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Head of UN Peacekeeping Says
Sudan Creates Obstacle for Darfur Mission
The
head of UN Peacekeeping operations warns that the deployment
of a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission
in Darfur is facing serious obstacles. Jean-Marie Guehenno
told the Security Council on Tuesday that there are still
serious shortfalls in providing personnel and equipment
for the operation. "We have made some real progress
at the level of principles but it's not principles that
are going to save people, it's men on the ground, it's capacities."
Agriculture Agency Says Paying
Farmers Can Protect the Environment
The
Food and Agriculture Organization says that farmers should
be given financial incentives to encourage them to use practices
that are environmentally friendly. Professor Gerald Nelson
of the University of Illinois in the United States, says
that in Africa, such a scheme can also help to alleviate
poverty while protecting the environment.
Poverty and Diseases Continue to Plague Africa
Disease and poverty are problems that continue to interact
and plague the African continent, as it struggles to meet
the millennium development goals of cutting by half the
number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.
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Allegations Persist About Alleged
Attempt to Abduct Chadian Children
There are new allegations about
the alleged attempt by
a French non-governmental organization to fly 103children
out of Chad to France. According to the Sudanese Commissioner
for Humanitarian Assstance, Dr Hassabu Mohammed Abdelrahman,
some of the children were from Sudan and the aborted operation
was part of a plan to smuggle up to 10,000 children out
of Chad and Sudan to be enslaved in France. He says French
authorities and some UN agencies knew about it.
UN
and Liberian Government Launch Campaign against Crime
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the government
of Liberia have launched a fresh nationwide campaign against
crime, under the theme "Say no to crime, prevent it,
report it". UNMIL spokesman Ben Malor says the campaign
is aimed at encouraging people to work with the police to
fight crime in the country." Everyone must come
on board and report crime or suspicious events so that they
can be dealt with."
World Bank Initiative Helps Young Entrepreneurs in Rwanda
Starting
your own business can be a risky venture. But a new initiative
by the World Bank aims to make it easier for young entrepreneurs
to realize their dreams of running their own show. On a
recent visit to Rwanda, Diane Bailey met two young entrepreneurs
who are providing translation services and planning weddings.
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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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