Month: May 2010

CAIRO, 27 May 2010  – Outside downtown Cairo’s teeming Ramses train station, the crowd studiously ignores the health official, despite his repeated pleas for travellers to spare a few minutes to donate blood in a […]

NAIROBI, 28 May 2010  – Kenya should encourage the use of bamboo in building affordable shelters, especially for 60 percent of the population who live in poorly constructed dwellings in rural areas, says a specialist. […]

A Faith of Tolerance or Terror? “Recent events have focused attention on Islam (and its prophet, Muhammad) the often misunderstood faith of (over) one billion people. Westerners are showing a new openness to learning about […]

Accra, May 25, GNA – Ghana on Tuesday led the rest of Africa in what is regarded as the climax a year-long centenary birthday celebration of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Founder of modern Ghana, with […]

RAMALLAH, 26 May 2010 (IRIN) – Eight cargo ships with more than 10,000MT of humanitarian aid, mostly building materials, medical equipment and medicines, will set sail for the Gaza Strip on 27 May in a […]

KANO, 20 May 2010 (IRIN) – Health authorities are on alert as Lassa fever has now claimed 17 lives and infected dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi State, according to state health officials. The […]

NAIROBI, 19 May 2010 (IRIN) – Shortages of medical staff have been identified as one of the major impediments to achieving the health-related UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For example, one of the poorest countries […]

GITHOGONDO-MWEA, 21 May 2010 (IRIN) – Margaret Wawira’s home is located dangerously close to River Thiba, which recently burst its banks, inundating homes and farms in her Githogondo village in Mwea, Kirinyaga region, central Kenya. […]