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10/02/2007
The West African regional war that began in December, 1989 in Liberia migrated to Sierra Leone, back to Liberia after an initial (1997) disarmament process and elections, and into Guinea in 2000-2001. In September, 2002, war broke out in Cte d'Ivoire, and combatants from the Sierra Leonean and Liberian wars soon became involved in fighting there. Whil
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10/02/2007
Nigeria is Africas most populous nation and perhaps also its most poorly understood. It has endured six successful and numerous failed military coups, a civil war that cost well over a million lives, three inconclusive transitions to democracy and recurrent factional violence. Despite more than $400 billion in oil revenue since the early 1970s, the ec
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09/11/2007
Six months before scheduled elections, Zimbabwe is closer than ever to complete collapse. Inflation is between 7,600 per cent (government figures) and 13,000 per cent (independent estimates). Four out of five of the countrys twelve million people live below the poverty line and a quarter have fled, mainly to neighbouring countries. A military-led camp
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09/11/2007
Brussels/Washington DC, 30 September 2007: Since it was launched in March 2007, ENOUGH 'the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity' has helped focus the attention of policymakers on what is needed to halt atrocities in Darfur, northern Uganda, and eastern Congo.
The rapid growth of the ENOUGH Project is a welcome development to tho
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