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Spearheading a Grass-Roots Movement for Change…

March 15 2010, 10:36pm

By Carlyn ReichelStaff Writer Washington — There were three times Ann Njogu considered quitting her work in human rights activism in Kenya. The first was when a woman walked into her office so badly beaten by her husband that her head and face were swollen to the size of a…

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For Human Rights Heroine, “No Ordinary…

March 13 2010, 1:16am

By Carlyn ReichelStaff Writer Washington — They came in the middle of the night asking for Jestina Mukoko. She did not even have time to put on her shoes and glasses before they seized and blindfolded her, taking her to an undisclosed location where the world would not know what…

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No U.S. Desire to “Americanize” Somali…

March 13 2010, 12:27am

By Stephen KaufmanStaff Writer Washington — As press reports suggest a military offensive by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) is under way against al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu, the top U.S. envoy to Africa says military operations are the responsibility of the TFG, and U.S. policy toward the war-torn…

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