Articles by ANA

Washington, 12 March, 2008— To some, the annual Human Rights Report is a gloomy list of human rights abuses committed by many governments around the world. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, however, sees it as […]

Nairobi, 11 March, 2008— Large numbers of families displaced by violence in Somalia are surviving on less than one meal a day and spending large proportions of their meagre income buying drinking water, according to […]

Washington, 11 March, 2008— Two launches within three days are sending equipment and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), which will represent for the first time the interests of all five space station partners […]

The former ruling party has been fairly successfully using infiltrators planted among the top-echelons of the ruling New Patriotic Party for some time now. The apogee of such internal collaboration occurred during the hectic run-up […]

Kano, 6 March, 2008— A species of cattail grass known locally as ’kachalla’ is taking over river banks and farmlands around the Hadejia-Komadugu-Yobe wetlands in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, disrupting farming and fishing activities on […]

Mbabane, 6 March, 2008— A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government’s poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of low-paying jobs by promoting a textile industry. […]

Nairobi, 6 March, 2008— Weary of the violence that has plagued Kenya’s western district of Mount Elgon, residents have urged authorities to step up efforts to restore security in an area where long-standing disputes over […]

Freetown, 3 March, 2008— Sierra Leone has the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world because of underinvestment in health programs, malnutrition, and harmful cultural practices, UN children’s agency (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann […]