Month: December 2011

Livestock herders in Lesotho are suspicious of the government’s motives for “modernizing” the land tenure system, fearing it will bring about a radical change in their way of life and deprive them of their birthright […]

When you cut your political teeth in tribal war-torn Bolgatanga, in the Upper-East Region, like Alhaji Iddrisu Bature, then it becomes quite plausible for one to imagine a New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the lookout […]

Dirk Niebel, Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, sagte anlässlich des heutigen Weltaidstags am Rande des Busan-Forums: *Jede Minute infizieren sich fünf Menschen mit dem HI-Virus. Jede Neuinfektion ist eine zu viel. Darum muss hier […]

Residents of Ogoniland, in Rivers State, have been struggling since 2008 to hold oil companies and the Nigerian government to account for catastrophic pollution. Recent reports and NGOs say the longer communities wait for action […]

West African states are pledging to work together to fight the piracy spreading across the Gulf of Guinea, where it is damaging local economies and starting to impact on the region’s trade, according to the […]

Decades of neglect, a failing health system and remote mountainous topography have created a “crisis in maternal health”, according to a government taskforce in Papua New Guinea. While progress has been made since the taskforce […]

After more than two years of political crisis, Madagascar finally appears to be moving towards the restoration of democracy. A new prime minister has been appointed, and elections are planned for 2012. Donors who suspended […]

As countries debate a climate changing deal to save the planet, a new satellite-based survey released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows we lost forest cover the size of 10 football stadiums […]