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Libya: Step Ahead for Women on Nationality Rights

Libya: Step Ahead for Women on Nationality Rights

 02.09.2010 08:10   humanrightswatch.org

(Beirut) - Libya's new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women's rights, Human Rights Watch said today. But the law still contains some contradictory provisions that could be interpreted to perpetuate discrimination, Human Rights Watch said. read more

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Human Rights Protection
Nigerians in Great Cricket Drive

Nigerians in Great Cricket Drive

 02.09.2010 08:08   allafrica.com

Blessed with a vast population of more than 140 million inhabitants, cricket in Nigeria might be playing second fiddle to the beautiful game of football but the sport is rapidly gaining momentum in the West African country.

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Country Deserves B+ Rating - IMF

Country Deserves B+ Rating - IMF

 02.09.2010 08:08   allafrica.com

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has credited the basis upon which Standard and Poor (S&P) downgraded the country's credit worthiness from B+ to B.

Ghana All Themes
Beware of Half-Baked Peer Educators - PS

Beware of Half-Baked Peer Educators - PS

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

Youth Sport and Child Development Permanent Secretary Teddy Mulonga has warned that the use of half-baked peer educators is retrogressive and that organisations involved in the practice should stop.

Zambia All Themes
Nurse's Assault Saddens Health Workers' Union

Nurse's Assault Saddens Health Workers' Union

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

The Health Workers Union of Zambia (HWUZ) is saddened with the recent assault of a nurse at Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) by a parent who had taken his child to the hospital for medical care.

Zambia All Themes
CBU Students Get Project Allowances

CBU Students Get Project Allowances

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

The Government has started paying out project allowances to Copperbelt University (CBU) students.

Zambia All Themes
ACC Hails Proposed Act

ACC Hails Proposed Act

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said the proposed amendment to the ACC Act which will protect whistle blowers will go a long way in enhancing the fight against corruption.

Zambia All Themes
President Hails Mswati

President Hails Mswati

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

President Rupiah Banda has described King Mswati III of Swaziland as a unifying factor in Africa.

Zambia All Themes
Consular Nabbed Over Hubby Assault

Consular Nabbed Over Hubby Assault

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

Police in Lusaka have picked up a consular at the British High Commission for assault after she helped her alleged boyfriend to beat up her husband who found them kissing in the early hours of Saturday.

Zambia All Themes
Crack Whip on Other Lawyers Too, LAZ Urged

Crack Whip on Other Lawyers Too, LAZ Urged

 02.09.2010 08:07   allafrica.com

Former Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Edward Mumbi has urged the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to extend its whip to other lawyers who are passing disparaging comments on the judiciary.

Zambia All Themes
Newspaper Suspended for Exposing President's Brother's Crimes

Newspaper Suspended for Exposing President's Brother's Crimes

 02.09.2010 06:05   allafrica.com

A Togolese court has indefinitely suspended the distribution of a Benin newspaper after crippling it with a defamation charge and heavy fines for publishing an article linking Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé's brother with drug trafficking, report the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Togo All Themes
President Sirleaf Signs Proclamation to Extend Fifth Regular Session of National Legislature

President Sirleaf Signs Proclamation to Extend Fifth Regular Session of National Legislature

 02.09.2010 06:04   allafrica.com

Monrovia, Liberia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed a proclamation extending by fifteen (15) days the Fifth Regular Session of the 52nd National Legislature of the Republic of Liberia.

Liberia All Themes
Golden Veroleum Executive Arrives Thursday - US $100 Scholarship Program to Be Launched

Golden Veroleum Executive Arrives Thursday - US $100 Scholarship Program to Be Launched

 02.09.2010 06:04   allafrica.com

The Chairman of Golden Agri-Resources Limited, the lead investor of Golden VerOleum (Liberia) Limited, arrives in Liberia Thursday for a one-day visit.

Liberia All Themes
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review

American Embassy's National Daily Press Review

 02.09.2010 06:02   allafrica.com

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Cote d'Ivoire All Themes
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review

American Embassy's National Daily Press Review

 02.09.2010 06:02   allafrica.com

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Cote d'Ivoire All Themes
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Date: 02 September 2010 - 11:57

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