Year: 2006

Basra, 27 December, 2006— ’m a 39-year-old former prisoner of the al-Jamiyat police station in Basra, and have been severely tortured for crimes that I did not commit. I have also been a witness to […]

Nairobi, 26 December, 2006— The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned of potentially “catastrophic” effects of all-out war in Somalia. In an emergency alert issued on Friday as the conflict began to […]

There has, predictably, developed an interesting dimension to Nigeria’s fledgling democratic culture in a manner that should make all democracy-loving Ghanaians, for example, feel very proud. The gracefully tactical ability of party and cabinet members […]

Pader, 26 December, 2006— An end of year deadline set by the Ugandan government for all internally displaced persons (IDPs) in war-ravaged northern Uganda to return home looks unlikely to be met, both IDPs and […]

Conakry, 25 December, 2006— The European Union and Guinea signed a deal on Friday to turn the spigot on EU aid for the first time in four years, but transparency and economic issues still dog […]

Cairo, 25 December, 2006— Judging from the gender ratio of infections in Egypt, women are most at risk of avian influenza contagion than men, said Hamdi Abdel Wahed, media official at the health ministry. All […]

Gaza City, 25 December, 2006— Palestinian refugee Samir Hassan [not his real name] never imagined he would one day replace his UN food coupons with marijuana and heroin, despite the hunger of his children. “My […]

DASRATHPUR, 25 December, 2006— In the remote village of Dasrathpur in Surkhet district, nearly 700 km west of the capital, Kathmandu, senior Maoist commander Dipak has the tough task of ensuring the well-being of his […]