Headlines DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten" refugees Thu 11 Mar, 2010. With at least 67,000 refugees in southwest Uganda, the government and aid workers are still battling inadequate resources in what a UN official described as a "silent emergency". Read more... Contractors divert Somalia aid, UN report says Thu 11 Mar, 2010. Up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamist militants, a leaked UN report says. Read more... CHAD: Wipe out corruption, wipe out polio Thu 11 Mar, 2010. It costs more to vaccinate a child in Chad against polio - almost 70 US cents per child - than any other country in the world at risk of an outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more... Ex-rebels accused of extortion in DR Congo mines Thu 11 Mar, 2010. Former rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who now serve in the army are running mafia-style extortion rackets in the mines, campaigners say. Read more... NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites Thu 11 Mar, 2010. Emptyâ€� increasingly describes villages around the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying. Read more... Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings Thu 11 Mar, 2010. Nigerian police say 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Read more... Zuma submits finance declaration Thu 11 Mar, 2010. South African President Jacob Zuma has handed in a declaration of his financial interests, after critics said his finances should be investigated. Read more... US apologises over Gaddafi comments Wed 10 Mar, 2010. The US state department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad against Switzerland. Read more... Princess Caroline's husband fined over Kenya assault Wed 10 Mar, 2010. A German court has fined Princess Caroline of Monaco's husband 200,000 euros (£181,200; $270,000) for assaulting a hotelier in Kenya in 2000. Read more... SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility Wed 10 Mar, 2010. The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said. Read more... CAMBODIA: War crimes court juggles public demands Wed 10 Mar, 2010. Competing pressures in Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal could work against the victims it is supposed to represent, human rights groups warn. Read more... ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify criticism of Nelson Wed 10 Mar, 2010. South Africa's ruling ANC is asking Winnie Mandela to clarify comments attributed to her which starkly criticise her ex-husband, Nelson. Read more...   [First Page] [Prev] Showing page 1 of 440 pages [Next] [Last Page]