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  • [Lebanon] Lebanese soldiers guard the razor wire barrier dividing Beirut's rival political groups. [Date picture taken: 02/14/2007]
    Lebanese soldiers guard the razor wire barrier dividing Beirut's rival political groups
  • [Uganda] Young people should be the most active sector of society. But, in IDP camps they are unproductive and revert to idleness and crime. [Date picture taken: 12/03/2006]
    Young people should be the most active sector of society. But, in IDP camps they are unproductive and revert to idleness and crime
  • [Uganda] A group of young boys playing cards in Arum IDP camp. School drop-out is a serious problem, and youth are left on their own, without any means of realising their ambitions. [Date picture taken: 12/03/2006]
    A group of young boys playing cards in Arum IDP camp. School drop-out is a serious problem, and youth are left on their own, without any means of realising their ambitions
  • [Uganda] Large-scale displacement caused the loss of traditional sources of income, like farming. In the camps, young IDPs live in despair and boredom. [Date picture taken: 12/03/2006]
    Large-scale displacement caused the loss of traditional sources of income, like farming. In the camps, young IDPs live in despair and boredom
  • Screenshot of IRIN web analytics. 14 February 2007
    Screenshot of IRIN web analytics.
  • [Kyrgyzstan] An imam outside a mosque in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country fell into poverty. The majority of its 10 million inhabitants are young people who struggle to find a job. They are the easy prey of 'soul hunter
    An imam outside a mosque in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country fell into poverty. The majority of its 10 million inhabitants are young people who struggle to find a job
  • [Kyrgyzstan] A madrasa (Islamic school) in Jalalabat, Kyrgyzstan, 2005. Several young children learn to read namaz (the local name for Islamic prayers). Kyrgyz officers say that poverty and unemployment have swelled the ranks of radical religious organi
    A madrasa (Islamic school) in Jalalabat, Kyrgyzstan, 2005. Several young children learn to read namaz. Kyrgyz officers say that poverty and unemployment have swelled the ranks of radical religious organisations
  • [Kenya] A girl in one of the Dadaab refugee camps. Female education is higher than on average, and campaigns to eradicate FGM have so far been successful in the camps. [Date picture taken: 11/27/2006]
    A girl in one of the Dadaab refugee camps. Female education is higher than on average, and campaigns to eradicate FGM have so far been successful in the camps
  • [Kenya] Abdi and his friends in Hagadera camp. Young people in Dadaab face incredible hardships, and have spent all their lives trapped in the camps. [Date picture taken: 02/04/2007]
  • The recruitment and the use of child soldiers has been recognised as a war crime and falls within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
    The recruitment and the use of child soldiers has been recognised as a war crime and falls within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
  • On the second anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, thousands took part in demonstrations in Beirut, Lebanon, 14 February 2007. Protesters were seeking accountability from the Lebanese government for the murder of Hariri, as well
    Demonstrations on second anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon
  • The fishing industry is on the decline in Ghana because fish stocks are running out. Small fishermen using boats like these are responsible for 75 percent of the catches, although major industrial fishing trawlers get the blame for the overfishing.
  • Internally displaced people (IDPs) outside their make shift houses in Mogadishu, Somalia, 13 February 2007. IDPs began fleeing the capital after some of the refugee compounds they lived in were occupied by Ethiopian troops
    The displaced outside their makeshift shelters in Mogadishu: Officials say rains that fell on 16 and 17 October destroyed many of the shelters (file photo)
  • [Afghanistan] The daily life of young girls in Afghanistan has changed little since the toppling of the Taliban. Many of them are still forced out of school by their conservative families. [Date picture taken: 12/23/2006]
  • [Kenya] There are 250,000- 300,000 children living and working on the street across the country with more than 60,000 of them in Nairobi. Shanty towns like Kibera and Korogocho are home for some of these children. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2007]
    There are 250,000-300,000 children living and working on the streets across Kenya, with more than 60,000 of them living in Nairobi's slums
  • [Kenya] A young boy off-loads a sack of plastics used for recycling in Korogocho slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 January 2007. Seventy percent of the Korogocho population is less than thirty years of age. Youths face various challenges such unemployment, drug
    A young boy off-loads a sack of plastics used for recycling in Korogocho slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 January 2007
  • Young adults (aged 15 - 29) as a proportion of all adults (aged 15 and older). In the 1990s, countries with a large youth bulge were much more likely to experience an outbreak of civil conflict.
    Young adults (aged 15 - 29) as a proportion of all adults (aged 15 and older)
  • [DRC] Young metal worker in Don Bosco Centre, Goma, DRC. Young people are driven into violence not because it is attractive, but, for the hordes of unemployed and unskilled, violence is the only 'career' option. [Date picture taken: 11/30/2006]
    Young metal worker in Don Bosco Centre, Goma, DRC. Young people are driven into violence not because it is attractive, but, for the hordes of unemployed and unskilled, violence is the only 'career' option
  • [Yemen] Suleiman Hassan, 11, lost his mother when their boat capsized crossing the Gulf of Aden. [Date picture taken: 02/14/2007]
  • DO NOT USE PHOTO! Celine, 21, was raped by a Chadian soldier in 2006 during a village raid, Betoko, CAR, 13 February 2007. Since insurgency began in the region in early mach 2006, many civilians got killed by either the presidential guards or the Chadian
    DO NOT USE PHOTO!
  • Winning the peace: the post-war AIDS challenge - PlusNews Special.
  • [Kazakhstan] A map of Kazakhstan and the surrounding region. [Date picture taken: 02/13/2007]
    A map of Kazakhstan and the surrounding region.
  • [Kazakhstan] Map. [Source: ReliefWeb]
  • [Iraq] Treating patients in Iraq's hospitals is becoming incresaingly dangerous. [Date picture taken: 02/13/2007]
    Treating patients in Iraq's hospitals is becoming incresingly dangerous
  • [Pakistan] Suffering from malnutrition, 21 month old Hasret Ali received 62 days of successful treatment at the MSF centre in Balochistan. [Date picture taken: 02/15/2007]
  • Soldiers on Conakry's deserted streets, enforcing a curfew called after weeks of riots in January and February calling for the resignation of President Lansana Conte, Conakry, 15 February 2007. Guineans and human rights watchdogs say hundreds of unarmed p
    Soldiers on Conakry's deserted streets, enforcing a curfew called after weeks of riots in January and February calling for the resignation of President Lansana Conte, Conakry, 15 February 2007
  • Guineans demonstrating against the rule of President Lansana Conte in the Koloma suburb of the capital, Conakry, Guinea, 12 February 2007. More than 100 people were killed in anti-government riots across Guinea in January and February, and hundreds more w
    Guineans demonstrating against the rule of President Lansana Conte in the Koloma suburb of the capital, Conakry, Guinea, 12 February 2007
  • [South Africa] Red Cross "mentors" help build the capacity of community home-based care organisations. [Date picture taken: 02/04/2007]
  • Youth in crisis: Coming of age in the 21st century
  • [Iraq] Jibril Rajoub (left), a senior security adviser of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. [Date picture taken: 02/11/2007]
    Jibril Rajoub (left), a senior security adviser of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
  • [Kenya] A young boy peers through a gate in Korogocho slums, Nairobi. Young people have tremendous capacity for inventiveness that can be exploited by implementing youth-friendly policies and by giving them the chance to effectively shape the society they
    A young boy peers through a gate in Korogocho slums, Nairobi
  • A boy member of a street gang sleeps in a basket which is used for collecting garbage in the market in Managua, Nicaragua. Young people live in gangs in the streets or in abandoned buildings, sniffing glue that they carry with them to help them get throug
    A boy member of a street gang sleeps in a basket which is used for collecting garbage in the market in Managua, Nicaragua

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