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In Zimbabwe Police Intensify NGO raids
May 2, 2008 (Zimbabwe Independent via AllAfrica)
Police this week intensified their crackdown on civil society by arresting employees of a humanitarian organisation, Action Aid. The non-governmental organisation’s acting director Anne Chipembere, senior programmes officer Precious Shumba and three other employees were arrested in Mayo, Manicaland, by police officers from the Law and Order department.
Sierra Leone: Reduce Foodstuff Importation, Says ActionAid
May 1, 2008 (Concord Times via AllAfrica)
Country director ActionAid Sierra Leone Tuesday said there was need for the country to reduce the importation of foodstuffs, especially rice, which is the country's staple food.
India PM Calls Aborted Fetuses Shameful
Apr 28, 2008 (Washington Post - AP)
UNCTAD Hears Gender Inequality Becoming Worse - And Better
Apr 24, 2008 (Inter Press Service via AllAfrica)
The only way that the poor, particularly women, will benefit from all the efforts that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has put into improving global trade is to ensure that power inequalities are redressed
The 'World's Biggest Lesson' Held Today
Apr 23, 2008 (This Day (Lagos) - All Africa)
Children in no fewer than 100 countries are today teaching decision makers, education stakeholders and journalists, a lesson about those who miss out on education. The lesson, tagged, 'The World's Biggest Lesson' is attempt to get officials, decision makers and media back to school and get the largest number of individuals taking the same lesson at the same time.
EU and U.S. Failing Poor Farmers, Says ActionAid
Apr 23, 2008 (AllAfrica)
ActionAid has hit out at resistance by the EU and the US to demands by G77 for a stronger role for UNCTAD to regulate trade in agriculture commodities. The EU and US are also accused of starving UNCTAD of resources and limiting its mandate.
IMF - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Apr 15, 2008 (Huffington Post)
There is overwhelming evidence of the failure of the IMF's policy agenda. Mass privatization has led to enormous concentrations of wealth and encouraged corruption. Deregulation has contributed to financial crises, including those that foreshadowed the current global crisis centered in the United States. The overall economic model had impoverished tens of millions and left developing countries poorer. And government budget ceilings and inflation targets have prevented countries from expanding desperately needed investments in healthcare and education.
Modern India Still Prays for Boys
Apr 14, 2008 (AP)
It has long been clear that India has a deep-seated preference for boys. By 2001, researchers estimated the country had anywhere from 20 million to 40 million "missing" girls from sex-selective abortions made available through the spread of ultrasound technology. But as India modernizes — as places like Singhpura become small towns, as towns become cities and as India's once-overwhelming poverty is slowly supplanted by an increasingly educated middle class that wants fewer children — researchers say the problem is only getting worse.
Congress Should Demand IMF Policy Reform Before Approving Gold Sales, Coalition Says
Apr 8, 2008 (Common Dreams)
As the IMF announces plans to sell gold to fund its future operations, a large U.S. coalition of health, labor, faith-based and development organizations is urging the U.S. Congress not to approve gold sales unless the IMF adopts changes to policies that have restricted investments in health, education and HIV/AIDS spending in sub-Saharan African and other developing countries.
Another poor year for overseas aid
Apr 5, 2008 (The Guardian)
Developing countries are betrayed by richer nations failing to fulfill their pledges.
Relief supplies reach northern Afghanistan after worst winter in 25 years
Apr 3, 2008 (ActionAid )
After 28 months in prison, Daniel and Netsanet are free
Mar 28, 2008 (ActionAid Press Release)
After 28 months in prison, Daniel and Netsanet are free. Anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie released from prison in Ethiopia
No More Liberalisation, Trade Ministers Urged
Mar 19, 2008 (OneWorld.net)
Trade ministers from the world's poorest countries must stand firm this week against WTO moves to further liberalise world trade, a move which has already cost sub-Saharan Africa $272 bn over the last twenty years, says ActionAid.
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