El conflicto saharaui y la cultura de la resistencia
In: Kamchatka: revista de análisis cultural, Issue 7, p. 123-124
ISSN: 2340-1869
Presentación del dossier sobre cultura saharui contemporánea
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In: Kamchatka: revista de análisis cultural, Issue 7, p. 123-124
ISSN: 2340-1869
Presentación del dossier sobre cultura saharui contemporánea
In: Kamchatka: revista de análisis cultural, Issue 7, p. 139-153
ISSN: 2340-1869
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo poner el foco de atención sobre las víctimas de desapariciones forzosas en el Sáhara Occidental en los primeros años del conflicto. Se cuentan por centenares las personas que, en su mayoría civiles, fueron hechas desaparecidas y prisioneras en las cárceles secretas de Marruecos entre 1975 y 1991, cuyo testimonio vio la luz casi dos décadas después de su liberación. El grado de represión que sufrió la población civil bajo la ocupación marroquí, añadido al miedo a hablar en público debido al carácter reaccionario del régimen monárquico, han hecho imposible que los testimonios que aquí se analizan vieran la luz en los años inmediatamente posteriores a la puesta en libertad de las víctimas, de allí el valor que representa para el investigador conocer de qué manera la víctima es capaz de reproducir con el lenguaje un hecho dramático, vivido dos décadas atrás, en el momento de la enunciación del testimonio. A través de los testimonios de las víctimas, además de conocer el sufrimiento vivido, se puede concluir que detrás de esa operación subyacía un afán de aniquilación, a través de diferentes modalidades, de la identidad de un pueblo sometido. Abstract: This paper aims to put the focus on victims of enforced disappearances in Western Sahara in the early years of the conflict. Hundreds of people, mostly civilians, went missing and were imprisoned in secret prisons in Morocco between 1975 and 1991, and their testimonies were made public nearly two decades after their release. The degree of repression suffered by the civilian population under Moroccan occupation, added to the fear of speaking in public because of the reactionary character of the monarchical regime, have made it impossible that evidence discussed here could see the light in the years immediately after the release of the victims, hence the value it represents for the researcher to know how the victim is able to reproduce with the language a dramatic fact, lived around two decades ago, at the time of the delivery of the testimonies. Through the testimonies of the victims, besides knowing the suffering lived, it can be concluded that behind this operation underlaid a desire for annihilation, through different methods, of the identity of a subjected people.
In: Akungba Law Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 114-128
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Provision of clean drinking water is one of the basic human necessities for healthy livelihood. In Nigeria, many people relied on sachet waters as an alternative source of clean drinking water. However, complaints abound regarding lack of proper water quality standard being used which is a major health concern. This study assessed the regulatory compliance of some sachet water production companies and water quality standard in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered on factory's organisational structure and staffing; facilities and equipment; water treatment processes and sanitation practices, Also, Sachet water samples were analysed for the contaminants of Turbidity, Colour, Odour, pH, Nitrate, Chloride, Iron, Electrical conductivity and E-coli count. From the questionnaire analysis, the adherence level with the regulations was poor as majority (60%) of the sachet water factories have poor organisational structure and only 33% have adequate facilities and equipment. However, water quality analysis showed that most of the sachet water parameters tested were within the standard range except for pH values and E Coli count which majority (70%) falls below standard for both. The study concludes that most sachet water brands produced are unsafe for human consumption. There is need for proper monitoring by relevant agencies towards ensuring sachet water factories continuously complied with standard operations for better public health in the study area.
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In: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery = Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie, Volume 73, Issue 5, p. 341-346
ISSN: 2193-6323
In: Central European neurosurgery: Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie, Volume 72, Issue S 01, p. 001-001
ISSN: 1868-4912, 1438-9746
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Working paper
Seit der Rückkehr zur Zivilherrschaft 1999 scheint es in Nigeria ein Aufflackern von ethnisch und religiös motivierter Gewalt zu geben. Vor diesem Hintergrund organisierte die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung zwei Ausbildungsworkshops für Medienpraktiker. Ziel war es, die Journalisten zu Selbstreflektion und Selbstkritik anzuhalten und eine Berichterstattung zu fördern, die Spannungen abbaut und Krisen nicht verschärft. Der Band dokumentiert in zehn Kapiteln die Beiträge der Workshops. Sie thematisieren wesentliche Aspekte verantwortlicher Berichterstattung und analysieren das Spannungsverhältnis von Konflikt und Demokratie. (DÜI-Sbd)
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled worldwide during the 12 weeks of peak disruption due to COVID-19. Methods: A global expert response study was conducted to elicit projections for the proportion of elective surgery that would be cancelled or postponed during the 12 weeks of peak disruption. A Bayesian β-regression model was used to estimate 12-week cancellation rates for 190 countries. Elective surgical case-mix data, stratified by specialty and indication (surgery for cancer versus benign disease), were determined. This case mix was applied to country-level surgical volumes. The 12-week cancellation rates were then applied to these figures to calculate the total number of cancelled operations. Results: The best estimate was that 28 404 603 operations would be cancelled or postponed during the peak 12 weeks of disruption due to COVID-19 (2 367 050 operations per week). Most would be operations for benign disease (90·2 per cent, 25 638 922 of 28 404 603). The overall 12-week cancellation rate would be 72·3 per cent. Globally, 81·7 per cent of operations for benign conditions (25 638 922 of 31 378 062), 37·7 per cent of cancer operations (2 324 070 of 6 162 311) and 25·4 per cent of elective caesarean sections (441 611 of 1 735 483) would be cancelled or postponed. If countries increased their normal surgical volume by 20 per cent after the pandemic, it would take a median of 45 weeks to clear the backlog of operations resulting from COVID-19 disruption. Conclusion: A very large number of operations will be cancelled or postponed owing to disruption caused by COVID-19. Governments should mitigate against this major burden on patients by developing recovery plans and implementing strategies to restore surgical activity safely.
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