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MOROCCO: African Refugees Targeted By Daan Bauwens RABAT - More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), asking to be moved to another country because their rights are not respected in Morocco. Several refugees say they have been beaten up by Moroccan UN personnel. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Focus on Housing the Urban Poor By Joyce Mulama NAIROBI - Millions of people move to Africa’s cities every year, swelling the numbers of urban poor. "We cannot chase people away from slums," says Kelvin Mmangisa, chief executive of the Lilongwe City Assembly. "But we can improve the conditions there to make their lives better." MORE >>
SUDAN: Civilians Under Siege in Refugee Camps By Ben Case UNITED NATIONS - A report by the United Nations that the Sudanese Air Force bombed northeastern Chad near a refugee camp has sparked strong condemnation from the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) following military and paramilitary attacks over the past week. MORE >>
POLITICS-DRC: Debate Over Truth Commission By Emmanuel Chaco KINSHASA - The search continues for the best way to expose the truth surrounding crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), not least in Ituri, in the north-east of the country, a region which where years of atrocities and massive human rights violations have gone unpunished. MORE >>
RIGHTS-BURKINA FASO: Five Million To Get Precious Documents By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - Nearly 5.5 million people - mostly women and children - are to receive birth certificates in a country-wide exercise over the next 12 months. According to Burkina Faso's latest census, conducted in 2006, the rate of non-registration is particularly high amongst women and children, of whom three million (60 percent being girls) are not on the public registry. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-KENYA: Rainwater Harvesting: Two Birds With One Stone By Shem Oirere NAIROBI - Bitter irony: in recent years Nairobi has experienced severe flooding and widespread water shortages, due to poor urban planning and collapsing infrastructure systems that are failing to support the Kenyan capital's expanding population. MORE >>
U.S.: Obama's New Sudan Envoy Faces Big Challenges By Jim Lobe and Daniel Luban WASHINGTON - As the humanitarian situation in Darfur deteriorates, President Barack Obama's new Special Envoy for Sudan is likely to find his inbox filled with urgent challenges - none more immediate than how to get relief groups back into the province. MORE >>
POLITICS-MADAGASCAR: Rajoelina Assumes Power By Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO - After 24 months as self-declared head of a transitional authority, the deposed mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, was confirmed as the new president of Madagascar by the Constitutional Court on Mar. 18. MORE >>
Q&A: "Zimbabwe Must Release Political Prisoners" Ben Case interviews NOMBONISO GASA, activist and hunger striker UNITED NATIONS - Nomboniso Gasa chairs South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality and is an independent gender research analyst. A committed feminist and political activist, she was first imprisoned in apartheid-era South Africa at age 14. MORE >>
AUSTRALIA: African Resources Behind Growing Links By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE - With hundreds of Australian mining companies now involved in the extraction of natural resources in Africa, the Rudd government is also aiming to play a bigger role in the continent’s affairs. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: Now Cattle Threaten Hard-Won Peace By Skye Wheeler JUBA - "The liberation struggle is over. Why are we still killing ourselves?" South Sudan's President Salva Kiir asked a meeting of chiefs, exasperation clear in his usually even-toned voice. MORE >>
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