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Badara Loum, Suruwa Jaiteh in court

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The economic crime case involving two former permanent secretaries at the Department of State for Agriculture, Dr Badara Loum and Suruwa Jaiteh,...

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SUDAN: Census setback as count postponed again

africa » sudan » juba

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Last-minute objectionsby Southern Sudanese leaders have forced another postponement of the fifthnational census that had been scheduled for take...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Police kill police

africa » guinea bissau

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

In a sign that rule oflaw is not properly functioning in Guinea Bissau, two policemen from differentbranches of the country’s police force were...

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SUDAN: Human Rights Watch calls on government to end sexual violence in Darfur

africa » sudan » darfur region

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The Sudanese government and rebel groups in the war-ravaged Darfur region should immediately take measures to end the sexual violence endemic to the...

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The Law Revision Bill amended

africa » gambia

Monday, April 07, 2008

The bill entitled, the Law Revision (amendment) bill 2008, was last Wednesday amended by Members of the National Assembly at the second meeting of...

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Anti- slavery Convention ratified

Africa » Gambia

Friday, April 04, 2008

Adopted to outlaw and punish those engaged in slavery and having recourse to compulsory or forced labour, the Slavery Convention entered into force...

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10,000 reach out for Kenya

africa » kenya » nairobi

Amnesty International

Monday, March 31, 2008

Amnesty International delivered over 10,000 petitions to representatives of the Kenyan leaders President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on Thursday....

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DRC: "Majority of rapists go unpunished"

africa » dem rep congo » south kivu province

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Sexual violence against women is rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but the majority of perpetrators, especially in "no-law" zones, go...

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Magistrate Gets Tough

africa » gambia » banjul

The Point

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Magistrate Kayeodi of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court was recently a tough man when he slammed a 22-month jail term on one Amadou Corr without any...

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SIERRA LEONE: Most prisoners have not been tried - survey

africa » sierra leone » freetown

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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