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    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that it will hold a three-day international law seminar that will focus on protection of civilians in armed conflicts in Africa. The seminar, which begins on Monday, will be held in Niamey, Niger.

    Participants will include representatives from civil society, and international law specialists. Emphasis will be placed on parliamentarians from Africa to whom ICRC hopes to impart international humanitarian law concepts. Strategies to promote it within their respective parliaments will also be examined.

    The seminar is organised in collaboration with the African interparliamentary union, Canada, Norway and Switzerland, ICRC said.

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