By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 July 2007 Zimbabwean children wait for food at Masarira primary school, for some it is the only meal they will have in the day, said headteacher Zvinavashe Takabvirakare (File Photo) The U.N. Children's Fund says the childre...
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 16 July 2007 Price control measures introduced by the Zimbabwe government this month are already having widespread negative repercussions, with many locally owned enterprises already considering closure. But as Pet...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 16 July 2007 Allegations of U.S. involvement in an coup plot in Sudan are being denied by both the U.S. Government and the Khartoum government. The allegations were made by a Sudanese Presidential assistant, who accused the Un...
By Prospero Laput Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines 16 July 2007 Electricity has yet to reach hundreds of villages in the Philippines. The Philippine government is tapping innovative technology to light up some villages, but in this report by producer...
By Carol Pearson Washington 16 July 2007 Midsection fat can lead to many health problems Medical researchers have been looking for what some people call a magic bullet (magic pill) in their hunt to fight rising obesity rates worldwide. In less than...
By Cathy Majtenyi Kigali, Rwanda 16 July 2007 Rwanda's Parliament in session Women hold nearly half the seats in Rwanda's parliament, the highest percentage of women lawmakers in the world. One result is legislation that increases the rights of women...
By Deborah Block Washington 16 July 2007 Detainees awaiting processing by immigration officials A recent U.S. government report says detainees at American immigration detention centers are not receiving adequate medical care. Three human rights group...
By Dorian Jones Diyarbakir 16 July 2007 As Turkish voters get ready to head to the polls for general elections July 22, tension is rising among the Kurds in Turkey's southeast. Although the Kurdish nationalist party has been gaining support in the re...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 July 2007 In Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been arrested on extortion charges. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the detention comes just months after the military-backed interim administ...
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 16 July 2007 Thirty five Ethiopian opposition leaders have been given life sentences for their role in the 2005 election protests that saw scores of people killed. Arjun Kohli reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi the...