South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Economy | Elections | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Socio-economic
'South Africa faces threat'
afrol News, 29 April - The Democratic Alliance leader has told hundreds of people at the KwaZulu-Natal Freedom Day celebrations in Molweni, outside Durban that South Africa faced a new threat 14 years after the first democratic election. Read more
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Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Diseases | Ethnic | Law | Oppression | People | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
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. Read more
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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Law | People
Corrupt officials in the dock
afrol News, 9 April - Nigerian government has filed charges against a dozen state officials, including the
controversial daughter of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and two ministers after they were accused of corruption.
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Egypt
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Economy | Expression | Law | Oppression | People | Violence
Egypt's vocal editor jailed
afrol News, 26 March - A court in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Wednesday sent the country's most erudite and vocal editor to six months in prison for writing a story on the health of President Hosni Mubarak. Read more
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Liberia
Affairs | Crime | Economic rights | Elections | Law | Oppression | People | Political rights | Refugees - Displaced | Violence
'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. Read more
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Africa | Egypt
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Infrastructure | People | Socio-economic
Habitat celebrates success
afrol News, 20 March - Habitat for Humanity Africa and the Middle East will be marking its record achievement: help provide decent and affordable housing to 50,000 families in the region.
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Diseases | Economy | People | Poverty
sub-Sahara tops urban growth
afrol News, 19 March - With 4.6% annual growth rate, sub-Saharan Africa has undoubtedly topped urban growth rate in the world, a report by Habitat for Humanity Africa and the Middle East revealed.
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Nigeria
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Higher Education | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Violence
No-work-no-pay rule damned
afrol News, 7 March - Nigerian government has been damned for issuing a directive to all heads of universities that it would apply no-work-no-pay rule. In this piece, an education rights campaigner of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, Kola Ibrahim, wondered why the rule should be applied to all lecturers who participated in the last warning strike, describing the rule as "condemnable" and "provocative."
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Africa
Affairs | Children | Development | Diseases | People
US boosts Africa's malaria war
afrol News, 19 February - US President George Bush has said in line with a broader campaign to combat malaria in sub-Saharan African, the American government will provide over five million mosquito nets to the region. Read more
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Gambia
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Oppression | People | Violence
Tortured journalist flees Gambia
afrol News, 19 February - A Sierra Leonean journalist, Mohamed Oury Bah, was forced to flee The Gambia after he has had his share of persecution in the hands of the country's notoriously feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diseases | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence
First ladies fight for peace
afrol News / IRIN, 18 February - In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their representatives have formed a conflict-resolution group.
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Niger
Affairs | Children | Development | Outbreaks | People | Policy
Niger measles fluctuates
afrol News, 14 February - A team of international researchers has discovered that measles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another, but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season. Read more
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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Energy | HIV-AIDS | Mining | People | Poverty | Trade
Mbeki assures 2010 World Cup
afrol News, 8 February - South African President Thabo on Friday delivered the much anticipated state of nation address, apologising the nation for the troubles caused by the power crisis. He allayed fears that the power crisis would hamper his country's hosting of the World Cup in 2010.
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Egypt
Affairs | Crime | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Persecution | Rights | Violence
'Stop criminalizing HIV'
afrol News, 7 February - Criminalisation of HIV/AIDs in Egyptian has been criticised by rights groups, fearing it would endanger public health, justice and human rights. Read more
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Rwanda
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | History | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace
Gacaca jails genocide doctor
afrol News, 6 February - A traditional "gacaca" court on Tuesday sentenced a doctor to 15 years in prison for his role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, right groups confirmed. Read more
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Uganda
Affairs | Children | Disasters | Diseases | History | Outbreaks | People | Primary Education | Religion
Uganda combats demons
afrol News, 5 February - School authorities in Sir Tito Winyi Primary School in Western Uganda held special prayers to combat a rampant "demonic attack" among pupils. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Children | Children | Crime | Harmful practices | Law | People | Sexuality
Renewed fight against FGM
afrol News, 5 February - A round table conference, aimed at addressing the age-old culture of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM), will be held in Geneva on Tuesday. Read more
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