Posted by Tim Ziemer on April 25, 2010 at 10:34 AM EDT Each year on April 25 the world recognizes World Malaria Day to call attention to the disease that kills nearly one million people each year and, negatively affects educational achievement, worker productivity, and economic development, and to mobilize action to combat it. This year, a success story in development assistance is emerging in Africa, with global donors, national governments and local partners making...
Arab nomads have accused the south Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of killing at least 58 people and wounding 85 others during fighting in the western region of Darfur. Mohammed Issa Aliou said on Sunday that members of his Rezeigat tribe were searching for new pastures and water when...
A bomb blast at a cafe in Adi Haro, an Ethiopian settlement close to the frontier with Eritrea, has killed at least five people and injured 20 others, local officials said. Speaking on state television on Sunday, Mikelle Abraha, a local administrator, blamed Eritrea, which has a longer...
Cairo: A criminal court on the outskirts of Cairo will on Monday start the retrial of an Egyptian business tycoon and an ex-policeman condemned to death over killing a...
Cairo Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak used his first speech on Saturday night to the nation since undergoing a surgery last month to affirm, among other things, that he is still fit to rule, according to a political analyst. "Returning from an operation and a 28-day convalescence, Mubarak was...
Baghdad: An Al Qaida front group in Iraq has confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed in a statement that its members were not cowed by their death and would continue to fight. "After a long journey filled with sacrifices and fighting falsehood and its...
Gaza City: Hamas, the Palestinian faction viewed by many in the West as a nest of extremists, is battling a curious new epithet: moderate. Fifteen months after an Israeli invasion failed to dislodge Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip, rival resistance groups and some former supporters say the...
Occupied Jerusalem: A US Middle East envoy ended a three-day peace mission yesterday with no sign of any breakthrough in efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, but he said he would return next week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, briefing his Cabinet on his meetings with...
The Kenyan government and African Union forces have engaged in or facilitated âunlawfulâ actions related to the conflict in Somalia, Human Rights Watch charges in a new report. Kenyan officials directly co-operated with Somalia government military recruiters who conducted âa massive driveâ...
