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Pambazuka – Libyan humiliation a driving force for anti-Americanism

September 13, 2012

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Pambazuka – Libyan humiliation a driving force for anti-Americanism.

Al-Nass (The People) and other television channels of ‘Satellite Salafism’ broadcast news of a year-old mediocre film trailer about the life of the Prophet Mohammad, made by an Israeli-Californian and championed by a Florida-based Christian pastor. Across the waters, radicals spurred each other on. The reactions in Cairo and Benghazi were swift. Crowds formed in front of the US embassy in Egypt and the US consulate in Libya, storming them and, in Benghazi, a rocket-fired grenade – it seems – killed four US officials, including the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens…

Obama condemns US envoy killing

September 12, 2012

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Obama condemns US envoy killing.

US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US diplomats were killed in a rocket attack on their car late yesterday, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building stormed by militants denouncing a US-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad.

A 14-minute clip of the film, The Innocence of Islam, aired on YouTube shows a fictional attack by Muslims on a Christian family followed by an account of the origins of Islam depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a womaniser…

Manneh Kunda: Declaration of Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting and Child/Forced Marriage

September 11, 2012

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Young Girls Participating in the Declaration of Abandonment of FGC and Child/Forced Marriage, Manneh Kunda

Representatives from the 13 communities at the Public Declaration.

The Public Declaration of Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting and Child/Forced Marriage read in Mandinka

Former cutters peforming a symbolic dance at the Abandonment Event

Former cutters burying the instruments they traditionally used to practice FGC

Dancing at the Manneh Kunka Public Declaration

Dancing at the Manneh Kunda Public Declaration

A Former cutter dancing after publicly committing to abandon FGC at the event in Manneh Kunda

Former Cutters declaring their committment to the Declaration of Abandonment of FGC

Manneh Kunda: Declaration of Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting and Child/Forced Marriage, a set by Tostan International on Flickr.

New IMF list of cuts hits our pocket even harder via @independent_ie

September 11, 2012

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New IMF list of cuts hits our pocket even harder via @independent_ie.

PENSIONERS, parents and homeowners are targeted in a stinging new report by the IMF.

The international monetary watchdog recommends a host of new taxes and cutbacks which would hurt ordinary households in the pocket…

Gambia Photos

September 4, 2012

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Bakau, The Gambia, West Africa, Afrika, Westafrika, Afrique

Wellington Street, Bathurst (now Banjul), capital city of The Gambia (West Africa), c. 1905

Bathurst (now Banjul), capital of The Gambia, c. 1905

Gambia Photos, a group on Flickr.

The Gambia…some great pictures!

Motion on marriage equality across race, religion and sexuality is passed

September 4, 2012

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Motion on marriage equality across race, religion and sexuality is passed.

Dublin City councillors voted last night to support marriage equality “regardless of race, religion or sexuality”.

But the vote was not unanimous with four Fine Gael councillors voting against it and the Lord Mayor, Naoise Ó Muirí, abstaining.

Families split as fathers migrate to work | Irish Examiner

September 4, 2012

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Families split as fathers migrate to work | Irish Examiner.

Many emigrating Irish families are often split up for months at a time as one parent heads to the destination country to organise the move.

Visa First, a company that facilitates moves to countries such as Australia and Canada, said an analysis of their customer database revealed that more Irishmen are leaving ahead of their partners and children in search of work than ever before.

Analysing the figures for Australia, the company said that, since the start of last year, there has been a 58% increase in the number of “primary” applicants leaving ahead of dependants in seek of work. Of those applicants, 75% are male…

IRIN Africa | MADAGASCAR: Sex for survival | Madagascar | Children | Economy | Gender Issues | HIV/AIDS (PlusNews) | Urban Risk

August 28, 2012

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ANTANANARIVO, 28 August 2012 (IRIN) – About one in seven residents of Madagascar’s main port city of Toamasina are sex workers.

In less than 20 years, the number of registered sex workers in the city of about 200,000 residents has climbed from 17,000 in 1993 to 29,000 in 2012. The increase has been driven by rising poverty levels as well as the city’s proximity to the recently opened Ambatovy nickel mine.

Construction of the mine, coupled with recent improvements to the port, saw an influx of thousands of foreign workers. The billion-dollar investments also resulted in an escalation in living costs and the collapse of traditional commercial activities like the collection and sale of cloves and coffee, pushing more young women into sex work.

“Girls come from the countryside to work as maids. Then, when they have a problem with their employer, other girls from their region introduce them to prostitution,” Germaine Razafindravao, the president of the local sex worker collective FIVEMITO (‘Fikambanaina Vehivavy Miavotena Toamasina’ or Women’s Future), told IRIN…