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Health

KENYA: The high price of birth

22/09/2010 ANA 0

Expectant mothers living in internally displaced people’s camps in western Kenya need qualified medical help to minimize the possible risks associated with delivery, the residents said. “It is by God’s grace that mothers and children […]

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News

Analysis: Referendum raises expulsion fears

22/09/2010 ANA 0

Forced expulsions, violent recriminations, mass exodus, peaceful co-existence – just some of the possible outcomes for hundreds of thousands of Southern Sudanese living in the North, and to a lesser extent, vice versa, after a January referendum […]

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Feature

GLOBAL: Banging a drum for the MDG summit

21/09/2010 ANA 0

Activists are pulling out all the stops ahead of a development summit at UN headquarters on 20-22 September. Pro-aid and anti-poverty lobbyists are trying everything from giant letters to banging pans to raise awareness of […]

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Feature

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Social transfers reduce poverty

21/09/2010 ANA 0

Southern African countries have some of the world’s worst income distribution, but can often afford social transfers, which have proved an efficient means of reducing the number of poor, regional experts said at a two-day […]

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Environment

MALI: Pockets of extreme vulnerability persist

21/09/2010 ANA 0

Good rains in much of northern Mali over recent months have caused pasture to regenerate and animals to begin to recover in parts of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal regions, but extreme vulnerability persists for Gao-based […]

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Main News

Osibisa to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

21/09/2010 ANA 0

The legendary afro-pop group, Osibisa is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the inaugural Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards ceremony to be held in London on Sunday 24 October. This award will commemorate […]

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News

China gives Ghana over $3bn loan

21/09/2010 ANA 0

President John Evans Atta Mills and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Monday signed a deal for China to give Ghana a loan of three billion dollars to develop her energy sector. Specific areas to […]

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