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4 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Africa: Inclusive Sex Education Needed in Schools

With the exception of South Africa, most African countries criminalise same-sex relationships with imprisonment, while incidents of violence against gay women and men are poorly investigated and rarely taken to court.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Transgendered, Africa

9 hrs ago | IRIN News

GLOBAL : Fortified flour and chewing gum - new approaches to malnutrition

Some of the most widespread forms of malnutrition can best be reduced by delivering micronutrients and fortifying food in new, cost-effective ways, in combination with community outreach work, experts have said.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Article: Kenya reluctant to cooperate in 2007 election violence investigation

The key figures behind the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya, in which 1500 people were killed, will be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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Seattle's WB

American fleeing Somalia says US officials accused him of al-Qaida link

A New Jersey man alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday that U.S. officials were responsible for falsely imprisoning him for several months in Africa on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida. Amir Meshal of Tinto Falls, N.J., says that in December 2006 he fled Mogadishu, Somalia, where he had gone to study Islam, and was accused by U.S. officials who ...

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Related Topix: Travel, Somalia Travel, Somalia, World News, Africa, Kenya Travel

Medical News Today

Kenya To Launch MSM Survey To Help Control Spread Of HIV

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Men's health ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST TIME examines the Kenyan government's upcoming survey of gay men and other men who have sex with men in the country's "three biggest cities" in an effort to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. The survey, which will launch next year, "is ...

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Safaricom Profits Up to Sh9.1 Billion

Safaricom's half year pre-tax profit for the period ending September 30, 2009 rose 1.7 per cent against a competitive environment and dwindling average revenue per user .

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Inter Press Service

HEALTH: Uganda's Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine

Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack

Two, blue overalls, of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya, Monday Nov.

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Walta Information Centre

Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda Get U.S. $452 Million for Roads

This is because the African Development Bank board of directors has approved a total of $452 million for development of road infrastructure in the four countries.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Africa, Kenya Travel, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Travel,

Telegraph.co.uk

Somalia's Sufis organise in face of 'existential' threat

On Thursday Somalia's main Sufi movement, Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa, wrapped up an unprecedented conference in Nairobi to strategise its response to the rise and radicalisation of the Shebab group.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa, Religion, Islam

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Kenyan officials face Hague trial

International prosecutor ready to act against government officials accused over deaths of 1,133 people Senior Kenyan government officials suspected of committing crimes against humanity during last year's election violence could be indicted in The Hague as soon as next year, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mwai Kibaki

Time

In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo

Kenya is to conduct a survey of gays in an attempt to control the spread of HIV.

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Lisburn Today

St Paul's team helps clergy get on their bikes in Kenya

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

United Nations

UN launches campaign harnessing support to end violence against women

The United Nations kicked off a campaign today mobilizing people around the world to take part in a drive to stop the pandemic of violence suffered by women at the hands of men.

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Voice of America

ICC Prosecutor Promises Speed in Kenya Proceedings

Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor of the ICC, speaks during a press conference at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Nov 2009 The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, ended a crucial visit to Kenya Saturday detailing his plan to speedily investigate and then prosecute the top suspects of the nation's post-election ...

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CBS News

U.N. Says U.S. Delays Food Aid to Somalia

The United Nations says it's running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to al Qaeda.

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The Aspen Times

A paramedic's long-distance aid

Snowmass Village firefighter and paramedic Brandon Potter prepares to hand out stuffed animals to children in the African village of Kolunga, an island community in Lake Victoria, Kenya, last year.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Chief Prosecutor Leaves Country, Awaits ICC Permission to Start Investigations

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo leaves on Saturday morning with the fate of Kenya's post-election violence suspects resting with judges at The Hague.

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Time

After Kenyan Stalling, the ICC Will Investigate Post-Election Riots

The ICC is pushing to bring to justice those responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya.

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IRIN

Samuel Mwangi, "Being an IDP is like being in jail"

NANYUKI, Two years after violence forced Samuel Mwangi off his farm in the Kiambogo location of Nakuru District in Rift Valley Province, the father of seven is still struggling to rebuild his life and educate his children.

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