….Need For Access To Safe Water, Hygiene and Sanitation – By: Augustine N. Myers – The WASH Media Network known as the “WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia”, has completed a week-long intensive assessment visit to the Liberian-Ivorian boarder in Nimba County. The visit was intended to assess the water, sanitation and hygiene issues of especially Ivoirian refugees crossing into Liberia through Nimba County, and those already residing in the various towns and villages in Nimba County. According to the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia, areas visited by its team of professional media practitioners include; Logoatuo, Buutuo,... Continue Reading
The situation remains extremely tense and violent in and around several cities in western Ivory Coast, despite the ending of major fighting on March 31 between armed forces in the area. Many wounded people suffering from gunshot or machete wounds have arrived in hospitals in the western towns of Danané, Man, and Bangolo. MSF surgical teams in Bangolo are supporting the hospital there. “The number of new casualties is extremely disturbing and indicates that violence continues in the area,” said Renzo Fricke, MSF emergency manager. “Intercommunal tensions are extremely high.” On April 1, twenty injured people requiring surgery were transported... Continue Reading
Henry Gray – Field Coordinator – interviewed on 1st April 2011, about 6 pm UK time. It’s quite a hairy situation here at the moment. We’re hearing constant gunfire along with the occasional heavy detonation, and that’s been going on for a few days now. We had been moving around visiting clinics and helping patients up until a few days ago, but the situation on the streets has deteriorated to such an extent that it’s just become too dangerous to go outside. There’s a lot of pillaging and looting going on, and if you’re out on the streets, you’re basically a... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Harare – Zimbabwe’s top human rights activist ,Abel Chikomo, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with failing to properly register his organization, police said. But the Amnesty International has described the action as an attempt to silence government critics. Amnesty’s deputy director for Africa, Michelle Kagari, said in a statement on Friday: “The charges against Abel Chikomo appear to be part of an orchestrated strategy by the Zimbabwean police and other state security organisations to silence critics of their human rights record. “The charges against him must be... Continue Reading
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judge Patrick Robinson, presiding, Judge Mehmet Güney, Judge Fausto Pocar, Judge Liu Daqun, and Judge Theodor Meron, on 30 March 2011 and 1 April 2011, heard the oral arguments in the appeals lodged by Théoneste Bagosora and Anatole Nsengiyumva against the Judgement pronounced by Trial Chamber I on 18 December 2008 and filed in writing on 9 February 2009. The case of Aloys Ntabakuze, which was scheduled to be heard at this time, was severed from that of Bagosora and Nsengiyumva in the interests of justice due to... Continue Reading
