Full Coverage: West Africa
July 2006
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07/20/2006
President Yahya Jammeh’s "police state" is stepping up the pace of arrests and harassment of journalists in the run-up to The Gambian elections scheduled for September, according to an international media watchdog.
Read moreFrom: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related: [Gambia] |
07/20/2006
"We saw these livelihoods being stolen because of our government's policy," said one member of a delegation of American farmers just back from a trip to visit farm families in West Africa.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [United States] Image: West African farming has suffered under U.S.-sponsored agricultural subsidies.
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07/17/2006
Women in Ghana have launched a campaign against domestic violence in support of a parliamentary bill on the issue.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Ghana] |
07/14/2006
Have you known or heard of someone who has died before their fifth birthday? Do you feel child mortality is a great concern in your community? What could you do to help? Kids in Liberia, India, and elsewhere react to those questions and more.
Read moreFrom: One World Youth Project Related: [Ghana] [India] [Liberia] [Tanzania ] Image: Students respond to questions of child mortality. © One World Youth Project
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07/13/2006
Man Dem Nor Glady'O (Creole for "The People Are Not Happy") - a documentary about how the UN and other international bodies dealt with the consequences of war in Sierra Leone but failed to deal with the causes - will be screened in London on 11 August at the Tricycle Cinema.
Read moreRelated: [Sierra Leone] [United Kingdom] Image: Man Dem Nor Glady O
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07/05/2006
OneWorld South Asia has published a two-year action research report - Improving Transparency, Efficiency and Effectiveness of Pro Poor Government Services - that shows that information and communication technologies (ICTs) plan an important role in enabling people to have better access to government services.
Read moreRelated: [Croatia] [India] [Nigeria] [Pakistan] [Development] [ICT] [Corruption & Transparency] [Governance] Image: Using ICTs for development
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07/05/2006
Riskisyntymä, työtä pienestä pitäen, teiniavioliitto, toistuvat raskaudet, väkivalta, köyhyys, varhainen vanheneminen. Siinä on monen sierraleonelaisen naisen elämä lyhyesti. Pitkästä sodasta toipuva Sierra Leone on YK:n inhimillisen kehityksen mittarin mukaan maailman toiseksi kehittymättömin maa, jossa kärsitään joka päivä nälästä, sairauksista ja turhista kuolemista.
Read moreFrom: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu Related: [Sierra Leone] [Development] Image: 15-vuotias sierraleonelainen äiti lapsensa kanssa © Human Rights Watch
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07/04/2006
From Sudan to Kosovo and Liberia, Mercy Corps shows how soccer can be used to bring people together, spark community reinvestment, and teach young people about HIV/AIDS.
Read moreFrom: Mercy Corps Related: [Kosovo] [Liberia] [Sudan] Image: Mercy Corps is using World Cup fever to reinvigorate communities around the world, such as this one in Munah Town, Liberia. © Mercy Corps
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07/03/2006
The African Union has decided that former Chadian president Hissene Habre will take the stand in Senegal to face charges of crimes against humanity, and Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade has promised that the trial will go ahead.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Senegal] [Chad] [Africa] |
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