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| A women farmer in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé. |
YAOUNDÉ, 27 May 2008 (IRIN) - Jacques Biyiha came from the countryside to the big city to seek his fortune in the 1970s when the country was in the midst of a construction boom. He continues to live there today, but he hasn’t worked in construction for 15 years. He is an urban farmer, as are many people in Cameroon’s largest city.
“It can be quite profitable,” Biyiha said, showing IRIN his lush fields of corn, cassava and beans which lie between electricity poles and houses. “Farming in the city means it’s easier to get produce to market because the market is right here.” |
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Photo: John Nyaga/IRIN |
| Khartoum: Human rights organizations have accused Sudan authorities of extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the rebel attack on the capital |
KHARTOUM, 26 May 2008 (IRIN) - Several human rights organisations have accused Sudan authorities of arbitrary arrests, extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the 10 May rebel attack on Sudan’s capital.
In separate statements released since the attack, human rights watchdogs accused the Sudanese government of ethnic profiling during the arrests that followed the withdrawal of rebel forces.
A government officials denied the allegations, and described them as “hasty”. |
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Photo: Lee Middleton/IRIN |
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CAPE TOWN, 24 May 2008 (IRIN) - Some 2,000 people fleeing violence against foreigners in Cape Town boarded a special train on Saturday to take them to Johannesburg, from where they will join their compatriots from across the country hoping to be evacuated from South Africa.
The violence flared in the townships around the southern coastal city on Thursday night, copying the pattern of attacks and looting that began in Johannesburg on 10 May. By Friday afternoon nearly 600 refugees were at the Milnerton Police Station and Killarney Race Track, suburbs northeast of the city, waiting to be moved to community halls and churches where they would spend the night. |
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Photo: UNDP Bangladesh |
| Bangladesh may lose up to one-fifth of its surface area if the sea level rises by one metre |
JOHANNESBURG, 23 May 2008 (IRIN) - Norman Myers, a world renowned British environmentalist and authority on biodiversity, forecast more than a decade ago that as the impact of climate change intensified, the number of people fleeing natural disasters could climb to at least 50 million by 2010. Now, as the world grapples with food shortages brought on in part by climate change, he is revising his figures upwards.
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| President Robert Mugabe - clinging no matter what |
JOHANNESBURG, 22 May 2008 (IRIN) - With governance in limbo and post-election violence spreading beyond control in Zimbabwe, rights groups and think-tanks have warned of a military coup, martial law or even civil war. Hope that a run-off after disputed presidential elections will bring reconciliation is fading, and calls for urgent pan-African intervention are increasing.
“Zimbabwe’s transition to democracy is being held hostage,” said a report released on 21 May by the International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based think-tank. |
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Photo: Tebogo Letsie/IRIN |
| Zimbabwean migrants seek refuge at a police station |
JOHANNESBURG, 21 May 2008 (IRIN) - The South African army has been called in to bolster police efforts to end the xenophobic clashes that have gripped the country's richest province.
According to a statement by President Thabo Mbeki's office on 21 May, "[He] has approved a request from the South African Police Service [SAPS] for the involvement of the South African National Defence Force [SANDF] in stopping ongoing attacks on foreign nationals in Gauteng Province."
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