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Chadian migrants rue Libyan detention, ill-treatment, deportation
8 March 2013
(IRIN
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In the violence immediately before and after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in October 2011, thousands of sub-Saharan migrants were forced to flee. Since then, however, the authorities have detained in harsh conditions, and subsequently deported, hundreds more, according to former Chadian migrant workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97617/Chadian-migrants-rue-Libyan-detention-ill-treatment-deportation
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South Sudan's gender gap still too wide
8 March 2013
(IRIN
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Years after the end of South Sudan’s war with Sudan, the country’s women still find themselves on the front line - this time, battling abuse, child marriage, and a dowry system that commodifies them from birth.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97616/South-Sudan-s-gender-gap-still-too-wide
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Briefing: Land reform key to Kenya’s future
5 March 2013
(IRIN
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Land-related grievances were among the underlying causes of the violence that followed Kenya’s disputed presidential election results in 2007. Some communities, such as those in the worst-affected Rift Valley Province, invaded land that did not legally belong to them but which they perceived to be their birthright.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97599/Briefing-Land-reform-key-to-Kenya-s-future
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The returns challenge in Mali
4 March 2013
(IRIN
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Nearly 3,000 Malians who fled towns and villages in the north when armed men occupied their homeland have headed home, but the vast majority are staying put in the south or in neighbouring countries, for fear of insecurity, reprisal killings, and in the knowledge that basic services are still sorely lacking.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97585/The-returns-challenge-in-Mali
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Little change for Palestinians in Israeli detention despite agreement*
1 March 2013
(IRIN
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The death of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention last week has raised tension in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, leading to renewed rocket fire from Gaza into Israel for the first time since a ceasefire ended eight days of heavy conflict in November 2012, and a series of clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and the Israeli Army.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97569/Little-change-for-Palestinians-in-Israeli-detention-despite-agreement
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Zimbabwe police ban radios, crack down on NGOs
26 February 2013
(IRIN
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Police in Zimbabwe have announced a ban on the possession of shortwave radio receivers, saying they are being used to communicate hate speech ahead of next month's constitutional referendum and elections set to be held in July.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97549/Zimbabwe-police-ban-radios-crack-down-on-NGOs
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Suffering amid Zimbabwe's diamond fields of plenty
22 February 2013
(IRIN
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A chain-link fence topped with coils of razor wire separates Zimbabwean subsistence farmers, who endure perennial crop failures and scarce rainfall, from what may be one of the world’s richest diamond deposits.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97525/Suffering-amid-Zimbabwe-s-diamond-fields-of-plenty
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Truce remains elusive in violence-torn Nigeria
22 February 2013
(IRIN
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The 28 January ceasefire declaration by purported Boko Haram commander Muhammed Abdulazeez Ibn Idris, on behalf of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, led to mixed reactions from security analysts in Nigeria. While some welcomed it as a good step towards peace others dismissed it as a ruse.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97526/Truce-remains-elusive-in-violence-torn-Nigeria
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Post-election rape survivors sue Kenyan government
21 February 2013
(IRIN
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Eight survivors of sexual violence committed in the wake of Kenya’s December 2007 general elections have taken the government to court over its alleged failure to protect them or investigate the crimes committed against them.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97516/Post-election-rape-survivors-sue-Kenyan-government
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How justice works in Pakistan’s tribal areas and beyond
20 February 2013
(IRIN
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Justice in Pakistan's tribal border areas is a contested issue.
“We are quite clear what justice is. If someone kills, commits adultery or some other offence, they deserve to die,” said Javaid Khan of the Utman Khel tribe in Bajaur Agency, one of seven tribal agencies (districts) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97511/How-justice-works-in-Pakistan-s-tribal-areas-and-beyond
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