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South Africa’s public-private school plans require healthy scepticism

“to immediately suspend all deadlines in the act amending the National Higher Education Act, to start immediate dialogue with the relevant US authorities in order to guarantee the future operations of the CEU issuing US-accredited degrees and to make a public commitment that the university can remain in Budapest as a free institution.”

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World Bank fuels land grabs in Africa through shadowy financial sector investments

BREAKING: South Africa’s withdrawal from #ICC ruled unconstitutional

South Africa becomes second nation to leave International Criminal Court

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, center, in South Africa last year. South Africa has been criticized for not arresting Mr. Bashir, who faces charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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Wait to enter the National Bank of Greece in Athens last year. An internal review was unusually blunt in its critique of how the I.M.F. handled Greece’s debt woes.

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Report Launch: Transparency International to publish Middle East and North Africa corruption poll

KAICIID in the Central African Republic

 

At #MSC2016 Kofi Annan calls African leaders who complain about #ICC

African leaders and the bias of international justice

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A Way Forward: An Africa-ICC Expert Panel

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The new Africa-ICC Expert Panel: A Way Forward to improve the relationship between Africa and the ICC. Read more… http://fb.me/2gyAvnxH1 

 

 

New Event: Launch of the Africa-ICC Expert Panel The Wayamo Foundation is launching the Africa-ICC Expert Panel… http://fb.me/2phojbe2f 

Toby Cadman ‏@tobycadman  

 

Refugees must not become the secondary victims of recent tragic events http://trib.al/XEylWuY 

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Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

#Merkel aide:“#Germany is united in face of terror; we will not yield or falter on human dignity, freedom&democracy“

https://twitter.com/peteraltmaier/status/666755575095689220

 

Appalling to see US Governors scapegoating #Syria #refugees. Courage, not fearmongering, is what’s needed now.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/17/us-governors-scapegoat-syrian-refugees …

 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  


Coordinated #EU Govts action,incl safe & legal routes for #refugees more important than ever https://www.hrw.org/node/283398 

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

If #EU govts work together we can overcome the chaos & ensure #refugees protection.@HRW recs https://www.hrw.org/node/283398 

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#EU govs must replace current chaos with orderly processing of #refugees & safe&legal routes https://www.hrw.org/node/283398 

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

#Refugees shldn’t have to risk their lives to seek protection in #EU.Safe&legal routes now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-8emlxqqc&feature=youtu.be …

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

Language demonizing #refugees is steering up fear & hate, instead of solving real problems http://trib.al/zFjwfp8 

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

 

Refugees must not become scapegoats for the very violence so many of them flee.

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Asylkoordination Österreich
Freitag, 20. November 18:30 im NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien 4. Stock KSA HS 4
„Little Alien“ von Nina Kusturica
Bester Dokumentarfim über Flüchtlinge in Österreich. In diesem Fall unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge in Wien und Traiskirchen aber auch auf dem Weg in Marokko, der Ukraine oder Griechenland. 
anschließend Filmgepräch mit Nina Kusturica und Herbert Langthaler (asylkoordination) Norbe
rt Moser ‏@NorbertMoser2 
Freitag 20.11.2015 Jugendpressekonferenz mit Flüchtlingen am Internationalen Tag der Kinderrechte in der Albertina
Netzwerk Kinderrechte Österreich organisiert Pressekonferenz im prunkvollen Rahmen ausschließlich mit jugendlichen RednerInnen
Bild zur PresseaussendungAm 20. November 1989 wurde die UN-Kinderrechtskonvention von der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen angenommen. Das Netzwerk Kinderrechte Österreich, ein Zusammenschluss von 44 Organisationen, lässt am diesjährigen Internationalen Tag der Kinderrechte ausschließlich Jugendliche reden:

Am Podium erzählen fünf junge Flüchtlinge über verschiedene Aspekte der Kinder- und Jugendrechte hier in Österreich. Weitere 25 einheimische Jugendliche stellen im Anschluss an die Statements der Flüchtlinge ihre brennenden Fragen. Die VertreterInnen der Medien sind herzlich zu dieser besonderen Pressekonferenz eingeladen.Jugendpressekonferenz mit Flüchtlingen am Internationalen Tag der
Kinderrechte in der AlbertinaDatum: 20.11.2015, um 10:30 Uhr
Ort: Albertina Audienzsaal
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Wien N
orbert Moser ‏@NorbertMoser2 

 

Da das Thema der Barrierefreiheit auch im Museum eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielt, wird bei ... http://fb.me/EyRHsdI8 

 

Durch Vorlesen in der neuen Sprache heimisch werden. http://fb.me/7DgTZa65J 

 

Da wird man ganz still. @ParisVictims twittert berührende Kurzportraits der Opfer #ParisAttacks via @dieNagashi

https://twitter.com/ParisVictims/status/666526464129413120

 

UN Refugee Agency: After Paris attacks, refugees should not be turned into scapegoats #Parisattacks http://www.unhcr.org/564b1f786.html 

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

Otage au Bataclan, il révèle la discussion avec les terroristes – http://www.rtl.fr/actu/societe-faits-divers/attentats-a-paris-retenu-en-otage-au-bataclan-il-revele-la-discussion-avec-les-terroristes-7780536329 …

Only nine women right now. #Iran Activists Campaign To Bring More #Women Into Parliament by @GEsfandiari

http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-parliament-campaign-for-more-women/27343085.html … via @RFERL

Wir können jetzt genau das tun, was die Terroristen wollen – Danke @sibyllehamann!

http://diepresse.com/home/meinung/quergeschrieben/sibyllehamann/4868564/Wir-konnen-jetzt-genau-das-tun-was-die-Terroristen-wollen …

Servitenkloster wieder Heim für 58 Flüchtlinge. Erste Freiwillige haben sich schon gemeldet. Danke! @CaritasVienna

http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/wien/art23652,1234749 …

Schönborn/Wehsely/Landau: Servitenkloster wird neues Quartier für 58 junge Flüchtlinge #Wien

http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20151117_OTS0105/schoenbornwehselylandau-servitenkloster-wird-neues-quartier-fuer-58-junge-fluechtlinge …

[#Parisattacks] French police wants to identify this man. From abroad > alerte-attentat@interieur.gouv.fr

 

نخطئ وعلينا أن نستفيد من تجربة الخطأ ونكتشف الأوهام التي تحملنا عليه.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DYeZ_nC_1x4  #خطيئة #آدم

ALBERT SCHWEITZER HAUS https://www.facebook.com/AustroArabNews/posts/753405044788201?pnref=story …

Uns liegt das Papier mit den „Schwerpunkten der #Bildungsreform vor: http://dst.at/NDMwMTM1 

Schule neu: Das ist die #Bildungsreform http://kurier.at/politik/inland/schule-neu-das-ist-die-bildungsreform/164.536.640 …

Der Terror von Paris wird zur Herausforderung für jeden Einzelnen. Der Tweet: #PorteOuverte 

http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/meinung/standpunkt/sn/artikel/die-bombe-in-unseren-koepfen-173410 … @salzburg_com

Se libérer de ses souffrances http://bit.ly/1HTUFn3 

Did you know? #Philippines is the third deadliest country for journalists, behind only Iraq and Syria. https://www.cpj.org/asia/philippines/ … #ObamaInPH

 

Seriously #China! Environment activist gets 12yrs prison for trying to protect spotted seals

http://chinachange.org/2015/11/16/12-years-in-prison-for-trying-to-protect-spotted-seals/ …

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Hungary’s brain drain is only going to get worse according to demographic researchers. But why are they leaving?

 

Helge Schneider allein in #Hannover: Hotelzimmer statt Lesung. Und ein paar Tritte ins Gesicht des Terrors https://www.facebook.com/helgeschneider/videos/987053528018534/ … #GERNED

 

‚WEIN‘ tastings from http://RabbiWein.com  http://conta.cc/1M9P6PT 

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Defending the shrines, defending Bashar: My @buzzfeedworld #longreads about Iran & allies risky Syria intervention

http://www.buzzfeed.com/borzoudaragahi/inside-irans-bold-unprecedented-intervention-in-syria#.bcOAmlbgx …

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

 

SEC reports whistleblower results:4,000 tips from every state and 61 foreign countries The FCPA Blog https://shar.es/15MZQt  via sharethis

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

Swiss citizens’ initiative collects 105,000 signatures, triggers referendum on Money Creation

http://positivemoney.org/2015/11/swiss-citizens-initiative-collects-105000-signatures-triggers-referendum-on-money-creation/ …

Positive Money ‏@PositiveMoneyUK  

Pink Ribbon On Ice: Eislaufen für einen guten Zweck! Der Eisplatz in Vaduz steht am 18.11.2015 ab 18 Uhr ganz im... http://fb.me/7yOECJyTA 

 

A la barbarie des terroristes, nous devons opposer l’invincible humanité de la culture.

 

First steps: reproductive rights and strategic litigation in #Turkey @ReproRights @ReproRightsUN http://on.fb.me/1l1NI8Q 

 

The Swiss population will be the first in the world to vote on their money system. http://ow.ly/UM14H 

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Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

https://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/coordinated-eu-govts-action-incl-safe-legal-routes

World Bank peddling private, for-profit schools in Africa, disguised as aid

Young students in a Bridge International Academy school in Nairobi, in September.  (Frederic Courbet/NPR)

News Lens: World Bank peddling private, for-profit schools in Africa, disguised as aid http://bit.ly/1N4kcYv 

Ex-dictator #HissèneHabré – „Africa’s #Pinochet“ – trial started today.

Ex-dictator #HissèneHabré – „Africa’s #Pinochet“ – trial started today. @AFP graphic. @HRW Q&A:http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/07/09/qa-case-hissene-habre-extraordinary-african-chambers-senegal …

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 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1

Follow @bbcfessy @bbcafrique @ReedBrody @HenriThulliez for live updates from ‪#‎Chad‬ ex-dictator ‪#‎HisseneHabre‬’s trial pic.twitter.com/Lb5O7VMrRm

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#ICC President: ‘Today we witness significant development of int’l justice with Hissène Habré trial opening in Dakar’

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For all the fair criticisms of the ICC and its contribution to justice this is not one of them http://www.newsweek.com/there-goes-international-criminal-court-355001 …

Out at sea, impunity reigns – despite dozens of witnesses, these murders remain a mystery: http://nyti.ms/1JbbwAh  by @ian_urbina

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Ex-dictator #HissèneHabré – „Africa’s #Pinochet“ – trial started today. https://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/chad-s-ex-dictator-finally-stands-trial-for-his-at … via @deinayurvedanet

Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa

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Durban – The government should have arrested Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and demanded justice for the thousands who fell victim to war crimes and genocide under his watch, says former UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay.

Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa 

Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa – Africa | IOL News http://bit.ly/1NVNMQ9

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Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner : Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Repu… http://bit.ly/1SfFMdR 

Netsanet BelaySolomon Sacco : Using Immunity to Entrench Impunity http://bit.ly/1SfFJP7 

South Africa’s Navi Pillay on the #Bashir case http://bit.ly/1eSrofs 

@tobycadman #Music from #gaza #GazaOpenYourHeart official video i hope everyone share it https://youtu.be/y8BDdNmEcKE

 Kenneth Roth ‏@KenRoth

When Portugal decriminalized drugs, drug deaths surged, right?

Nope. Au contraire. Very rare. http://bit.ly/1Gct6NW pic.twitter.com/5JbyHFDo59

“Law academics need to pay attention to the reality outside their campus. They need to listen to the voices … http://www.mynewsroom.co.za/thought-provoking-conference-for-law-academics/ …

High level policy dialogue between the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

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This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue that involved small scale farmers and representatives of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Over one hundred people participated in this unprecedented event:

DOWNLOAD PDF http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/G03349.pdf

 

IIED, APPG on Agroecology, CNOP, Kene conseils, Centre Djoliba, IRPAD

IIED code: G03349

Published: Apr 2012 – IIED

Areas: Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin

Topics: Agriculture & Food, Participation

Details: Project info

Language: English

This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue on agricultural research for development that involved small scale farmers and representatives of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Over one hundred people participated in the policy dialogue. This unprecedented event was chaired by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and took place on 1st to 3rd February 2012 in Accra (Ghana).

 

 

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Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. It has been defined as „an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long term:Satisfy human food and fiber needs Make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls Sustain the economic viability of farm operations Enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole. Read More: > Here <

Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as social and environmental standards. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate, flowers and gold. Read More: > HERE <

AGRA ALLIANCE works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers. Smallholders–the majority women–produce most of Africa’s food, and do so with minimal resources and little government support. AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support. Through developing Africa’s high-potential breadbasket areas, while also boosting farm productivity across more challenging environments, AGRA works to transform smallholder agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, sustainable and competitive system, and do so while protecting the environment.

AFRICA LOSES ROUGHLY $4 Billion in soil nutrients each year, costing farmers in lost productivity and eroding the continent’s ability to feed itself. But simple solutions can reverse the trend. AGRA’s programs in soil health are working to restore 6.3 million hectares of degraded farmland over 10 years. Whether it’s setting Africa’s first digital soil map to monitor the problem and inform decision making or promoting the use of lime to counteract western Kenya’s acidic soils or increasing the use of fertilizer microdosing by farmers in the Sahel, AGRA is focused on stemming the crisis and transforming Africa’s soils form a curse into blessing for smallholder farmers.

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Father Godfrey Nzamujo is the founder and director of the Songhai Centre, a pioneering farm, training and research centre in Porto Novo, Benin. Begun in 1985 on a single hectare of land, the Songhai project has expanded to six sites in Benin and one in Nigeria. With the motto ‚Commitment to Excellence‘, Songhai symbolises Nzamujo’s belief that Africa’s ecological characteristics are advantages rather than impediments. Father Nzamujo was awarded the Hunger Project’s Africa Prize for Leadership in 1993, and is the author of Songhaï: When Africa lifts up its head. Stirring revolution in African Rice: www.new-ag.info

Songhaï aspires to develop alternatives allowing Africans to stand on their feet through agricultural entrepreneurship, in an integrated development framework enhancing agriculture, industry and services. This development is centred, above all, on human development, the realization of local resources and the appropriation of foreign techniques and technologies.

VISION To establish an entrepreneurial platform of integrated development, an enabling environment to find social, economic, technical, organizational solutions that will take Africans out of poverty, pulling them towards autonomy and sustainable socioeconomic development.

VOCATION To draw Africa into a development mentality which consists in developing new strengths in spite of socioeconomic, cultural and environmental constraints.

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    African Traditional Medicine, Ethnomedicine

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    Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous or folk medicine) comprises medical knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. Practices known as traditional medicines include herbal, Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian medicine, Islamic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Muti, Ifá, and other medical knowledge and practices all over the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as: „the health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral-based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being.“

    In some Asian and African countries, up to 80% of the population relies on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. When adopted outside of its traditional culture, traditional medicine is often called complementary and alternative medicine. Herbal medicines can be very lucrative, generating billions of dollars in sales, but adulteration or counterfeit herbs can also be a health hazard. Read More: > HERE <

    HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE – African Traditional Medicine is a mainstay of primary health care for the majority in Africa. About 80% of the population has relied on resources within their environment to survive since God’s creation.

    Plants, minerals and animals constitute the major natural resources ever used by mankind for preventative, curative and rehabilitative health in Africa. Like any other continent, these resources have been used for over ten thousand years by traditional health practitioners (THP’s), who acquired their knowledge and skills through observation, spiritual revelation, personal experience, training and direct information from their predecessors.

    THE ROLE OF EMERGED SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SYSTEM: “ ETHNOMEDICINE “ – What is Ethnomedicine Science? Ethnomedicine is a multi-disciplinary field of study that draws on approaches and methods from both the social and biological sciences, culturally based biological and environmental knowledge, cultural perception and cognition of the natural world, associated behaviours and practices, concerned with the cultural interpretations of health, disease and illness, and also addresses the health care seeking process and healing practices.It is a study of cultural concepts of health, disease and illness, and of the nature of healing systems.

    Ethnomedicine has turned it’s attention to laboratory research, which has been made possible by the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO). In fact, the traditional medicine programme of the WHO was precisely thought of as an answer to renewed interest for population therapies and remedies, in view of possible identification and utilisation within national health services.

    African Medicine – the mother of medicines:

    „If we accept that Africa is the cradle of mankind and that the use of herbs is as old as mankind itself, it then stands to reason that African medicine is the oldest, most tried and tested form of medicine known to mankind. Further, to call it an alternative is wrong, since it formed the basis for other types of medicine practiced today – conventional, herbal, Chinese, etc.“ T/Dr R de Carvalho.

    History and Description – Ethnomedicine is a system that applies both art and science to help the human body to restore its health and well-being. It utilises natural remedies to activate the immune system. Herbs are used for cleansing, elimination and detoxification. Some are used to stimulate the body’s self-healing capabilities to counteract physical symptoms, whilst others may be used as a tonic to help the body’s immunity.

    • Vision – To manufacture and distribute an effective range of African herbal remedies and medicinal products that not only competes, but surpass its competitors.
    • To enhance and preserve the knowledge and wisdom of African herbal medicine.
    • To be a leader in the research and development of African herbal remedies and products.

    PAXHERBAL, MAGAZINE:  The aim of Pax Herbal Magazine is to re-assimilate, re-understand and re-express ancient African philosophy [indigenous knowledge] in light of modern, scientific knowledge [exogenous knowledge]. African Medicine, that is, the science of life, is at the centre of African philosophy. Life, for the African, is indeed the ultimate value. By exploring the multi-faceted dynamism of healing in Africa, Pax Herbal Magazine is championing a medical revolution that is all-embracing, holistic, African and global.

    The Science – After years of repudiating ancient wisdom, science is now validating the wisdom of the ancients.  Discoveries in quantum physics, radiology and electromagnetic force have changed the way scientists look at the world.

    Pax Herbal products are currently a high-flying brand because they are efficacious, affordable and available. Recently, though, the monks of St. Benedict Monastery, Ewu, Esan, Edo State, the custodians of Africa’s most sophisticated, scientific and full-blown herbal pharmaceutical industry and their dedicated staff have been bending over backwards to meet a snowballing demand for their products.

     

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