West Africa

Crisis looms in drought-stricken Niger

aljazeeraenglish — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:47:41 -0800

In Niger, there are too many mouths to feed, and not enough productive land. The country already struggles with extreme poverty but now Niger is being hard hit by climate change.

Rural populations are being starved off their land and as a result there is a mass exodus into the cities.

Al Jazeera's May Ying Welsh reports. (November 8, 2008)

Monrovia High-Level Forum on Decent Work

Every Human Has Rights — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:45:37 -0700

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stop the war - stop the recruitment of child soldiers

bgifted — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:49:01 -0700

The music video exposes the extent of human rights violations cased by warfare as well as the predicaments faced by women and children during wars. It is a clarion call to stop wars that continue to recruit children.

Liberia: The Story of the Amputee All-Stars

Pulitzer Center — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:42:35 -0700

The amputee soccer players - formerly child soldiers of opposing rebel groups - are held up as the new hope of Liberia. The Amputee Football Federation of Liberia has already played in international matches in Sierra Leone and Russia. Now they're gearing up to go to Turkey. Although these players win medals, they still struggle to meet their basic needs.

Liberia: The Story of the Amputee All-Stars

Pulitzer Center — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:42:35 -0700

WITNESS Video Advocacy Training for Youth from Speak Africa - Ghana

Bukeni Waruzi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:48:09 -0700

August, 2008: Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS Program Coordinator for Africa and the Middle East, traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to offer video advocacy training for 20 young human rights activists from Speak Africa, a Pan-African youth focused network of organizations.
Coordinated in partnership with UNICEF Ethiopia, YMCI, AUCC-Accra, BBCWST, ACPF, and UNECA, the training lasted for one week and focused on youth between the ages of 15-25 from Ethiopia, Ghana, Angola, Egypt, Mozambique, and Madagascar.

WITNESS Video Advocacy Training for Youth from Speak Africa - Ghana

Bukeni Waruzi — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:29:15 -0700

Discrimination against gays still strong in Africa

lovarakotomalala — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:39:16 -0700

Testimony from George Kanuma from Bujumbura, Burundi on homophobia in French-speaking Africa and the need to focus on marginalized community to fight HIV/AIDS

The Condom Project at the AIDS 2008 conference

lovarakotomalala — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:07:06 -0700

Joy Linn and Adrian explains that the Condom Project strives to de-stigmatize the use of condoms all over the world. Adrian's testimony is in Spanish partially translated.

Stop Firestone Campaign Discussion

LaborRights — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:28:55 -0700

Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, moderates a discussion at the Institute for Policy Studies on the Stop Firestone Campaign with Edwin Cisco (Secretary General of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia) and Christian Levesque (Conrad & Scherer).

Check out http://www.StopFirestone.org for more information.

Take action here: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/firestone