BURUNDI: Rebel groups call for inclusion in ceasefire talks

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Sep 12, 2002

Four Burundian rebel movements have said they must be included in all ceasefire negotiations with the government.

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africa: AIDS, Public Policy, and Child Well-Being

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Sep 12, 2002

The study, published by UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre, draws on nine country case studies from Africa and Asia to examine the damage caused by HIV/AIDS to the well-being of children and families and to the smooth functioning of the societies in which they live.

Africa: Grants Committee Member - Comic relief

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Sep 12, 2002

Set up in 1985, Comic Relief exists to tackle poverty and promote social justice. In seven Red Nose Days, we have raised over £170 million, every penny of which is now hard at work helping some of the poorest people across the UK and in Africa. We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic people to join our Africa grants committee, which advises our Trustees on spending this money as effectively as possible.

namibia: Training targets official graft

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Sep 12, 2002

About 300 state accountants will be trained under a scheme to prevent fraud and mismanagement launched by the Ministry of Finance and the Finnish Embassy. The training is part of a project to strengthen financial controls in Namibia. It has been sponsored by the Finnish government to the tune of 488 000 euros, about N$5,2 million, between 1998 and 2002.

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KENYA: Traffic police most corrupt, report reveals

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Sep 12, 2002

Traffic police are the most corrupt, a new report on corruption reveals. Traffic officers were found to have developed numerous creative ways of soliciting for bribes, giving the entire police force a bad name.

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nigeria: spate of human rights abuses, says new report

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Sep 12, 2002

The last two and half years of elected civilian government in Nigeria have witnessed an alarming spate of violence and gross human rights violations. In over 50 separate and documented incidents, over 10 000 Nigerians have reportedly been victims of extra-judicial executions, says a new report from the World Organisation Against Torture.

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KENYA: Reports note persistent corruption

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Sep 12, 2002

High levels of corruption continue to persist in Kenya despite various efforts made to fight the phenomenon, according to two newly released reports.

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International conference on the Role of NGOs

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Sep 12, 2002

The Watchman International Network is organizing two international conferences on "The role of NGOs in the current political climate".

southern africa: six million children at risk from famine

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Sep 12, 2002

The lives of more than six million children are at immediate risk in Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique due to a crippling combination of drought, hunger, illness and HIV/AIDS. UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director, Carol Bellamy, toured drought-stricken Southern Africa before attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

africa: facing up to the AIDS orphans crisis

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Sep 12, 2002

Of the 21 million deaths from AIDS to date, three quarters were people living in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS in Africa is fuelled by poverty, and it is causing a humanitarian and economic crisis in which children orphaned by the disease are growing up without parents, schooling or adequate food. What should African governments and the international community be doing to tackle this growing catastrophe?

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