Journalist flees Zimbabwe after death threat
19 March 2010
CPJ – New York, January 20, 2010—Freelance journalist Stanley Kwenda, left, a contributor to the private weekly The Zimbabwean, fled the country on Friday after he said he received a telephone threat from a high-ranking police officer, according to the paper’s editor, Wilf Mbanga. The reporter identified the caller as Chief Superintendent Chrispen Makedenge, Mbanga said. [...]
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Death of a president
19 March 2010
The Guardian – Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has appeared on state television in a bid to lay to rest premature rumours of his death. The Egyptian leader is currently in Germany recovering from surgery on his gall bladder. Since news broke of his “routine” surgery on 6 March, Egypt has been filled with speculation about the [...]
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KENYA: Draft policy offers new hope for IDPs
19 March 2010
(IRIN) – Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kenya are set to enjoy greater protection under a national policy that also aims to prevent future displacement and to fulfil the country’s obligations under international IDP law, say analysts. The draft policy, unveiled in Nairobi on 17 March, broadens the definition to cover displacement due to political [...]
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ETHIOPIA: Traffickers exploit World Cup fever
18 March 2010
(IRIN) – Human traffickers and smugglers in Ethiopia have taken advantage of the upcoming World Cup, duping victims into believing that South Africa has created huge employment opportunities, says a government report, Illegal Migration: Causes, Consequences and Solutions to human trafficking and smuggling in Ethiopia. Some 20,000 to 25,000 Ethiopians are trafficked to various countries [...]
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DRC: Bicycles needed to fight “tied legs” syndrome
18 March 2010
(IRIN) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for funds to combat a tropical disease associated with the consumption of insufficiently processed cassava in western Bandundu province, officials said. “Many villagers do not keep their cassava in water for five days to remove the cyanide before grinding,” Francois Mwakisenda, director of [...]
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SOUTH AFRICA: More money, less education
17 March 2010
(IRIN) – Ethembeni Enrichment Centre, a school in a run-down part of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in Eastern Cape, South Africa’s poorest province, has achieved a remarkable 100 percent pass rate for a dozen years. But officials from the education department, sent on a fact-finding mission to learn from the school’s success, are running [...]
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MADAGASCAR: A year of crisis
17 March 2010
(IRIN) – Madagascar’s political deadlock masks an increasingly fragile humanitarian situation that will keep deteriorating if no solution to the ongoing crisis is found. A year after former President Marc Ravalomanana was forced from power by current President Andry Rajoelina and part of the army, the country is still without an internationally recognized government. The [...]
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Too little too late for Somalia
16 March 2010
THE GUARDIAN – On Saturday I asked if a fatwa could solve Somalia’s problems. The consensus among those commenting seemed to be that it couldn’t and, after hearing scholarly debate on the subject in Dubai, I must concur. But the devil is in the detail. A fatwa – especially one validated by the great and [...]
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