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AfricaFiles Title: The Colour of My Skin Author: Khairoon Abbas Category: Eastern Region Date: 11/25/2014 Source: Source Website: Summary & Comment: Mixed-race issues are not frequently discussed in Tanzania. In this essay, Khairoon Abbas provides a personal narrative, while exploring the legacy of historical and political factors within the relationships between people of different ethnic origins in Tanzania. Eradicating racial marginalization is one step towards greater socio-economic inclusion. Every city has that one memorable sight everyone remembers; in New York, there's Times Square, Toronto has the CN Tower and Paris, the Eiffel Tower. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which is East Africa's largest country, that place is undeniably Kariakoo - the busiest market in the country. As you enter the market, you are surrounded by the scent of freshly ground spices, piled next to each other, forming colourful mountains - everything from tu...

    Web version    New York  Nov 28 2014 6:00PM    UN News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service  Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk in single file to a gate leading out of the green (safe) zone, at a newly built Ebola treatment unit (ETU) in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt EBOLA: UN HEALTH AGENCY ADVISES MALE SURVIVORS TO ABSTAIN FROM SEX FOR 3 MONTHS The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) tod...

  Call on the UK PM David Cameron to  take a clear position against some African dictators who are planning to change their constitutions.   US and France have  taken clear positions against some African leaders who are planning to  make change on  the constitutions in order to remain on power indefinitely.  These countries include Burundi, Democratic of Congo, Rwanda, Republic of Congo and others. After the lost British  campaign against change in Zimbabwe, the PM David Cameroon  is  now unable to take his position for change in other  African countries. The PM  David Cameron should not continue to advocate for more free aid to these undemocratic leaders without addressing the issues of constitutional change and dictatorship. No more cheques should be issued  by the PM to those countries.   The PM  will be fighting for re-election in May next year.  We kn...

  Michaëlle Jean chosen as new head of la Francophonie Jean's four-year term as secretary-general gives Harper government more influence internationally   Former governor general   Michaëlle Jean has been chosen as secretary-general of la Francophonie, the organization announced today. Jean was chosen by consensus at the summit of French-speaking nations in Dakar, Senegal, which began on Saturday. She becomes the first Canadian and the first woman to hold the position.  The organization has 57 members or associate members, while another 20 jurisdictions have observer status. "I am very excited to work with all these women and all these men who make and live the Francophonie daily," Jean said in a written statement following the announcement. ·          Michaëlle Jean: A life of 'many possibilities' Jean also emphasized the important role of youth and women, and...

  Stephen Harper calls on la Francophonie to end forced marriages   Prime Minister Stephen Harper has urged countries in la Francophonie to do all they can to put an end to child marriages as well as forced unions. Harper told the opening ceremony of the summit of French-speaking nations in Senegal on Saturday that 100 million females were forced into marriage between 2004 and 2014 before reaching adulthood. more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-calls-on-la-francophonie-to-end-forced-marriages-1.2854869 __._,_.___ Posted by: Samuel Desire <sam4des@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender ...

  Please, No More Awards for Tony Blair I have a proposal for an urgent new UN security council resolution: that it shall be deemed contrary to the spirit of the United Nations charter to give any more awards to Tony Blair. The US would probably veto it. But surely it's still worth making the point: enough already. Perhaps you recall Tom Lehrer's complaint when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize: "Political satire just became obsolete." The latest Blair bauble - a "Global Legacy Award" - comes from the US branch of Save the Children , which says the former prime minister was recognised for his role at the G8 summit at Gleneagles in 2005 which pledged to "make poverty history" and agreed to write off $40 billion in debt owed by by the world's poorest countries. But the award doesn't seem to have gone down too well with some of Save the Children's own staff. An intern...