Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algiers' historic Casbah, or old quarter, bears the hallmarks and the scars of the country's turbulent past. During the bloody black decade of Algeria's 1990s civil war, the Casbah was the feared bastion of Isl...
Human rights activists are warning that an upsurge of political violence in Zimbabwe is threatening reconciliation and will make it impossible to hold free and fair elections due next year. The Human Rights Watch group issued the warning Tuesday in J...
Burmese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the stated policy approach by the new Thai government and its call for political change in Burma ahead of Burma's general elections, scheduled for 2010. The Thai Government is also looking to other South...
By Cathy Majtenyi Kiambu District, Kenya 11 June 2007 In Kenya's Kiambu District, activists and local government and education officials are working hand-in-hand to rescue boys and girls laboring in the area's coffee, tea, and other plantations. Cat...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 April 2007 Lerato, 7, sitting left, and her friends Abigain, 11, right, and Koketso, 14, watch television while being treated in the medical clinic of the Sparrow Rainbow Village in Johannesburg (File photo) The governme...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 April 2007 Experts and activists appearing before a congressional committee have urged President Bush to take stronger action to pressure the Sudanese government to comply with international demands for a 20,000 - stro...
