The Cuban government must reform an arbitrary exit permit scheme that affects all Cubans and is used to punish freedom of expression, after a prominent blogger was again blocked from travelling abroad. Read the original article... More»
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Iranian Blogger Sentenced To Nearly 14 Years In Prison
Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison, followed by 10 years in exile. Khazali was arrested about a month ago and has been on a hunger strike in prison. The outspoken blogger and ophthalmologist has been... More»
Liberia: Liberian Children’s Rights to Be Protected
Source: Government of Liberia Country: Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has stressed government's responsibility in ensuring that children are provided their basic rights, including the right to education and freedom from violence -rights that would allow them to grow and reach their potential in... More»
Libya: Three Tawarga refugees killed near Tripoli
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Libya 02/06/2012 16:41 GMT TRIPOLI, February 6, 2012 (AFP) - An armed group killed at least three refugees from the town of Tawarga on Monday... More»
Global Prosperity Wonkcast: Implementing Oil-to-Cash – Todd Moss
By Lawrence MacDonald - When a poor country finds oil, bad things often get worse. Countries rich in extractable natural resources, especially oil, frequently suffer from crummy governance, high... More»
Ghana: Former President Scolds African Governments
Former president John Agyekum Kufour has blamed the poor performance of farmers and the consequent devastating food deficit in Africa on successive African governments. According to him,... More»
A Food Composition Table for Central and Eastern Uganda
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Ghana: Number of People Living With HIV to Increase
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Haiti: Un Village Modele en cours de construction a Gressier
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World: Politics may be real climate hazard – experts
Source: AlertNet Country: World, Ethiopia, Nepal, Niger (the), Tajikistan By Laurie Goering LONDON (AlertNet) - Climate change impacts - from worsening droughts to new pots of climate-related cash for... More»
Syrian Arab Republic (the): Secretary-General ‘appalled’ by escalating violence across Syria
Source: UN News Service Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) 6 February 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the escalating violence in Syria today, calling on President Bashar al-Assad's... More»
Tanzania: ‘A Woman’s Friend Is a Woman’ – Veteran Tanzanian MP
At 72 years, Hon Anna Margareth Abdallah has an enormous of experience as a Member of Parliament (MP). She has had eight terms of five years each... More»
Yemen: Sectarian conflict leads to further displacement
Source: Yemen Times Country: Yemen Ali Saeed (author) A large number of Houthi militants were killed in recent clashes, and this made them to hold this huge celebration to... More»
Drawing House Plans in Haiti: Stanleys Story
Stanley was playing at a friends house in his home city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12, 2010, when the walls began to shake. As he tried to escape,... More»
occupied Palestinian territory: Cost-benefit calculus for occupation must change, as Israel reaping all benefits, says Palestinian rights committee chairman as UN seminar opens in Cairo
Source: UN General Assembly Country: occupied Palestinian territory GA/PAL/1217 Secretary-General, in Message, Says Occupation Measures that Stifle Palestinians 'Must Be Rolled Back', While Speakers Explore Ways to Ease Burden... More»
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