Month: September 2008

New York, 20 September, 2008— Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s “heinous” terrorist attack on the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, which has reportedly killed and injured a large number of people. […]

New York, 19 September, 2008— Resolute leadership is needed to transform existing commitments to meet African development needs into action, a senior United Nations official has stressed, days before a major United Nations General Assembly […]

Port Harcourt, 19 September, 2008— Even by the usual violent standards of Nigeria’s conflict-ridden, oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, it has been a bloody seven days, with dozens of civilian casualties and many more wounded […]

Johannesburg, 19 September, 2008— Combining antiretroviral (ARV) therapy with treatment for tuberculosis (TB) could more than halve the current mortality rate among patients co-infected with HIV and TB, saving an estimated 10,000 lives a year […]

On September 17, 2008, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported the immediate Government prohibition of several former senior members of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Police Service from either entering or venturing near any […]

Kampala, 19 September, 2008— The Ugandan government is to subsidise the most effective form of malaria treatment sold in the private sector. Although such treatment, Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), is available free in public clinics, […]

Johannesburg, 19 September, 2008— Often the forgotten heroes of humanitarian assistance, pilots play a critical role in making sure that aid gets to where it is needed most around the world – and sometimes they […]

Dhaka, 19 September, 2008— A high concentration of arsenic in the water and soil is infiltrating Bangladesh’s food chain, raising serious health concerns for millions of residents, specialists warn. The acceptable level of arsenic in […]