Just Africatag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16778942009-12-11T08:30:24-08:00Africa Action's notes on the struggle for social, political and economic justice in Africa.TypePadForce Feeding is a Violation of Human Rights tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f8834012876467d4b970c2009-12-11T08:30:24-08:002009-12-11T17:16:58ZIts name is “leblouh” or intensive force-feeding, and its victims are young girls. The price: her health, future, happiness and dreams. In the African country of Mauritania young girls are terrified of food because the more they are forced to...Nyketha Lykenhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/12/force-feeding-is-a-violation-of-human-rights.htmlDRC Rainforests—Crucial to Combating Global Warming!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f88340128763bc8b7970c2009-12-09T14:12:27-08:002009-12-09T22:12:27ZIn Copenhagen this week, delegates from 160 countries are gathered to come up with a global plan for reversing global warming, and combating the effects of climate change. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC or Congo) is home to...Michael Stulmanhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/12/drc-rainforestscrucial-to-combating-global-warming.htmlCote d'Ivoire watches election date roll bytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f883401287625b8af970c2009-12-07T10:39:38-08:002009-12-07T18:39:38ZLast week Côte d’Ivoire declared a “slight change” of the Nov. 29 election date. It is the latest in a long series of delays and at a glance really just seems to be more of the same in the frustratingly...David Haunhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/12/cote-divoire-watches-election-date-roll-by.htmlHIV Tests in South Africa and the Fight Against Stigma!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f8834012876243387970c2009-12-07T09:29:39-08:002009-12-07T17:29:39ZI entered the room with two concerns in mind… The main concern was not that I would be HIV positive. I had been preparing myself to hear such news, facilitated by South Africa, a country where there is a serious...Michael Stulmanhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/12/hiv-tests-in-south-africa-and-the-fight-against-stigma.htmlSpotlight on Ugandan Pregnant Women tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f883401287607cc7f970c2009-12-03T07:45:52-08:002009-12-03T15:46:31ZMaternity in Uganda In Uganda, there is a saying that goes, “Every pregnant woman has one foot in the grave”. Citizens say this because according to the statistics: Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio is 435 deaths per 100,000 live births Uganda...Nyketha Lykenhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/12/spotlight-on-ugandan-pregnant-women.html2010 World Cup and the Ubuntu Culturetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f8834012875a817f3970c2009-11-16T06:15:22-08:002009-11-16T14:15:22ZFor the past few days I’ve been visiting good friends in Pimville, a township in Soweto, South Africa. Yesterday my South African mother and I went to the next street over to get airtime for her phone and for the...Michael Stulmanhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/11/2010-world-cup-and-the-ubuntu-culture.htmlGuinea : A Month and a Day Latertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f88340120a68a76e1970c2009-10-29T08:39:29-07:002009-10-29T16:04:58ZIt has been a month and a day since the brutal stadium attacks in Conakry claimed the lives of a reported 157 people and injured 1,253 more. Only 3,000 of a 97,000 labor force reported to work yesterday with thousands...Michael Stulmanhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/10/guinea-a-month-and-a-day-later.htmlWhat's in a day?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f88340120a678924a970c2009-10-26T12:03:00-07:002009-10-26T19:03:00ZThis blog hits the web just after last week’s International day for the Eradication of Poverty, and the weekend’s U.N. day, and World development information day. But in case you are worried about having missed October’s other gems including World...David Haunhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/10/whats-in-a-day.htmlVital Voices: Civil Society in Guineatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f88340120a5e6b9fa970b2009-10-14T16:31:27-07:002009-10-14T23:31:27ZIn the mid 1950s, Martin Luther King, Jr. pushed for a substitution of “tired feet for tired souls” to spur the Montgomery boycotts. With the brutality of the September 28th attacks in Guinea already behind us, it is difficult to...Michael Stulmanhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/10/vital-voices-civil-society-in-guinea.htmlA Step in the Right Direction for Sudan?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5538b1d9f88340120a6241f14970c2009-10-08T06:45:51-07:002009-10-08T13:54:42ZOn September 29th, 2009, the Associated Press reported that women and girls who escaped from the fighting in Darfur have become victims of rape within refugee camps, a disturbing trend found in countries torn apart by war. Refugee camps that...Nyketha Lykenhttp://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/10/a-step-in-the-right-direction-for-sudan.html