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It Takes a Village to Educate a Girl

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Souleymane Maazou
May 20, 2013 9:02 pm
Between 2001 and 2011, Niger’s overall rate of enrolment for girls rose from 29 to 63 percent, according to the Ministry of Education. Cre...

OP-ED: Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights

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AgnesOdhiambo, Gauri Van Gulik
May 19, 2013 12:00 pm
A mother and her child from West Point, a low-income neighbourhood of Monrovia, Liberia. The 10-worst countries to be a mother in are all in...

Is Kagame Africa’s Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwanda’s tragic history?

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Chris McGreal
May 19, 2013 9:00 am
In the second part of his special report, Chris McGreal meets President Paul Kagame in Kigali – and finds him angryPaul Kagame is angrier ...

Civil Society Under Attack Around the World

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Mandeep S.Tiwana
May 17, 2013 9:02 pm
In December 2011, 159 governments and major international organisations recognised the central role of civil society in development and prom...

‘Passion is absolutely critical if you want to be a good leader’

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Holly Young
May 17, 2013 6:00 pm
Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, executive director of Roll Back Malaria talks about her career and calls for a rights-based approach to developme...

Kenya’s Mukhisa Kituyi nominated to lead UN trade body

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Mark Tran
May 16, 2013 3:07 pm
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon picks former Kenyan trade and industry minister to head UnctadThe UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has no...

Fears of Rebel Infiltration of DR Congo Army

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Taylor Toeka Kakala
May 16, 2013 12:03 pm
M23 rebels near Sake, Eastern DR Congo. The rebel group withdrew from Goma on Saturday, Dec. 1. Credit: William Lloyd-George/IPSThe “b...

White House releases Benghazi emails in bid to quell Republican uproar

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Ewen MacAskill
May 16, 2013 12:00 am
Emails reveal intense negotiations over talking points about the attack as administration seeks to disprove cover-up claimsThe White House b...

Protecting Niger’s Desert Salt Pans

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Ousseini Issa
May 15, 2013 12:05 pm
The Ténéré desert in northern Niger is fast encroaching on the salt pans in Bilma, a community that has been reliant on mining the minera...

Mali’s displaced women organise for long stay away from home | Alex Duval Smith

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Alex Duval Smith
May 15, 2013 12:02 pm
As the donor conference for Mali takes place in Brussels, displaced Malian women aim to tackle more immediate concernsTwo things, at least, ...



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