Mark Tran
BAMAKO: Dr Mohamed Diagayete is in an agitated state as he stands in front of stacks of green metal cases containing...
Updated 03 Oct, 2013 08:43am
There is an urgent need to reverse the fall in official development assistance (ODA), said Ban Ki-moon, the UN...
Updated 17 Aug, 2013 07:46am
One in four people paid a bribe in dealing with public services and institutions in the past 12 months, according to...
Updated 10 Jul, 2013 08:16am
**LONDON: Four million Syrians will be in need of urgent food aid, UN agencies have warned, as crop and livestock prod
Updated 07 Jul, 2013 03:58am
Wars in Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) pushed the number of people internally displaced by armed conflict, violence and human rights violations to 28.8 million last year, the highest figure recorded by the Internal
Published 01 May, 2013 09:01am
Rape is a “significant and disturbing” feature of the Syrian civil war, with women and girls citing sexual violence as their main reason for fleeing the country, according to a report published on Monday
Published 15 Jan, 2013 08:02pm
HUMANITARIAN groups have expressed alarm at the lack of access to more than 300,000 civilians caught up in the fighting in the Central African Republic, where rebels have seized regional capitals and mining areas in
Published 06 Jan, 2013 09:01pm
What is the state of the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Published 23 Nov, 2012 01:01am
LONDON: About 600m new jobs will be needed worldwide in the next 15 years to absorb a burgeoning workforce, mainly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to a World Bank report.
Published 03 Oct, 2012 12:16am
LONDON: Countries with ageing populations can reap a “longevity dividend” with the right measures on healthcare, pensions and legal protection, according to a new UN report published on Monday.
Published 02 Oct, 2012 02:43am
A PAIR of dark eyes peers through a narrow slit in a metal gate. Inside, a guard scans visitors with a hand-held metal detector and bags are searched. This is the so-called pirates’ prison, a cream-coloured fortress, to contain the pirates convicted of hi
Published 25 Aug, 2012 02:01am
IN the current humanitarian emergencies in South Sudan, Somalia, Niger and Kenya, the strong likelihood is that tarpaulins — one of the most basic relief items — will have come from China.
Published 09 Aug, 2012 01:01am
BY 2025, most of the world’s poorest people will live in fragile and conflict-affected states in Africa, posing challenges to aid donors who have usually focused on helping well-governed countries, according to a new report.
Published 12 Jul, 2012 03:01am
ONE year after the euphoria of independence, South Sudan faces economic disaster that could reverse recent development gains after it shut down oil production in a dispute over pipeline fees with Sudan.
Published 11 Jul, 2012 12:00am
RELIEF groups are stepping up their appeals for aid to tackle the worsening food crisis in west Africa, where more than 18 million people face hunger
Published 13 Jun, 2012 01:13am
A LONG queue of cars and motorbikes snakes from the dusty forecourt of a petrol station into the main road, hampering traffic on a sweltering afternoon. Over the past fortnight the queues have become increasingly common in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, as
Published 28 Apr, 2012 11:01pm
THE UN has called for fundamental reform of the global financial system as a part of a new deal that can “lift all boats” in rich and poor countries alike.
Published 08 Feb, 2012 11:30pm
THE contest to be the next leader of the African Union, pitting a regional political and economic powerhouse, South Africa, against the small west African country of Gabon, has galvanised the AU summit.
Published 27 Jan, 2012 12:00am
ONE hundred days since famine was declared, relief groups fear that rising military tension will jeopardise aid...
Published 29 Oct, 2011 01:30am
LONDON The sabres are rattling on the Korean peninsula with reports that Pyongyang has told its military to prepare...
Published 28 May, 2010 12:00am
