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- Africa's Democracy a Mockery 11 Nov 2009 05:11 GMT
... conspiracy in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal and Niger where rulers tampered with their countries’ respective ... AU’s recent nod to charade elections in Tunisia proves how more moribund, irrelevant this club for African leaders is. BBC quoted the head of ...
- Taylor calls his indictment a US plot to get control of African oil 11 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
... change” plan to gain control of west African oil reserves . Taylor questioned the fairness ... to overthrow him and of hypocrisy on human rights. Taylor’s epic testimony — more than 250 ... Liberian president in August 2003, exile in Nigeria and arrest nearly three years later. Taylor ...
- Charles Taylor 'duped' by Nigeria 11 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
... Taylor has said he was duped by Nigeria into being arrested there in 2006. Speaking ... deal to end Liberia's civil war, though human rights groups accused him of breaking the terms ... by Washington to gain control of West African oil reserves. The US position was that ...
- Hard to Believe: 73 U.S. Kids Sentenced to Life Without Parole at 14 or Younger, and All Are Black 11 Nov 2009 08:56 GMT
... was tried as an adult. Sullivan is African American, a fact that was stressed repeatedly ... American. On a national level, according to Human Rights Watch, African American youths are serving life ...
- Home furnishings giant IKEA raises money for UNICEF 11 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
... Home furnishings giant IKEA raises money for UNICEF Soft toys from the IKEA campaign to ... projects More than 500,000 children, mainly in Africa, are expected to benefit from home furnishing ... in six countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, South Africa, Madagascar – as well ...
- UNICEF Chief Focuses on Child Health, Climate Change on Visit to Mali 11 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
... UNICEF Chief Focuses on Child Health, Climate Change ... especially children, as she toured the West African nation of Mali. discussed child health and ... northern Mali, the city's branches of the Niger River have dried up due to drought and ...
- Unicef Focuses on Child Health, Climate Change 11 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
... head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said greater attention should be paid to ... especially children, as she toured the West African nation of Mali. Ann M. Veneman, Executive ... northern Mali, the city's branches of the Niger River have dried up due to drought and ...
- Post-election Violence Suspects must be brought to Justice 11 Nov 2009 08:17 GMT
... to try those accused of carrying out human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, during ... post-election violence in 2007 and early 2008, Amnesty International (AI) says. The AI voiced its dismay ... said Mr. Godfrey Odongo, Amnesty International’s East Africa researcher. “Kenya has failed to define the ...
- Black And White 11 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... China’s rising presence in Africa has received increasing notice in the press ... week, when Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in Egypt for the second Africa-China summit. The gathering ... the western world and attracted criticism from human rights groups. China has been accused of taking ...
- Taylor says he was indicted as part of US 'regime change' 11 Nov 2009 06:34 GMT
... "regime-change" plan to gain control of west African oil reserves. In a typically defiant performance, ... also testified that he was duped by Nigeria into being arrested there in 2006. Taylor ... to overthrow him and of hypocrisy on human rights. His testimony of more than 250 hours ...
- Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him 11 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... change" plan to gain control of West African oil reserves and questioned the fairness of ... to overthrow him and of hypocrisy on human rights. Taylor's epic testimony - more than 250 ... June 2003, Taylor went into exile in Nigeria. Taylor said Nigeria's then-president Olusegun Obasanjo had ...
- How Obasanjo Duped Me, By Charles Taylor 11 Nov 2009 09:00 GMT
... Nigeria's President at the time Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ... his personal safety given to Taylor when African leaders persuaded him to quit the Liberian ... deal to end Liberia's civil war, though human rights groups accused him of breaking the terms ...
- European Court and the Crucifixes. By Ashraf Ramelah 11 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
... The international system is spinning to please part of ... the beginning of October, the United Nations Human rights council ruled against religious defamation, a project ... religious defamation, a project sponsored by the Egyptian regime. After analyzing this ruling, it is ...
- SADC Organ Troika Ministers in Harare Thursday to discuss GPA - Bill Watch 35 / 2009 - Veritas 11 Nov 2009 09:18 GMT
... Botswana, Guebuza of Mozambique, Zuma of South Africa, Kabila of the DRC and dos Santos ... of the Organ Troika countries - Mozambique, Zambia and Swaziland - not the three Heads ... charged with theft of a cell phone]. Human Rights Commission [ZHRC]: A list of 16 nominees ...
- I paid kidnappers N220m - Tompolo 11 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
... WARRI — REPENTANT militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, yesterday ... were abducted in the name of the Niger-Delta struggle. He also appealed to other ex-militants ... on Peace and Conflict Resolution, Kingsley Kuku, human rights activist, Ms. Ann Kio Briggs, ex –commanders, ...
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