Eric Mangar deplores the fact that Mauritius, despite being a net food importer, has failed to learn its lessons from the food crisis. The island state is pursuing "business as usual" without taking steps to improve food production on the local front.
In time for World AIDS Day, which this year highlights universal access to HIV services and human rights, the WHO has issued new, welcome recommendations on the use of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) that promise to bring countries closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goals and the global community closer to eliminating pediatric HIV and AIDS around the world.
The Majune District in southern Mozambique is truly blessed with forests of pristine beauty.
The statement by Sudan's U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, in reaction to our new report demonstrates the dangerous self-constructed reality in which the National Congress Party (NCP) continues to live. We are concerned by the Ambassador’s statements which demonstrate Khartoum’s continued efforts to downplay the dire situation on the ground in Sudan, undermine existing ...
The Coalition of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) over the weekend held a meeting to put in place strategic measures towards the passage of the Tobacco Control Bill into law.
Orphans Foundation in collaboration with the Wheel of Action (WoA) has organized a sports competition, which will bring together 600 underprivileged children from Arusha and the Kilimanjaro Regions.
The Gambia Federation of the Disabled (GFD), in collaboration with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), on Wednesday organised a two-day training workshop on policy analysis for disability held at the VSO conference hall, in Fajara.
The nomination of Dr. Ogbonna Jacob Anuriegbe as a member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)) board should be rejected by the Senate because it is an 'imposition', a group said in a statement.
The Abuja Family Worship Centre at the weekend said it has dedicated 20 percent of its weekly earnings for the empowerment of widows.
A continental Non Governmental Organisation has demanded that Zambia acts expeditiously in apprehending Genocide suspects who have made the country a safe haven.
Sexual harassment in the workplace has long been regarded as taboo, but it continues to plague countless organisations.
A new report released by the African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect recently confirmed what has long been known in this country - that the tragedy of child abuse accruing from broken, dysfunctional homes or any other reason, is on the rise.
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have congratulated the Muslim Ummah on a successful celebration of Eid el-Kabir.
The request today by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to the court's judges to open a Kenya investigation is a decisive step toward justice for the country's 2007 post-election violence, Human Rights Watch said.
As women can no longer be ignored in politics and good governance, a group, Idea Builders Initiative, has said corruption is keeping Nigerian women away from politics.
Heartland Child Care Foundation (HCCF) and Nneoma Felicia Udenwa Foundation, two pet projects of the wife of the former Governor of Imo State, Dr. Theresa Agbonma Udenwa, has awarded scholarship to 300 students in the state.
The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has taken a look at the state of the nation and declared that Nigerians were now living in apparent hopelessness. It blamed this on the economic and socio-political situation in the country in which the major social structures are in the throes of death.
The findings by a Senate sub-committee that most local and international Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) conceal their books of account should be a matter of concern that merits investigations.
Dr. Noerine Kaleeba is the founder of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) and Katalemwa Cheshire Home in Gayaza. She points out to New Vision milestones that have shaped her life.
A group, 'New Niger Delta Forum' at the weekend, called on the Federal Government to constitute a probe into the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the last nine years over alleged discrepancies discovered in the award and execution of contracts by the commission.
REVEREND Tunde Bolanta is the General Overseer of Restoration Bible Church and Ministries based in Kaduna. He is also the president of Mercy Home Orphanage, Maternity and Vocation Centre which is an arm of the ministry.
FORMER Miracle Centre and SC Villa right full back, Dan Ntale who is also the director of Kampala School of Excellence, a youth academy, has organised a tour to Kampala by former Cameroon Ex- internationals in the second week of December.
For effective delivery of the federal government's policies and programmes all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) have been called upon to emulate the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), which performs its statutory functions with total commitment, zeal and utmost sense of responsibility.
A 56-YEAR-OLD man was last week thrown behind bars for five years for swindling Windmill Pvt Ltd Company of close to 200 tonnes of fertilizer worth over US$100 000 using a fake cheque from the Bank of New Zealand and a non- existent Non Governmental Organisation.
WORLD Vision has commissioned community projects worth sh300m in Nakaseke district.
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