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National radio says at least 31 people have been killed in a mudslide at an unofficial gold mine in Burkina Faso.
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister said Tuesday that President Robert Mugabe is ready to form a unity government, but remained vague on the role opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai would play.The announcement follows international calls for such a union, but...
Judges in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Tuesday allowed video of victims describing how they were sexually assaulted or dismembered by rebels who plundered West African diamond fields.The ruling by the three-judge...
Prosecutors launched their war crimes case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Monday, taking testimony from an expert on blood diamonds and showing video of a Sierra Leone miner whose hands had been hacked off.The 11 charges against him...
Hundreds of government soldiers withdrew Saturday from a vast buffer zone dividing Ivory Coast, the first stage of a long-delayed nationwide disarmament program.Rebels also pulled back, and were eventually to hand in their weapons and be integrated into...
Libya _ a former pariah state condemned by the U.S. as a sponsor of terrorism _ won a seat on the U.N. Security Council Tuesday without opposition from the Bush administration.The U.S. decision not to support a rival African country for the seat angered...
It’s Croatia vs. the Czech Republic and Costa Rica vs. the Dominican Republic in this year’s battle for seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council.But Libya _ who in some quarters is viewed as the most controversial candidate _ is virtually assured of...
Torrential downpours and flash floods across Africa have submerged whole towns and washed away bridges, farms and schools. This summer’s rains have killed at least 150 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and prompted the U.N. to warn Saturday of a...
While treating HIV/AIDS, doctors would perhaps treat genital herpes first because according to a new study treating genital herpes can be helpful in slackening the progression of the AIDS virus in those infected with both viruses.
This conclusion has...
There is enough food in the world for every person to lead a healthy and productive life, but hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night, while large numbers of others suffer from obesity.
If we talk about India, we say that it has...
Almost half of the country’s kids are malnourished and stunted, putting it in the same league as poorer nations like Cambodia and Burkina Faso.
The latest figures from India’s National Family Health Survey has highlighted that the problem of health...
Africa is a land that has been torn apart by war and disease. For over 40 years, this has resulted in international condemnation and sanctions, tribal conflict, racial hatred and the inevitable result is famine, disease and poverty for the general...
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