Mombasa, 21 August, 2008— People in Kenya’s Coast Province, believed not to be genuine herbalists, are selling concoctions purported to treat HIV and persuading many patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to abandon their medication. […]
Month: August 2008
CAMBODIA: Freshwater fish resources under increasing pressure
PHNOM PENH, 22 August, 2008— Each year, between July and October, Cambodia’s Tonle Sap river, swollen by monsoon rain and excess flow from the nearby Mekong River, reverses its course. As water pours back into […]
ETHIOPIA: Thousands displaced by flash flood in Gambella
Addis Ababa, 22 August, 2008 Three rivers in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia have burst their banks following torrential rains that fell in the area for three consecutive days, government officials in the area […]
“Akonta” Mugabe? What is that?
I read Mr. Konongo Fordjour’s article, titled “Congo Crisis, Zimbabwe Crisis – Ghana Again?” (Ghanaweb.com 6/28/08) with great sadness, outright nausea and utter embarrassment. I was wracked with nausea because the writer had the temerity […]