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[AfricaRealities] 3 African leaders cancel trip to U.S. over Ebola outbreak; Obama still plans summit

  3 African leaders cancel trip to U.S. over Ebola outbreak; Obama still plans summit   The U.S. issued a travel warning Thursday for three African countries hit by an outbreak of deadly Ebola, but the   White House   said President Obama will go forward with a summit in   Washington   next week featuring African leaders. The   State Department   issued the travel warning for   Sierra Leone ,   Liberia   and   Guinea , the three countries hit hardest by the worst Ebola outbreak in history. But   White House   press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Obama has no plans "at this point" to alter or cancel the summit schedule, set for Monday through Wednesday. The   White House   is billing the conference as the largest gathering of African leaders ever in   Washington , including some representatives from the nations where the contagion is spreading. Mr. ...

[AfricaRealities] Fw: *DHR* OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA / by EUGENE DIOMI NDONGALA-English version

  ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "FSDDC democratiechretienne@yahoo.fr [Democracy_Human_Rights]" <Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr> To: "democratiechretienne@yahoogroups.com" <democratiechretienne@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2014, 21:11 Subject: *DHR* OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA / by EUGENE DIOMI NDONGALA-English version   OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA / by EUGENE DIOMI NDONGALA par FreeDiomi le 31 juillet 2014   OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Kinshasa, 7/27/2014 Mr. Président,                       I am writing to you in the name of freedom of speech, civil and political freedoms, as universal values flouted in Democratic Republic of Congo.        ...

[AfricaRealities] Fw: Institutional racism in the UK banking sector

  It is all about discrimination on ground of race. Institutional racism in the UK is everywhere.It is part of British culture. HSBC closes some Muslim groups' accounts Continue reading the main story Related Stories 'I got Islamic compliant mortgage' Watch HSBC bank has written to Finsbury Park Mosque and other Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them that their accounts will be closed. The reason given in some cases was that to continue providing services would be outside the bank's "risk appetite". The wife and teenage children of a man who runs a London based Islamic think tank have also been contacted. HSBC said decisions to close accounts were "absolutely not based on race or religion". "We do not discuss relationships we may or may not have with a customer, nor confirm whether an individual or business is, or has been a customer. "Discrimination against customers on grounds of race o...

[AfricaWatch] USA: Burundi Woman Models Future Of Farming In Lancaster

  http://www.wbur.org/2014/07/29/fabiola-nizigiyimana-farming Burundi Woman Models Future Of Farming In Lancaster By  Martha Bebinger   July 29, 2014, 7:32 AM Fabiola Nizigiyimana helped found a co-op that teaches farmers how to turn their plots into a business. (Martha Bebinger/WBUR) LANCASTER, Mass. — There were still drops of dew on the stalks of thick, spear-shaped leaves Fabiola Nizigiyimana slashed and tossed into a box one early morning. "We call them lenga lenga, in our language," she said, laughing the words. "They are [a] green." The 40-year-old single mother of five farms a one-acre plot in Lancaster. She's one of 232 farmers who share the 40-acre  Flats Mentor Farm . Last year, Nizigiyimana helped found a co-op that teaches farmers, many of whom can't read or write in English or their native tongue, how to turn their plots into a business. Fabiola Nizigiyimana (Martha Bebinger/WBUR) They get help with ...

[RwandaLibre] Re: Turava he, turagana he?

  Muvandimwe Lyarahoze, 1. Ndagushimira inyandiko yawe umaze gutangaza wifuza ko yasomwa na benshi kandi bakayijyaho impaka. 2.Umaze kubona itangazo rya Union Europeenne kuri FDLR wahise wandika ngo amashyaka ya politiki atavuga rumwe na leta ya FPR Inkotanyi ntacyo amaze ko ntacyo akora. Ese mbere yo kwemeza ibi, wabanje gusoma nibura memorandum y'amashyaka ya opposition yahawe Union Eropeenne  igihe habaga imyigaragambyo contre Kagame yaje i Bruxelles ejobundi debut Avril 2014! Yishake uyisome.  Ese waba warasomye ibaruwa ya Paul Rusesabagina perezida w'ishyaka PDR yandikiye abayobozi ba ONU ababuza kugaba ibitero kuri FDLR nkuko bateye M23.Ese wasomye amatangazo amashyaka hafi ya yose yanditse ashyigikira Perezida Kikwete wa TZ aho yavuze ko leta ya Kagame ikwiye kugirana imishyikirano na FDLR? Iyo uza gusoma ziriya ducuments kandi zashyikirijwe Union Europeenne ntuba waranditse biriya wanditse, ahubwo uba waribajije niba UE ig...