Education is a challenge for South Sudan
One of the challenges facing the new African nation of South Sudan is providing education to its children.
Decades of war have left almost three-quarters of adults illiterate in the country.
One of the challenges facing the new African nation of South Sudan is providing education to its children.
Decades of war have left almost three-quarters of adults illiterate in the country.
Recently, a packed bus in India crashed some 800 kilometres from the capital, New Delhi, while trying to overtake a car on the highway. Media reports say 45 people were burnt alive.
A United Nations independent expert says the world is increasingly taking a narrow perspective on elections.
Syrian authorities have confirmed their willingness to participate in an international conference aimed at ending the ongoing crisis in the country.
Syrian women living in a refugee camp in Southern Turkey are being taught the techniques of traditional carpet making.
Adiyaman camp hosts 10,000 Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country.
Solutions from developing countries geared at meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are being showcased this week at the Global South-South Development Expo in Nairobi, Kenya.
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A UN-mandated Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold its latest round of public hearings in Washington, DC, this Thursday and Friday.
For the twenty-second time, delegates at the United Nations General Assembly voted to end the United States embargo against Cuba.