January 28, 2013
Africa: Israeli Furore Over Drugs for Ethiopian Jews
The director of the Ministry of Health in Israel, Roni Gamzo, has issued a formal directive instructing that gynaecologists should not inject women with the contraceptive… Read more »
November 15, 2012
Ethiopia: What Caused the Religious Protests in Ethiopia?
Tensions have been simmering over several months between Muslims and the government, with thousands holding demonstrations in protest at the government's alleged interference in… Read more »
June 09, 2011
Madagascar: Vaccination Efforts Pay Off
Tahiri and her baby daughter have joined a courtyard full of women sheltering their babies from the midday sun at a health centre in Ankareira, near Madagascar's southern tip. Read more »
July 07, 2010
Sudan: Clashes and Demos in Abyei
Tension over the future of Abyei, a flashpoint region roughly the size of Lebanon on Sudan's north-south border, erupted into armed violence and street demonstrations this week. Read more »
March 17, 2010
Madagascar: Timeline - a Turbulent Political History
Madagascar's history is marked by a struggle for political control. By 1700, France and England had attempted to establish settlements, while the rulers of the island's many… Read more »
May 27, 2008
Sudan: Fears of More Conflict Amid Abyei Suffering
Failure to allow thousands of Abyei civilians to return home following recent conflict could destabilise other parts of Sudan, the UN has warned. Read more »
April 29, 2008
Comoros: Anjouan Road to Recovery Now Open
Over half a million dollars of much-needed emergency funding will help Anjouan, one of three islands in the Comoros archipelago, to address humanitarian needs and re-establish… Read more »
March 28, 2008
Comoros: No Quick Fix After Military Strike
The end of Mohamed Bacar's rebel rule in Anjouan could boost political stability on the Comoros archipelago, but the humanitarian problems will take longer to fix. Read more »
October 02, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Attackers 'Committed War Crimes'
The attackers who killed 10 African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the volatile western Sudan region of Darfur committed a war crime and should be investigated to bring them to book,… Read more »
July 31, 2007
Kenya: Climate Change And Malaria in Nairobi
Malaria is the most common disease in Africa's largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi, say health workers, but at a cool altitude of about 1,700m, the capital city has long been… Read more »
June 25, 2007
Sudan: Infrastructure Must Be Repaired for Displaced to Return to South
South Sudan should hasten the provision of basic services and infrastructure to encourage most of the two million displaced southerners around Khartoum to return home, the… Read more »
April 10, 2006
Burundi: Gov't to Expel Rwandan Asylum Seekers
The Burundian government will expel all Rwandan asylum seekers who fail to meet conditions for their acceptance as refugees, Interior Minister Evariste Ndayishimiye said on Monday… Read more »
January 31, 2006
Central Africa: Tension Increases in Ongoing Land Dispute Along Burundi-Rwanda Border
A land dispute that resulted from a river changing its course due to heavy rains some 50 years ago continues to vex neighbouring agricultural communities along the Burundi-Rwanda… Read more »
July 12, 2005
Djibouti: Women Fight Mutilation
For thousands of years, girls in the area that is now the tiny African country of Djibouti, have been subjected to pharaonic circumcision. Read more »
May 25, 2005
Sudan: Living With the Trauma of FGM
Omnia was nine years old the day she was forced onto a cold metal table by her mother and grandmother and circumcised by a stranger. Now 22, she has never forgotten the incident. Read more »
August 28, 2000
Somalia: A Town Where History is Made
The tiny, mountainous town of Arta 30 km south of the Djibouti capital has been transformed into a small piece of Somalia gripped by election fever. Banners in blue and white, the… Read more »