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Violence against journalists in Uganda
22/05/2012 - International report

Violence against journalists in Uganda

With over 30 incidents of harassment against them in the first four months of this year alone, journalists in Uganda say the space for freedom of expression in the country is decreasing.

18/05/2012 - Report: Somalia

17 civilians sentenced to death in Somaliland

In Somalia, a military tribunal has convicted and sentenced 17 civilians to death by firing squad, over the killing of three policemen.

12/05/2012 - France

Firefighters accused of alleged rape during violent initiation ceremony

Twelve firemen belonging to France’s elite Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris have been charged with the alleged rape of a recruit during a initiation ceremony on a bus carrying a ...

Dozens killed in Burundi political violence
02/05/2012 - International report

Dozens killed in Burundi political violence

Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing the scores of killings that have occurred in Burundi since the elections in 2010.

30/04/2012 - Report: Syria

Red Crescent death - Syrian medics say they're being targeted

The UN envoy to Syria, Major General Robert Mood, is now in Damascus, at the head of a 30-person observer force, to monitor a more than two-week-old ceasefire which so far has failed to stop ...

Pipeline damage threatens Sudan and South Sudan oil flow
23/04/2012 - African news explained

Pipeline damage threatens Sudan and South Sudan oil flow

An advocacy group has published new images showing an essential part of the pipeline infrastructure in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan has been destroyed. in recent clashes.

06/04/2012 - Report: Syria-Uganda

World parliamentary body to send fact-finding mission to Syria

The international organisation of parliamentarians, the Inter Parliamentary Union or IPU, is to send a fact-finding mission to Syria to assess the situation and take any necessary measures to help ...

28/03/2012 - France - United States

Strauss-Kahn called women 'equipment', leaked police transcript reveals

Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn called women “equipment” when organising sex sessions between his friends and prostitutes, according to an alleged French police transcript.

Sudanese flee violence in South Kordofan
27/03/2012 - African news explained

Sudanese flee violence in South Kordofan

Sudan says the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan is stable.

22/03/2012

African press review 22 March 2012

Much in the African press about the ongoing political crisis in Mali and in Uganda, coverage of the death of a policeman...

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