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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fired her enivornment minister following his failed bid to become state premier of North Rhine Westfalia.
Amnesty International accuses Mali government forces and separatists of rights abuses+++Police in Kenya detain suspect over grenade attack in Mombasa+++Charles Taylor claims UN prosecutors bribed witnesses.
India's indigenous tribal communities - or Adevasi - were long marginalised. Many remain impoverished - without access to basic services or education. Many disaffected youths turn to alcoholism or violence. But increasingly, members of these indigenous groups are taking their future into their own hands, like Narayani Nanu Kolpara, the first ever female leader of her indigenous tribe in Kerala.
The first ever global report on dementia warns that the number of people living with dementia worldwide will triple by 2050, from nearly 36 million to more than 115 million. More than 70 percent of these cases will be in developing countries. The agencies are urging nations to face up to this looming problem by strengthening their public health systems now,
Whether for agriculture or industry, or for raw materials - most often, it's regular people and small farmers affected by the large-scale transfer of land. While langrabbing is most prevalent on the African continent, the issue also concerns people in many Asian countries. Cambodia is one example, as Helle Jeppesen found out. Dagmar Breitenbach has her report.
When big investors buy up land, small farmers are often driven off the land that feeds them. After three years of negotiations and discussions between government representatives, NGOs and the private sector - 128 countries in the UN Committee on World Food Security adopted voluntary guidelines to protect local populations from land grabbing.
Landgrabbing: We take a look at the situation in Cambodia, and examine new UN guidelines intended to address the issue -- Aging populations :The World Health Organization has released its first-ever global report on dementia, including a special warning for developing countries --A woman on a mission for Adevasi people: In Kerala, Narayani Nanu Kolpara is the first female leader of her tribe
This week Robin Merrill talks to Rajy Al Khaznadar who lives in Weimar and studies there and in nearby Jena.
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