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Bengaluru, India Sub:- ‘Dalit’ leaders Athawale, Paswan, Mayawati etc mainly to be blamed for doing drama of protecting ‘Dalit’ interest. --As per the age-old practice in Hindu India, another ‘Dalit’, the oppressed from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST) is beaten to death and his wife seriously injured
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The BBC News Somali 2018 poetry award for young women is open for entries. Now in its second year, BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award 2018 is open to women aged 16 to 35, inviting original works of poetry in the Somali language. The award started
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The African Development Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy, which outlines the Group’s objectives, is the largest effort for youth employment in Africa today, and aims to create 25 million jobs and benefit 50 million youth over the next decade by equipping them with the right skills
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The arrest of musician and activist Fumba Chama, also known as ‘Pilato’, is a shocking demonstration of how far the Zambian government is prepared to go to strangle all criticism and crack down on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Pilato was arrested at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport this
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São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe, 16 May 2018 - To assist the government of São Tomé & Príncipe, a lower middle income island with a fragile economy, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) organized a training to raise awareness and enhance capacity of Santomean lawyers in matters pertaining to
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Swapping fried food for grilled goodness, ditching samosas, swerving sugar and salt, and spending nights drinking as much water as possible could help millions of Muslims across the globe tackle the challenges of Ramadan. Students and academics at Birmingham City University in the UK have come up with a guide
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Bengaluru, India --- Of course Iran should not be allowed to make nuclear weapons of mass destruction but then why UN permanent members, Israel, India, Pakistan etc should be allowed to do so. As far past record is concerned USA is the only country which has bad record of nuking
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A Sudanese court’s sentencing today of a 19-year-old woman to death for killing her rapist husband in self-defence highlights the failure of the authorities to tackle child marriage, forced marriage and marital rape, Amnesty International said today. Noura Hussein Hamad has been held in the Omdurman Women’s Prison
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More than a hundred Sudanese nationals arrested in Niger are at risk of serious abuses including unlawful detention in harsh conditions, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, often for the purpose of extortion, after they were deported back to Libya last week, said Amnesty International. The group of around 145
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(10 May 2018) Today, the United Nations Climate Change Conference drew to a close in Bonn, Germany. A key focus of the negotiations has been the Paris Agreement Work Programme, under which countries are designing the guidelines that will implement the Paris Agreement. At the conclusion of the session, Chair
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(Bonn, May 10) United Nations climate change talks edged slightly closer to completing the Paris Agreement Work Programme, including guidelines on how to put the Agreement into practice, despite rich countries persistently blocking progress on key issues like finance. Without advances in the talks over the commitment of future financial