Articles by ANA

Gaza, 3 December, 2008— Gaza’s sole power station supplies about 30 percent of Gaza’s electricity; 10 lines from Israel supply about 62 percent; and two lines from Egypt about 8 percent. The station supplies about […]

Dakar, 24 November, 2008— An apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November has underscored the country’s chronic political volatility. In recent years political decay has meant the increasing vulnerability of Guinea-Bissau’s population, who face […]

Accra, 21 November, 2008— As Ghana counts down to its presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December, the national police service says it has identified 1,399 violence-prone areas which could see unrest. “Most of these […]

Sanaa, 20 November, 2008— The government’s policy of restricting humanitarian access to Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, has left tens of thousands of civilians beyond the reach of aid agencies, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) […]

Dhaka, 19 November, 2008— Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child and maternal malnutrition in the world, say health experts. According to the State of the World’s Children (SOWC) Report 2008, issued by […]

DRC-Uganda Border, Ishsha, 21 November, 2008— Jean-Claude Molumba has not worked in more a month. He is a primary school teacher but it is not safe for him – or his students – to assemble […]

Mbabane, 20 November, 2008— November, often the rainiest month of the year, has left most of Swaziland awash with flash floods: but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of […]

New York, 19 November, 2008— As the global recession bites, analysts are asking if emergencies such as natural disasters will continue to receive funding (on 19 November, a record appeal for US$7 billion was launched […]