Direct talks between the government and rebels kicked off in Doha where the parties and the mediation reportedly expressed willingness to achieve peace in the troubled region of ... Read more »
An all-women delegation of four Nobel Peace Laureates, journalists, businesswomen, global and grassroots women's rights activists and philanthropists are on a six-day visit to ... Read more »
Improvements in healthcare and family planning programs have helped to lower the Republic of Congo’s maternal mortality rate by 45 percent since 2005, according to the UN ... Read more »
The Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce said that the European Union will provide several billion dollars in grants and softy loans to the country once Egypt has signed its ... Read more »
Former President Charles Taylor's move to claim benefits from the Liberian government has sparked a major split in public opinion. Read more »
Developing countries - an emerging force in international trade - are staking a claim to the post of the director-general of the World Trade Organization, which becomes vacant at ... Read more »
The United Nations has reported that more than 80 percent of refugees fleeing fighting in southern Sudan are children and women. Without their husbands, many women face ... Read more »
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow at an average rate of five percent over the period from 2013 to 2015, says the World Bank in its annual Global Economic Prospects report. ... Read more »
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has formally opened a probe into alleged crimes committed in Mali since the beginning of 2012 - including murder, torture and rape - with a focus on the ... Read more »
Analysts have criticized the Doha Climate Gateway, an agreement out of the UN 2012 climate change conference, for failing to set more ambitious goals. The consequences of climate ... Read more »
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