Harar, 10 June, 2008— Expecting that the rains would fall soon so she could plant some vegetables, Nuria Mohammed sold her five cattle cheaply to raise some money to buy food for her family. “I […]

Bangkok, 3 June, 2008— Aid workers have expressed concerns over reports of cyclone survivors prematurely returning to their places of origin in Myanmar’s devastated Ayeyarwady Delta. In the town of Myaungmya, which was moderately affected […]

Rophi, Oromiya, 28 May, 2008— Genetu Dekebo’s children were on the verge of starvation at the time she decided to seek treatment at Rophi therapeutic feeding centre in southern Ethiopia’s Oromiya regional state. “We could […]

Washington, 27 May, 2008— Ethiopia has mobilized its media, schools, judicial and law enforcement agencies, as well as commercial, cultural, artistic and scientific groups to press home the need for intellectual property (IP) protection to […]

Baghdad, 22 May, 2008— Iraq is suffering from water shortages that could lead to widespread drought as a result of the water policies of neighbouring countries and an unusually dry winter, the Iraqi Water Resources […]

Washington, 22 May, 2008— The man responsible for overseeing U.S. and coalition operations in Iraq is preparing to take on the much broader mission of marshalling all U.S. military efforts in the region extending from […]

Johannesburg, 17 May, 2008— Banning a military weapon said to inflict a 98 percent civilian casualty rate is seen by many as an open-and-shut case, but for two weeks government representatives and interested parties will […]

The victim of the alleged rape was 15 years old; her “assailant” was a 45-year-old neighbor. Obviously, there is something psychologically wrong with a man who decides to have sexual intercourse with a teenage girl […]