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Aug 6, 2010 Africa: Migrant Rights Updates
"An astounding 100 deportees a month come to ARACEM [in Mali] for
shelter, food and clothing. They are expelled from Libya, Morocco
and Algeria as they make the way from Central and West Africa in an
attempt to find work. These three North African countries have
signed agreements with European countries to act as external border
control agents to prevent migrants from reaching Europe."
Aug 6, 2010 South Africa: Xenophobia & Civil Society
"Virtually every author concludes that violence against African
migrants will continue and increase unless some profound
socio-economic and attitudinal changes occur. This text thus sounds
a loud warning bell to South Africa about our future. And it does
so not merely based on the opinions of the authors, but because of
the views of ordinary South African citizens that informed the
research. ... survey after survey, focus group after focus group,
have shown deeply xenophobic attitudes rising steadily over time."
- David Everatt in introduction to report on South African Civil
Society and Xenophobia, July 2010
Aug 2, 2010 USA/Africa: New Evidence on Lumumba Death
"A 1975 U.S. Senate investigation of alleged CIA assassinations
concluded that while the CIA had earlier plotted to murder Lumumba,
he was eventually killed 'by Congolese rivals. It does not appear
from the evidence that the United States was in any way involved in
the killing.' It is now clear that that conclusion was wrong." -
Stephen R. Weissman, author of new article "An Extraordinary
Rendition"
Aug 2, 2010 Congo (Kinshasa): UN Peacekeeping in Question
For more than a year and a half, UN peacekeepers have continuously
supported military operations conducted by the Congolese armed
forces (FARDC) against the Rwandan rebels of the Democratic Forces
for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in North and South Kivu. This
policy has failed, says International Crisis Group analyst Thierry
Vircoulon. Despite pledges to protect civilians and reduce abuses,
there has in fact been an increase in human rights violations.
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