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The aspiration of the Media Review Network is to dispel the myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and to foster bridges of understanding among the diverse people of our country. The Media Review Network believes that Muslim perspectives on issues impacting on South Africans are a prerequisite to a better appreciation of Islam.

Media partnerships to promote African farmers

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 (source: IPS South Africa)

Almost 80 million smallholder farmers in Africa, supply about 80 percent of its food. In order for Africa to establish a prosperous and sustainable economic future, the voices of its farmers must be amplified.
 
To enable this, journalists from across the West Africa region attended a media workshop in Accra, Ghana, hosted by Inter Press Service IPS Africa (www.ipsnews.net/africa) on behalf of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (www.ifad.org) .

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ABOVE: Terna Gyuse (left), IPS Africa regional Editor introducing guest speaker Mohamed Beavogui, IFAD Director for West and Central Africa region, to participants at the media training workshop.

The workshop aimed to build the capacity of local journalists and editors from West and Central Africa to gain the skills and knowledge they need to report on the food crisis and how it can be solved, particularly with the contribution of smallholder farmers.

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Accepting peace prize Obama makes case for unending war

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By David Walsh

(source: World Socialist Website)

In the most bellicose Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech within living memory, President Barack Obama made an argument Thursday in Oslo for ever-widening war and neo-colonial occupation, putting the world on notice that the American ruling elite intends to push ahead with its drive for global domination.

Obama defended his dispatch of tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan, and ominously referred to Iran, North Korea, Somalia, Darfur in Sudan, Congo, Zimbabwe and Burma, any or all of which may become targets for future American military intervention.

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Swiss builds minaret in protest

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(source: VOCfm Online/ Islam Online)

A Swiss businessman appalled by the recent blanket ban on the construction of mosque minarets in his country has build a mock minaret at his building near the western city of Lausanne in protest at the ban. "It was scandalous that the Swiss voted for the ban," Guillaume Morand, who owns a chain of shoe stores, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday, December 10. "This is shameful."

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The businessman, who is not a Muslim, explained that the he had constructed the mock minaret to protest the ban and send a message of peace. More than 57 percent of Swiss voters backed on Sunday, November 29, a far-right call for a blanket ban on the construction of minarets, a surprise result to the government and Swiss Muslim. The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) — Switzerland’s biggest party — had forced a referendum under Swiss regulations on the issue after collecting 100,000 signatures within 18 months from eligible voters.
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