News from category: Governance
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Many of the FARDC troops include rebels integrated into the army. The UN and US reports accuse all groups of possible crimes against humanity (file photo)
NAIROBI, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) – Government …
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Internally-displaced people in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Rwandan militias have been blamed for much of the violence there (file photo)
NAIROBI, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) – Rwanda’s upcoming presidential elections …
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A Zambian health clinic
LUSAKA, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) – Parity Zulu, 17, constantly recited a Biblical verse asking God for protection from her persecutors while her mother ferried her to hospital following …
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Street children polish shoes in Bosasso
BOSASSO, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of …
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Voter casts ballot in Togo’s already disputed 4 March presidential election
LOMÉ, 6 March 2010 (IRIN) – Victory claims by two presidential candidates and continued threats of violence from the opposition are keeping …
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Voters gather for the closely watched presidential poll in Lomé on 4 March 2010
LOMÉ, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – Vote counting is underway in Togo, a day after presidential polls closed, …
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People in Odienné, northern Côte d’Ivoire, protesting President Laurent Gbagbo’s decision to dissolve government and the electoral commission.
ABIDJAN, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – After weeks of protests, some of which turned deadly, …
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Many demobilised militia fighters are now in the youth wings of various political parties (file photo)
BUJUMBURA, 4 March 2010 (IRIN) – As Burundi approaches elections designed to cap the country’s democratic …
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Poll worker in Togo’s 2010 presidential election in the capital, Lomé, on voting day
LOMÉ, 4 March 2010 (IRIN) – As up to 3.2 million Togolese cast their ballots in the presidential …
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Observers in place for 4 March presidential election
LOMÉ, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – More than 3,000 local election observers, 6,000 soldiers, and representatives of international election transparency watchdog groups are scattered across …
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KHARTOUM, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – Weeks of fighting in parts of Darfur have raised concern over the plight of civilians, as …
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Police blame foreign nationals for crime
JOHANNESBURG, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – The “absurd” claim by Gauteng’s police chief that South Africa’s richest province was home to as many as three million …
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There has been widespread international criticism of the bill
KAMPALA, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) – More than 450,000 people have signed an online petition urging Uganda’s parliament to drop a bill that would …
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A boy pokes his head through a hole in the tarpaulin that acts as the wall of his classroom in an IDP camp in Minova, DRC (file photo)
GOMA, 1 March 2010 (IRIN) …
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Zimbabweans buying petrol in Botswana
GABORONE, 1 March 2010 (IRIN) – Botswana is adopting a two-pronged approach to tackle abuse of its immigration system by increasing the sophistication of travel documents, visas and …
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A boy pokes his head through a hole in the tarpaulin that acts as the wall of his classroom in an IDP camp in Minova, DRC (file photo)
GOMA, 1 March 2010 (IRIN) …
