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Media Freedom And The Threat Of Impunity In Nigeria

Dapo Olorunyomi is editor-in-chief at Premium Times, and he recently wrote about media freedom and the threat of impunity in Nigeria. The past half a decade has been perhaps the most challenging years since Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999. Literally, the fate of some 160...

Syrian child refugees, Fire burns 250 tents in Darfur, Joseph Kony Was Here

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Syrian child refugees in Jordan have no access to school and are forced to work to support their families; Fire burns 250 tents in Darfur IDP camp; Joseph Kony Was Here by Christoph Koettl. - CARE Urges...

Dessine-moi l’Afrique at Dorothy’s Gallery in Paris

Dorothy’s Gallery is a Paris art gallery dedicated to American art and culture. The gallery features many different types of art : painting, photography, sculpture, installations, video art. The mission of Dorothy’s gallery is to promote talented and well known artists, as...

Uganda expels ‘rebels’, Babies victims of rape, Carbon bubble

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement has recommended the expulsion of four outspoken members of parliament from the party; Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: U.N. envoy;...

Three international journalists asked to leave Bahrain

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the Bahraini government ordered three journalists from the British television network ITV to leave the country today, according to news reports citing an ITV spokesman. The journalists, who were also briefly detained on Thursday, are in the...

Tunisia Ben Ali son-in-law granted asylum in Seychelles

The son-in-law of Tunisia’s former president has been granted asylum in the Seychelles, officials say. Businessman Sakher El Materi was arrested as he tried to enter in the island state in December 2012 and reportedly applied to stay in February. He had fled Tunisia for Qatar after...

Congo’s Conflict Gold Trade: U.S. Should Sanction Smugglers

In an article posted by Sasha Lezhnev, the Senior Policy Analyst at Enough Project explains why it is the time for the Obama administration to have a major impact and sanction smugglers: This morning the Wall Street Journal published an exposé on the conflict gold trade from eastern...

An interview with Matt Simmonds, Connecting Kids to Real Food, Human Rights Festival

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: An interview with Matt Simmonds, the liaison officer for the platform of civil society organisations that sits in the OECD Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, BetterAid in Paris; Connecting Kids to Real...

China bird flu crisis claims new victims as death toll rises to 9

Bird flu is spreading in China, and according to a recent article on CNN, China’s bird flu crisis showed no sign of easing Tuesday as the death toll rose to nine, a government agency said. The National Health and Family Planning Commission announced two more fatalities Tuesday...

U.S. trains dogs to sniff out wildlife traffickers

This article by Russell McLendon, published on Mother Nature Network website, provides details on the first graduating class of ‘wildlife detector dogs’ that will soon be stationed at ports around the U.S., part of a growing effort to stem the illegal trade of flora and fauna....