The U.N. humanitarian office says aid workers in eastern Chad have been attacked by bandits over 120 times this year, hampering efforts to bring food and other relief to tens of thousands of displaced people.
Governance has improved in nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan African nations between 2005 and 2006 with Liberia showing the biggest leap in government performance in the period, while Mauritania deteriorated the most, a survey...
Tom Brady Security Editor MILITARY chiefs yesterday gave the go-ahead to Irish peacekeeping troops in Chad to carry out new security duties there. The decision followed a weekend review by Irish officers, who had initially put...
Accra, Oct. 6, GNA - A total of 28 African countries have affirmed their commitment to sign the convention on banning the use of cluster munitions by the end of the year. A total of 107 states adopted the Convention in Dublin,...
Posted: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:43 AM by Alan Boyle Dave Einsel / Getty Images file A sculptor's rendering, part of an exhibit focusing on the 3.2-million- year-old hominid called Lucy, shows how she might have looked in...
The mainstream media has justified ignoring this story based on a “conspiracy theory” chain email (politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/465) making the rounds from some African missionaries. Politifact.com examined the...
DOUALA, 3 October 2008 (IRIN) - Up to 70,000 people have been affected by flooding in northwestern Cameroon and southern Chad; based on meteorological data, disaster workers with the International Federation of the Red Cross...
Ramadan 2008 will be remembered for a long time. This year the holy month kicked off with the arrest of one of the richest men in the country in connection with Egypt’s murder mystery of the century; a week later a disastrous...
Posted to the web 3 October 2008 Fortunate Ahimbisibwe Kampala Uganda is among 42 African countries that have pledged to sign the convention on cluster bombs in December. The treaty seeks to end the production, sale, transfer...
How Farmers in Sahel Confound Scientists Scientists are catching up with farmers on how local knowledge and cooperation can work miracles. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Lim Li Ching A fully referenced version of this article is posted on...