AFRICA: Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI, Sep 8 2010 (IPS) – Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a …
Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI, Sep 8 2010 (IPS) – Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a …
Matthew Berger WASHINGTON, Oct 1 2010 (IPS) – The march toward domesticating the last wild food source may be about to take a major step forward in Washington for better …
Ansel Herz PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 28 2010 (IPS) – The man arrived from Arcahaie, near St. Marc in central Haiti where a cholera outbreak exploded last week, initially overwhelming the local …
Davison Mudzingwa CAPE TOWN, Dec 1 2010 (IPS) – In November, the Food and Agriculture Organisation was just one of many voices warning that food prices have risen to levels …
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 2011 (IPS) – Living up to its reputation or notoriety as one of the world s quintessential talking shops, the United Nations has scheduled …
Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28 2011 (IPS) – British actor Colin Firth s sensitivity and skill in portraying one man s determination to overcome stuttering, in The King s …
Pavol Stracansky KIEV, Mar 22 2011 (IPS) – Fears are growing among HIV/AIDS sufferers in the Ukraine amid claims from some patients that they have been denied life-saving medicines by …
Naimul Haq DHAKA, Apr 23 2011 (IPS) – One sunny afternoon, 19-year-old Sufia Aktar presides over a courtyard gathering of housewives discussing the use of safe water, a hygienic environment, …
Arnaud Bébien DAR ES SALAAM, May 27 2011 (IPS) – The Indian prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, concludes a three-day visit to Tanzania on May 28. Singh arrived in Dar …
Eva Bartlett GAZA CITY, Jul 18 2011 (IPS) – When I came back to Gaza in 2006, before the siege started, people came to me for acupuncture, says Dr. Hisham …