British charity Oxfam, reeling from claims of sexual assault and rape by its workers in Haiti and South Sudan, is not the first non-governmental organisation to be accused of abuse. Previous revelations spurred the United Nations in 2002 to issue special measures for all its staff and others, including aid workers under UN contract, based on a p ...
SEATTLE mdash; February 13, 2018 mdash; Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2018 Annual Letter , ldquo;The 10 Toughest Questions We Get. rdquo; In this year rsquo;s letter, the tenth one that they rsquo;ve written, Bill and Melinda respond to 10 tough questions they rsquo;ve received over the years from nonprofit partners, government le ...
The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town. South Africa on Tuesday declared a national disaster over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city without domestic tap water. Water ...
South African President Jacob Zuma's battle to stay in office despite the ruling ANC party reportedly asking him to step down is the latest in a long history of career controversies. Here are five of his biggest scandals: Rape charges and HIV Before taking office, Zuma was put on trial in 2006 for rape, in a case that dismayed man ...
MAPUTO, Mozambique, 13 February 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has appointed Da uacute;do Vali as Country Manager, Mozambique. With the appointment, Da uacute;do will lead and manage the country 39;s operations and be responsible for driving i ...
South Africa braced Tuesday for a major political showdown as scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma reportedly rejected a direct order from the ruling ANC party to leave office. The power struggle over Zuma's departure put the president at loggerheads with Cyril Ramaphosa, his expected successor, who is the new head of the African National Congre ...
A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been jailed for 15 years, the government confirmed on Tuesday. Haruna Yahaya, 35, admitted being involved in the abduction when he appeared at a special court trying hundreds of Boko Haram suspects on Monday, a justice ministry spokesman told ...
Could a plate of couscous warm up relations between wary North African nations? A drive to win coveted UNESCO status for the dish could at least get them talking around the same table. The hearty meal itself however is a bone of contention between countries that haven't always got along. Who makes it the best? And given that the fluffy semoli ...
Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before Day Zero in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May -- the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping carbon emissions from fossil fuels began to warm Earth's surface and affect rainfall. In some countries, major ri ...
At least two men died Monday in clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Guinea, following protests over local election results and the resumption of a teachers' strike, a government spokesman said. There have been two deaths today in circumstances yet to be established, said spokesman Albert Damantang Camara. The two were killed b ...
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