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Children in SA Condemned to Poverty?

Children in SA Condemned to Poverty? : A new assessment by the World Bank has found that the dismantling of apartheid has not allowed for social transformation that will lift all the youngest citizens of the “Rainbow Nation” out of poverty . Nearly two decades after the end of apartheid in ...

South Sudan: Unicef Launches Campaign to Reduce Child Mortality in South ...

South Sudan: Unicef Launches Campaign to Reduce Child Mortality in South ... : Juba — As South Sudan joins the rest of the world to commemorate world breast-feeding week, which begins 1 August, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday urged communities in the new nation to recognise the value of breast-feeding in ...

Mutaboba Briefs Security Council On Guinea-Bissau

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Mutaboba Briefs Security Council On Guinea-Bissau : Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba, the Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau , met the UN Security Council to brief them on the situation in the west African country. He was accompanied by the President of the Peace building ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Chad le Clos: swimming's new golden boy?

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Chad le Clos: swimming's new golden boy? : So So Gay needs you: 'Hottie or Nottie?' – Right or Wrong? ... Visibly emotional as the South African national hymn was played during the medal ceremony, le Clos was then rather movingly guided around the arena by seasoned professional Phelps. Le Clos' ... So So Gay

Mutaboba briefs Security Council on Guinea-Bissau - In2EastAfrica ...

Mutaboba briefs Security Council on Guinea-Bissau - In2EastAfrica ... : He was accompanied by the President of the Peace building Commission Configuration for Guinea - Bissau , Ambassador Maria Luiza Viotti. Members of the Security Council reiterated their demands for the full restoration of constitutional order ...

UN Security Council reiterates support for Guinea-Bissau elections ...

UN Security Council reiterates support for Guinea-Bissau elections ... : The UN Security Council on Monday reiterated its support for Guinea - Bissau ´s efforts to set up a timetable for holding presidential and legislative elections.

Feds to crack down on fraud, human trafficking among international students

Feds to crack down on fraud, human trafficking among international students OTTAWA — The federal government wants to toughen the rules surrounding student visas in the hopes of cracking down on fraud and human smuggling — even though it's not clear just how big a problem this is. Quietly published in the Canada Gazette late ...

South African Archer, Karen Hultzer, Comes Out During Olympics

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South African Archer, Karen Hultzer, Comes Out During Olympics But for one athlete, her openly gay life-style has never been an issue (or that much of a secret) at all. Karen Hultzer, the only South African Archer this year, confirmed her sexual orientation to SB Nation this week, one week after the original ...

Pew poll shows rising support for gay marriage

Pew poll shows rising support for gay marriage African Americans aren't too keen on same-sex marriage either. The Pew poll reports that “the share of African Americans who support gay marriage is no higher today than it was before Obama's endorsement of gay marriage.” That was in May. An April Pew ...

Angola parties launch election campaign

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Angola parties launch election campaign Angola's oil exports have seen the economy of the country scarred by a three-decade civil war grow rapidly, but most Angolans still live in grinding poverty . "Now that we have achieved most of the national reconstruction programme, our main objective ...

BuchuLife Help to Stem Disappearance of South African Medicinal Flora

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BuchuLife Help to Stem Disappearance of South African Medicinal Flora : South Africa , known the world over for its natural beauty, is at risk of having some of its indigenous flora permanently removed from its landscape. Due to poverty paired with a high risk of illness, a large amount of the South African population ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

New vaccine to reduce child mortality | Brisvaani Radio 1701 AM

New vaccine to reduce child mortality | Brisvaani Radio 1701 AM : In its bid to reduce child mortality , the Ministry of Health launched two new vaccines-Pneumococcal and Rotavirus aimed at reducing the incidence of ...

Human trafficking a worldwide problem

Human trafficking a worldwide problem : Moreover, effective efforts to combat trafficking need to also account for the people who financially benefit from the trafficking of others, whether it is the trafficker or the destination businesses that use trafficked children and adults to save ...

The battle against HIV and Aids, selling sex in India, and what next for Ghana

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The battle against HIV and Aids, selling sex in India, and what next for Ghana : He also talked about his mission to end poverty . On another continent, sex workers from more than 40 countries held an alternative HIV summit to urge the case for their rights and protest at US visa restrictions barring them from attending the ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Ivorian cocoa prices largely stable on weak demand, quality

Ivorian cocoa prices largely stable on weak demand, quality : ABIDJAN , July 31 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmgate prices were stable to slightly lower in most of Ivory Coast's growing regions last week due to poor bean quality and flat buyer activity linked to the annual holiday period, farmers and buyers said on Tuesday.

Women children trafficking on increase in Karnata

Women children trafficking on increase in Karnata : The number of cases of women and children being trafficked in Karnataka has been on the increase in the last five years.

Guinea-Bissau drug trade worries UN

Guinea-Bissau drug trade worries UN : THE UN Security Council is considering calling a summit on Guinea-Bissau and says drug trafficking in the troubled West African state has grown since a junta seized control in April. International efforts to broker a return to constitutional rule in ...

UN condemns Guinea-Bissau junta

UN condemns Guinea-Bissau junta : New York - The UN Security Council on Monday condemned Guinea-Bissau's military coup plotters for maintaining their grip on the West African nation, a notorious international drug transhipment point. A press statement read out by the council's ...

Child Soldier News: Children and the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Child Soldier News: Children and the UN Arms Trade Treaty Arms control activists are concerned over the first draft of the embryonic arms trade treaty. Many cite the existence of “loopholes.” Among the items to be ...

Malawi to discuss human trafficking

Malawi to discuss human trafficking : Views: 2. Human trafficking continues to be one of the vices taking Malawians especially the youth and women into destitution. It is for this reason that Free Expression Institute (FEI) and the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) has gone on board to fight the ...

Women, children trafficking on increase in Karnataka

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Women, children trafficking on increase in Karnataka : In the last five years, there were as many as 3234 cases of women and child trafficking reported in the state, he told the Legislative Council while replying to the issue raised by Congress member R V Venkatesh. Ashoka, who holds the Home portfolio ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Women Exhorted to Participate in Electoral Process

Women Exhorted to Participate in Electoral Process : Luanda — National Executive Secretariat of the ruling party's female wing, OMA, has appealed to all Angolan women to effectively participate in the electoral process, including casting the vote on August 31. On a message, in the ambit of the African ...

New Report Details Religious Right's Neo-Colonial Activities in Africa

New Report Details Religious Right's Neo-Colonial Activities in Africa : How do we counter their lies in places like Africa? I wonder about it a lot. GLBT Africans have as much right to happy lives and freedom as we do, and Africa, and ...

Tanzania: Need to Integrate Gas Policy in Poverty Reduction Plans

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Tanzania: Need to Integrate Gas Policy in Poverty Reduction Plans : AS the country prepares for a vibrant gas regime, economists have advised that government should prepare to connect its gas policies and master plan to poverty reduction initiatives. In a joint response to 'Business Standard', they explained that in a ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity