girls had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia. The youngest girl, aged five, has been taken away from parents, while the elder four are with family in The Gambia.
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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Good governance | Mining | People
Corruption derails Nigeria's growth
afrol News, 5 June - Political and economic corruption has been responsible for derailing Nigeria's development and growth, said African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the continent's self-monitoring mechanism established by the African Union. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Food Security | Good governance | Health | Nutrition | People | Trade
Africa assured food security
afrol News, 4 June - An unprecedented partnership by key players in agricultural development have formed a partnership to significantly boost food production in Africa's "foodbasket" regions, assuring food security on the continent.
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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Expression | Law | People | Political rights | Violence | War & Peace
Court remands 14 Zimbabwean activists
afrol News, 3 June - At least 14 activists of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have had their bail revoked by a court before ordering their remand in custody at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and Harare Central Remand Prison until 6 June. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Children | Development | Health | People
UNICEF urges adequate health for African children
afrol News, 30 May - United Nations children agency, UNICEF, has launched its first State of Africa's Children 2008 report at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan, calling for large-scale, focused investments in improved health systems for sub-Saharan Africa in order to capitalize on recent achievements and help children with inadequate access to health care. Read more
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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Disasters | Economy | Law | Oppression | People | Poverty | Refugees - Displaced | Trade | Violence
Xenophobic attacks worry FIFA
afrol News, 27 May - The world governing football body FIFA is worried about the increasing waves of deadly xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. But it ruled out any possibility that the violence would impact on the country's hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
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Côte d'Ivoire | Sudan
Affairs | Crime | Law | Oppression | People | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace
Peacekeepers "abuse children"
afrol News, 27 May - A research in post-conflict zones - Côte d'Ivoire, South Sudan and Haiti - has uncovered that peacekeepers and aid workers sexually abuse minors as young as six years.
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Uganda
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
Uganda establishes war crimes tribunal
afrol News, 27 May - The government of Uganda has finally established a special war crimes tribunal to try the leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
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Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
Bemba's arrest spurs protest
afrol News, 27 May - The arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former warlord-turned-politician of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has attracted protests in the capital Kinshasha on Tuesday. Read more
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Djibouti
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Crime | Harmful practices | Health | Law | Oppression | People | Poverty | Sexuality | Violence
Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
afrol News, 13 May - Djiboutian authorities have been asked to conquer poverty and ignorance if they want their country to "win the struggle against the age-old Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C). Read more
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Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Economy | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace
DRC projects attract $60m
afrol News, 8 May - A total of US $60 million has been allocated for 163 United Nations humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Children | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
ICC unseals DRC warrant
afrol News, 29 April - The International Criminal Court [ICC] has unsealed an arrest warrant against Mr Bosco Ntanganda, a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo [FPLC], and current alleged Chief of Staff of the Congrès national pour la défense du people [CNDP] armed group, active in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. Read more
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Kenya
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace
Kenya army tortures civilians
afrol News, 28 April - The Nairobi-based Independent Medico-Legal Unit [IMLU] has accused Kenyan army officers of torturing hundreds of people between March and April. Read more
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Sudan
Affairs | Children | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
ICC cries for Sudan arrests
afrol News, 28 April - Sudanese government has been blamed for its reluctance to hand over its indicted citizens to the International Criminal Court [ICC] in The Hague.
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Ghana
Lifestyle | People
Ghanaian wins Caribbean & Commonwealth pageantry
afrol News, 25 April - A 20-year-old Ghanaian law student at the Univesity of Kent (Medway Towns), Shirley De Lawrence, has kept the title in West Africa by winning the 19th Miss Caribbean & Commonwealth contest, in succession to Uchenna Obika of Nigeria, at the Polish Centre in Hammersmith, West London.
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