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July 2006
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28.07.2006
Eighteen members of parliament resigned Thursday, saying Somalia's transitional government authority is not interested in peace or reconciliation, and is instead preparing for war against the Islamic movement that recently took control of the capital.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related topics/regions: [Somalia] Image: Somalis. © Zoe Daniels / Mercy Corps
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28.07.2006
YK:n Maailman elintarvikeohjelma (WFP) varoittaa, että sen hätäruoka-apu ei riitä miljoonille kenialaisille, jotka eivät ole kuivuuden vuoksi saaneet satoa. WFP:n Kenian maajohtajan Tesema Negashin mukaan varastoissa ei ole viljaa enää syyskuulle. Järjestö vetoaakin lahjoittajiinsa, jotta nälänhätä saataisiin estettyä. WFP ruokkii tällä hetkellä 3,6 miljoonaa kenialaista.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Emergency relief] Image: Kuivuuden näivettämää maata Keniassa © Adrian Arbib
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25.07.2006
Mosambikin toiseksi suurimman kaupungin, Beiran vesihuolto kaksinkertaistetaan vuoden 2007 alkuun mennessä. Uuden vesijohdon myötä myös veden laatu paranee. Hankkeen rahoituksesta vastaavat Mosambikin hallitus ja Maailmanpankki.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Mozambique] [Water/sanitation] |
25.07.2006
Under a new electoral act the media in Zambia will not be able to publish speculative analysis, unsourced opinion polls or predict the result before the official announcement in the 2006 elections, unless they are willing to risk a five-year jail sentence or US$2,500 fine.
MoreRelated topics/regions: [Zambia] [Southern Africa] |
18.07.2006
Suomalais-tansanialainen kehityshanke parantaa lasten koulunkäyntimotivaatiota jalkapallon avulla. Hankkeessa mukana oleva 11-vuotiaiden poikien joukkue FC Vito pelasi viime viikolla Helsinki Cupissa. Hankkeen myötä lapset pääsevät pelaamaan jalkapalloa – sillä ehdolla, että käyvät myös ahkerasti koulua.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Tanzania] [Education] |
14.07.2006
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.
more...From: One World Youth Project Related topics/regions: [Ghana] [India] [Liberia] [Tanzania] Image: Students respond to questions of child mortality. © One World Youth Project
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14.07.2006
As the Rwandan government continues to try to establish national amity in the wake of the genocidal conflict between the country’s two dominant groups, the Hutus and Tutsis, a third community has been forgotten. Preti Taneja reports on the plight of the Batwa people.
more...From: Minority Rights Group Related topics/regions: [Central Africa] [Rwanda] |
12.07.2006
The second round of the BBC series, Tribe, features the Nyangatom in Ethiopia's Omo Valley. First programme: 16 July.
more...+ BBC launches second series of hit TV show, Tribe Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] |
11.07.2006
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has extended the deadline for the end of talks with the rebel Lords' Resistance Army, to 12 September.
more...From: allAfrica.com Related topics/regions: [Uganda] |
11.07.2006
Libalan koulussa Sambiassa oppilaat esittävät tarinan 14-vuotiaasta tytöstä, joka joutuu uhraamaan unelmansa koulunkäynnistä, saa hiv-tartunnan mieheltään ja raskaaksi tultuaan päätyy miehen hylkäämäksi. YK:n väestöohjelma haluaa tänään kiinnittää huomion kehitysmaiden nuoriin. Puolet hiv-tartunnan saaneista on alle 24-vuotiaita, painottaa YK.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [AIDS] |
10.07.2006
The problems of 20-30 million pastoralists in the Horn of Africa will be discussed at a regional gathering in Ethiopia on 11-18 July.
more...Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] Image: Pastoralists (Photo: UN OCHA-Ethiopia)
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06.07.2006
Customs officers in Taiwan have seized more than two metric tonnes of illegal elephant ivory on ships travelling from Tanzania to The Philippines.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [Taiwan] [Tanzania] |
06.07.2006
President Yoweri Museveni has offered the leader of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) an amnesty for crimes committed in northern Uganda, but the International Criminal Court (ICC), which indicted him, insists the insurgent must be arrested.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Uganda] [Politics] [Justice and crime] [Conflict] Image: © allAfrica.com
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05.07.2006
President Yoweri Museveni has announced that Uganda will grant total amnesty to Joseph Kony despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court if he responds positively to the Southern Sudan mediated talks and abandons terrorism.
more...From: allAfrica.com Related topics/regions: [Uganda] |
02.07.2006
First, find 100 Zimbabwean exiles. Not difficult, when so many have fled their country and fought against the British government’s determination to stem the number of people seeking refuge here.
more...A new theatrical production looks at the lives of Zimbabwean refugees in Britain. From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Zimbabwe] Image: Qabuka
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Kenya's first microhydro project, built mostly by local villagers, provides electric power to 1000 people.
