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| South Africa | World Economy - Development SA Minister favours south-south trade afrol News - South Africa's Trade and Industry Minister has advised the developing countries to focus on trading more among themselves until the developed countries lift subsidies for their farmers and give Africa real access to their markets. |
Politics Egeland tells UK to "shut up" on Zim afrol News - The former UN Undersecretary Jan Egeland has asked the British government to "finally shut up" on Zimbabwe, being the least credible country to criticise the Mugabe regime given its bloody colonial past. Any British utterance on Zimbabwe is making it impossible for African leaders to condemn President Robert Mugabe. |
| World | Zimbabwe Politics Zimbabwe's 'thug' gets slapped afrol News - Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has among others been labelled a crook, thug and murderer over ensuing political strife that finally prompted main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's withdrawal from presidential run-off poll on 27 June. Meanwhile, Mr Tsvangirai has sought refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Harare. |
| World | Africa Politics | Society | Human rights EU tightens illegal migration afrol News - Despite protests over long detentions and deportations in some member countries, the European Union lawmakers went ahead to approve a directive that allows illegal migrants to be held in detention centers for up to 18 months and banned from the Union's territory for five years. |
| World | Guinea Gender - Women | Society FGM reason to get asylum in US afrol News - A decision by a federal appeals court in New York has come as a saviour for many asylum seeking African women in the United States. The court ruled that three Guinean women, claiming to be victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), should not be sent back to their home country, saying there were obvious errors in denying them asylum. |
| World | Africa Health Africa lagging behind on universal access and treatment - UN afrol News - Unless the balance was made in closing the gap between available resources and actual need in the HIV prevention and treatment, sub-Saharan Africa could still remain the most affected region in the world. This is the warning of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, in a report to be presented to the General Assembly today. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Right abusers secure UN seats afrol News - Despite strong international outcry, the United Nations General Assembly went ahead to elect a 15-member Human Rights Council on Wednesday. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Rights abusers want UN seats afrol News - A quarter of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, a joint report by Freedom House and UN Watch disclosed. |
| World Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society Global food crisis: "silent tsunami" afrol News - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for urgent action to tackle the "silent tsunami" of rising food prices that threatens the lives of more than 100 million with throughout the world. |
| Ghana | World Labour | Politics | Economy - Development | Society Trade unions call for decent work afrol News - Trade ministers and heads of state meeting for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the Ghanaian capital Accra have been urged to endorse a strong commitment on the interlinkage between trade and development. |
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