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04/28/2008 Despite an arrest warrant issued a year ago by the International Criminal Court, a Sudanese minister accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur is free and is a "fugitive," the body's prosecutor said.
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Related: [Sudan] [Justice and Crime]
04/28/2008 Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdwellers' movement, gives a reminder that the structures of apartheid are still thriving in South Africa.
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Related: [South Africa] [Shelter & Housing]
04/26/2008 Kenyan marathon champion Paul Tergat is to take part in a 15km race - "Running Side by Side for Peace" - in Nairobi on Sunday 27 April.
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Related: [Kenya] [Conflict Resolution]
04/25/2008 Over 3,000 Nigerian women die each year due to complications resulting from unsafe abortions, says a new study from a sexual and reproductive health institute.
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From: Guttmacher Institute
Related: [Nigeria] [Disease/treatment] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Governance]
04/25/2008 A photoessay reveals the toll 17 years of conflict, political instability, droughts, floods, and an international community struggling to provide aid has taken on Somalia.
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From: Refugees International
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04/25/2008 Zimbabwen kirkot alkavat vastaanottaa maan poliittista väkivaltaa paenneita, Zimbabwen kirkkojen kattojärjestö päätti kuluvalla viikolla. Lähes kuukauden takaisten vaalien jälkeen hallitsevan puolueen masinoiman väkivallan kohteeksi ovat joutuneet opposition kannattajat. Kirkkojen kattojärjestön mukaan tilanne muistuttaa sotaa.
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04/25/2008 Freelance journalist Frank Chikowore was on April 21, 2008 finally charged with public violence, appearing in court almost a week after his arrest together with six other accused persons among them the opposition MDC's director of information and publicity, Luke Tamborinyoka.
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04/25/2008 Today, on World Malaria Day, 3,000 children will die of malaria. This year, it will kill more than one million people. When faced with such disastrous statistics, it can be easy for us to feel overwhelmed – to see malaria as another problem that is too big and too complex. The reality is different: malaria is 100 per cent preventable. But action must be taken before the mosquito bites.
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04/25/2008 “If the world is serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by the year 2015, ICT must figure prominently in the effort. Everyone – governments, civil society and private sector businesses – has a vital stake in fostering digital opportunity and putting ICT at the service of development.”

Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General, United Nations
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04/25/2008 Churches in Zimbabwe are opening their doors to give refuge to people fleeing violence following the elections held almost a month ago.
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From: Christian Aid
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04/25/2008 A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.
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Related: [Sudan] [Emergency Relief] [United Nations]
04/24/2008 The Democratic Republic of Congo and armed groups must enforce a January peace treaty meant to conclude 10 years of conflict, urged 63 local and international non-governmental organizations.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Refugees] [Human Rights] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace]
04/24/2008 Kenian vastanimetty valtapuolueiden yhteinen jättihallitus kiinnittää erityishuomiota lapsiin. Lasten ja naisten asioita varten on luotu uusi ministeriö, ja kiireellisenä tavoitteena pidetään lasten saamista pakolaisleireiltä takaisin normaaliin arkeen.
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From: Suomen World Vision
Related: [Kenya] [Children] [Politics] [Conflict]
04/24/2008 Whatever happens to the Chinese arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe, the case highlights the urgent need for the UN to work towards an Arms Trade Treaty at a meeting in New York later this month, says a leading development group.
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From: Oxfam International
Related: [China] [Zimbabwe] [Trade] [Arms & Military]
An Ethiopian farmer.
04/23/2008 Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
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From: Grassroots International
Related: [Indonesia] [Germany] [Cameroon] [Argentina] [Agriculture] [Fisheries] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Trade] [Activism]
Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
Africans will be disproportionately impacted by climate change, argues the report.
04/23/2008 Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day.
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From: Africa Action
Related: [United States] [Niger] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Energy] [International Cooperation] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics]
Image: Africans will be disproportionately impacted by climate change, argues the report. © Refugees International
04/23/2008 It's the usual story: big promises and grandiose plans for Africa - this time for the world's largest hydroelectric project. Then reality sets in: as discussions begin, the host country, Congo, isn't there.
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Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Energy]
04/23/2008 Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by Uganda's rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in recent weeks.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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04/23/2008 Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have died in Darfur since early 2003, when rebels began fighting Government forces and allied militiamen, according to John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
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04/22/2008 Mugabe's ZANU-PF party is "using a network of informal detention centers to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans," reports a human rights monitor.
From: Human Rights Watch
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