| GLOBAL: Children’s rights not yet a reality |
 DAKAR, 20 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters, children are often the first to be deprived of their rights.
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SOMALIA: Residents and sandbank stymie pirates' plan |  NAIROBI, 19 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Residents of a coastal town in Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland saved the crew of a fishing boat when they foiled an attempt by pirates, who had captured the boat, to sail away.
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LIBERIA: “The new war is rape” |  MONROVIA, 19 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Funds needed for displaced Zimbabweans |  JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000, said the South African Red Cross Society.
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SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: More than 2,000 Zimbabweans flee, fearing attacks |  JOHANNESBURG, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, after some of their shacks in an informal settlement were attacked and demolished, said a police official.
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KENYA: Women weighed down by culture |  GARISSA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Armed with a university certificate, Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji returned to her pastoralist community in Garissa, northeastern Kenya, expecting to serve as a veterinary health assistant. But she was refused the job.
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In Brief: Egypt’s Copts facing persecution - report |  CAIRO, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - A new report on religious freedom in Egypt says Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the 80 million population (CIA factbook), face major rights violations and are being increasingly persecuted.
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SIERRA LEONE: War-wounded get micro-grants |  FREETOWN, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Some 20,000 people wounded in Sierra Leone's war are receiving micro-grants as part of efforts to rebuild lives and livelihoods in the still fragile country.
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GUINEA: Humanitarian update |  DAKAR, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Six weeks after the deadly military crackdown on civilians in Guinea, families are still searching for loved ones, the wounded continue to need medical care and aid agencies are assisting state health workers cope with the aftermath, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Guinea.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Help for landmine victims hard to come by |  MAPUTO, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Helena Numaio was 12 years old in 1990 when she lost both her legs and a finger in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood in the Moamba district of Maputo Province, Mozambique.
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