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North Africans Continue to Die
As They Try To Cross to Yemen
The issue of migration was once again under the spotlight
this
week,
as the Global Forum on Migration and Development met in
Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. In Africa people, mainly from
Somalia and Ethiopia continue to risk their lives as they
try to cross the dangerous Gulf of Aden, in search of a
better life. UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis says people
have died during the dangerous voyages to Yemen. "Most
of those who lost their lives after paying about $50 to
make the voyage were forced by smugglers to disembark off
shore while still on deep waters and drowned swimming to
shore."
Small Arms Pose A Serious Threat
to Stability in Africa
Monday
9 July, marked International
Gun Destruction Day to focus attention on the problem of
small arms in many regions of the world. Ambassador Zachary
Muburi Muita of Kenya tells UN Radio that small arms, which
have devastating effects on the African continent, have
been omitted from negotiations on the elimination of weapons.
"For Kenya the small arms is a very serious issue
indeed. Small arms have found their way across the porous
border into our country, and this has changed really changed
the way of life from what it used to be"
A UN Agency Helps Rebuild Postal
Services in Liberia
After nearly two decades of civil war the new government
of Liberia is looking for every available international
support to rehabilitate the country's war ravaged infrastructure.
One such infrastructure is the postal service. The Universal
Postal Union is currently working on a master plan to rehabilitate
the Liberian postal services.
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The First Woman to Address a Summit
of the African Union Reflects on the Relationship between
Africa and the United Nations
The
annual summit of African Union leaders ended on Tuesday
in the Ghanaian capital Accra. The theme of this year's
meeting was the creation of a continental integrated African
government. UN Deputy Secretary-General, Asha Rose-Migiro
became the first woman to address the meeting. UN Radio's
Gerry Adams talks to her about the challenges of a Pan-African
government.
An Urgent Appeal to Stop Severe
Malnutrition in Kenya's Refugee Camps
Somali and Sudanese refugees living in camps
in Kenya are in serious danger of malnutrition.
It's the Halfway Mark to Meet
the Millennium Development Goals. The deadline - 2015. Can
Africa do it?
"Reduce by half the proportion of people living on
less than a dollar a day" - that's the first of eight
targets to reduce poverty agreed by world leaders seven
years ago.
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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? Transcript
