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 Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. | The charity says more than six million people are affected... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Children Malnutrition Niger Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
 G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serio... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) The Independent
Africa Aid Famine Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
 Donna Summer will be remembered for playing the anthem to carefree summers
Jeneba Ghatt | Ask me a question. | WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 - Hot summers in DC during the 1980s frame my earliest memory of LaDonna Adrian Gaines, stage name Donna... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) The Washington Times
Donna Summer Photos Singer Washington Wikipedia: Donna Summer |
 Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent netw... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid) France24
Egypt Election Muslim Photos Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterp... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1) Business Day
Airlines Business Photos Transport Wikipedia: South African Airways |
 Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera
China Communism Photos Politics Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang |
 Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
| HE is no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial be... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) The Australian
Dramatic Genocide Photos Serbia Trial Wikipedia: Serbia |
 Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The Daily Telegraph
Court Crimes Photos UN Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) |
 Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North – comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern R... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Joy Online
Climate Ghana Photos Research Wikipedia: Ghana |
 Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to sp... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) BBC News
Africa Liberia Photos War Crime Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) |
 Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
 Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) BBC News
Food Photos South Sudan War Wikipedia: South Sudan |
 Zille speech interrupted
DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension w... (photo: AP) Independent online
Johannesburg Photos Politics Protest Wikipedia: Helen Zille |
 Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
| NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to s... (photo: WN / Eteh) The Star
Africa Development Food Photos Wikipedia: Africa |
 Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth
| IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location... (photo: GFDL / Northside) Business Day
Airlines Business Photos Transport Wikipedia: Ethiopian Airlines |
 11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN
Angry villagers surrounded a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and opened fire and hurled stones injuring at least 11 Pakistani peace... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Jakarta Globe
Congo Democratic Peacekeepers Photos UN |
 Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic) The Independent
Human Rights Libya Nato Photos Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya |
 Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
| KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Soma... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera) National Public Radio
Military Photos Somalia Uganda United States Wikipedia: 2012 timeline of the War in Somalia |
 Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths
| MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. | The ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Novosti
Libya Nato Photos Rights Security Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council |
 Egypt brokers Palestinian hunger strike deal - source
| GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt has brokered a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike of some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a Palestinian source close to the negot... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Star
Egypt Gaza Hunger Palestinian Photos Wikipedia: IsraeliPalestinian conflict |
