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First group of Ivorian refugees return home from Liberia

October 26, 2011 Global Author

MONROVIA, Liberia, October 25 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has facilitated the return of the first group of Ivorian refugees who have opted for voluntary repatriation from Liberia, where they sought safety during the unrest that rocked Côte d'Ivoire after presidential elections last year. . Read More

UNCHR to investigate Gaddafi death

October 22, 2011 Global Author

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) office called on Friday for a full investigation into the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and voiced concerns that he may have been executed. Separate cellphone images showed a wounded and bloodied Gaddafi first alive and then later dead amidst a jostling crowd of anti-Gaddafi fighters after his capture in his hometown... Read More

NATO lies that led to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s death

October 22, 2011October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, Hillary Clinton, US, US Politics

It's as if it's a habit they can't kick. Once again US, British and other Nato forces bombarded an Arab country with cruise missiles and bunker-busting bombs. Both David Cameron and Barack Obama insisted this was nothing like Iraq. They used lies some of which are listed below to justify this aggression to address an african problem. . Read More

According to UNHCR thousands flee Somalia including 20,000 to Yemen

October 22, 2011 Global Author

GENEVA, October 21 (UNHCR) –The deteriorating humanitarian situation in Somalia has forced almost 320,000 Somalis to flee their country so far this year. "While the majority are seeking safety and aid in neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia, many Somalis continue to head northwards to embark on the risky sea journey across the Gulf of Aden," UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic told journalists in... Read More

Gaddafi: Death of an era, dawn of an era

October 21, 2011 Global Authordeath, Gaddafi, Libya, NATO, NTC, war

First accounts are almost never correct, but if the circumstances of Libyan Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi's death prove to be as reported, they will provide yet another, final irony in a life replete with them. The man whose success relied upon a combination of great-power manipulation and the ability to sustain the fantasy that he embodied the aspirations of... Read More

Somehow surviving: A story of chronic need, hope and despair

October 21, 2011 Global AuthorActionAid Rwanda, agriculture, farming, food crisis, Rwanda, Sulah Nuwamanya, women empowerment

By Sulah Nuwamanya-Partnership Development and Communications Manager for Actionaid Rwanda Rwanda (Kigali) Bernadite Nyitogwiza of Muganza Village in Muganza Sector, Gisagara District, Southern Province has survived to the age of 88 despite a life of permanent challenge to meet her basic needs and those of her family. Born in 1923 in the same community where she now lives, she and… Read More

End political impasse in Rwanda

October 21, 2011 Global AuthorAustralian Greens, democracy, Frank habineza, Friends of Rwanda Greens, Paul Kagame, Perth, Rwanda

Friends of Rwandan Greens (FoRG) call upon the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia, to prevail on the Government of Rwanda and ensure that democracy and human rights are upheld and end the political impasse in the country. . Read More

SOMALIA: Tempted with a phone to carry a gun

October 20, 2011 Global Author

NAIROBI, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Civil society sources in Mogadishu estimate there are between 1,000 and 2,000 children in the ranks of Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgency, some as young as nine. IRIN spoke to relatives and child protection advocates about the group’s recruitment methods. . Read More

KENYA: Disease concerns as flash floods hit coastal area

October 20, 2011October 21, 2016 Global Author

MOMBASA, 17 October 2011 (IRIN) - Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have claimed several lives, damaged schools and destroyed sewage systems, leading to fears of disease outbreaks, according to officials and local residents. . Read More

The Rwanda Peoples Party: Statement of Facts

October 18, 2011 Global Authorfreedom, Genocide, Habyarimana, John V. Karuranga, politics, refugees, Rwanda, Rwanda peopels Party

The oppositional climate of Rwandan Politics is an ever changing situation. There are many groups in exile and as they continue the struggle for peace as well as political and press freedoms within Rwanda they are also facing mounting challenges and numerous vocal critics. . Read More