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Like New York City, Karachi is one of the world's largest cities with a dynamic and diverse population of approximately 18 million. But, apart from the common concerns of police working in any major city, the police of Karachi must also contend with extreme violence perpetrated by sectarian and organized crime syndicates resulting in hundreds of deaths per year. Outnumbered and under armed, Karachi Police combat kidnappings, face systematic targeted killings, and respond to daily civilian demonstrations that frequently turn violent.
Though Pakistan's problems may seem a world away, the instability and pernicious crimes expereinced in a city like Karachi are felt the world over. At the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), we work to combat these corrosive ...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Dakar, Senegal on August 1, 2012. The Secretary met with President Macky Sall and other national leaders, as well as delivered a speech applauding the resilience of Senegal's democratic institutions and highlighting America's approach to partnership.
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Housed on the bottom floor of the 2012 International AIDS Convention, the Global Village gave a panoramic and poignant view of the world of HIV/AIDS. While the upper floors of the convention center featured policy makers, scientists, corporations, international organizations, and large NGOs, the Global Village was the grassroots, bringing together the rainbow of sexual preference, gender diversity, and the geographic diaspora of humanity involved in fighting the pandemic.
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Speaking of unorthodox ways to find funding, the following is a great example: Having read Ushahidi Co-Founder's Erik Hersman's article: From Kenya to Madagascar: The African Tech Hub Boom , Hank Marshall from the Arizona Commerce Authority, US, wanted to reach out to African entrepreneurs, techpreneurs and innovators so that they too, can participate in this grant program. He says: [...]
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One blogger Joseph Powell claims Uganda's journalist Andrew Mwenda adds 'the other side' to balance the 'dangerous' 'one-sided Western press' coverage of the M23 mutiny in the DRC.
Andrew Mwenda points to the war against Al-Qaeda since 9/11 and the western support of armed insurgencies in Libya and Syria since the arab spring to justify the application of a similar logic in the fight against hutu genocidaires. This argument is not new, President Paul Kagame, in a speech at West Point in march 2010 said:
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Lian, like many orphan children in China, is in an institution waiting for a loving, permanent home. His story, for me, is the epitome of my work these past two years in the Bureau of Consular Affairs' Office of Children's Issues, the Central Authority for the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Hague Adoption Convention). Lian is protected and secure because of the laws and regulations that China implemented when they became a member of the Hague Adoption Convention. He will become part of a loving, permanent family, who will know all of the medical issues he faces and all of his history while in the care of the Chinese system before he joins them in the United States. His new family will be prepared to support... more »
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Join the conversation here There's a story in tech circles, of how one Startup raised funding for its operations: They put a beggar outside the offices door, and hang a sign that read: "Please support this startup, for every dollar you give, I get a commission" The name of the Startup or how much they [...]
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The 'Summit on the Role of the Christian Faith Community in Global Health and HIV/AIDS' was held at Georgetown University on Wednesday July 25, squarely in the middle of the week-long International AIDS Conference (IAC). The Summit was one of several vivid expressions during the IAC of the centrality of the faith community to the global response to HIV/AIDS.
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The US is handing out money again. Not, of course, for development. Over $82m to six African countries for "counter-terrorism assistance". (H/T @laurenist) Half is for Uganda. To fight Kony. Where-ever he happens to be. The less said about Uganda looting neighbouring countries, supporting rebels and all-around destabilising central Africa on the US's dime, the better, I suppose. Most of the rest
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After two years of poor rainfall, Bulawayo's water reserves are almost gone. In a desperate attempt to manage the last remaining reserves, the Bulawayo City Council has begun rationing water. The rationing means that residents go without water for a day, twice a week. Unfortunately, reports suggest that the ages water pipe network in the city may not be able to cope with fluctuations in water
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The US is handing out money again. Not, of course, for development. Over $82m to six African countries for "counter-terrorism assistance". (H/T @laurenist) Half is for Uganda. To fight Kony. Where-ever he happens to be. The less said about Uganda looting neighbouring countries, supporting rebels and all-around destabilising central Africa on the US's dime, the better, I suppose. Most of the rest
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After two years of poor rainfall, Bulawayo's water reserves are almost gone. In a desperate attempt to manage the last remaining reserves, the Bulawayo City Council has begun rationing water. The rationing means that residents go without water for a day, twice a week. Unfortunately, reports suggest that the ages water pipe network in the city may not be able to cope with fluctuations in water
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