The United Nations on Thursday began distributing fuel in Gaza to keep critical infrastructure running as fears of a health crisis grow over accumulating rubbish and sewage, an official said. “Fuel is actually coming in, as of today, through the Kerem…
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The UN atomic watchdog said Thursday that Iran has invited it to visit the heavy water production plant at its Arak site on December 8, for the first time since August 2011. “I can inform the board that we have received an invitation from Iran to visit…
Do you ever listen to a song and find yourself moved so deeply you are almost in tears? Have you…
An average of about 45 elephants per day were illegally killed in 2011 in every two of five protected sites…
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the…
Charles Dhewa loved to write about agriculture, especially soil and crops. In early 2000 he decided to turn his words…
Last July, US President Barack Obama set the spark for his Power Africa programme that will help sub-Saharan African countries…
Last year the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa inaugurated the 10-member High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa…
The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in illicit financial flows between 1980 and…
For many people, the phrase maritime piracy evokes images of a one-eyed sailor drinking rum and singing obscene songs. For…
MBERA/BASSIKOUNOU, 19 November 2013 (IRIN) – Since April, when the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) started biometric registration of the Malian…
DAKAR, 19 November 2013 (IRIN) – Djité Sekou, 32, smokes as he passes his nights guarding one of the many…
MAIDUGURI, 15 November 2013 (IRIN) – As attacks by militant group Boko Haram (BH) continue to spread terror across northeastern…
BAMAKO, 14 November 2013 (IRIN) – Explosives experts are clearing Malian villages of weapons left over from the recent conflict.…
MBERA, 11 November 2013 (IRIN) – Nomadic or semi-nomadic populations often struggle when hemmed into refugee camps. They are…
DAKAR, 8 November 2013 (IRIN) – The delay of polls in Guinea-Bissau signals the likely extension of a transition period…
FREETOWN, 6 November 2013 (IRIN) – The ongoing trial of Sierra Leone’s former Deputy Education Minister Mahmoud Tarawally on rape…