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The failure of African leadership as a form of Human Rights Violation:

Monday, June 15, 2009

Mugabe, leadership and despotism in Africa ‘As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding...

The Supremacy of Literacy

Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa, Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, was exactly right when she asserted that “literacy is a...

Literacy is a Right - Ann Therese Ndong

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa, Ms Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, has said that literacy is a right while illiteracy is the...

French headscarf ban no discrimination, says European rights court

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18307

Friday, December 05, 2008

STRASBOURG: Europe's top rights court ruled Thursday that a French school ban on headscarves was not a violation of the European Convention on Human...

Ugandan government must establish reparations programme for war victims

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

During northern Uganda's 20-year conflict between the Government of Uganda's (GoU) armed forces and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), widespread...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Army rejects UN accusations of arms embargo violations

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The national army in Cote d’Ivoire has rejected an UN accusation that it is engaging in military training exercises which violates the conditions of...

GLOBAL: Mine ban treaty facing its acid test

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Monday, April 07, 2008

It is unlikely that the majority of the 20 countries supposed to clear all their mined areas by 2009 as signatories to the Mine Ban Treaty will make...

COMOROS: New polls promised as military take over Anjouan

IRIN

Friday, March 28, 2008

Comoros will establish an interim government on the island of Anjouan by the end of the week, paving the way for a swift democratic election on the...

ERITREA: US report decries human rights violations

IRIN

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The Eritrean government's human rights record remained poor last year and the authorities continued to commit numerous serious abuses, a report by...

Ex-Superintendent Manlafi Sanyang Gets Fresh Charges

The Point

Friday, March 07, 2008

Fresh charges have been preferred against Ex-Superintendent Manlafi Sanyang, former controller of Government vehicles at the State House. Mr Sanyang...