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- African bishops send World AIDS Day message: 'the Church is second to none in facing HIV in Africa' 1 Dec 2009 10:16 GMT
... Day, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) released a statement in which the ... 1. This year's theme, "Universal Access and Human Rights,” seeks to challenge discriminatory laws, practices and ...
- Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third ... proclaimed the International Year for People of African Descent for 2011 -- they brought the ... Benin. The delegations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, United Kingdom, the Republic of Congo and ...
- Commonwealth admits Rwanda as 54th member 29 Nov 2009 20:01 GMT
... Sunday. The decision to let the Central African country join was taken by leaders of ... widely anticipated, despite objections voiced by some human rights groups that questioned whether the country met ... concerns, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. Mauritius would host the following summit in 2015. ...
- Land grabs: Africa's new 'resource curse'? 26 Nov 2009 20:34 GMT
... investors to buy up agricultural land across Africa, all too often at the expense of ... governments or regimes that engaged in major human rights abuses.’ Seen from this angle, the ‘food ... pollution, continue to remain private affairs. In Madagascar, a 99-year lease on 3.2 million acres ...
- Commonwealth heads of gov't meeting closes 30 Nov 2009 00:12 GMT
... then Sri Lanka in 2013 and finally African nation Mauritius in 2015. Manning said that the meeting ... the right to migrate, the implementation of human rights accords, and efforts to achieve gender equality ...
- Nation Admitted to Commonwealth 30 Nov 2009 07:40 GMT
... Kampala, Nov 30, 2009 (New Vision/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- UGANDA has ... to scrutiny over their commitment to democracy, human rights, fairness of electoral processes, rule of law, ... will be held in Sri Lanka and Mauritius respectively. ...
- Rwanda admitted to Commonwealth 29 Nov 2009 21:33 GMT
... to scrutiny over their commitment to democracy, human rights, fairness of electoral processes, rule of law, ... we welcomed its admission to the East African Community," he said. “This (admission) would further ... will be held in Sri Lanka and Mauritius respectively. ...
- Venture aims to step up coltan mining in Rwanda 26 Nov 2009 12:52 GMT
... venture between the Rwandan government and a Mauritius-based company is positioning the central African country to ramp up exploitation of coltan, ... often been linked to conflict and extreme human rights violations. GMC is a joint venture between ...
- Is Continent's Land Up for Grabs? 30 Nov 2009 15:25 GMT
... An apparent surge in the purchase of African land by foreign companies and governments to ... in building support for the ouster of Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana in March. In Kenya ... threat to food security and other core human rights. "The stakes are huge," he told Africa ...
- UN team arrives in Guinea for massacre probe 26 Nov 2009 08:11 GMT
... Kayiramirwa from Burundi and Pramila Patten from Mauritius were welcomed in the capital, Conakry, by ... UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in West Africa, told Agence France-Presse and RFI radio. The ... people were killed and 934 were injured. Human Rights Watch said the attack on the protesters ...
- Africa's Bishops Back Pope in AIDS Message 28 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
... > See information Africa's Bishops Back Pope in AIDS Message Affirm ... Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The message, signed by Cardinal Polycarp ... "the theme this year, 'Universal Access and Human Rights,' challenges discriminatory laws, policies and practices that ...
- African Prelates' Message for World AIDS Day 27 Nov 2009 23:13 GMT
... > See information African Prelates' Message for World AIDS Day "The ... Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) for World AIDS Day, which will ...
- Successful Close to Commonwealth Summit 30 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
... the right to migrate, the implementation of human rights accords, and efforts to achieve gender equality ... a number of issues related to the African continent ranging from Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Sudan, the Horn of Africa, the DRC ...
- KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakh Bank Lost Billions in Western Investments 29 Nov 2009 08:48 GMT
... based in places as diverse as the Seychelles, the British Virgin Islands and England, that offered ... forms of torture. After pressure from international human rights organizations, Mr. Ablyazov was released in 2003. In ...
- Nepal bans migration to Lebanon amid abuse fears 29 Nov 2009 22:01 GMT
... October 23. A police report seen by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says she died from a ... enforced by Sri Lanka, Philippines, Ethiopia and Madagascar. ...
- Kazakh Bank Lost Billions in Western Investments 28 Nov 2009 11:55 GMT
... based in places as diverse as the Seychelles, the British Virgin Islands and England, that offered ... forms of torture. After pressure from international human rights organizations, Mr. Ablyazov was released in 2003. In ...
- What Is the African Union? 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
... participation and good governing in Africa. Protecting human rights in accordance with the African Charter on ... Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
- Anti-gay bill must go - Lewis 25 Nov 2009 17:35 GMT
... to such an omnibus violation of the human rights of sexual minorities. For some time now, ... current approaches, particularly in Commonwealth countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, place an impediment ... member states. I note, with consternation, that Mauritius is the only African Commonwealth country to ...
- Mass killing 25 Nov 2009 08:13 GMT
... of secret mass graves. An inquiry by Human Rights Watch concluded that the killings constituted a ... has accused the junta of recruiting South African mercenaries to train ethnic militias loyal to ... and the senior lawyer Pramila Patten of Mauritius. The three are backed by a small ...
- UN panel begins Guinea probe 25 Nov 2009 23:30 GMT
... Kayiramirwa from Burundi and Pramila Patten from Mauritius were welcomed in the capital Conakry by ... UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in West Africa, told AFP and RFI radio. The commission ... people were killed and 934 were injured. Human Rights Watch said the attack on the protesters ...
- Fourteen Faith Groups to U.S. Trade Representative: Support Developing Country Demands to Safeguard Food Staples at WTO Ministerial 25 Nov 2009 15:31 GMT
... Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, ... Other developing country blocks such as the Africa Group, the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC) ... AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values ...
- Fourteen Faith Groups to U.S. Trade Representative: Support Developing Country Demands to Safeguard 25 Nov 2009 15:33 GMT
... Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, ... Other developing country blocks such as the Africa Group, the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC) ... AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values ...
- Chagos Islanders Want Their Land Back 23 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... the Chagos archipelago 1,000 kilometres north of Mauritius. This small set of islets were considered part of ... to Mauritius. Others were sent to the Seychelles. "My navel is buried there," 74-year-old Bancoult ... have appealed to the European Court for Human Rights, and Bancoult is not discouraged. "Even if ...
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