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- Teaching children to stay green 15 Nov 2009 06:18 GMT
... rights, the CRC spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere are entitled to, including ... environmental problems. The United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in April 2009that around 60 million ... countries, including the United States, India and Nigeria, regard pollution as the biggest threat to ...
- Gabon repatriates 28 child trafficking victims to Benin 15 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
... Gabonese capital Libreville under strict escort. The UNICEF representatives, Gabon's Ministry of Labor officials and ... Benin, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and sometimes Nigeria. They are placed in the homes of ...
- Hungry for answers to the global food shortage 15 Nov 2009 10:51 GMT
... year. In a report released last week, UNICEF found that nearly 200 million children in ... progress in nations such as Brazil, Vietnam, Nigeria, Mexico and Saudi Arabia that have all ...
- Our politicians are selfish - Obele 14 Nov 2009 00:57 GMT
... the Secretary of the Action Committee of Nigeria, JACON, then headed by Chief Gani Fawehinmi ... expect the justices to do when pseudo human rights individuals and groups promoted and funded by ...
- 100 Groups Oppose U.N. 'Defamation of Religions' Proposals 14 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... defamation it is clear that existing international human rights protections will be undermined, specifically freedom of ... Pakistan, on behalf of the OIC, and Nigeria in Geneva on Oct. 30. Groups that ...
- Bode George and EFCC : Time to dare 14 Nov 2009 19:15 GMT
... former chairman of the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and five other members ... correct awareness that justice and respect for human rights is not only critical and central to ...
- Nyasha takes Africa to the US 14 Nov 2009 09:01 GMT
... the difference between South Africans, Kenyans or Nigerians. I got asked if I have lions ... issues across the globe – education, healthcare, human rights, livelihood and US troop rehabilitation. Through GCC ...
- 'Fela' heads to Broadway 14 Nov 2009 00:36 GMT
... "Fela" centers on an influential musician — Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer and political activist Fela Anikulapo ... career but also a long history of human rights and political activism before Kuti died in ...
- Why Flog Women for Wearing Bras [opinion] 14 Nov 2009 01:32 GMT
... in the guise of religion. However, the human rights of these women are being trampled upon ... regions. It is ironic that while some Nigerian women are being vilified for not wearing ...
- 'Graceland' author to speak at KU 14 Nov 2009 07:11 GMT
... Struggle, Stories of Hope: Art, Politics and Human Rights,” at 7:30 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in ... conference hall. Abani was imprisoned by the Nigerian government as a teenager for his first ...
- 200 million kids have stunted growth 14 Nov 2009 06:59 GMT
... according to a new report published by UNICEF before a three-day international summit on the ... and money in a street of Lagos, Nigeria. Nearly 200 million children in poor countries ...
- UN: Hunger stunts 200 million children 14 Nov 2009 14:12 GMT
... according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on ... mid-1980s, according to FAO. Countries like Brazil, Nigeria and Vietnam that have invested in their ...
- Rotary helps lead fight to vanquish polio worldwide for good 14 Nov 2009 05:17 GMT
... eradication team includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the US Centers for Disease Control ... remains in just four countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The Americas were declared free ...
- 21 November is a day against Sharia law and for Human Rights 12 Nov 2009 16:23 GMT
... a day against Sharia law and for Human Rights One Law for All campaign is organising ... world including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden. Moreover, winners ...
- UNICEF Chief Brings World Attention to Child, Maternal Undernutrition 11 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
... head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that a new report ... children live in 24 countries, including India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Vietnam, Sudan, Kenya, Mexico ... the Child -- the most widely accepted human rights treaty in the world. UNICEF is on ...
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