Month: March 2008

Nairobi, 6 March, 2008— Weary of the violence that has plagued Kenya’s western district of Mount Elgon, residents have urged authorities to step up efforts to restore security in an area where long-standing disputes over […]

Jerusalem, 6 March, 2008— The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is “man-made” and worse than it has ever been since the Israeli occupation in 1967, a coalition of British organisations said in a new […]

Freetown, 3 March, 2008— Sierra Leone has the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world because of underinvestment in health programs, malnutrition, and harmful cultural practices, UN children’s agency (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann […]

Kampala, 3 March, 2008— Up to 14 million people in the greater Horn of African region are expected to suffer under harsh weather conditions in the next three months that threaten food security, according to […]

Kathmandu, 3 March, 2008— Aid agencies, the government and the Nepal Army (NA) are rushing to provide emergency relief to some 7,000 Bhutanese refugees who were left without homes, clothing and food after an accidental […]

Nairobi, 3 March, 2008— Fresh clashes between Sudan People’s Liberation Movement units and fighters from the Misseriya community in the oil-rich Abyei region have left scores dead and the two sides trading blame over who […]

Paris, 3 March, 2008— Remittances from Comorans living abroad have long kept the home islands in the Indian Ocean afloat with financial flows that far outweigh official development aid (ODA), but spending on luxuries and […]

Baghdad, 3 March, 2008— Two major suicide attacks in February led to a sharp increase in violence-related civilian deaths that month – up by more than a third from the previous month, government figures showed […]