Month: July 2012

As South Sudan marks its first year of independence on 9 July, room for optimism looks limited: the economy is in free-fall, development plans are on hold as humanitarian crises take precedence, and there is […]

After years of cyclical cholera outbreaks in West Africa, water and sanitation standards are still notoriously low in most of the affected countries, but in some areas the cholera response is working better now than […]

Mohau Raphoka left his village, about 50km outside Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, with high hopes of striking it rich in South Africa. “I was so unlucky; I should be driving a flashy car by now,” he […]

How to deal with Boko Haram violence splits Nigeria: in the north, the centre of bombings and shootings by the Islamist extremists, there is an almost universal demand for dialogue, while in the south the […]

Neuer Präsident der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH) ist Professor Dr. med. Karl-Walter Jauch, Direktor der Chirurgischen Klinik und Poliklinik am Klinikum der Universität München, Campus Großhadern. Er löst turnusgemäß Professor Dr. med. Markus W. […]

Operationen am Magen-Darmtrakt dämmen einen Diabetes mellitus offensichtlich doch nicht so wirksam ein, wie bislang angenommen: Wie eine aktuelle US-amerikanische Studie zeigt, tritt der Diabetes bei einem Fünftel der Operierten nach drei bis fünf Jahren […]

The announcement that the government is optimistic about the benefits of having Chief Executive Officers of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies elected is remarkable. But other aspects of that announcement reduce that optimism to absurdity. […]

Dans les pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest affectés par les conflits, les femmes ont plus à craindre de leur conjoint que d’un homme en armes, a indiqué l’International Rescue Committee (IRC) dans un rapport récemment publié. […]