Month: November 2007

Damascus, 19 November, 2007— Aid agencies in Syria have joined forces to provide free food to over 50,000 Iraqi refugees throughout Syria. On 18 November, the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency […]

Washington, 16 November, 2007— Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson has identified four areas where African leadership is vital to accelerate and sustain economic development — natural resource protection, financial markets, business climates and free trade. […]

Washington, 19 November, 2007— The world is benefiting from the expansion of democracy and stands to gain even more through greater stability as democracy and development spread in the future, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State […]

Washington, 19 November, 2007— The United States is sending naval ships and $2.1 million in emergency relief supplies to Bangladesh to help the victims of Cyclone Sidr, which ravaged the country’s southern coast. President Bush […]

It is rather sorrowfully amusing to hear Mr. Sekou Nkrumah vacuously touting the so-called National Democratic Congress (NDC) as “the greatest and most experienced political party in [Ghana] today” (see “NDC Is The Best – […]

Washington, 15 November, 2007— For the first time, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has awarded a Knight International Journalism Award to a blogger, Egypt’s Wael Abbas, recognizing his role in bringing controversial subjects to […]

Nablus, West Bank, 15 November, 2007— In the Kasbah of Old Nablus, a new brigade of professional security forces is on patrol. “This is a first, important step toward the Palestinian Authority taking security in […]

Washington, 15 November, 2007— Helping Africans confront security challenges in their region long has been a priority of the United States, say senior U.S. officials. But the military’s new Africa Command (AFRICOM) also will prove […]