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Guantanamo detainees transfered to Algeria

The US Department of Justice has announced that two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the government of Algeria.

Signs of rising sectarian tension

CAIRO, 13 January 2010 (IRIN) – A 6 January drive-by shooting on a Coptic Christian congregation leaving midnight mass on their Christmas Eve in Nagaa Hammadi, southern Egypt, has focused attention on decades-old tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.

Corruption fuels maternal deaths, Amnesty says

DAKAR, 22 September 2009 (IRIN) – Corruption and mis-management of health services combined with low capacity, contribute to Sierra Leone having the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan has told IRIN.

Drought, banditry threaten stability in Uganda’s Karamoja region – IRC

NAIROBI, 21 September 2009 (IRIN) – Violent conflicts and cattle rustling have reduced in Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region, but severe drought and increased banditry are challenging the area’s fragile stability, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned in a new statement.

Slow progress on prison reform say lawyers

ABUJA, 18 September 2009 (IRIN) – In June 150 prisoners escaped from Enugu state prison in southeastern Nigeria, beating wardens and raping female prisoners before they fled.

IDPs out of reach as violence hinders agencies

Weeks after fighting between government and rebel forces in North Darfur, aid workers have yet to reach thousands of displaced civilians who sought refuge in nearby mountains and forests.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which sent a team to areas north and west of Disa and Birmaza, found that [...]

Le gouvernement pointé du doigt pour des rafles punitives après une attaque rebelle

Le gouvernement soudanais a une nouvelle fois été accusé d’avoir procédé à des exécutions sommaires et à des arrestations arbitraires massives, à la suite d’une attaque lancée par les rebelles du Darfour, à Khartoum, en mai – des accusations rejetées par les autorités.

Le texte intégral: http://www.irinnews.org/fr/ReportFrench.aspx?ReportId=80546

Une ONG se retire après une attaque contre ses employés

Une organisation internationale (ONG) a suspendu ses activités à la suite d’attaques contre ses employés dans l’Ituri, une région de la province Orientale, dans le nord-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), selon un haut responsable.

Le texte intégral: http://www.irinnews.org/fr/ReportFrench.aspx?ReportId=80621

Terrorist attack hits already-fragile economy

Alleged terrorist attacks on 14 September in Tourine in the northeast killed 11 soldiers and their civilian guide, confirmed Mauritania’s newly-installed defence ministry on 20 September. Analysts say the economy can ill-afford this additional blow in the face of donor sanction threats. The European Union (EU), US government and [...]

Mixed report card in 2008 corruption index

Nine West African countries shot up while nine others sank lower in the 2008 Transparency International (TI) ranking of perceptions of corruption in 180 countries. Of the 180 countries surveyed, eight West African countries placed in the bottom 20: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, [...]

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