| In Cameroon, CPJ alarmed by harassment of journalists |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 17:15 |
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Dear President Biya,
We are writing to express our alarm at a wave of arrests, harassment, criminal prosecutions and even abuse of at least a dozen journalists who raised sensitive questions about issues of public interest in Cameroon, such as the management of public finances, the progress of an anti-corruption drive dubbed OperationSparrowhawk, and local government affairs.
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| Africa Legal Aid setting up Gender Network Forum |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 17:15 |
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Accra, March 12, GNA - Africa Legal Aid (AFLA), an Accra-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) is establishing a Gender Network Forum in co-operation with a core group of organisations and individuals on the Continent.
The forum will provide legal assistance to women in litigation on gender -based violence;
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| Youth Human Rights Urge ICC to Prosecute President Museveni |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 13:00 |
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The Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) is caught up in a sticky situation as the Youth for Human Rights (YouthRight) are pressing it to prosecute the serving Ugandan president and two of his commanders.
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| African leaders support agribusiness plan at UN-backed conference |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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10 March - High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness.
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| UN health agency funds urgent medical supplies in landslide-hit Uganda |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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10 March - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is sending $50,000 in emergency funding to Uganda where deadly mudslides and flooding have left hundreds of thousands of people in need of shelter, food, safe water and proper sanitation, and at an increased risk of water-borne diseases.
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| UN aid officials warn of fears of water-borne diseases in flooded Kenya |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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10 March - The recently flooded regions of Kenya could fall victim to water-borne diseases if public hygiene campaigns are not organized, the United Nations humanitarian wing warned today.
This year's rainy season in Kenya, which just begun and is expected to last through June, has killed at least 11 people and affected some 8,300 others.
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| Ban calls for renewed commitment to peace pact from Sudan ahead critical year |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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10 March - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to renew its commitment to the 2005 agreement which ended the long-running north-south civil war, and to ensure a peaceful transition following next year's referendum on southern secession.
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| West African farmers receive boost from UN organic food exporting initiative |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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9 March - Some 5,000 West African farmers are reaping the rewards from a United Nations scheme aimed at helping them export produce to the growing organic food market in the industrialized world.
The $2.4 million UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) project has helped farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone to meet the necessary certification and adapt to the required methods to grow and sell organic products, according to a FAO news release issued today.
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| UN and aid partners call for $60 million to help 110,000 Congolese refugees |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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9 March - The United Nations and its partners today launched an appeal for just under $60 million to help more than 100,000 refugees from the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have fled ethnic violence and are seeking refuge in neighbouring Republic of Congo (ROC).
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| ANC Queries Winnie Mandela |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:15 |
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South Africa's ruling ANC is asking Winnie Mandela to clarify comments attributed to her which starkly criticise her ex-husband, Nelson.
Mrs Mandela was quoted in UK newspaper the Evening Standard as saying former President Mr Mandela was a "sell-out" who had agreed a "bad deal for blacks".
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| Opposition trends to watch towards Uganda's 2011 elections |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:30 |
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Three trends on Uganda's political scene are discernible. First is the resurgence of the Inter Party Cooperation, a formal grouping of four political parties with representation in parliament, namely Conservative Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum/JEEMA and Uganda Peoples Congress.
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| Opposition trends to watch towards Ugandas 2011 elections |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 20:00 |
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Three trends on Uganda's political scene are discernible. First is the resurgence of the Inter Party Cooperation, a formal grouping of four political parties with representation in parliament, namely Conservative Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum/JEEMA and Uganda Peoples Congress.
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| ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify criticism of Nelson |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:30 |
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Winnie Mandela's reported comments sharply contrast with a recent speech
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| Council for Afrika charges Ghana to lead economic emancipation of Africa |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:45 |
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A ccra, March 9, GNA - The Council for Afrika, a UK-based think-tank on Tuesday noted that Ghana has the historical and geo-political clout to mobilise international consensus and trail-blaze an unprecedented rapid economic emancipation agenda of Africa.
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| Amnesty on Malawian Gay Couple |
| Tuesday, 09 March 2010 23:00 |
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Amnesty International has been urged to approve Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga of Malawi as "Prisoners of Conscience."
The two men currently incarcerated in Chichiri Prison in Malawi on charges of homosexuality, after they celebrated their relationship in a public ceremony December last year.
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