Full Coverage: Central Africa
February 2008
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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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Cameroon] [Conflict] [Security] |
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.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Chad] |
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.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Chad] [Conflict] |
02/18/2008
Bangladesh success story, Angolan failure - a new "Wealth and Survival Index" names and shames countries by weighing child mortality against national wealth.
Read moreFrom: Save the Children UK Related: [Angola] [Bangladesh] |
02/14/2008
Given the tumultuous security situation in Chad and the Sudanese government's large-scale attack on three towns in West Darfur, the largest U.S. organization working on African affairs is calling for a "sustained, wide-ranging international engagement [in Sudan] at the highest levels."
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [Chad] [Sudan] Image: A Darfuri refugee in Chad. © Refugees International
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02/14/2008
A journalist invokes scenes from her recent visit to a rural hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo before delving into the grossly underreported disparities between the American "Health Care World of Plenty" and the DRC's "Health Care World of Want."
Read moreFrom: International Rescue Committee Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [United States] |
02/12/2008
Many aid workers are leaving Chad given the recent escalation of fighting between rebels and the government, but, for now, most of the 500,000 refugees and displaced people in eastern Chad will continue to receive "at least minimal [humanitarian] assistance."
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Chad] Image: A displaced woman in Chad. © Refugees International
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02/11/2008
UNDP tukee muun muassa Kongon peruspalveluiden parantamista ja paikallishallinnon kehittämistä neljän seuraavan vuoden aikana noin 390 miljoonalla dollarilla eli 270 miljoonalla eurolla. Tavoitteena on "löytää pysyviä ratkaisuja haasteisiin, jotka vuosikymmeniä jatkunut kriisi on aiheuttanut", sanoo UNDP:n Kongon-maajohtaja.
Read moreFrom: UNDP Nordic Office Related: [Congo] [Development] [Democracy] Image: -
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02/11/2008
Uusin kongolaisen sotapäällikön pidätys tämän asemasta huolimatta luo toiveita siitä, että merkittävä joukko Afrikan suurten järvien alueella sotarikoksiin syyllistyneitä poliitikkoja ja sotilaita saadaan kansainvälisen oikeuden eteen.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Congo] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] [Conflict] Image: YK:n rauhanturvaajia Kongossa Iturin alueella, missä epäiltyjä sotarikoksia tutkitaan. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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02/08/2008
The International Criminal Court has arrested Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, a high ranking member of a militia group that committed crimes against humanity in northeastern DRC and the third war crimes suspect from this country to be taken into custody in the Hague.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] Image: UN peacekeepers arrive in Ituri province, DRC, where Ngudjolo reportedly committed his crimes. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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02/07/2008
Viimeaikaisten levottomuuksien repimässä Tshadissa on jo ennestään noin 180 000 tshadilaista evakkoa ja 300 000 sudanilaista sekä keskiafrikkalaista pakolaista. Maan humanitaarisen avun tarve lisääntynee, arvioi Kirkon Ulkomaanapu, joka jatkaa työtään Itä-Tshadin Koukoun alueella levottomuuksista huolimatta.
Read moreFrom: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu Related: [Chad] [Conflict] Image: Darfurin pakolaisia on Tshadissa noin 300 000. © B.Heger/Exile Images / Exile Images
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02/05/2008
A UN news service details the current situation in Chad and explains how events of the last two years led to this weekend's attempted coup.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Chad] |
02/05/2008
A powerful earthquake hit the border shared by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this Sunday, killing at least 33 people and injuring approximately 400.
Read moreFrom: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] |
02/05/2008
The announcement of the world's second largest internationally recognised and protected wetlands reserve in the Congo gets a thumbs-up from a leading environmental group "as a clear sign of the world’s increasing interest in the green heart of Africa."
Read moreFrom: WWF International Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] |
02/04/2008
I ribelli del Ciad hanno lasciato la scorsa notte la capitale n'Djamena "per offrire alla popolazione la possibilità di scappare": le strade della città sono pattugliate dai militari, dopo i duri scontri di ieri, che hanno visto le forze governative far intervenire elicotteri e carrarmati rompere l'assedio al Palazzo Presidenziale. Il Segretario generale dell'Onu è "profondamente allarmato per la situazione pericolosa in Ciad" ed ha espresso particolare preoccupazione per il "deteriorarsi della già grave situazione umanitaria dei 285.000 rifugiati e di 180.000 sfollati interni che si trovano nel Ciad orientale". Il Consiglio di Sicurezza dell'Onu si riunirà in una sessione d'urgenza per discutere la situazione. Rinviata la missione Eufor Ciad-Rca, rimane da vedere se la Francia deciderà di intervenire a sostegno del regime o lasciare gli eventi fare il loro corso.
Read moreRelated: [Chad] [Refugees] [Human Rights] [Civil Society] [Conflict] [United Nations] |
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