Environment

The cymbal that heralded the euphoria-tinged elevation of John Dramani Mahama to the lofty office of president is still playing – although the sounds, like a fleeting illusion, are gradually fading away. Incontestably, the discernible […]

Death in any society or family leaves a void that cannot be filled. But when we look sorrowfully into our hearts, it is obvious that death ends a life, but not our relationship with the […]

Following a proposal from the Federal Government, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday (31 July) appointed former Federal President Prof. Horst Köhler as a member of the new High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 […]

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 […]

Haweyah Khawis, born in 1909, lived more than 100 years in Homs, Syria, until two months ago when she was smuggled to the Jordanian border accompanied by Anoud, her daughter-in-law. When IRIN spoke to her […]

The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo has wished President John Evans Atta Mills good health. This follows President Mills’ departure, Saturday night to the US for a medical check-up. Akufo-Addo in […]

Uganda’s campaign to encourage male circumcision – part of its effort to reduce HIV transmission – has attracted an enthusiastic response, but the bigger challenge is rallying resources so the health system can meet the […]

Although just a few hundred kilometres from Nairobi, the county of Turkana, where newly-confirmed oil reserves are set to go on stream in the next few years, feels more like a million miles away from […]