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AllAfrica News: Latest Rwanda's upcoming presidential elections has cast a spotlight on its democratic credentials, with observers warning that allegations of intimidation of opposition leaders could mar the process. AllAfrica News: Latest THE police said, yesterday, that 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police spokesman Mohammed Lerama told the BBC. AllAfrica News: Latest The United States should accept an "Islamist authority" in Somalia as part of a "constructive disengagement" strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday. |
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IPS Inter Press Service - Africa UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS/TerraViva) - Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so. IPS Inter Press Service - Africa NAIROBI, Mar 10 (IPS) - Kenyans affected by the violence that erupted after the country’s disputed presidential elections in 2007 may soon be able to speak out without fear. A new bill will offer better protection to state witnesses. IPS Inter Press Service - Africa DAR-ES-SALAAM, Mar 10 (IPS) - Pregnancy is the leading cause of dropouts for school girls in Tanzania. And a national law forbidding young mothers to return to school after giving birth did not make it any easier for them to continue their education. |
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Jamaica Gleaner: HAITI - Bodies of aviation officials found Antigua (CMC): The bodies of two senior officials of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) who died during the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti last month have been found.Officials confirmed... Jamaica Gleaner: HAITI - Vaccination, sanitation still major concerns for country NEW YORK (CMC): The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday said that more than 60,000 people in earthquake-devastated Haiti have been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and other diseases... |
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Literary Lion Chooses LuluJohn Edgar Wideman, a fixture of the American literary establishment and two-time winner of the prestigious Faulkner Award for fiction, has chosen to publish his latest work through Lulu, breaking from the traditional model he has used to successfully publish more than 20 other works. |
Afro-Bolivians Finally Recognized in Bolivia's New Constitutionby Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor While this country's indigenous population has been on the march for new rights, Bolivians of African descent still find themselves living on the sidelines of society. There are no black legislators or justices; their history is left out of school text books; they are not even specifically counted in the census. "When we go into the city, they think we are Venezuelans or Colombians," says Reina Ballivian, a resident of Tocaña, a tiny community made up mostly of Afro-Bolivians in the lush Yungas Valley. "It's hard to convince them that we are black and Bolivian." But last Sunday, Afro-Bolivians received a major boost with the passage of a new Constitution that gives them their first legal recognition. Read more |