Year: 2008

Dhaka, 15 October, 2008— More than 16 million children in 73,000 primary and secondary schools in Bangladesh will mark the first global hand-washing day on 15 October with a vow to keep themselves free of […]

Harare, 15 October, 2008— Tendai Moyo, 28, living in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, goes into a shop in the downtown area and heads for a shelf where, a day ago, she saw a feeding bottle […]

Lome, 6 October, 2008— For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a new school year on 6 October in Togo without paying enrolment fees. The government has waived primary school fees […]

Bujumbura, 6 October, 2008— Thousands of Burundians have returned home after years of refugee life in Tanzania, but finding shelter and enough land to farm remains a challenge. “Fifteen percent of long-term returnees repatriated this […]

Baghdad, 6 October, 2008— There has been a mixed reaction to a government decision to allow doctors to carry guns for their own protection. “This decision implies the security situation is still unstable and that […]

Kabul, 6 October, 2008— Any increase in the flow of refugees from northwestern Pakistan into eastern parts of Afghanistan could lead to a humanitarian crisis unless international aid organisations deliver urgent assistance, a senior official […]

It is increasingly becoming apparent that the single greatest bottleneck to both the judicial and socioeconomic development of Ghana squarely inheres in the abject lack of critical cognitive engagement with relevant and progressive national issues. […]

Washington, 1 October, 2008— After long preparations, the new U.S. Africa Command that President Bush announced in February 2007 is scheduled to become fully operational October 1. On the eve of its official launch, Deputy […]