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Côte d'Ivoire: Offensive launched to dislodge mutineers
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
Ivorian government troops on Tuesday launched an offensive to dislodge mutineering soldiers from Bouake, 350 km north of the commercial capital, Abidjan, and Korhogo, 634 km north, as several sub-regional initiatives were announced to try to ease tension with neighbours."Heavy shooting has been going on for several hours now," said a source in Bouake who spoke to IRIN on Tuesday afternoon. "We don't know what is going on because people are indoors."State radio reported on Tuesday morning that loyalist forces had entered Bouake. Other sources said military reinforcements had been beefed up near the town but there were fears for the safety of the Minister of Sport, Francois Amichia, who was still held by the mutineers.Sources from Ferkessedougou, 50 km northeast of Korhogo, told IRIN by telephone that fighting broke out between loyalist troops and mutineers in the town on Tuesday morning. The mutineers were moving towards Boundiali town, 100 km west of Korhogo, they said."The rebel troops... Read More...
Chad: Rebel leader dies in hospital
The leader of Chad's main rebel organisation, Youssouf Togoimi, has died of his wounds in a hospital in Tripoli, Libya, media sources quoted an adviser as saying.Togoimi, who was the founding leader of the Mouvement pour la Democratie et...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Sao Tome: No problems with army, says president
Sao Tome and Principe's President Fradique de Menezes on Monday downplayed differences within the archipelago's army over recent promotions, news agencies reported.Menezes said there had been some unease over his promotion of two...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Ethiopia: EC pledges money for food aid
The European Commission has pledged about Euros 15 million for drought-stricken Ethiopia – dependent on the scale of the food emergency.It is expected to announce that the money will buy 67,000 mt of food aid after the Ethiopian government...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Nigeria: Ijaw militants seize oil facilities
Militants from ethnic Ijaw communities in the west of Nigeria's Niger Delta oil region said on Tuesday they had shut down a number of oil facilities in protest at what they consider to have been cheating in the delineation of wards for...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Ethiopia: Rise in child deaths in Afar
Child deaths in drought-stricken Afar Region, northeastern Ethiopia, have risen dramatically over the past four months, according to the latest nutritional survey from the area.Some 36 children have died in the regional capital Asyaita...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Burundi: Torture of children "widespread" - Amnesty
Human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has called for an end to the torture and ill-treatment of children which, it says, is "widespread" in Burundi."Age is no protection," says AI in a new report entitled "Poverty, Isolation...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Kenya: Government position on AIDS drugs "contradictory"
A coalition of organisations involved in the fight for access to essential medicines in Kenya, has urged the Kenyan government to clarify its "contradictory" position on a new law aimed at expanding use of HIV/AIDS treatment in the country....
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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Centrafrica: Anti-leprosy campaign in west
An anti-leprosy campaign has been conducted in western regions of the Central African Republic (CAR) with the aim of educating the population about preliminary signs of leprosy."The campaign was aimed at drawing the attention of the population...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Thursday, 19 September 2002 | Category:
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Djibouti: Govt says US has not asked to launch attack on Iraq
Djibouti says the US has never asked for permission to use its territory to launch attacks against Iraq.According to government spokesman Rifki Abdouldaker Bamakhrama, Djibouti was "opposed to any action of the kind", the Djibouti news...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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DR Congo: Government bans Rwandan rebel groups
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Tuesday a ban on all armed Rwandan groups operating in the country, and said their leaders had been declared personae non gratae on Congolese territory.A communique issued...
Source/Publisher: IRIN | Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 | Category:
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South Africa: Bafana Bafana poised to lift COSAFA Cup
With a 3-1 away victory over Malawi national team, the Flames it is obvious that South Africa's Bafana Bafana easily become this year's COSAFA Castle Cup champions. The game on Saturday in Malawi's second city of Blantyre between Bafana...
Source/Publisher: Malawi Insider | Date: Sunday, 22 September 2002 | Category:
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South Africa: Coach predicts Bafana Bafana victory
South African National Football Team coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has said that despite the threats and loud outbursts that Malawi Flames' coach, players, analysts and supporters have been issuing, he and his boys are now determined to...
Source/Publisher: Malawi Insider | Date: Saturday, 21 September 2002 | Category:
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Human and Labour Rights Included as Bargaining Chips at WSSD
"Human rights and labour rights are not for sale and must not be traded" said the New Zeland Council of Trade Unions representative at the WSSD summit Richard Wagstaff."We are concerned that any 'packages' that will inevitably arise will...
Author: ICFTU | Source/Publisher: ICFTU | Date: Friday, 30 August 2002 | Category: Press Releases
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DR Congo: La CISL condamne les violations des droits de l'homme
Bruxelles - Un tollé international contre les violations des droits syndicaux commises en République démocratique du Congo a suivi un appel à la solidarité lancé par la Confédération internationale des Syndicats libres (CISL) en faveur...
Author: CISL | Source/Publisher: CISL | Date: Thursday, 1 August 2002 | Category: Press Releases
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