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- Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Ethiopia 1 Dec 2009 01:23 GMT
... Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Ethiopia Soon to be Implemented, Ethiopia's Civil Society ... Most Restrictive of its Kind in Sub-Saharan Africa; Law Draws Inspiration from Similarly Repressive Laws ...
- UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
... UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report The United Nations ... report charges that government officials in several African countries were working hand-in-hand with the rebels. ... of State Condoleezza Rice in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, in September 2007. Rice also secured the ...
- The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia's Fading Hope 1 Dec 2009 07:30 GMT
... months ago the UN-sponsored peace conference in Djibouti produced the current president of the Transitional ... in the epicenter of the civilian population. African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with the singular mandate ... of Gairisa, and one of the leading human rights organizations, Human Rights Watch. The mayor of ...
- Florida's Eckerd College to Launch Yearlong Africa Initiative in January 2010 1 Dec 2009 12:40 GMT
... of Students (ECOS) student government and Eckerd's African Interest Group have been at the helm ... explore issues related to war crimes and human rights, environment and human health, foreign policy and ... /Darfur"). The Studio@620 will display "Images from Ethiopia, Rwanda, , Malawi, and Uganda" by emerging ...
- Rise in HIV and AIDS cases among older Africans 1 Dec 2009 15:10 GMT
... in HIV and AIDS cases among older Africans Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for ... are the author's alone. 66-year-old Zebenech from Ethiopia is living with HIV. A new report, ... AIDS Day 2009 is universal access and human rights. Despite the target of universal access, the ...
- Egypt kills man on Israel border 1 Dec 2009 15:54 GMT
... An African migrant has been shot and killed by ... killed at the Egypt-Israel border in 2009. Human rights activists have previously criticized Egypt for the ... say the number of migrants from the Horn of Africa attempting the journey has increased in recent ...
- Youths Return Amid Probe Into Kenyan Military Recruiting 1 Dec 2009 05:11 GMT
... U.N.-backed transitional government in Mogadishu. New York-based Human Rights Watch said its investigations in Garissa and ... a staunch supporter of the Somali government. Horn of Africa analyst for the International Crisis Group, Rashid ...
- IDP convention - now the hard work begins 1 Dec 2009 10:31 GMT
... to IDPs. Joiner called for international support. "Africa cannot do it alone; that is why we ... Congo, with at least one million, and Somalia, where the UN estimates 1.5 million are ... Refugee Convention," the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said. "Until now [IDPs] have ...
- Wan Condemns Journalists Attacks 1 Dec 2009 13:02 GMT
... report stated. The report said that across Africa, Heads of State and their friends continue ... Guinea. Others are Togo, Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda. Other 'terrorist' governments are Democratic ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...
- To be equals 1 Dec 2009 00:52 GMT
... On a blustery beach in South Africa's coastal city of Durban, Dumisani Gumbi is ... huge. It has had to balance the human rights of individual soldiers with the collective rights ... having HIV-positive foreign soldiers on their soil. Eritrea has already made this point and has ...
- Look, no danger 1 Dec 2009 09:35 GMT
... South African troops with HIV win biggest battle On a ... huge. It has had to balance the human rights of individual soldiers with the collective rights ... having HIV-positive foreign soldiers on their soil. Eritrea has already made this point and has ...
- SA troops win biggest battle 1 Dec 2009 12:12 GMT
... On a blustery beach in South Africa's coastal city of Durban, Dumisani Gumbi is ... huge. It has had to balance the human rights of individual soldiers with the collective rights ... having HIV-positive foreign soldiers on their soil. Eritrea has already made this point and has ...
- UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal 1 Dec 2009 16:50 GMT
... | Society | Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal ... most severe, prolonged crises: Afghanistan, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, the Democratic Republic of ... Congo (DRC), Kenya, the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, West Africa, Yemen and Zimbabwe. ...
- Refugees deserve proper treatment 1 Dec 2009 11:52 GMT
... Israel is contending with a wave of migrants from Africa, particularly Sudan and Eritrea, entering its territory through Egypt. There are currently around 17,500 African refugees and asylum ...
- Eritrea: Alone against the world 26 Nov 2009 20:34 GMT
... conference for the promotion of peace and human rights in Eritrea, Nikolaj Nielsen reports on a ... the most stable in the whole of Africa. But his seat remained empty at the ... the international agenda. This includes the whole Horn of Africa. Whatever happened to Afwerki’s values and promises ...
- Background Notes : Eritrea (11/09) 27 Nov 2009 19:15 GMT
... Germany, Belgium. Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and ... conditional on continued progress toward democracy and human rights. On April 23-25, 1993, Eritreans voted overwhelmingly ...
- Addis Voice Delivers Vital Information about Ethiopia to Thousands around the World 30 Nov 2009 15:27 GMT
... exposing the truth about political, economic and human rights conditions in Ethiopia and created Addis Voice. ... countries, aggregates news about Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. It also allows users access to all ...
- African Gender Ministers Commit to Renew' and Intensify' Efforts to Empower Women 26 Nov 2009 22:11 GMT
... African ministers responsible for gender and women's affairs ... of the ICPD+15 held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in early October 2009. This latter assessed ... and effectively empowering women and promoting their human rights in Africa. ...
- Waving the Ethiopian flag: Its beauty and contradictions 26 Nov 2009 20:34 GMT
... inspired Marcus Garvey, the early 'back to Africa' campaigner whose teachings influenced generations of African-Americans and ... were many notable Oromos and non-Oromos, including Eritreans, who sacrificed their lives while serving Ethiopia ... where the police understand the meaning of human rights. Pessimism aside, I do believe that Ethiopian ...
- 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 ... included, but possibly also Nigeria, Ethiopia and Somalia, are likely to break apart in the ...
- Witness for Ethiopia's future: Honouring Meles Zenawi's victims 26 Nov 2009 20:34 GMT
... In the wake of the May 2005 Ethiopian parliamentary elections, paramilitary forces under the command ... forces in the township of Sharpeville, South Africa, fired 705 bullets in two minutes to ... in the cause of freedom, democracy and human rights. Elie Weisel is absolutely right. We have ...
- African Commission Briefs the Press 27 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... The 46th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights which ... delegates representing 21 states Parties, 7 national human rights institutions, 8 international and governmental organizations and ... and internally displaced persons in Sudan and Somalia, Sexual abuse, raping on a large-scale in ...
- Canadian Somalia hostage freed when taxi lights flicked 27 Nov 2009 10:53 GMT
... of more than half a million dollars. Somalia's prime minister and senior government officials revealed ... had worked as a freelance reporter in Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan before joining Iranian news ... most dangerous locales for the media and human rights workers. She was kidnapped with Brennan and ...
- Uganda Diminishing the Stature of United Nations Security Council 28 Nov 2009 12:36 GMT
... of United Nations Security Council For century´s, African leaders have done tremendous harm to Africans ... lives and livelihoods of the people. The human rights records of these surrogate African leaders are ... deadly consequences for the people in the Horn of Africa in particular and Africa in general. The ...
- Reverse Ban on Civil Society Group - Threats and Restrictions Represent Attempt to Silence Critics [press release] 26 Nov 2009 07:40 GMT
... umbrella organization representing 146 Burundian civil society associations, said Amnesty International, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, and Human Rights Watch in a joint statement issued today. The government ...
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