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Malawi
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Finance | Infrastructure | Land rights | People | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic

Malawi’s rural land development project gets additional funding

afrol News, 20 November - The World Bank has granted Malawi US$10 million for the Community-Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP). The additional grant will also extend the project for another two years, the bank said.

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World
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Cooperation | Events | Policy | Policy | Social Services

Children’s rights still not assured, UNICEF

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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Central Africa | Central African Republic
Affairs | Cooperation | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace

Cambodia troops arrive in CAR

afrol News, 20 November - The United Nations mission set up to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) received a boost this week with the arrival of troops from Cambodia.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Law | Mining | People | Policy | Policy | Socio-economic | Trade | Violence

Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade

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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Gambia
Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Law | People | Policy | Violence | War & Peace

Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting

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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Guinea
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Violence | War & Peace

International commission on Guinea’s crackdown dispatched

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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Rwanda | Tanzania
Affairs | Crime | Ethnic | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes

Former priest acquitted on genocide

afrol News, 18 November - The United Nations court has acquitted Former Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who was facing charges of the infamous Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Father Nsengimana, had been imprisoned for seven years since his 2002 arrest in Cameroon.

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Cameroon | Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Law | People | Poverty | Violence | War & Peace | Water

Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula

afrol News, 18 November - Hundreds of Nigerian fishermen have fled the Bakassi Peninsula as harassment and violent attacks by Cameroon’s gendarmes have increased, reports have said.

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Affairs | Crime | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes

Security Council calls for protection of civilians

afrol News, 18 November - The Security Council has called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people.

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Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | Law | People | Policy | Refugees - Displaced | Socio-economic | War & Peace

Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW

afrol News, 17 November - The international human rights body has accused Moroccan authorities of blocking "unauthorised" visits by foreigners to the homes of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara.

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Nigeria
Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Expression | Law | Oppression | People | Policy | Policy

Media warns legislators against enacting anti-media law

afrol News, 17 November - The Nigerian media has cautioned the National Assembly against enacting laws affecting practice of journalism in the country, expressing fear that a bill might pose an impediment to free flow of information.

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Ethiopia | Somalia
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Energy | Socio-economic | Violence | War & Peace

Ethiopia govt dismisses capture claims

afrol News, 16 November - The Ethiopian government has dismissed claims by Ogaden rebels to have captured seven towns in the oil rich region located in south eastern of Ethiopia, government statement has revealed.

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Uganda
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Development | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social services | Social Services | Socio-economic

Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth

afrol News, 16 November - Uganda’s State Minister for Planning, Ephraim Kamuntu has urged the country to take urgent steps in controlling the rapidly growing population.

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Mozambique
Affairs | Crime | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Prosecute police officers - Amnesty International

afrol News, 16 November - Amnesty International has called for thorough investigations and prosecution of police officers suspected of unlawful killings in Mozambique.

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Kenya
Crime | Law | People | Violence | War & Peace

Nine suspected Mungiki members killed

afrol News, 12 November - Kenya police have killed nine alleged gang members of Mungiki militia accused of serious atrocities including beheading people, the police chief has said.

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Somalia
Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace

Somali judge shot dead

afrol News, 12 November - Somali rebels have gunned down a judge known for jailing pirates and members the country’s radical Islamist group al-Shabab in Bossaso, a port in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, government officials have confirmed.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic | Trade

Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices

afrol News, 11 November - Millions of people in dozens of poor countries are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian aid, despite good global cereal harvests this year. This due to stubbornly high food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warned in a report released yesterday.

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Seychelles | Somalia
Affairs | Crime | Economy | Law | People | Policy | Terrorism | Trade | Violence | War & Peace

Somali pirates seize SA bound cargo ship

afrol News, 11 November - Somali pirates have seized a Green-owned container ship with its 22 crew members today, the European Union's Naval Force for Somali has announced.

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Djibouti | Somalia
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Corruption | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Law | People | Policy | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Socio-economic | Trade | War & Peace

Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers

afrol News, 11 November - The UN refugee agency has expressed regret over the forced repatriation of 40 Somali asylum seekers to Mogadishu.

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Chad | Sudan
Affairs | Crime | Law | People | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace

ICRC appeals for release of two kidnapped staff

afrol News, 11 November - The International Committee of the Red Cross has appealed for the release of the two agency staff kidnapped in recent weeks in Sudan and neighbouring Chad.

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Congo Brazzaville | Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Ethnic | People | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace

Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000

afrol News, 11 November - The UN Refugee agency says the number of civilians fleeing tribal violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Republic of Congo has topped 21,800 since last week.

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Algeria | World
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Crime | Economy | Law | People | Policy | Terrorism | Violence

Algeria pushes for zero-tolerance on ransom payments to terrorists

afrol News, 10 November - Algerian authorities are planning to introduce a draft resolution in the UN Security Council to ban the practice of paying ransoms to terrorist groups.

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Congo Kinshasa | World
Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes

UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels

afrol News, 10 November - The UN envoy in Democratic Republic of Congo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged support to the Congolese government to root out armed militias in eastern part of the country.

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Western Sahara
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Law | Oceans - Fisheries | People | Policy | Policy | Socio-economic | Trade | War & Peace

Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched

afrol News, 9 November - The pro-Saharawi network, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has launched a campaign to sign letters to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries, asking EU to immediately stop the plundering of the natural resources of Western Sahara by Morocco.

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Africa
Affairs | Children | Children | Cooperation | Development | Diseases | Events | Medicine | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social services | Social Services

Seven African states in Malaria trial

afrol News, 9 November - Seven African countries will take part in a historic malaria vaccine trials, as the world scientists strive to root out Africa’s number one killer.

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