Month: June 2011

As part of its 60th anniversary activities, UNHCR has teamed up with the prestigious Magnum Photos to celebrate the lives of refugees and their impact on Europe over the past six decades. The light show […]

Die Veröffentlichung des Afrikakonzepts der Bundesregierung falle in eine “Zeit dramatischer Um- und Aufbrüche in Europas unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft”, so Außenminister Guido Westerwelle in Berlin. Was man – gerade auch in Afrika – erlebe, sei “der […]

—Albertina Sisulu’s Last Journey Thousands of South Africans, together with national and international personalities thronged the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday 11 June 2011. They came from all the angles of the South African […]

The global shortage of health workers is estimated at 4.2 million by the World Health Organization (WHO), but the migration of doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists from poor to rich countries means the shortfall is […]

A lack of Basic Surgical Supplies and Trained Personnel Threatens Progress World Lung Foundation convened a “Summit on Stopping Needless Maternal Deaths” this week in Dar Es Salaam to address the unacceptably high number of […]

Im Rahmen einer eintägigen Reise nach Libyen ist Bundesaußenminister Guido Westerwelle gemeinsam mit dem Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, Dirk Niebel, heute (13.06.) Mittag in Bengasi eingetroffen. Dort werden beide Minister mit Vertretern des […]

The cost of this military campaign to Libya is unquantifiable; but some aspects can be analyzed to establish that the madness going on is just part of the West’s own premeditated agenda against Gaddafi, not […]

Attempts to solve the financial problems of the Benghazi-based National Transitional Council (NTC) are beginning to confirm the insidiousness of the political forces behind NATO’s military campaign in Libya. This insidiousness is not only intriguing […]