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Africa: Faces in Words

Weekly update from the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Update on Counter-Piracy Operations

Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

(NAIROBI, Kenya Ecoterra) - ECOTERRA Intl. and ECOP-marine serve concerning the counter-piracy issues as advocacy groups in their capacity as human rights, marine and maritime monitors as well as in co-operation with numerous other organizations, groups and individuals as information clearing-house.

In difficult cases we have successfully served as mediators.

Empowering the Women of Africa for Peaceful Change

Economic independence for these women means making choices for the first time, having financial options and having a platform for freedom of speech.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.”

The US State department stated in a recent report on sexual violence in the DR Congo that, “Women are a powerful voice for peace and an instrument of development when given the opportunity.

Congolese Women 134 times More Likely to be Raped than American Women

Sexual violence occurred in all provinces.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - More than 400,000 women ages 15 to 49 were raped across all provinces in the DR Congo during a 12-month period in 2006 and 2007.

Stop Killing Rwandans or Resign: RNC Tells President Kagame

Calls upon the USA and the UK to support peaceful and democratic reforms in Rwanda.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - In a not so rare confession of intent to commit murder, the Rwanda Patriotic Front-owned The New Times published an article stating:

“You can run. You can hide. But you won’t escape. Osama bin Laden learnt the lesson of this simple truth”. In short, Kagame is telling Rwandans, “accept my rule and keep quiet, or else I will kill you, as I have killed many others...”

Africa: Faces in Words

Weekly updates from the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Divisions in Sudan` Ruling Party and the Threat to the Country`s Future Stability

The international community must press the NCP to engage in national dialogue.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - International Crisis Group urges Sudan to address internal grievances, or risk further violence and disintegration even after the South’s independence becomes official in July.

The latest report warns that the root causes of chronic conflicts are unaddressed; and have exacerbated ethnic and regional divisions and deepened contradictions.

Rwanda Democratic Green Party Leader Receives Democracy Prize in Swedish Parliament

The Prize is given in honor of the democratic struggle started in Rwanda and the resolve to continue it.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Frank Habineza, Founding President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, has received a Democracy Prize in Swedish Parliament, today, 28th April 2011.

The Prize was awarded by Hon. Bodil Ceballos, a Swedish Parliamentarian, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and alternates on the Defence and Justice Committees. She is also a member of the Green Party of Sweden.

Africa: Faces in Words

Salem-News.com's weekly update from the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Truth vs. Fiction

I guess the Republican Party of Jesus speaks with one voice, if their voting as a block is any indication, and that is disturbing if not down right dangerous.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - The Republican Party’s political agenda is founded on Christian beliefs that are firmly rooted in the minds, if not the souls, of those who embrace it.

It seems to affect about one third of the people of these United States who fail to understand that their religion is not, as Rev. Huckabee says, “totally relevant to politics.”