Year: 2008

Lahore, 17 January, 2008— Twelve-year-old Salamat Ahmed works up to 14 hours a day in a brick factory in Sheikhupura, about 100km north of Lahore. His hands bear burn marks from placing bricks in the […]

New York, 17 January, 2008— The first two years in a child’s life are crucial in determining its well-being in adulthood, according to a series of five papers launched in The Lancet on 17 January. […]

Bismarck Kpuli stood over me with a machete, screaming at the top of his high-tenor voice. “Wake-up, PERSCOVITES, we are at war!” His eyes looked almost as if they were about to pop out of […]

Maputo, 14 January, 2008— Water levels in the major rivers of central Mozambique are continuing to rise after three days of heavy rain in neighbouring countries, officials at the National Centre for Emergency Operations warned […]

Bujumbura, 14 January, 2008— About 1,400 families (8,400 people) displaced in Musigati commune in the northwestern province of Bubanza, following fighting between government forces and the Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL), desperately need help, according […]

Nairobi, 14 January, 2008— Most of the people who fled political violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province, the country’s breadbasket, are farmers and their displacement during harvest season is expected to undermine national food security, […]

Ouagadougou, 14 January, 2008— The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a multi-million dollar fund for import-dependent poor countries to help adapt their farming industries quickly to cope with galloping global food prices. […]

Harare, 14 January, 2008— Residents of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, and Chitungwiza, a dormitory town 35km to the southeast, are to be without water for seven days because of persistent power cuts that have affected […]