General Assembly debates peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa
The issue of peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa was under the spotlight in the General Assembly on Thursday.
The issue of peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa was under the spotlight in the General Assembly on Thursday.
A new comprehensive six-year plan to eradicate all polio has been presented by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Africa can emerge as a global economic power by using its natural resources to promote industrialization, according to this year’s United Nations report on the continent.
Nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people don't have access to toilets, especially in rural villages. The lack of sanitation is the cause of one in every ten deaths there.
Wildlife and forest offences should be recognized as serious transnational organized crimes with the appropriate penalties.
Invest in the future. Defeat malaria, is the theme of the global campaign for World Malaria Day 2013 and the coming years.
Esther Madudu is one of the many midwives working in the rural areas of Africa who are facing many day to day challenges such as lack of electricity and running water, among other things.
More than one and a half million people have been affected by Sunday’s earthquake which rocked the Sichuan province of China. The earthquake measuring nearly 7 on the Richter scale killed more than 200 so far and 245 thousand have been evacuated.
Gerry Adams reports.
A political solution is crucial to end the crisis in Mali, according to the International Crisis Group (ICG), which is an independent organization committed to resolving conflicts around the world.
Over 30,000 people from the Central African Republic have crossed into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to escape fighting in their country, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).