Month: November 2007

Dubai, 13 November, 2007— Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture has given instructions to veterinary departments across the country to take all the necessary precautions against Rift Valley Fever (RVF), especially in the provinces bordering Sudan, after […]

Goma, 13 November, 2007— Up to 40,000 people poured out of two camps for displaced civilians near the main town in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province after fierce fighting broke out nearby, according […]

Dakar, 13 November, 2007— Children in West Africa are as likely to be raped, trafficked, beaten or abused and less likely to go to school, receive proper healthcare or be properly nourished, compared to 15 […]

ATONBONG WEST, BAKASSI, 13 November, 2007— Some 20 Cameroonian soldiers were reportedly killed on 13 November by men in military uniforms in the Bakassi peninsula, a territory won from Nigeria in the International Court of […]

Washington, 13 November, 2007— Economic progress in Tanzania, South Africa and Ghana — including infrastructure development and job creation — will be the focus of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.’s trip to the […]

Basra, 12 November, 2007— Basra province, 550km south of Baghdad, can no longer accommodate Iraqi families fleeing insecurity, according to local officials. “We cannot cope with any more families seeking refuge in our province, whatever […]

Nairobi, 12 November, 2007— Local elders and civil society leaders have urged the international community to help stop the carnage in Mogadishu as heavy fighting in the Somali capital continued, leaving hospitals overwhelmed and many […]

Nairobi, 12 November, 2007— Can the entrepreneurial zeal, innovation and super-size budgets of private foundations succeed where a sclerotic and undisciplined international aid industry has failed? Or is the “New Philanthropy” simply executive arrogance, vanity […]