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THE
WORLD DISCRIMINATES AGAINST AFRICA,
THE FORGOTTEN CRISIS IN NORTHERN UGANDA,
OBASANJO AND BIYA MEET OVER
BAKASSI
The
UN's top humanitarian official ,
Jan
Egeland says the
world is discriminating
against Africa, with appeals for funds ignored:
"There's an inbuilt discrimination
in the sense that if we all agree that a human
life is the same value wherever he or she is born,
it should be the same attention to northern Uganda
as to northern Iraq."
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The
deadly Ebola disease breaks out again in the Republic
of Congo, claiming about
nine lives, and contact with primates is suspected to
be the main cause. We ask the WHO's Dick Thompson if
people should avoid primates like chimpanzees, monkeys
and bush meat in general, "Not really, because
what is important is that the infection comes from infected
primates. Not all primates carry this disease. It's
coming across these carcasses and butchering them and
using them for food that is likely the problem."
In
the neighbouring DR Congo, an estimated 4 million people
have died as a result of the war but it seems the international
community has not been provoked enough to provide the
funds needed to consolidate peace. We hear from the
UN's Deputy Envoy for the DR Congo, Ross Mountain.
The
debate over the provision of safe drinking water and
sanitation to millions continues. Is privatisation the
key or should access to free water be regarded as a
basic human right? 
Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen?
Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings
or stop the massacres? What lessons have been
learned? 
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