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A recent women's demonstration in Harare.
03/31/2007 Zimbabwe's powerful religious elites have stepped in where African leaders failed to act this week, reprimanding the country's leadership for its oppressive tactics and warning that only "a new people-driven Constitution" can avert a mass uprising.
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Image: A recent women's demonstration in Harare. © The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe
03/30/2007 Vice Chancellors and other high level representatives of Universities in Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, have come together with major regional and European organisations to launch the Himalayan University Consortium as an alliance for knowledge networking, policy advocacy, and for promoting the concept and practice of sustainable mountain development.
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Related: [Southern Africa] [South Asia] [Education]
03/30/2007 Attempting to crush a rebel movement, the Central African Republic's army has been burning civilian houses in violation of humanitarian law, charges a refugee support group. Approximately 250,000 Central Africans have been displaced in successive waves of violence since 2003.
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From: Refugees International
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03/29/2007 As instability worsens in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, Mercy Corps has expanded its commitment to families in need. One critical component of its programs in Darfur is access to clean water.
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From: Mercy Corps
Related: [Sudan]
03/29/2007 Ugandan suurlähettiläs Joseph Tomusange epäilee kiinalaisten hakevan Afrikasta vain uusia markkinoita. Kestävästä kehityksestä ei juuri puhuta.
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From: Solidaarisuus
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Darfuri women displaced by violence.
03/29/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (OneWorld) - There can be no durable peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur unless major world powers take swift and effective measures to protect civilians and punish those responsible for committing crimes against humanity, say foreign policy experts in a new study released Tuesday.
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Related: [China] [Russian Federation] [Sudan] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution]
Image: Darfuri women displaced by violence. © Refugees International
03/28/2007 The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition was arrested Wednesday as the country's president prepared to attend a regional summit meeting that will address Zimbabwe's crisis. Human rights lawyers have not yet been able to access the detainees.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zimbabwe]
Guillaume Soro will serve as prime minister to President Laurent Gbabgo.
03/28/2007 A deal to name a key rebel leader to a power-sharing government could help end a dangerous political stalemate that has divided Cote d'Ivoire since 2002.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Cote d'Ivoire]
Image: Guillaume Soro will serve as prime minister to President Laurent Gbabgo. © IRIN
03/28/2007 Some argue that Africa is trapped by its poverty, and that aid is necessary if Africa is to escape. International aid expert Nancy Birdsall suggests an alternative theory: Africa is caught in an institutional trap and needs a stronger middle class.
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From: Center for Global Development
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki (right) will attend.
03/27/2007 After years of inaction, leaders from 14 Southern African nations will hold crisis talks later this week to try to halt Zimbabwe's slide into "full-scale humanitarian, social, and political crisis."
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Southern Africa]
Image: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki (right) will attend. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
03/27/2007 In his second dispatch from Harare, Ontibile Kababongwe says that police are closely monitoring University of Zimbabwe students for fear that they might demonstrate in solidarity with arrested civil society leaders.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Zimbabwe]
03/26/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (OneWorld) - Cautiously optimistic about the prospects for peace in northern Uganda, leading international aid groups are welcoming the United Nations' efforts to bring the warring parties in that country to the negotiating table.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Uganda] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace] [United Nations]
Tulvan uhreja Mosambikissa
03/26/2007 Luonnonkatastrofien koettelema maa selvisi maaliskuun pyörremyrskystä aiempaa paremmin ja pienemmillä vahingoilla. Kiitos kuuluu hallitukselle ja yhteistyökumppaneille, jotka ovat parantaneet maan katastrofivalmiutta ja opastaneet ihmisille oikeita toimitatapoja muun muassa tulvien sattuessa.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Mozambique] [Environment]
Image: Tulvan uhreja Mosambikissa
African Union soldiers with Darfur refugees
03/25/2007 Mary Riddell reveals how Bob Geldof pushed for a united cultural front to help end the massacres in Darfur.

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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related: [Sudan]
Image: African Union soldiers with Darfur refugees © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
03/23/2007 An annual commemoration day is to be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, and the fight against it, says deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related: [United Kingdom]
World TB Day
03/23/2007 As the World Health Organisation reported that the Global tuberculosis epidemic is levelling off, a leading African medical group urged regional coordination to prevent emerging strains of drug-resistant TB from developing into an African and possibly a global crisis.
+ The World Tuberculosis Day (24 March) slogan is “TB anywhere is TB everywhere”
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From: African Medical & Research Foundation
Image: World TB Day © International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases / Stop TB Initiative
grains of hope?
03/23/2007 Maailman elintarvikeohjelma WFP on huolissaan heikentyvästä elintarviketilanteesta eteläisessä Afrikassa. Ruokapula uhkaa miljoonia ihmisiä.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Southern Africa] [Emergency Relief]
Image: grains of hope? © Greenpeace UK
03/23/2007 The Rwandan government has announced a new national family planning program, but aid organizations warn this program must be voluntary, and should not offer any incentives or disincentives when it comes to childbearing.
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From: Population Action International
Related: [Rwanda]
03/22/2007 NAIROBI, Mar 22 (IPS) - Kenya's capital, Nairobi, takes its name from a Maasai word meaning "place of cool waters". In parts of the city, however, this term is less descriptive than ironic -- as demand for water is outstripping supply.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [East Africa] [Development] [Cities] [Water/Sanitation] [Health] [MDGs]
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