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 Sudan:Peace first, all shall follow
Justice for the victims of atrocities in Darfur will come but it will have to wait until peace has been restored to Sudan. That was the gist of the message yesterday from President Barack Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration.
Gration was briefing journalists in Washington, New York and Johannesburg via video conference on the peace processes in Sudan where crucial elections are due in April and an even more crucial referendum on independence for Southern Sudan and for the disputed territory of Abyei in July 2011.
 He said he was optimistic about successful elections and a referendum but tremendous problems still had to be overcome. Gration was asked how the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur might impact the polls and the peace process.He stressed that the US supported the ICC ..
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Security Council Renews Arms Embargo And Sanctions
The Security Council today extended and expanded the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been in place since 2003, for another year.Council members voted unanimously to adopt a resolution continuing the regime of sanctions, which consists of an arms embargo against all armed groups that are not part of either the Government's integrated army (known as the FARDC) or police units, through 30 November next year.
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According to the preliminary findings of the 2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, only 32 percent of women and 37 percent of men who reported having multiple sexual partners said they used a condom during their last sexual encounter.One of the biggest reasons for lack of condom use amongst people engaged in multiple partnering is the belief that they know those partners well and can therefore engage in unprotected sex with them, which is a misplaced belief," said Lucy Maikweki, deputy director, HIV and communications, at the reproductive health NGO, Population Services International (PSI).
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