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Minorities say new religious curriculum places unfair emphasis on Shia Islam. Zuhair Jerjis and Ahmed Mohammed are both ten years old and often meet after school to play video games. Though they enjoy each other’s company, Ahmed wonders whether he will one day have to kill his friend. ...
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Western and Afghan forces try to find out why an otherwise normal young man snapped and killed men he had worked with for months. The young man’s name was Gulbuddin and he came from Musa Qala, in the northern part of Helmand. ...
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Former inmate describes how corrupt jail staff collude in sexual exploitation of female convicts. A former inmate of Kasapa central prison in Lubumbashi has claimed that rape and sexual abuse of female prisoners is widespread, leading to many women becoming pregnant and giving birth while in jail. ....
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Majority seem relieved they will not have to take part in second round of voting. The news that Hamed Karzai had been declared the winner of Afghanistan’s troubled presidential election came as no surprise to most of his countrymen. ...
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By Jean MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director based in Kabul (03-Nov-09) Afghanistan’s elections were never going to be perfect; this is, as we are constantly reminded, not Switzerland. But the process ...
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Former Bosnian Serb president released early from her sentence for war crimes. There was criticism this week over the warm welcome extended to convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic on her return to Belgrade following her early release from a Swedish prison. ...
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Governments of south Caucasus mostly left with a clear run despite allegations of repression. All across the region, opposition leaders complain of unfair conditions for political competition, and experts say the governments’ firm grip on power is impeding development. ...
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Concerns that violence could deter voters in upcoming polls come amid widespread anger at government’s security failings. The devastating aftermath of this week’s double bombing in Baghdad has cast doubt ...
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One week before second round of troubled presidential elections, both candidates are engaging in potentially dangerous brinksmanship. The biggest question surrounding Afghanistan’s run-off elections, scheduled for November 7, is whether they will actually happen. ...
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Recent minibus driver strike rare protest in country where majority daren’t consider collective action to improve their lives. It might not count as a big deal anywhere else in the world but a two-day ...
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Photographs by Kamaran Najm, an IWPR-trained photojournalist (ICR No. 290, 26-Oct-09) Slideshow 2! //
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Photographs by IWPR staff (04-Oct-09) // The plot of the movie “Black Hawk Down” was used by IWPR for an exercise to train journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgian in conflict reporting. ...
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Apparent foot-dragging prompts fears that role of army will not be properly investigated. A parliamentary committee of inquiry set up to investigate alleged abuses during September’s Kampala riots is yet to begin its work, prompting some to wonder if the truth behind the violence will ever be known....
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A wave of demonstrations has hit Afghanistan over rumours that US forces burned several copies of the Koran. Protests are sweeping the country in the wake of allegations that American forces had burned ...
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Despite public’s relatively positive outlook towards America, reactions to Iran-US talks have been muted and lukewarm. As the United States and Iran prepare for negotiations on the latter’s nuclear programme, ...
