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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 ... Most Restrictive of its Kind in Sub-Saharan Africa; Law Draws Inspiration from Similarly Repressive Laws in Zimbabwe, Russia and Singapore Chicago, Ill. - The ...
- Gunilla Carlsson presents EU declaration on HIV/AIDS in South Africa 1 Dec 2009 10:54 GMT
... Carlsson presents EU declaration on HIV/AIDS in South Africa Today Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson ... and AIDS requires full respect for all human rights. The right not to be subject to ...
- UN demands for more to help African women access HIV treatment 1 Dec 2009 02:40 GMT
... "In 2008, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 91 percent (of the 1.4 ... Mataka, who is executive director of the Zambia National AIDS Network (ZNAN), a local organization ... quality evidence and should be grounded in human rights principles, which empower men, women and girls ...
- The Commonwealth: Wider still and weaker? 1 Dec 2009 01:42 GMT
... territories was broken in 1995, when ex-Portuguese Mozambique gained entry. Welcoming a French-speaking African state to the Commonwealth is a much ... bite, as a promoter of democracy and human rights, or else it might as well shut ...
- Commonwealth admits Rwanda 1 Dec 2009 11:14 GMT
... admitted Rwanda as its 54th member. The African country was admitted at the Commonwealth Heads ... colonial past or constitutional link to Britain. Mozambique is the only other Commonwealth member without ... A report in July by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) urged Rwanda to tackle a ...
- He Wenping 1 Dec 2009 05:14 GMT
... itself from poverty and achieve development. But African countries' resolve to break away from the ... ago, Dambisa Moyo, an Oxford- and Harvard-educated Zambian scholar who once worked for the World ... push for so-called "good governance" and improve human rights conditions in the process of offering economic ...
- World AIDS Day: Reflections and Raising Awareness 1 Dec 2009 09:23 GMT
... worldwide, almost of who live in sub-Saharan Africa. People with HIV are living longer though, ... World AIDS Day is 'Universal Access and Human Rights.' Bloggers globally have used World AIDS Day ... poem this year. Sinthalunda, a poet in Malawi, “Here from this musty village Come golden ...
- 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 ... in Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Overall, citizens in at least 20 African ... Refugee Convention," the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said. "Until now [IDPs] have ...
- 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 ...
- Look, no danger 1 Dec 2009 09:35 GMT
... South African troops with HIV win biggest battle 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 ...
- Is all this really necessary? 1 Dec 2009 10:19 GMT
... is for some of the world's biggest human rights abusers. In short, the Commonwealth is everything ... along regional and racial lines, with the African bloc sticking together against the old Anglo ... with perennially wayward countries such as Fiji, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nigeria? Why aspire ...
- World AIDS Week at BU 1 Dec 2009 07:03 GMT
... Jabuleli Simelane of Kopanang Community Trust in South Africa will be selling handmade cloth, like those pictured ... World AIDS Day theme: Universal Access and Human Rights includes Alfredo, who is HIV-positive; Jim Maynard, ...
- Burmese lawyers test the water at the ICC 1 Dec 2009 07:07 GMT
... “The UNSC quashed the 1983 constitution in South Africa under resolution 554 because that constitution, if approved, ... of Serbian leader Slobadan Milosevic, said that human rights violations in Burma were comparable to Dafur, ...
- EUROPE/ITALY - International Day Against the Death Penalty: 1,150 cities around the world to abolish the death penalty and respect for human rights 30 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... abolish the death penalty and respect for human rights Rome (Fides Service) - Today, November 30 ... Genoa ...) and in Slovenia (Ljubljana); in Africa: Burundi (Bujumbura, Ngozi), Chad (N'Djamena), Mozambique (Maputo), ... Mozambique (Maputo), DR Congo (Bukavu, Goma, Kinshasa) Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe), Mali (Bamako), Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou), ...
- Zimbabwe: let's climb the next hill together 30 Nov 2009 12:35 GMT
... to obstruct the change that Zimbabweans and Southern African Development Community (SADC) have demanded, and that the ... Zimbabwean government. There are persistent and serious human rights violations; a continuing lack of judicial independence ...
- Leading Online Diamond Jeweller Bans Diamonds from Zimbabwe 30 Nov 2009 05:53 GMT
... immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields due to severe human rights violations. The ban does not apply to ... global diamond production. This once thriving landlocked African country has become increasingly dependent on diamond ...
- UN demands for more action to help African women access HIV treatment 30 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
... ensure that women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa access comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support. ... Mataka, who is executive director of the Zambia National AIDS Network (ZNAN), a local organization ... quality evidence and should be grounded in human rights principles, which empower men, women and girls ...
- SA And Govt Sign Investment Protection Deal, But Doubts Remain 30 Nov 2009 09:14 GMT
... A bilateral investment protection deal between South Africa and Zimbabwe was finally signed in Harare on Friday, ... cite last year's landmark ruling by the human rights court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in claims for compensation. ...
- 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 ... threat to food security and other core human rights. "The stakes are huge," he told Africa ... other biofuels in countries such as Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania. Africa is a particular focus ...
- Rights Groups Angry At Mugabe Moment With World Cup Trophy 30 Nov 2009 13:55 GMT
... HUMAN rights groups in Zimbabwe have condemned world football's governing body Fifa ... is on a tour of all 53 African countries ahead of next year's football showpiece ...
- Commonwealth admits Rwanda, lashes Fiji 30 Nov 2009 02:23 GMT
... their club's commitment to promoting democracy and human rights. The decisions were set out in a ... influence over the former Belgian colony in Africa until ties frayed in a round of ... Britain's colonial past, after the adherence of Mozambique 14 years ago. Although human rights groups ...
- Anger As Fifa 'Legitimises' Mugabe 30 Nov 2009 10:04 GMT
... Human rights groups in Zimbabwe have lashed out at football's world governing ... is on a tour of all 53 African states ahead of the 2010 World Cup ...
- Successful Close to Commonwealth Summit 30 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
... the Global Political Agreement on power-sharing in Zimbabwe. In a final statement, the 54 member ... 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 ...
- Rwanda embraced by Commonwealth 30 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... officials say. In another coup for the African nation still scarred by the 1994 genocide ... Mushikiwabo was quoted by Rwandan daily After Mozambique, which joined 14 years ago, Rwanda is ... elections," Maja Daruwala, director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative told AFP. The decision was made ...
- DiamondGeezer.com Bans Diamonds From Marange 30 Nov 2009 20:27 GMT
... an immediate trading ban on diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields due to the severe human rights violations that are alleged to have occurred ... U.K.-based online retailer cited reports from Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) that Zimbabwe's diamond industry is ...
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