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March 2008

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10.03.2008 Indigenous rights activists have embarked on a three-month campaign to free enslaved indigenous people in the Democratic Republic of Congo by meeting with and educating -- as opposed to 'shaming and denouncing' -- slave owners.
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From: Advocacy Project
Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)]
10.03.2008 A group of school teachers are working together to ensure the education and rights of child laborers living in the Kenyan capital's slums.
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From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Related topics/regions: [Kenya]
10.03.2008 Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus torjuu ulkomaankauppa- ja kehitysministeri Paavo Väyrysen mietteet budjettituen vähentämisestä. Tuen leikkaaminen Tansanian korruptiosotkujen vuoksi olisi Kepan mukaan lyhytnäköistä, vaikka budjettituki ei toimikaan "aina ja joka paikassa", Kepan toiminnanjohtaja Timo Lappalainen sanoo.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland] [Tanzania] [International cooperation]
10.03.2008 Kymmenet eurooppalaiset ja afrikkalaiset kehitysjärjestöt katsovat, että Afrikan ja Euroopan unionin väliaikaiset EPA-vapaakauppasopimukset tulee neuvotella uudelleen. Järjestöjen mukaan väliaikaissopimusten ehdot kyseenalaistavat Afrikan maiden omat kehitystavoitteet.
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From: Suomen Lähetysseura
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Development] [Trade]
10.03.2008 Kenialaisten avuntarve ei lakkaa, vaikka maan tilanne poliittisen sovun ansiosta tasaantuisikin, muistuttaa Suomen World Vision. Yli 300 000 pakolaista asuu edelleen pakolaisleireissä eri puolilla maata, ja heidät on asutettava uudelleen.
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From: Suomen World Vision
Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Aid] [Refugees] [Politics]
07.03.2008 Thanks to training in fuel-efficient stove making, basket weaving, and other crafts, Asha, a Darfuri refugee, is managing to move beyond her tragic past and build a new life for her and her children.
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From: Mercy Corps
Related topics/regions: [Sudan]
07.03.2008 Zimbabwen vaaleihin on aikaa kolme viikkoa, ja presidentiksi itseään kutsuva itsevaltias Robert Mugabe on ennenkuulumattoman ongelman edessä. Osa Mugaben vanhoista tovereista on nimittäin siirtynyt tukemaan entistä talousministeriä Simba Makonia.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Democracy]
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07.03.2008 Europarlamentin käsittelyyn on piakkoin tulossa päätöslauselmaesitys, jossa vaaditaan asekauppasääntöjen muuntamista sitoviksi lain edessä. Lisäksi parlamentti vaatii ministerineuvostolta selitystä jäsenmaiden asekaupoista Tshadiin. Maa kärsii hallituksen ja kapinallisten välisestä väkivallasta.
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From: Ydin-lehti
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Chad] [Trade] [Arms & military]
06.03.2008 A leading international NGO is marking International Women's Day (8 March) by calling for more effective responses to the links between violence against women and the spread of HIV.
+ Brown's poverty plan must confront discrimination against women
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Related topics/regions: [South Africa]
06.03.2008 The Kenyan government has refuted a BBC report alleging the state sanctioned militia violence in certain parts of country during the ongoing post-election crisis.
From: The East African Standard
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Related topics/regions: [Kenya]
06.03.2008 Tšadin kuumentuneen sisällissodan juuret ovat Darfurissa. Kansainväliseksi laajentuneessa konfliktissa Sudanin ja Tšadin hallitukset ovat kumpikin sekaantuneet toistensa sisäisiin levottomuuksiin.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Sudan] [Chad] [War and peace] [Conflict]
Image: © Sven Torfinn
Congolese girl affected by war.
05.03.2008 The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Myanmar] [Somalia] [Sri Lanka]
Image: Congolese girl affected by war. © Refugees International
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05.03.2008 Hakukonejätti Google on viime vuodesta lähtien toiminut Etelä-Afrikassa, ja nyt on muun mantereen valloituksen vuoro, yritys ilmoitti viime viikolla. Valtaa lähdetään luomaan kännyköihin suunnatun hakukoneen avulla.
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From: OneWorld Africa
Related topics/regions: [Internet]
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05.03.2008 Chad ranks near the bottom of almost every world league table, poor, corrupt and lawless – and now under direct attack by rebels operating out of a base in Darfur in an invasion co-ordinated by Sudan, says Gérard Prunier.
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From: Le Monde diplomatique
Related topics/regions: [Chad] [Sudan]
05.03.2008 Afrikkalaisten kansalaisjärjestöjen mukaan väliaikaiset EPA-sopimukset ovat klassisia vapaakauppasopimuksia, jotka palvelevat selvästi Euroopan kaupallisia ja taloudellisia etuja. Vain 35 maata 80:stä on suostunut allekirjoittamaan sopimuksen. Kansalaisjärjestöt vaativat sopimusten mitätöintiä.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Economy] [Politics]
Aminata, abducted by rebels in Sierra Leone
04.03.2008 They were murderers, rapists, torturers, butchers and their victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Now – for the moment, since diamond-funded conflict and chaos could return at any time, says Angela Robson – they try to fight in less destructive ways and resume the real lives they can barely remember.
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From: Le Monde diplomatique
Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone]
Image: Aminata, abducted by rebels in Sierra Leone © Save the Children UK
04.03.2008 Changing an economy through introducing ICT is akin to trying to set up a whole row of spinning plates. Without infrastructure, you can’t get media, services and applications. Without media, services and applications, you can’t get critical mass. Without critical mass, there’s no-one to e-mail or exchange videos with, so why bother? And that’s before you get on to all the “nice things” that might happen if African governments delivered their services better
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Related topics/regions: [Development]
04.03.2008 The Workplace HIV and AIDS Policy Manual was developed to support resource persons working with companies, Ministries, agencies and organisations in Zambia. It may be freely used, reviewed, quoted, reproduced, translated or distributed, in part or in full, provided the source is acknowledged. The document may not be used for commercial purposes or for profit
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [AIDS]
04.03.2008 The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) of Zimbabwe is increasingly being cited in issues involving media freedom violations in Zimbabwe. In the latest incident, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu , the Minister of Information and Publicity, has threatened to sue The Financial Gazette in terms of the repressive AIPPA Act.
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Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Freedom of expression]
04.03.2008 Google, the world's most popular search engine, had to tailor its offerings to work better on cellphones if it was to make real headway in Africa, the group said last week. In a continent with a dearth of computers, the cellphone is the only way most people can get online. And as only 22% of cellphone users have computers, even in relatively wealthy SA, Google's local branch is making mobile search technologies its priority.
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Related topics/regions: [Development]
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