http://www.africafiles.org/ AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa. en-ca Copyright 2012 AfricaFiles. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:37 EST 20 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26040 Click-to-commit is pretty easy: fill out a pledge form, send it away with a click of your mouse, people benefit worlds away from you. Better yet, a dollar will be donated for every signature that pledges support for the empowerment of women and girls in Malawi. Surely as we enter a new year, we can all take the time for a quick click. CJW Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26040 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=25914 A recent UNEP study reported on the degree of contamination in communities of Ogoniland after 50 years of oil operations. When not obvious above ground, underground reservoirs of water were severely contaminated; drinking water in one community faced 900 times the levels of benezene permitted by the World Health Organization. Clean-up could take 30 years. Let's hold those that put these commnunities and the environment at risk accountable for their actions. CJW Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=25914 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26050 Delly Mawazo Sesete has created a petition asking Apple Inc. to create a conflict-free product within two years. By sourcing clean minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, whether for its much coveted iPhone, iPad or iPod lines or a new product, Apple would ensure it remains a leader of innovation, this time in human rights rather than technology. CJW Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26050 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26108 Student activist Taj Alsir Jaafar was removed from a bus on his way home from university on December 30 2011. He is now being held incommunicado in an unknown location and while no charges have been laid, it is believed he is being held for participating in a sit-in at Khartoum University. His mother is being threatened for trying to find him. CJW Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26108 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26156 Sentenced to five years in prison for their homosexuality, the plight of these two men are merely the tip of the iceberg in Cameroon. The judge in the case has been accused of making homophobic innuendos during the trial and Cameroon's homosexuality law has been described as draconian. The Obama administration has made plain its plans to confront discrimination against LGBT communities worldwide. Add your voice to theirs! CJW Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=26156