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02/29/2008 Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and analyst Steven Radelet look at the growth of democracy and economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa -- particularly the case of Liberia -- and explain how progress can be sustained and consolidated.
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From: Center for Global Development
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Child Brides in India.
02/29/2008 Coinciding with the opening of the 2008 UN Commission on the Status of Women, women's advocates are calling on the public to urge U.S. representatives to support laws against child marriage, a custom that affects nearly half of the 331 million girls living in developing countries.
From: Women's eNews
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Related: [West Africa] [United States]
Image: Child Brides in India. © United Nations Children's Fund
02/29/2008 Taksilakosta alkaneet mellakat jatkuvat useammissa Kamerunin kaupungeissa, vaikka polttoaineen kohonnutta hintaa vastustanut lakko päättyi. Levottomuuksien taustalla ovat kohonneet elinkustannukset ja kaupunkien köyhien laskeva elintaso.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Cameroon] [Conflict] [Security]
02/28/2008 Global warming, swelling populations, and the increasing accessibility of arms are making water scarcity a growing source of conflict in Ethiopia and Kenya.
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From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Related: [Ethiopia] [Kenya]
02/28/2008 Violence incited by a taxi strike against high fuel prices in Douala, a major city in Cameroon, is spreading to other parts of the country, including the capital, Yaoundé.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Chad]
02/27/2008 Lasting peace is near at hand as the Ugandan government and main rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, finalized the last item on the peace negotiations agenda -- disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.
From: The New Vision
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Related: [Uganda]
02/27/2008 Two members of the Chadian opposition have been seized by state security services in a government crackdown on political competition following an attempted coup, writes an international human rights monitor.
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Related: [Chad]
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki.
02/27/2008 Chief mediator to Kenya's political reconciliation talks, Kofi Annan, said Monday that the talks had reached a stalemate as the rival parties could not agree on the role and powers of the proposed prime minister.
From: The Daily Nation
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Related: [Kenya]
Image: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. © UN Millennium Project
Militias in Mogadishu, Somalia
02/27/2008 Over half the top 20 countries in the world where people are most under threat of genocide or mass killing are in Africa, says Minority Rights Group International.
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From: Minority Rights Group International
Related: [Asia and the Pacific]
Image: Militias in Mogadishu, Somalia © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
02/27/2008 Trade ministers from the world's poorest countries must stand firm this week against WTO moves to further liberalise world trade, a move which has already cost sub-Saharan Africa $272 billion over the last 20 years, says a leading development charity.
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From: Bay Area International Development Organizations
Related: [Lesotho]
02/26/2008 Photographs from the 'front lines' of an international refugee agency's work in Kenya encapsulates the uncertainty and desperation of families and individuals displaced by the post-election uprisings.
From: openDemocracy
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Related: [Kenya]
02/26/2008 ICT is an acronym that many people up to now are not familiar with. It is surprising to find out that some of the university students in Zambia are not familiar with the acronym. But on the other hand, when you talk of computers and cell phones even ordinary children will be able to tell what they are and their use. Whether people do not know that computers and cell phones fall in the category of ICTs is something questionable
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Related: [Development]
02/26/2008 AZUR Development and the Reseau Sida Afrique based in Congo which includes 230 institutional and individual members in 17 African francophone countries. The project aims to set up a media campaign and system of alert on malaria and the creation of a partnership between the press and member organizations of the Africa AIDS Network in 10 African countries.
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Related: [ICT]
Mobile Phone Project in Zambia Creates Wealth for Women
02/26/2008 The Chipata District Women’s Association in Zambia's Eastern Province is a community group set up by women to help them improve their livelihood. The association provides support to women in learning new skills, improving their capacity to earn more income and live healthier lives.
Related: [Zambia] [Development]
02/26/2008 On February 7, 2008 the privately-owned Nation monthly magazine was ordered to pay E120,000 (approximately US$20,000) to a civil servant for defamation of character by the High Court of Swaziland
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Related: [Swaziland] [Freedom of Expression]
02/26/2008 In the absence of a reliable supply of other energy sources, the Zimbawean Government has launched a programme to promote the use of solar energy as an alternative source of energy for computers in schools around the country, in conjunction with Mukonitronics Private Limited. The programme to be spread to all the country's provinces is also being implemented with the Zimbabwe Academic Research Network.
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Related: [Zimbabwe] [Development]
02/25/2008 Armed groups are mobilizing on all sides of Kenya's ethno-political divisions and threatening to destabilize the ongoing peace talks, which many observers say have been making notable progress.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Kenya]
02/25/2008 Suomi osallistuu kriisinhallintaoperaatioon auttaakseen Sudanista tulleita pakolaisia Tshadissa. Samaan aikaan Tshadin hallitus jatkaa kovien otteiden käyttämistä nujertaakseen vastustajansa. Tshadilainen oppositiojohtaja pelkää, että maa voi valtataistelun vuoksi kadota kartalta, naapuriensa jakamana.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Chad] [Conflict]
02/25/2008 The head of the UN-African Union peacekeeping force and the world body's humanitarian coordinator in Sudan say they were "gravely concerned" for the safety of thousands of civilians in an area of Western Darfur that was reportedly the scene of aerial bombings.
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Related: [Sudan]
Lord's Resistance Armyn varakomentaja Vincent Otti.
02/25/2008 Ugandan sisällissota on vihdoin päättymässä rauhansopimukseen, kun Ugandan hallitus ja Lord's Resistance Armyn kapinalliset pääsivät sopimukseen pysyvästä tulitauosta. Sisällissota on jatkunut Pohjois-Ugandassa vuodesta 1986.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Uganda] [Conflict Resolution]
Image: Lord's Resistance Armyn varakomentaja Vincent Otti. © Euan Denholm/IRIN
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