By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 September 2009 The U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict says the past year h...
Poor urban planning is partly to blame for flooding in West Africa that is affecting nearly 600,000 people. Some people in low-lying areas are being r...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 16 September 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai, 16 Sep 2009 Afghanistan's government-appointed Independent Election Commiss...
Tuesday is the first anniversary of the deal that brought about Zimbabwe's national unity government, known as the Global Political Agreement. Most Zi...
One year ago, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, then opposition-leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, leader of another small opposition part...
Members of the Pan-African Parliament are in Niger for separate talks with President Mamdou Tandja and his political opponents concerning the referend...
The U.N. refugee agency says 65 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in three separate incidents involving smuggling boats in the Gulf of Aden...
A leading expert on economic development and poverty alleviation says the panic that followed the eruption of the financial crisis last year is probab...
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana says talks concerning Iran's nuclear program are likely to be held in Turkey. Javier Solana (file ph...
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes in protest at former U.S. President George W. Bush has been released from prison. Muntazer al-Zaidi speaks du...
