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Two Independent Journalists Are
Killed in Somalia
Two
prominent figures in the Somali independent media were killed
within hours of each other last Saturday. HornAfrik radio
producer Mahad Ahmed Elmi was shot dead and the radio station
owner Ali Iman Sharmake died when his car ran over a landmine
and exploded. Last year, UN Radio interviewed Mr. Elmi about
the role of HornAfrik in Somalia.
Deploying Peacekeepers in Somalia
Faces Difficulties
Deploying more peacekeepers in Somalia continues to face
problems as only Ugandan troops have so far taken up positions
in the troubled country. The UN envoy for Somalia, Francois
Lonseny Fall, says the African Union needs funding in order
to bring in peacekeepers from other African countries.
World Food Programme Feeds Thousands
of Zimbabweans
The World Food Programme is increasing its assistance to
hundreds of thousands of people in need of food in Zimbabwe.
WFP spokesman, Richard Lee, says over the next eight months
the agency is going to feed more than 10 times the current
number of 300,000 who are getting food from WFP.
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Darfur Movements Agree on Common
Platform for Negotiations
Groups that have not signed the Darfur Peace Agreement met
in Arusha.Tanzania, and agreed on a common platform for
peace talks with the Sudanese government. But one faction
of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid boycotted
the Arusha talks. In spite of this, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson,
says there is now a need to maintain the momentum to resolve
the Darfur crisis.
Maasai Women Face Discrimination
in Land Ownership in Kenya
August 9 is marked as the International Day for the World's
Indigenous People. In Kenya, while the indigenous people
face difficulties related mainly to land rights, Maasai
women face double discrimination, as a Maasai activist,
Catherine Mutua explains.
African Leaders Hold Capacity Building Forum in Maputo
As part of their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015, African leaders held the Second Capacity
Building Forum in Maputo from 1 to 3 August. Dr. Hesphina
Rukoto of the New Partnership for Africa's Development says
the main resolutions at the meeting were about strategies
that Africa needs to be able to achieve the MDGs.
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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?
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