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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
KAMPALA, Jan 29, 2010 (IPS) - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign against gay people.
MIDEAST: In Prison, and Denied Education.
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GAZA CITY, Aug 11, 2011 (IPS) - Access to education for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is getting worse as international organisations remain unwilling or unable to intervene. Secondary- school students here completed their exams in June, and received their results by end of July. However, the 1,800 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to complete their exams were not permitted to do so by the Israeli Prison Service..
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(Official Impact Hub Accra Photo by Justice Okai-Allotey)
This official Impact Hub Accra photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the Founders of Impact Hub Accra.
MIDEAST: In Prison, and Denied Education
GAZA CITY, Aug 11, 2011 (IPS) - Access to education for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is getting worse as international organisations remain unwilling or unable to intervene. Secondary- school students here completed their exams in June, and received their results by end of July. However, the 1,800 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to complete their exams were not permitted to do so by the Israeli Prison Service.
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(Official Impact Hub Accra Photo by Justice Okai-Allotey)
This official Impact Hub Accra photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the Founders of Impact Hub Accra.
MALAWI: Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
LILONGWE, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS) - A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
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(Official Impact Hub Accra Photo by Justice Okai-Allotey)
This official Impact Hub Accra photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the Founders of Impact Hub Accra.
Transgenics Prosper Amidst Pragmatism and Collateral Damage
BUENOS AIRES (IPS) – The advertising department of Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta was on a roll in early 2004 when it published a map that dubbed a large area of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay the “United Republic of Soy”.
LIBYA: Where Resistance to Gaddafi Runs High.
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NALUT, Libya, Aug 10, 2011 (IPS) - Recent victories in Libyaâs western mountains have led to a brief reprieve from violence and local fighters and civilians are slowly trying to piece their lives back together..
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FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, Dec 15, 2009 , Elizabeth Kumba Simbiwa Sorgboh Torto has declared herself available for the position of paramount chief in the Nimiyama chiefdom.
TSHWANE, CORRUPTION-AFRICA, Dec 9, 2009 , Dr. Jonathan Lucas says corruption is preventing the world from meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
Malawi Missing Its Local Government
LILONGWE, Jan 18, 2011 (IPS) - An hour and fifteen minutes each day: Melina Kalunga has plenty of time to measure how long it takes to resolve a legal battle over Malawi's Electoral Commission.
ZAMBIA: Calls for Political Parties to Field 50 Percent Female Candidates
LUSAKA , Jul 22, 2010 (IPS) - With women having achieved little in terms of representation in decision-making positions in Zambia, a national women’s lobby group is hoping to change this in the 2011 general elections.
Senegalese Students Call for President to Step Down
DAKAR, Feb 6, 2012 (IPS) - The friends of slain Senegalese student protester, Mamadou Diop, say that the 32-year-old master’s student was against injustice and that is why he was protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term of office.
CORRUPTION-AFRICA: A Crime Against Development
TSHWANE, Dec 9, 2009 (IPS) - Corruption is preventing the world from reducing extreme poverty, from averting child deaths and even from fighting epidemics like HIV/AIDS. And it will have a devastating effect on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals if not tackled directly by each national government.
From our window we witnessed endless miles of desert scenery. Beautiful and inhospitable, it made me want to explore it, and trek through it! I think that one will remain a pipe-dream!
Ability Program: MapAbility Mapping Westlands.
Volunteers mapping the city of Nairobi, Westlands Area.
Evento para treinamento de facilitadores para o programa Active Citizens, do British Council, no dia 29 de setembro de 2016.
Xerém, Duque de Caxias, RJ.
Fotos: Zuppa Filmes (Andréa Testoni e Eduardo Martino).
Not to be recommended, but this man was managing it quite successfully nontheless. What I love about Asia is sights like this.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: "You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay"
KAMPALA, Nov 9, 2009 (IPS) - The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.
KENYA: Rural Parents Prevent HIV Transmission to their Children
NAIROBI and KIENI, Kenya, Jun 23, 2010 (IPS) - When Samuel Mwangi’s one-year-old HIV-positive son died five years ago, he thought the death of his child also meant the death of his family’s legacy. "I wept. And to the bottom of my heart, I knew that that was the end of my generation," said HIV-positive Mwangi.
LIBYA: Where Resistance to Gaddafi Runs High
NALUT, Libya, Aug 10, 2011 (IPS) - Recent victories in Libya’s western mountains have led to a brief reprieve from violence and local fighters and civilians are slowly trying to piece their lives back together.
ANGOLA: Changing More than Policies
LUANDA, Jun 18, 2010 (IPS) - She may have been little-known in political circles until now, but by putting herself forward as the first female independent presidential candidate, Luisete Macedo Araújo (50) has thrust herself into the limelight.
GGLI Program: Nakuru, Bahati location
An GGLI Data tarining ongoing in Nakuru County, Bahati Location.
GGLI Program: Nakuru, Bahati location
An GGLI Data tarining ongoing in Nakuru County, Bahati Location.
Ability Program: MapAbility Mapping Westlands.
Volunteers mapping the city of Nairobi, Westlands Area.
PAKISTAN: And Then There Was Light
THATTA, Sindh, Mar 25, 2011 (IPS) - Hasan Ibrahim’s tea stall is the busiest place in the sleepy, sand-dune covered village of Sholani, proof of the economic and social change the arrival of electricity has ushered in.
Ability Program: MapAbility Mapping Westlands.
Volunteers mapping the city of Nairobi, Westlands Area.
MADAGASCAR: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
ANTANANARIVO, Jul 29 , 2010 (IPS) - Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to legalise her organisation as an association. But both women are considering running in Madagascar's November elections.
Ability Program: MapAbility Mapping Westlands.
Volunteers mapping the city of Nairobi, Westlands Area.
Neville has been working with the Sparkbrook Neighbourhood Forum for best part of 2007 to help residents on a £10,000 project to clear more than 40 derelict sites in the area. On them they found hundreds of needles and even discarded safes from robberies and weapons. To hear the story try www.podnosh.com/blog/2008/01/29/nprgsparkbrookbirmingham/ and to se the story have a look at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pfQ0YJsBOc