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- Somalia, Iraq most dangerous places for minorities: NGO
LONDON - Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said Thursday. The five were in unchanged positions from last years Minority Rights Group
- Africa leaders want payment of ransoms made illegal
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - African leaders condemned the payment of kidnap ransoms to free hostages and said the practice should be made illegal because the cash is being used by militants to fund violence. The 53-member African Union adopted a resolution
- BP Southern Africa
operates under this global brand in the downstream sector of the industry. It is involved in a joint venture refinery with Shell in Durban, which produces 180,000 barrels a day and supplies the South African inland market. In the African region BP
- KENYA: MEN ARE NEEDED IN FIGHT FOR GENDER EQUITY
The recent Gender Festival in Kenya has underlined the important role that male activism can play in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. 'Men have a role to play when it comes to ensuring gender equity. It is not just a women's affair.
- Obama Scolds Kenya
US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised Kenya's leadership, expressing concern about the country's political and economic direction. Explaining why Ghana was chosen as his first official destination in black Africa, President Obama singled out
- Ethiopian parliament to vote against defence budget
Parliament discussed on Thursday [2 July], among many issues, regarding the 2009-2010 budget, a motion to cut back the defence budget by a significant margin. Parliament is expected to vote on the motion before it goes on recess. The motion was
- Yemeni official denies suspension of flights to Comoros
A Yemeni official Saturday denied the reports about suspension of all Yemenia Air flights to Comoros following Tuesday's air crash of its Airbus A310 off the Comoran coast near the capital of Moroni. Mohamed Abdel Qadir, a senior civil aviation
- Zimbabwe to review all mining contracts
HARARE: Zimbabwe will re-evaluate all mining contracts and introduce a 'use it or lose it' policy for its mining industry under a proposed law, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. The vetting of mining contracts by Zimbabwe's unity government of
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