Zimbabwe
Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | People
Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now
afrol News, 6 November - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has pledged his party's return to the unity government with President Robert Mugabe after a successful mediation by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Mozambique last night.
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Uganda
HIV-AIDS | Law | Policy | Policy | Policy
"Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
afrol News, 6 November - Over 50 Ugandan and international organisations are warning government that the "repressive" HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, soon to be voted on in the Kampala parliament, could destroy Uganda's earlier successes in fighting back the pandemic.
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South Africa
Development | Science | Social sciences
South African mortality crisis overcome
afrol News, 5 November - Mortality rates, which have been increasing in South Africa since the 1990s, are on their way back down, reflecting a downturn of the AIDS epidemic and signalling longer lifespans for South Africans, statistics published today reveal.
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Central African Republic
Crime | People | War & Peace | War Crimes
"Send Central African leaders to ICC"
afrol News, 5 November - Only days after the former President of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned home after a 6-year exile, human rights groups demand he be sent directly to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. Also the current President is accused of grave war crimes.
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Rwanda
Ethnic | Law | War Crimes
Rwandan tea baron jailed over genocide
afrol News, 5 November - The former head of the government office that controlled the Rwandan tea industry was today sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty by a UN tribunal over his role in the country's 1994 genocide. He is to have assisted slaughtering more than 1,000 Tutsis.
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Mauritania
Law | Policy | Socio-economic
Slavery still persists in Mauritania
afrol News, 4 November - Despite strong efforts by the toppled democratic government of Mauritania, slavery has yet to be rooted out in the country, a UN report documents. Under the new government, little progress is made to fight slavery.
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Equatorial Guinea
Diplomacy | Law | People
Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists
afrol News, 3 November - Equatoguinean President Teodoro Nguema Obiang today issued a decree pardoning the five foreign masterminds behind an alleged coup attempt in March 2004. These include South African Nicolaas du Toit and Briton Thomas Mann, who will be freed during few days.
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Nigeria
Law | Poverty | Socio-economic
Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses
afrol News, 2 November - Human rights groups warn that hundreds of families in Nigeria's River State may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead. "Panic" has spread in the community.
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Africa
Democracy - Dictatorship | Diplomacy | Law | Policy | War & Peace
Africa discusses cooperation with ICC
afrol News, 2 November - The African Union (AU) has decided that member states should not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Was this right? The discussion is going on all over Africa.
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Uganda
Affairs | Crime | Law | People | Terrorism | Violence | War & Peace
Panic hits Kampala after bomb scare
afrol News, 30 October - A bomb scare in the Uganda’s capital has brought the town to a stand still as security agencies began a search for an alleged bomb plot. The serious search comes nearly a week after Somali’s radical Islamists group Al Shabaab threatened terror attacks on the city. Read more
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Malawi | Southern Africa
Affairs | Economy | Events | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Trade
Malawi president receives 2009 Drivers of Change Award
afrol News, 30 October - The 2009 Southern Africa Drivers of Change award winners were announced yesterday evening at Summer Place, Hyde Park in South Africa. Among the 2009 southern Africa Drivers of Change that were honoured was Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, the president of Malawi in the government category. Read more
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Burundi | Tanzania
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Ethnic | People | Policy | Policy | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace
Last Burundian refugees repatriated
afrol News, 30 October - The last batch of some 400 Burundian refugees returned to their homeland after 37 years, ending one of the world’s longest-running refugee sagas, the United Nations has announced. Read more
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Côte d'Ivoire
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Economy | Elections | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Trade | War & Peace
Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast
afrol News, 30 October - The UN security Council has extended the arms and diamond embargo on Ivory Coast for another year until 31 October 2010. The ban also extends travel restrictions targeting Ivorian political figures and a freeze on their foreign assets. Read more
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Sudan
Affairs | Cooperation | Events | Finance | People | Poverty | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Socio-economic | Trade | War & Peace
Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
afrol News, 30 October - An assembly facility for fuel-efficient stoves has been launched in El Fasher, the capital of the Darfur region, in Sudan. The Berkeley, California-based Darfur Stoves Project (DSP), in partnership with Oxfam America and the Sudanese organisation, Sustainable Action Group (SAG), are an alliance behind the project. Read more
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World | Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Debt | Economy | Finance | Law | Macroeconomy | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
IMF warns Zimbabwe of increased external deficit
afrol News, 29 October - The International Monetary Fund has commended Zimbabwe's recovery progress, but has however warned on the large external current account deficit and increased credit as well as liquidity risks in the banking system. Read more
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