The Shebeen

Where Namibians Meet

Web Our site

You've found your way to Namibia's favourite online community! Click here to JOIN FREE NOW!

We welcome Namibians at home and abroad, as well as visitors, to chat about everything and anything happening in Namibia. By becoming a member you will be able to create your own social group or club, create your own blog, submit free classified ads, play games in the arcade, create and participate in discussions, join social groups, share photos, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls and access many of the other special features and much more.... Sign up now!

		The Shebeen > Blogs > Tracking the News
Drc

Drc

Children "languishing in Ituri prisons"

Posted 15th July 2008 at 01:03 PM by NewsTracker (Tracking the News)

BUNIA, 14 July 2008 (IRIN) - Dozens of children are languishing in adult prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern Ituri district, despite a legal prohibition, according to a UN official.

"In Ituri, there are over 70 children in conflict with the law - 57 are in prison in Bunia, alongside three babies who are accompanying their mothers," Nandy Estelle Ouattara, the officer in charge of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) child protection section in Bunia,...

NewsTracker

Senior Member

Posted in Drc , Governance , Human Rights , Law & Order , Peace & Security , Sadc

Views 48 Comments 0 NewsTracker is offline

NewsTracker NewsTracker is offline

Join Date Jan 2008
Posts 17,481
Blog Entries 263

Find Blog Entries by NewsTracker

Containing Text: Search Titles Only

Advanced Search
Blog Categories
- Uncategorized
- African Union (AU)
- Namibia
- Drc
- Zambia
- Agriculture
- Business & Finance
- Business
- Children
- Climate Change
- Conflict
- Computers & Internet
- Democracy
- Development
- Economy
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Entertainment
- Food Security
- G8
- Gender Issues
- Governance
- Health
- Human Rights
- Land Reform
- Law & Order
- South Africa
- Natural Disasters
- Nepad
- Peace & Security
- Regional Integration
- Sadc
- Zimbabwe
- Sport
- Transportation
- United Nations (UN)
- World Cup 2010
Recent Comments
Recent Entries
Recent Visitors

Archive
< > November 2008
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
26	27	28	29	30	31	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	1	2	3	4	5	6

All times are GMT +2. The time now is 06:29 PM.

Inactive Reminders By Icora Web Design

vBulletin Message