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SIERRA LEONE: Most prisoners have not been tried - survey

IRIN

Friday, March 14, 2008

Over half the prisoners in Sierra Leone’s jails have not been sentenced, according to recently released survey data from the Sierra Leonean human...

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SUDAN-CHAD: Another new peace agreement, this one to be signed at OIC summit

africa » senegal » dakar

IRIN

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Chad and Sudan have signed numerous peace agreements pledging to stop supporting rebels in the past and human right groups say they are not holding...

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SUDAN: Government, Darfur groups violating human rights law - rapporteur

africa » sudan

IRIN

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Sudanese government and various movements in Darfur have failed to protect civilians, creating a critical human rights situation characterised by...

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InFOCUS Justice Hassan B. Jallow visits home

africa » gambia » bakau

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

On hearing of the presence of Justice Hassan B. Jallow in the country, we caught up with him at his family home in Bakau and asked him few...

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CAMEROON: Not quite back to normal

africa » cameroon » yaounde

IRIN

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Traffic jams and urban bustle have returned to main towns and cities in the west and centre of Cameroon, belying the violence that just weeks earlier...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Question marks over ARV tender

africa » south africa

PlusNews

Monday, March 10, 2008

The South African health department has called on drug manufacturers to submit bids to supply the government's antiretroviral (ARV) treatment...

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CONGO: Government lifts ban on foreign adoption of children

africa » congo basin » brazzaville

IRIN

Friday, March 07, 2008

Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...

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Media Urged to Take Broader View in Reporting on Human Rights

africa » gambia » banjul

The Point

Thursday, March 06, 2008

A journalists’ workshop on covering human rights issues, organised by The Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the British High Commission...

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Training journalists "with UK and US help"

africa » gambia » senegambia

Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Media Agenda, a media NGO besed in Churchill’s Town and headed by the GPU’s chairman Madi MK Ceesay, is organising a training workshop for 12...

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“Training journalists with UK and US help”

africa » gambia

Thursday, February 28, 2008

or is it a case of cheque-book colonialism?Is this a case of cheque-book journalism or is it a case of cheque-book colonialism? Not only that. Let us...

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