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May 2006

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Zimbabwean model and AIDS activist Tendayi Westerhof.
05/31/2006 WASHINGTON, DC, May 31 (OneWorld) - A dramatic shift of funds and priorities is needed to stem the tide of the global AIDS pandemic, said women's health advocates in Washington, DC last week, marking the 25th anniversary of the disease's discovery.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Zimbabwe] [United States] [Kenya] [HIV/AIDS] [Gender] [Sexuality] [United Nations]
Image: Zimbabwean model and AIDS activist Tendayi Westerhof. © Centre for Development and Population Activities
Demolizioni in Zimbabwe
05/31/2006 Amnesty International ha diffuso oggi immagini inedite sulla distruzione di massa di una grande comunità dello Zimbabwe, fornendo la prova dell’impatto devastante della politica di demolizione delle case adottata dal governo di Harare. "Se mai ve ne fosse ancora bisogno, queste immagini costituiscono la prova inconfutabile che il governo dello Zimbabwe ha raso al suolo intere comunità, cancellandole completamente dalle mappe, come se non fossero mai esistite” – denuncia l’organizzazione per i diritti umani. Il 28 giugno 2005, nell'ambito dell’operazione “Restaurare l’ordine”, un convoglio di veicoli militari e camion entrò a Porta Farm e ridussero in briciole la zona. I poliziotti minacciarono fisicamente chiunque tentasse di opporre resistenza. Il giorno dopo la polizia tornò e completò la devastazione, caricando a forza le persone a bordo dei camion. E Save the Children riporta che i bambini che attraversano il confine dallo Zimbabwe al Mozambico finiscono spesso nelle reti dello sfruttamento sessuale o di imprenditori senza scrupoli. Molti di questi sono orfani oppure 'non accompagnati' e perciò particolarmente vulnerabili.
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From: Amnesty International (sezione italiana), Save the children - Italia
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Children] [Civil Rights]
05/30/2006 Mogadishu's Keysaney hospital was taken by armed fighters yesterday, despite repeated calls by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Somali Red Crescent Society for medical facilities to be spared.
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From: International Committee of the Red Cross
Related: [Somalia]
05/29/2006 For many African governments, moves towards embracing e-governance have gone little beyond the opening of websites for state ministries and departments.
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Related: [Kenya] [ICT] [Governance]
05/26/2006 The dispute between Somaliland and Somalia will become an ever-increasing source of friction, and possibly violence, unless the African Union engages in preventive diplomacy, the International Crisis Group has warned.
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Related: [Africa] [Somalia]
Children in northern Uganda commute to 'safe areas' at night to avoid raids by the Lord's Resistance Army.
05/26/2006 Joseph Kony, the indicted commander-in-chief of the insurgent Lord’s Resistance Army, has announced that he is ready to hold peace talks with the Ugandan government to end two decades of fighting.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Uganda]
Image: Children in northern Uganda commute to 'safe areas' at night to avoid raids by the Lord's Resistance Army. © Refugees International
File photo: pickup truck with mounted gun in Mogadishu.
05/26/2006 "It seems as if everyone is at war against everyone," said one human rights worker in Mogadishu Thursday as fighting re-erupted in what many believe is a battle over control of the local trade of a light drug called khat.
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From: MISNA
Related: [Somalia]
Image: File photo: pickup truck with mounted gun in Mogadishu. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
05/24/2006 President Issaias Afeworki has been asked to mark Eritrea's independence anniversary today by releasing all prisoners of conscience, including 13 journalists held incommunicado.
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Related: [Ethiopia]
05/24/2006 Ruandan viranomaiset ovat päättäneet aidata tulivuorialueen kansallispuiston Parc National des Volcansin. Tarkoituksena on pelastaa alueen uhanalaiset vuorigorillat ja hupenevat metsät. Paikalliset asukkaat ovat huolissaan toimeentulostaan kansallispuiston aitaamisen jälkeen, Ruandan viranomaiset taas uskovat gorillojen tuovan lisää matkailutuloja maahan.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Rwanda] [Environment]
Milizie armate a Mogadiscio - foto Getty images
05/23/2006 Continuano le critiche nei confronti del governo degli Stati Uniti accusato di essere il principale sostenitore militare e finanziario della cosiddetta ‘Alleanza contro il terrorismo’, il gruppo che raccoglie alcuni dei principali signori della guerra di Mogadiscio e che nei mesi scorsi ha giurato di cacciare dalla città somale le cosiddette Corti Islamiche, ritenute collegate al terrorismo internazionale. Dopo che nelle scorse settimane la battaglia tra fazioni rivali ha provocato circa 150 morti e oltre 250 feriti resta alta la tensione a Mogadiscio dove i miliziani delle due fazioni avversarie sono rimasti nelle posizioni di combattimento. E in vista della Conferenza dei Paesi donatori e dei Governi che entro il 2006 si riuniranno a Roma per pianificare il futuro degli aiuti alla Somalia le Ong Italiane chiedono di partecipare alla riflessione in programma
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Related: [Somalia] [International Cooperation] [Conflict]
Image: Milizie armate a Mogadiscio - foto Getty images
Saul Banda
05/22/2006 Sambialaisten tulevaisuus näyttää valoisammalta kestämättömien velkojen mitätöinnin jälkeen. Kestävät muutokset edellyttävät kuitenkin myös rakenteellisia uudistuksia esimerkiksi kauppasäännöissä ja julkisten palvelujen järjestämisessä. "Toistaiseksi sambialaisten enemmistön arki on elonjäämiskamppailua", arvioi Suomessa vieraileva sambialainen velka- ja kauppapolitiikan asiantuntija Saul Banda Jr.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [Zambia] [Debt]
Image: Saul Banda
Malaria poster
05/20/2006 Almost two decades after Kenya banned the use of DDT, the Government is under pressure to lift the ban as one of the effective ways of controlling the spread of malaria.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Kenya]
Image: Malaria poster © Peter Armstrong
05/19/2006 Information Minister Mutahi Kagwe says the government has set aside 2.1 billion shillings to install communication equipment that would enable rural areas access internet services.

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Related: [Kenya] [ICT]
70,000 people in 130 cities participated in the 'night commute' to raise awareness about Ugandan children forced to sleep outside in town centers every night for their own safety.
05/19/2006 We set up camp on the grass in front of Santa Monica City Hall. Then we were all handed three pieces of blank paper: one for a letter to President Bush, one for a letter to one of our senators, and one for an art project.
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From: NetAid
Related: [United States] [Uganda]
Image: 70,000 people in 130 cities participated in the 'night commute' to raise awareness about Ugandan children forced to sleep outside in town centers every night for their own safety. © NetAid
05/19/2006 Churches across Zimbabwe are planning services and a procession - despite a government ban - to mark the first anniversary of Operation Clean Up that left hundreds of thousands homeless.
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From: Christian Aid
Related: [Zimbabwe]
05/18/2006 The Somali government has described a surprise visit by British international development minister Hilary Benn to the town of Baidoa yesterday as a sign of the UK's support to the fledging government.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Somalia] [United Kingdom]
05/17/2006 Somalinaiset haluavat päättää yhteisistä asioista
Itsenäistymistunnustusta hakeva Pohjois-Somalian Somalimaa onnistui järjestämään viime vuoden syyskuussa rauhalliset parlamenttivaalit. Kansanedustajiksi valittiin ensimmäistä kertaa naisia. Myös useat vaalitarkkailijoista olivat naisia, Kirjoittaa Airi Toivonen uudessa Apuraportin numerossa.
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From: Solidaarisuus
Related: [Somalia] [Gender]
05/17/2006 Jo kaksi vuosikymmentä kestäneet taistelut sissiryhmän ja Ugandan hallituksen välillä Pohjois-Ugandassa ovat ajaneet kodeistaan lähes kaksi miljoonaa ihmistä.Pahiten kriisi koskettaa lapsia. Suurin osa LRA:n sotilaista on alaikäisiä. Sissien arvioidaan siepanneen kodeistaan 25.000 lasta ja pakottaneen heidät sotilaiksi ja seksiorjiksi.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [Uganda] [War and Peace]
05/15/2006 Despite recent torrential rains, tens of thousands of pastoralist children still face death in the Horn of Africa, the UN Children's Fund said today.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
05/15/2006 Afrikan sarven viisi maata: Kenia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia ja Etiopia tarvitsevat apua pikaisesti. Kuivuudesta kärsii 16 miljoonaa ihmistä, joista ei selviydy ilman ulkopuolista apua. Unicef on vedonnut 80 miljoonan dollarin saamiseksi alueelle välittämänä hätäapuna, joka kohdistuisi ensisijaisesti lapsiin.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation]
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