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Congo Kinshasa
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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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Somalia
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Lifestyle | Oppression | People | Violence

Somalia's celebrated woman presenter escapes murder

afrol News, 7 May - A celebrated woman TV presenter of Puntland's privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN) on 4 May escaped murder attempts on her life.

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Congo Kinshasa
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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].

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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.

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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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Liberia
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Striking "Liberian refugees" await repatriation

afrol News, 25 April - The government of Ghana has been given the green light to repatriate 23 “Liberian refugees” who were arrested at Buduburam and detained at the Ghana Immigration Service.

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Liberia
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Liberia still faces challenges

afrol News, 23 April - The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Liberia still grapples with daunting challenges, including security, rule of law and development, despite registering giant strides in recovering from the more than decade-long civil war.

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Southern Africa
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Forum seeks to protect human trafficked victims

afrol News, 22 April - Southern African policy makers and senior government officials today begin a three-day meeting in Durban to address the urgent need to set up adequate protection mechanisms for victims of human trafficking in the region.

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Congo Kinshasa
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UN Congo mission lauded

afrol News, 17 April - The United Nations peacekeeping missin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been lauded for registering solid progress in trying to bring stability to the vast country's volatile eastern region.

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Uganda
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Fire kills 19 Ugandan girls

afrol News, 16 April - 19 Ugandan girl students of Buddo Primary School, 12km from the capital, Kampala, were killed by an overnight fire that gutted their dormitory.

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Malawi
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Madonna's case set for ruling

afrol News, 14 April - A Malawian court is expected to deliver a ruling on the adoption case involving the American pop star between 22 and 25 April, 2008.

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Liberia
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'Rebels beheaded my mother'

afrol News, 9 April - A Liberian woman threw the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) into sombre mood when she explained how her mother and her two-month old baby were behead by rebel fighters loyal to George Boley, the leader of defunct Liberia Peace Council (LPC) in 1995.

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Niger
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Niger sued over slavery laws

afrol News, 7 April - The government of Niger has been dragged to the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS [the Economic Community of West African States] in Nigeria over its failure to implement laws against slavery introduced in 2003.

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South Africa
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Editors condemn death threats

afrol News, 4 April - South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) on Friday condemned alleged death threats made against their colleagues at South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

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Liberia
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UN details Liberia violations

afrol News, 3 April - United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has released a report on the human rights situation in Liberia, focusing on violations on economic, social, political, sexual and gender-based rights.

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Senegal | Ghana
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West African migrants bailed

afrol News, 1 April - A new program aimed at engaging West African women migrants in the development of their countries has been launched in Italy.

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South Africa
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SA probes racism in schools

afrol News, 1 April - South African officials have announced their desire to launch investigations into the extent of racism and other forms of discrimination in the country's higher education.

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Liberia
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'Ghana mistreats refugees'

afrol News, 20 March - The international community has been urged to pile pressures on the Ghanaian government and the UNHCR to protect the human rights of refugees in Ghana.

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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | People | Violence

Nigerian cinema hits US

afrol News, 20 March - Nigerian cinema is expected to be showcased in a Nollywood Nights festival in the Atlanta, United States at the weekend.

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Congo Kinshasa
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Makeba meets rape survivors

afrol News, 14 March - South African iconic singer and the goodwill ambassador of Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has paid visit to rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Rwanda
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Genocide priest jailed for life

afrol News, 13 March - The UN-backed tribunal has increased the sentence of a convicted Rwandan Catholic priest from 15 to life sentence.

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Southern Africa
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'Eliminate harmful cultural practices'

ZANIS/Times of Zambia News , 3 March - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for concerted efforts in harmonizing customary and common laws to eliminate harmful cultural practices.

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South Africa
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Racist victims feel betrayed

afrol News, 29 February - The dust around South Africa's racist video saga still rides on, with victims of the alleged crime recounting their ordeal to the press. The four women cleaners said they could not realise their participation in the film.

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Kenya
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AU to diffuse Kenya deadlock

afrol News, 26 February - President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and leader of the African Union has flown to Kenya to diffuse the deadlock talks between the government and opposition.

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