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  1. Peacekeeping 20 Years after Rwanda

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 (IPS) - On Jan. 11, 1994, Romeo Dallaire, force commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda, sent a fax to U.N. Headquarters in New York, telling officials there a source close the government had confided to him that Tutsis were being forced to register themselves in Kigali.

  2. OP-ED: Baka's Struggle a Footnote to Story of Cameroon's Growth

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - A recent article by IPS journalist Ngala Killian Chimtom described the struggle of the Baka of Cameroon to maintain their indigenous culture and livelihoods while coping with the rapidly-changing environment around them.

  3. The Right Note Hits Taliban

    - Inter Press Service

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 15 (IPS) - For many years they could not sing, dance or play their favourite instruments. The performing artists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan lost their voice as the Taliban carried out terror attacks and banned music, calling it un-Islamic. But after tentative advances in recent months, the Pakistani province is alive with the sound of music once again.

  4. Restive North Languishes in Post-War Mali

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - A year after Mali’s civil war came to an end, experts here are increasingly concerned that the country risks an eventual return to violence, particularly as Malian authorities continue to marginalise the restive north while neglecting to pursue meaningful political and economic reforms. 

  5. Big Coal Undercuts Landmark U.S. Overseas Investment Policy

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (IPS) - Environmentalists and some lawmakers are decrying a surprise move by conservative members of Congress to roll back landmark “clean energy” policies guiding U.S. investments in overseas power projects.

  6. Descendants of Slaves Report Military Abuses in Brazil

    - Inter Press Service

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) - Residents of the small community of Rio dos Macacos, made up of descendants of slaves in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, reported to United Nations experts that they were attacked by military personnel from the Aratu naval base, which occupies part of their land.

  7. Zimbabwe's Rocky Economic Start to 2014

    - Inter Press Service

    HARARE, Jan 14 (IPS) - Evelyn Mhasi, a qualified nurse, has not worked in her profession for the last seven years. Hiring in several Zimbabwean government sectors, including nursing, remains frozen despite colleges churning out skilled professionals each year.

  8. Chinese Dominance in Kenyan Digital Migration Raises Alarm

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Jan 14 (IPS) - Controversy and confusion have marked Kenya’s transition from analogue to digital television in keeping with the 2015 International Telecommunication Union deadline when all analogue signal transmission will cease. 

  9. Development Follows Devastation from Brazilian Dam

    - Inter Press Service

    PETROLANDIA, Brazil, Jan 13 (IPS) - Valdenor de Melo has been waiting for 27 years for the land and cash compensation he is due because his old farm was left underwater when the Itaparica hydroelectric dam was built on the São Francisco river in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast.

  10. Djotodia’s Resignation Sparks Hopes for Peace in CAR

    - Inter Press Service

    YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, Jan 13 (IPS) - “I can’t wait to return back home,” Celeste Edjangue, a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) now in Cameroon’s East Region, told IPS.

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