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  • EU extends Niger talks deadline - sources 1 Dec 2009 18:12 GMT
    ... extension to deadline in constitutional crisis * Niger envoy now due in Brussels by Dec. 8 ... Amadou, a spokesman for the opposition and human rights activist. A delegate is now due in ...

  • Background Notes : Cote d'Ivoire (11/09) 1 Dec 2009 16:34 GMT
    ... in West Africa by leading Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Upper Volta (Burkina), and Dahomey (Benin) into the ... (IMF) re-engaged the government. Questions surrounding severe human rights abuses by the government during the presidential ...

  • The Battle for Angola's Oil 1 Dec 2009 15:12 GMT
    ... turning a blind eye to a country's human rights situation, for example — sets just the ... as genetically modified organisms. Unlike the oil-rich Niger Delta, Angola lacks the organized, collective resistance to ...

  • Today on Svoboda: Train Investigation, Tymoshenko and Putin, Mayoral Elections 1 Dec 2009 07:22 GMT
    ... from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. The United Nations Environment ... oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which has been plagued by ...

  • UN to release ?Hard Rain? film with Bob Dylan tune on eve of climate talks 1 Dec 2009 07:22 GMT
    ... from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. The United Nations Environment ... oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which has been plagued by ...

  • Secretary-General mourns victims of Russian train bombing 1 Dec 2009 07:22 GMT
    ... from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. The United Nations Environment ... oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which has been plagued by ...

  • Wan Condemns Journalists Attacks 1 Dec 2009 13:02 GMT
    ... Ivory Coast and Guinea. Others are Togo, Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda. Other 'terrorist' governments ... policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain ...

  • 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 ... United Kingdom, the Republic of Congo and Niger spoke on procedural matters. Background The Third Committee ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta (Yesterday) 28 Nov 2009 06:33 GMT
    ... Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta By ADAM NOSSITER, The New York Times ... an activist with the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, a nonprofit group in Port ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta 27 Nov 2009 12:35 GMT
    ... Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 5:13 ... an activist with the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, a nonprofit group in Port ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta (Today) 27 Nov 2009 09:03 GMT
    ... Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta By ADAM NOSSITER, The New York Times ... an activist with the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, a nonprofit group in Port ...

  • African Commission Briefs the Press 27 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... delegates representing 21 states Parties, 7 national human rights institutions, 8 international and governmental organizations and ... constitutional order as is the case in Niger and the reaction that this may generate, the ...

  • Averting Kidnapping During Xmas 27 Nov 2009 09:04 GMT
    ... by various militants in the oil rich Niger-Delta region. They engaged the Federal Government in ... be especially against the background that some human rights activists have started campaigning for the abolition ...

  • Equatorial Guinea's ruler extends 30-year term in contested election 30 Nov 2009 19:53 GMT
    ... on car travel was imposed last week. Human rights groups describe the government of Equatorial Guinea ... suspected to be militants from Nigeria's unstable Niger Delta, attacked Obiang's palace. He has faced growing ...

  • Equatorial Guinea ruler extends 30-year term 30 Nov 2009 20:24 GMT
    ... on car travel was imposed last week. Human rights groups describe the government of Equatorial Guinea ... suspected to be militants from Nigeria's unstable Niger Delta, attacked Obiang's palace. He has faced growing ...

  • UPDATE 2-Eq Guinea incumbent Obiang wins criticised poll 30 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... seven-year term for sitting president * Democratic, human rights concerns in oil exporter * Plans to ... suspected to be militants from Nigeria's unstable Niger Delta attacked his palace. Obiang came to power ...

  • President Nguema of Equatorial Guinea on course to extend three-decade rule 30 Nov 2009 23:32 GMT
    ... on car travel was imposed last week. Human rights groups describe the government of Equatorial Guinea ... suspected to be militants from Nigeria's unstable Niger Delta attacked his palace. Obiang faced growing criticism ...

  • Eq Guinea incumbent Obiang wins criticised poll 30 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... into a major energy producer despite mounting human rights concerns. "Provisional results -- overwhelming victory for ... suspected to be militants from Nigeria's unstable Niger Delta attacked his palace. Obiang came to power ...

  • Continent Looks Beyond 'War On Terror' 27 Nov 2009 12:53 GMT
    ... as well as a record of respecting human rights. Although the government has few financial resources, ... Sahelian countries of Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, where AQIM is active. Southern Africa has so ...

  • French national abducted in Mali 27 Nov 2009 14:26 GMT
    ... | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights Gunmen have abducted a French national, Pierre ... western nationals have been kidnapped in neighbouring Niger or in Tunisia and brought to northern Mali. The ...

  • Niger leader faces pressure from marchers 22 Nov 2009 23:14 GMT
    ... - Protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital Niamey by the thousands on Sunday ... move. The CFDR, which comprises political parties, human rights and labour organisations, has denounced the referendum ... 15-nation bloc's efforts to resolve the crisis, Nigerien state television reported. - Sapa-AFP Social bookmarking ...

  • Niger protest for president to quit 23 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
    ... of protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital, Niamey, calling for the resignation of ... move. The CFDR, which comprises political parties, human rights and labour organisations, has denounced the referendum ... 15-nation bloc's efforts to resolve the crisis, Nigerien state television reported. ...

  • MEND leaders disagree over Aaron Team's parley with Yar'Adua 22 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) who insisted that the Federal Government ... he was particularly unhappy at the manner human rights activist, Ms. Ann Kio Briggs was dropped ...

  • First hand account of organizing women in Nigeria 22 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... oil companies are drilling -- in the Niger Delta. Here we have Shell, we have Chevron, ... had to sit up and talk about human rights abuses and also the uncomfortable situation of ...

  • Environment activist accuses oil firms of 'wreaking havoc' in Nigeria 23 Nov 2009 00:10 GMT
    ... One of Africa’s most famous human rights activists arrived in Scotland last night and ... of illegal practices that have degraded the Niger Delta and its people. Bassey spoke in Edinburgh ...


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