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Terrorism for Arabs; HIV/AIDS for Africans

In this era of revolution, we need a consistent and aggressive campaign for human rights.

(UGANDA) - Following the murder of David Kato, a Ugandan gay activist in January, homosexuality, a taboo subject in Africa, resurfaced once again to polarize the “holier than thou” Ugandan majority and those minorities who embraced the universality and indivisibility of human rights.

David's murder happened after a tabloid demanded for gays and lesbians to be hanged by printing their name and photograph...

Libya Blocks Urgently Needed Doctors and Medical Supplies

Travel by road to Libya's capitol, Tripoli, where medical needs are estimated to be immense, is said to be almost impossible, due to insecurity.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams with medical supplies, including necessary surgical materials, remain blocked from entering the country.

Côte d`Ivoire: Burned Homes, Rapes, Disappearances & Executions

Amnesty International is calling on all parties to quell the human abuse.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), António Guterres, today is appealing for urgent help for civilians caught in the fighting in the Abobo district of Cote d’Ivoire’s Abidjan.

For two days, fighting has been under way, with thousands of people having fled the area. Fleeing residents told UNHCR staff, “many people are still trapped inside, including pregnant women, elderly people, and handicapped people.”

Ghost Ship on Indian Ocean Found

Ghost-ship MV Esperznza recovered by Seychelles government.

(KENYA (ECOP-MARINE)) - Sailors aboard the USS Sterett rescued the crew off the M/V Esperanza in December 2010 - after not having been able to repair the engine properly. He didn't mention, what the Government of the Seychelles had to say about it:

"The MT Esperanza, a 79 metres Sierra Leone registered tanker had been drifting at sea for several months. The vessel was apparently left adrift in the ocean, after its crew had been taken by a foreign naval vessel to Oman..."

Unnecessary Tragic End of Yacht Voyage in Somalia

U.S.American Yacht Hostages Confirmed Dead - 4 Americans and 4 Somalis killed.

(NAIROBI, Kenya ECOTERRA) - According to U.S. officials, quoted first by selected media, the four U.S. American hostages on SY QUEST are confirmed dead.

Rumours in Somalia had spoken already earlier that something tragic had happened. A spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi said all relevant U.S. government agencies were monitoring the situation.

Côte d’Ivoire: Sexual Violence and Human Rights Abuses Must STOP!

Amnesty International has also urged security forces to reveal the whereabouts and fate of all those who have disappeared after having been detained.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Amnesty International has revealed numerous human rights violations, including sexual violence and unlawful killings by forces loyal to both Côte d’Ivoire’s outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and internationally recognized incumbent Alassane Ouattara.

“In the west of the country, women told us that they have been gang-raped in January 2011 in their homes in view of their children and others told us they were raped on their way to the market..."

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

America`s Unrequited Love for Israel: Was Mubarak an Impediment?

Towards the end of the Bush regime the DoD established AFRICOM; a primary concern of this new US regional command being the establishment of a massive military base in southern Sudan.

(OSAKA, Japan) - K R Bolton thinks so:

There are long term, dialectical strategies involved that might require even removing seemingly pro-US regimes, that are simply now anomalies in the process of globalization.

The Egyptian Torah

Why did the ancient Israelites lie about ancient Egypt?

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - We prefer to define ourselves in terms of where we are going, not where we come from. Man is so much smarter now than he was before that anything from the past is outdated and irrelevant to us.

Update on Pirate Seized Vessels and Crews

Includes information from Somalia, Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

(NAIROBI, Kenya ECOTERRA) - Today, 17 February 2011, 21h00 UTC, at least 49 foreign vessels plus two barges are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 815 hostages or captives - including a South-African yachting couple - suffer to be released.

But even EU NAVFOR, who mostly only counts high-value, often British insured vessels, admitted now that dozens of vessels were sea-jacked despite their multi-million Euro efforts to protect shipping.