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HIV, stigma, animation, music.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [AIDS] |
Anti-poverty charity War on Want has appointed John Hilary as its new executive director.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Civil society] |
Allegations of corruption and trafficking in gold and guns by the UN are met by an airy dismissal from within the world organisation. But the claims may not be dismissed so easily.
more...On the From Our Own Correspondent page, click Listen: World Service edition. Also, watch Panorama this evening. + UN peacekeepers 'traded gold and guns with Congolese rebels' Related topics/regions: [Media] [Corruption & transparency] [United Nations] Image: United Nations
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Kenyan marathon champion Paul Tergat is to take part in a 15km race - "Running Side by Side for Peace" - in Nairobi on Sunday 27 April.
more...Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Conflict resolution] Image: Running Side by Side Healing Marathon
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The first World Malaria Day hears a call for action by UK civil society.
more...+ A long way to go Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Malaria] Image: Red Cross bednets in Niger © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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It's the usual story: big promises and grandiose plans for Africa - this time for the world's largest hydroelectric project. Then reality sets in: as discussions begin, the host country, Congo, isn't there.
more...Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Energy] |
A "silent tsunami" unleashed by costlier food threatens 100 million people, the UN said on Tuesday, as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would seek changes to EU biofuels targets if it was shown that planting crops for fuel was driving up food prices.
more...+ ODI evidence on WFP and Global Food Security to the International Development Committee Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Food] Image: Gordon Brown
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A young British entrepreneur, a global health think-tank and an African medical research institute have teamed up to launch an initiative to raise money for the fight against malaria.
more...Image: Plants that repel mosquitoes
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As the New Economics Foundation cast doubts on London's promise of a legacy for the poor from the 2012 Olympics, Nepali soldiers were told to shoot if necessary to "protect" the Olympic torch from pro-Tibet demonstrators.
more...Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Tibet] [United Kingdom] [Politics] Image: olimpiadi in Cina - da Olympicswatch.org
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Wherever you live, this year's Stop the Arms Trade Week (1-8 June) is a great opportunity to take coordinated local action against the weapons trade.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Arms & military] Image: Rifle © Oxfam Great Britain
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Campaigners dressed as pirates stage a demonstration against moves by UK-based multinational corporation BP to control the development, production and depletion of Iraqs oil reserves.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Corporations] |
A new platform for information, knowledge and networking on gender and climate change is launched.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Gender] Image: Climate change rally, London
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War on Want, the London Mining Network and ActionAid demonstrated outside British mining giant Anglo American's AGM today. ActionAid challenged the company's board to drink water from villages close to platinum mines in the Limpopo region of South Africa. .
more...+ Protest at Anglo American AGM From: War on Want, ActionAid International USA Image: Protest at Anglo American AGM, London, April 2008
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You can now zoom into displacement camps in Darfur, Chad, Iraq, Colombia and elsewhere in a new online programme unveiled by Google and the UN refugee agency.
more...Related topics/regions: [Refugees] [Internet] [United Nations] Image: Viewing refugees
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Make a short video about why US leadership is necessary to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and win $1,000.
more...From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Related topics/regions: [Nuclear Issues] [Media] Image: Nuclear weapons test, 1951 © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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A change of government in Zimbabwe could mean a change in the status of thousands of refugees in Britain.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Zimbabwe] [Refugees] |
Enter the OneWorld Citizen Journalism Awards. The winning report will be featured on OneWorlds unique syndication service on Yahoo! News.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Media] |
Put your questions to Molly Melching and the women of Senegal, OneWorld's People of the Year.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [Gender] Image: Molly Melching and women from the village of Malicounda Bambara gather with thousands of others to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the village's decision to abandon female genital cutting; August 2007. © Tostan
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About 60 per cent of annual turnover in UK retailing occurs during the Christmas period. A new briefing, The Carbon Cost of Christmas, exposes some of the biggest festival 'No-nos' followed by some big Christmas Yes-yeses'.
more...From: New Economics Foundation Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Consumption] |
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