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Taking a break…

Posted in News, tagged Holidays, Twende Twende on June 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I am just taking a well earned vacation and going away for a week or so.
I will be back the 1:st of July, do not forget to check back then.
Thank you, everyone who read, comment or contribute in any way, you make this site come alive!
– Kajsa, Admin Twende Twende
admin.twende.twende@gmail.com

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Refugees Singing For Their People

Posted in Africa, Conflicts, Guinea, Human Rights Issues, News, Sierra Leone, World, tagged Banker White, CECI, Children, diamonds, Documentary, folk music, Future, government, Help, Hope, Killing, Living like a refugee, Music, Myspace, NGO, Orphans, Rebels, Refugees, reggae, resistent, Reuben Koroma, roots reggae, Sembakounya Refugee Camp, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, traditional music, victim, Video, Watch, Zach Niles on June 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The civil war in Sierra Leone killed thousands and misplaced millions. But in the midst of this horrific war six people stood up and found a way to help their fellow refugees. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars was started by Mr. Reuben Koroma, his wife Grace and Francis John Langba (a “musical brother” from the time before the [...]

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The African Child Day

Posted in Africa, Conflicts, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Health, Human Rights Issues, News, Nigeria, Togo, World, tagged African Child Day, Child Soldiers, Children, Future, government, Help, Hope, Infantry, Killing, Orphans, Photo, Physical abuse, Quotes, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, Street Children, Torture, Trafficking, Twende Twende, victim, Video, War, War Crimes, Watch on June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

To celebrate the African Child Day I have made a slide show which presents some of the human rights issues concerning children, the issues we really need to confront.
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– Kajsa, Admin Twende Twende
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Triangle of Death (DRC)

Posted in Africa, Conflicts, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Human Rights Issues, News, World, tagged Army, Children, Civil War, government, Help, Human Rights Watch, Katanga, Killing, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, Quotes, Rape, Torture, Triangle of Death, United Nations, Vicitm, War, War Crimes on June 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »

In 2003 a defense group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo called the Mai Mai launched an insurgency against DRC’s new transitional gouvernment and its army. Since that time hundreds of people have been brutaly killed and more than 150 000 have fled their homes in parts of the Katanga province. The Mai Mai have [...]

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