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Liberian Villagers Answer Your Questions
Society & Culture  (tags: africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, humans, politics, world, society, news, family, children )

Michael
- 1887 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Yesterday was perhaps Liberia's greatest day. Formed by freed slaves from the United States of America, few Americans know of its history or the people who are many of Americans closest African relatives. Meet them here and see how simple their hope is.
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GUINEA: Children Exploited, Abandoned, Sold Into Slavery
Society & Culture  (tags: world, africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', orphans, hunger, politics, ethics, children, abuse, rights, humans )

Michael
- 1922 days ago - irinnews.org
They both said they were 13, but Alya is very small and Abubakar laughs when he says his age. The boys said they walked the streets at night looking through rubbish to see if someone had thrown away something they could eat.
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Boost for Africa's Depleted Soils - Nairobi/Africa
Society & Culture  (tags: africa, niarobi, soils, gates, soil, famring, women )

Chrissy
- 1939 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A $180m (£90m) five-year project to revive sub-Saharan Africa's depleted soils has been launched in Nairobi. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa's (AGRA) Soil Health Program will work with 4.1 million farmers to regenerate 6.3m hectares of farm
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DRC: "The Rapists Roam the Streets" Price of Rape = 1 Goat.
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, government, crime, rape, violence, africa, children, society, family, violence, women, society )

Michael
- 1943 days ago - irinnews.org
Stopped the war but - The rapists roam the streets; [local] customs allow them to pay a goat [as recompense to the victim's family] without serving prison terms. Even worse, some of the rapists are HIV-positive or old and rape girls of around 12 and 13
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DRC: Sexual Violence - the Scourge of the East
Society & Culture  (tags: government, africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', violence, Refugees&Relief, women, children, abuse, society )

Michael
- 1943 days ago - irinnews.org
I think it is more a desire to destroy rather than getting any pleasure out of this act," said Angela Kishabagasifa of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). "It's not about destroying an enemy. It's about destroying women."
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Dallas TX Christian School Students Collect Bicycles for African Children - BUS, Too!
Society & Culture  (tags: Dallas, Texas, Christian school, Africa, children, students, Christmas, bicycles, heroes, donations )

Summer Lu
- 1958 days ago - dallasnews.com
A drive by Christian School students to provide bicycles to the children of a West African village who walk up to 12 miles to school. 350 new and used bicycles, plus other supplies, wait at a North Dallas warehouse for shipment within the next week.
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The Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Africa
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, africa, children, crime, deaths, HumanRights, world, UnitedNations, children, crime, death, world )

Cynthia
- 2004 days ago - article.wn.com
Natheefa Ali, who trudged up this road a week ago to escape the blood bath that Mogadishu has turned into, said Monday that her 10-month-old baby was so malnourished she can't swallow. "Look," Natheefa said, pointing to her daughter's splotchy legs, "h
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AIDS and Childhood in Southern Africa
Society & Culture  (tags: children, aids, hiv, safety, protection, africa )

Julia
- 2061 days ago - irinnews.org
"My sister is six years old. There are no grown-ups living with us. I need a bathroom tap and clothes and shoes. And water also, inside the house. But especially, somebody to tuck me and my sister in at night."
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Child Marriage
Society & Culture  (tags: africa, world, violence, rights, children, education, women )

Madalena
- 2087 days ago - unfpa.org
In many regions of the world where virginity is given a high social value, girls are married off at a young age, often to men many years older. A child bride faces greater health risks and experiences real physical violation and trauma as her young body
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SWAZILAND: AIDS Activists Call for Death Penalty for HIV Infection By Rape
Society & Culture  (tags: women, rape, HIV, aids, africa )

Julia
- 2200 days ago - irinnews.org
"Giving a little girl HIV is like giving her a death sentence," Nonhlanhla Dlamini, director of the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA). A rising incidence of rape in Swaziland is fuelling a debate...
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Child Soldiers: "A Four-Foot Tall Killing Machine"
Society & Culture  (tags: africa, afganistan, kosovo, world, children, violence, ChildAbuse, child soldiers )


- 2202 days ago - alertnet.org
From Sierra Leone to Congo, from Afghanistan to Kosovo, child soldiers are the war weapon of choice, "easily manipulated, intensely loyal, fearless and, most important, in endless supply",
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