By AGENCIES, Arab News ISTANBUL: Member states of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered in Istanbul Thursday to coordinate an emergency response to the devastating drought in Somalia. “In such a large-scale disaster, we need to join hands together and to act collectively so as to counter the […]
As its campaigns falter, the military alliance could find that in future fewer countries are willing to sign up to fight The armed forces of the world’s mightiest military alliance, Nato, have failed twice now to win a war. American, British, French and other foreign troops are preparing to withdraw […]
The president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development claims that, by focusing on farming, Africa has the potential to feed not only itself but the rest of the world.frequent drought. Africa can feed not just itself but the world is a bold assertion to make at a time when […]
Source/Credit: BBC NEWS Seventy-eight people have been killed in a Moroccan military aircraft crash into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says. The army said three other people were severely wounded in the crash, in what is thought to be one of Morocco’s deadliest air disasters […]
by Philipp Hedemann in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Infosud/swissinfo.ch While millions of people in the Horn of Africa suffer a terrible drought, foreign investors are harvesting tonnes of cereals to be exported to Asia and the Gulf states. swissinfo.ch reports from western Ethiopia on farmland leased by an Indian entrepreneur, where […]
by Mohamed Cherif in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has sounded the alarm over the desperate food shortage in his country, where famine has been declared in the south. For several years, Yusuf Muhammad Isma’il has ensured a diplomatic presence for Somalia, hit by civil […]
“When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions of ‘starving and helpless’ people throughout the Horn of Africa know fully the pain of elderly Somali mother, Batula Moalim. Moalim, quoted […]
Almost 10 years after 9/11, rift between Muslims and the West is as great as ever The findings of the US-based Pew Center which regularly survey opinions around the world on a variety of subjects are widely regarded as accurate. Its report published this week on Western and Muslim views […]
Source / Credit: CNN I recently visited Garissa, Kenya — a city of at least 180,000 people not far from the border with Somalia — and areas to the north to see how this year’s drought has impacted families in the area. From an outside perspective, it’s easy to hear about drought […]
Residents of the world’s largest refugee camp are mainly women and children, raising questions about the fate of men. Azad Essa Al Jazeera The wind hollers, whipping up dust that scratches at our faces. As I fumble with my notebook, a thorny branch of the drought-resistant Mathenge tree hits me […]
Mauritius Trade Gap Widened to 6.9 Billion Rupees in May July 20, 2011, 3:32 AM EDTBy Kamlesh Bhuckory (Updates with export, import figures in third paragraph.) July 20 (Bloomberg) — Mauritius’s trade gap widened in May from a year earlier to 6.9 billion rupees ($244 million) as fuel costs surged. […]
Source.Arabtimes NAIROBI: East Africa’s worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a US State Department official said, pledging “significant” aid despite the debt ceiling impasse being debate. More:
By ASSOCIATED PRESS – Arab News TRIPOLI, Libya: Representatives of Muammar Qaddafi’s embattled government held face-to-face talks with US officials in neighboring Tunisia over the weekend, a Libyan government official said Monday, describing the meeting as a first step in opening dialogue. A US State Department official confirmed the meeting […]
The UN has made its first aid delivery to drought victims in areas of Somalia controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants since they lifted an aid ban. UN children organisation’s Rozanne Chorlton said al-Shabab had given UN workers unhindered access and hoped this would encourage other agencies. It comes as the UK […]
http://www.alloexpat.com/mauritius_expat_forum/human-trafficking-mauritius-a-source-country-news-on-su-t7931.html Human trafficking : Mauritius a source country Clinton said that “the ease of transportation and the global communications that can reach deep into villages with promises and pictures of what a better life might be, we now see that more human beings are exploited than before. There […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch More than ten million people are caught up in the Horn of Africa crisis sparked by the worst drought in decades and compounded by intense fighting in Somalia. In refugee camps in Dadaab in Kenya – where nearly 400,000 people are crammed together with more arriving […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/ghanaNews/idAFEUCOC120110715?sp=true Europe cash cocoa: Market down on Ghana sale AMSTERDAM, July 15 (Reuters) – Price differentials in Europe’s cash cocoa market eased this week as the world’s second-largest producer Ghana stepped up sales, traders said. Ghana differentials were at about 115 pounds ($185.8) over London nearby cocoa futures contracts LCCc1, […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFWEB008220110715 S.Africa petroleum group says union delays talks JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Reuters) – The South African Petroleum Industry Association said on Friday the largest of the unions in a strike that has caused fuel shortages in Africa’s largest economy was delaying talks to Monday. “CEPPWAWU (Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/moroccoNews/idAFLDE76D1FI20110714?sp=true Morocco says protests over phosphate jobs are over RABAT, July 14 (Reuters) – Protesters have ended their blockade of a railway line used to transport phosphates in Morocco, after promises they would be reconsidered for jobs at the state-run phosphate monopoly (OCP), official media said on Thursday. Over the […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE76E0C720110715?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true WRAPUP 5-United States recognises Libya rebels By Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL, JulY 15 (Reuters) – Rebel leaders won recognition as the legitimate government of Libya from the United States and other world powers on Friday in a major boost to the rebels’ faltering campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi. Western nations […]