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Egypt
Labour | Politics | Society
Still double standards in Egypt justice

afrol News, 24 March - Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is not.

Ghana
Society | Agriculture - Nutrition
Ghana con-men sell sand as fertilizer

afrol News, 24 March - Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was fertilizer.

Egypt
Politics | Society | Human rights
Leaks: "Mubarak behind 2005 terror attack"

afrol News, 9 March - Documents seized from Egypt's dismantled State Security agency seem to document that the Mubarak regime itself was planning and executing the bombing of the Mövenpick Hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2005.

Ghana
Society | Human rights
No money to stop Ghana child trafficking

afrol News, 1 March - Ongoing work to rescue trafficked Ghanaian children is now to halt "due to lack of funding." The announcement could lead to thousands of children being exposed to slave labour.


Society | Politics | Human rights
African mercenaries in Libya: Fact or racism?

afrol News, 26 February - Protesters in Libya insist that "African mercenaries," mostly from Niger and Chad, are used against them. Other sources deny this, fearing a possible racist origin of the claim.

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» 23.02.2011 - Exodus from Libya; foreigners targeted
» 18.02.2011 - Somaliland opens "pirate prison"
» 18.02.2011 - Zambia mine "tax fraud" causes outrage
» 17.02.2011 - Ben Ali clan owes Tunisia banks €1.3bn
» 16.02.2011 - King Tut statue among stolen pieces, UN confirms
» 15.02.2011 - Zimbabweans "missing" after Egypt party
» 11.02.2011 - Somali pirates to be returned from Seychelles
» 10.02.2011 - "Thousands of child soldiers in Chad"
» 07.02.2011 - Seychelles negotiates pirate returns with Somalia, Somaliland
» 31.01.2011 - EU freezes Tunisia dictator's assets
» 29.01.2011 - Mubarak plays the "looting card"
» 27.01.2011 - Ugandan gays mourn activist's killing
» 19.01.2011 - Gabon officials seize chimpanzee body parts
» 17.01.2011 - Who will rule Tunisia?
» 17.01.2011 - Madagascar illegal logging continues
» 10.12.2010 - Mozambique drug barons "protected by President"
» 10.12.2010 - Central African Rep clamps down on poachers
» 09.12.2010 - Mass FGM ceremonies planned in Tanzania
» 03.12.2010 - Little US trust in Moroccan army
» 02.12.2010 - African Horn migration routes shifting
» 20.11.2010 - Seychelles rescues piracy hostages
» 11.11.2010 - African competition regulators getting serious
» 05.11.2010 - UN report "revisionist" on Rwanda genocide
» 28.10.2010 - SA admits need to fight corruption
» 19.10.2010 - Trial against Congolese ex-VP confirmed
» 13.10.2010 - Wanted Congo warlord "walks freely in Goma"
» 12.10.2010 - Nairobi, Dar es Salaam attracting trafficked children
» 11.10.2010 - Congo rapes suspected Rwandan rebel arrested
» 04.10.2010 - Somaliland forces foil terror attack
» 01.10.2010 - Child labour in Ivorian cocoa farms still unchecked
» 30.09.2010 - Tortoise poaching boosted by Malagasy chaos
» 15.07.2010 - Gambian "coup plotters" sentenced to death
» 13.07.2010 - Zimbabweans flee SA "xenophobia rumour"
» 13.07.2010 - Seychelles takes lead in piracy fight
» 02.07.2010 - Naomi Campbell must testify in Taylor case
» 01.07.2010 - Central African bushmeat hits European market
» 28.06.2010 - Arrests follow Rwanda editor's killing
» 17.06.2010 - Ghana boom in dangerous e-waste imports
» 10.06.2010 - Corruption case still haunting Zuma
» 09.06.2010 - Gambia makes West Africa's biggest ever drug bust
» 09.06.2010 - Mysterious bomb attack on Swazi oppositional
» 04.06.2010 - Trafficked Bangladeshis return home from Liberia
» 03.06.2010 - Are Namibian women being forcibly sterilised?
» 22.04.2010 - South Africa "millionaire cops" hailed
» 22.04.2010 - Rwanda opposition leader conditionally released
» 22.04.2010 - Concern over Nigeria's 870 death row inmates
» 22.04.2010 - Egypt's human trafficking fight crippled, expert
» 15.04.2010 - Madagascar coup leaders may face ICC prosecution
» 14.04.2010 - Ghana arrests cocoa smuggling officers
» 13.04.2010 - SA media challenges ban in Terreblanche's case
» 09.04.2010 - Catholic sex abuse "in Africa too"
» 09.04.2010 - Is it too late to avert SA's war...?
» 06.04.2010 - Kill the Boer or Boer Republic?
» 06.04.2010 - Nigerian militias sentenced in Equatorial Guinea
» 31.03.2010 - Court bombshell hangs over Kenya
» 30.03.2010 - Seychelles downs pirates, rescues crews
» 30.03.2010 - Alleged tax evaders commit suicide
» 29.03.2010 - Racist song "part of South Africa's heritage"
» 29.03.2010 - Illicit financial flows "ruining African development"
» 26.03.2010 - CAR govt hits back at poachers
» 24.03.2010 - Central African gorillas towards extinction
» 24.03.2010 - "Model police" for Guinea-Bissau
» 19.03.2010 - Sierra Leone battles corruption
» 17.03.2010 - Reporter offered child slaves
» 17.03.2010 - Central African ivory main problem
» 17.03.2010 - SA bank sign deal to access fingerprint data
» 12.03.2010 - Africa to crack down on illicit diamond trade
» 10.03.2010 - "Egypt uses torture in terror fight"
» 09.03.2010 - Demands for Nigeria to stop massacres
» 04.03.2010 - ICC prosecutor submits 20 names
» 04.03.2010 - Six security officials sacked
» 04.03.2010 - Security reforms crucial for Guinea-Bissau, UN report
» 03.03.2010 - Cameroonian journos tortured
» 02.03.2010 - Former Rwandan first lady arrested
» 02.03.2010 - Rights groups call for suspension of Lieutenant
» 02.03.2010 - Reject anti-gay bill - activists
» 02.03.2010 - Police union calls for fight against child trafficking
» 01.03.2010 - Experts urge Uganda to drop anti-homosexuality bill
» 01.03.2010 - Al-Qaeda gaining strength in Africa
» 26.02.2010 - Evicted Zim farmers in another ‘victory’
» 26.02.2010 - Rwandan officer sentenced to 25 years
» 25.02.2010 - Fight organised crime like a pandemic – Ban
» 25.02.2010 - French hostage released in Mali
» 23.02.2010 - Mauritania recalls ambassador over release of rebels
» 23.02.2010 - Journalist abducted in Somalia
» 17.02.2010 - Protest turns violent in Ivory Coast
» 17.02.2010 - Jonathan appeals for concerted efforts to fight drug trafficking
» 16.02.2010 - Kenya heading for a political disaster
» 15.02.2010 - Police chief sentenced to 7 years
» 15.02.2010 - Kibaki overrules PM’s decision
» 15.02.2010 - UN partners media to fight sexual violence in S/Leone
» 15.02.2010 - Children still recruited into DRC’s war ranks
» 11.02.2010 - Education still under attack - Unesco
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