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CHAD: Child soldiers forcibly ...

CHAD: Child soldiers forcibly mobilised not demobilised

africa » chad » ndjamena
IRIN
Friday, December 28, 2007
A UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the army...
child soldier, children, human rights, rebels, unicef
(31 views)
NIGERIA: Local and internation...

NIGERIA: Local and international rights groups at odds over ‘secret executions’

africa » nigeria » kano
IRIN
Friday, December 28, 2007
Local human rights groups in Nigeria have disputed claims by Amnesty International that seven prisoners executed for armed robbery and murder did not...
execution, human rights, amnesty international, prisoner, trial
(17 views)
NIGER: Army, rebels commit abu...

NIGER: Army, rebels commit abuses against civilians, rights groups say

africa » niger » niamey
IRIN
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The Nigerien army and rebels in the country have yet to formally respond to charges by rights groups that both sides are committing abuses against...
army, rebels, human rights, abuse, civilians
(18 views)
DRC: Concern over conscription...

DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
IRIN
Monday, December 17, 2007
Insurgents loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda, fighting government troops in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are still...
childern, human rights, abuses, troops, fighting, violence
(32 views)
ZIMBABWE: Police still torture...

ZIMBABWE: Police still torture while Political Solution to crisis being sought

africa » zimbabwe
Amnesty International
Monday, December 17, 2007
Amnesty International researchers just returning from Zimbabwe said that the government continues to beat and torture human rights defenders and...
researches, government, human rights, violation, demonstration
(19 views)
GLOBAL: Freedom from hunger is...

GLOBAL: Freedom from hunger is "not an optional human right"

north america » united states » new york
IRIN
Friday, December 14, 2007
The world has the technical ability but lacks the political will to eliminate global hunger, a scourge afflicting one in eight people that is as much...
hunger, freedom, human rights, report, crime, malnutrition
(31 views)
NIGER: News filtering out of n...

NIGER: News filtering out of north suggests grave conditions

africa » niger » niamey
IRIN
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Human rights organisations and aid workers in the Nigerien capital Niamey say news filtering out of the north of the country suggests a humanitarian...
human rights, grave, aid, workers, government, filtering
(18 views)
Africa-Europe summit concludes...

Africa-Europe summit concludes with mixed results

europe » portugal » lisbon
Wikinews
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Africa-European Union summit ended yesterday in Portugal with agreement on many global challenges but with differences on other key...
Africa-European Union, summit, deforestation, development, human rights
(29 views)
NIGER: Rape and beatings of wo...

NIGER: Rape and beatings of women “normal” in Niger

africa » niger » niamey
IRIN
Monday, December 10, 2007
The news that 70 percent of women in parts of Niger find it normal that their husbands, fathers and brothers regularly beat, rape and humiliate them...
rape, beating, women, human rights, officials, violence, illegal, law
(23 views)
MAURITANIA: The real beginning...

MAURITANIA: The real beginning of the end of slavery?

africa » mauritania » nouakchott
IRIN
Monday, December 10, 2007
Four months after the passing of a law criminalising slavery in Mauritania, anti-slavery activists hope newly-announced funding for the reintegration...
slavery, government, human rights, law, crime, poverty, conviction
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