Month: April 2008

Washington, 24 April, 2008— Nations that are party to the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will discuss additional ways to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, promote disarmament and foster cooperation for the peaceful use […]

Washington, 24 April, 2008— Despite the toll in human lives taken daily by an ancient parasite on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, there are effective ways to fight deadly malaria and a range of […]

Exactly one week after his shocking decision to resign his membership of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), the former Minister of Trade has, at long last, given the Ghanaian public ample, concise and concrete […]

Monrovia, 25 April, 2008— A surge in rice prices in 1979 contributed to Liberia’s descent into chaos, sparking riots and a political crisis that led to the coup that brought Samuel Doe to power. Now […]

Brazzaville, 25 April, 2008— Firmine Youla, 46, lives in Moungali, Brazzaville, and like other Congolese who are constantly affected by malaria, keeps close track of her purchases of anti-malarial medicine. “I always keep my prescription […]

Yaounde, 25 April, 2008— Local production of basic foods in Cameroon will double in the next two years if an emergency programme announced by the government on 24 April achieves its goals. “My hope is […]

Eldoret, 25 April, 2008— Ndirangu Mwangi, 26, one of 14,000 people camping in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret’s showground, was less than encouraged after Kenya’s political leaders visited the town as part of a […]

Dhaka, 22 April, 2008— An expected bumper rice harvest may not be enough to stave off a food crisis as a result of rising prices, experts say. This month’s ’boro’ rice harvest – one of […]